The design of the AR-15 rifle is so simple and perfect that it can be easily transformed into a variety of weapons, including those chambered for cartridges with 12,7 mm bullets ....

There are designers who create the most advanced designs, but at the same time remain on the sidelines. And there are those who only use their developments, but in the end find themselves in the forefront. Exactly...

On June 16, 1961, the RPG-7 anti-tank rocket launcher was adopted by the Soviet army. Successful design, ease of use and modernization potential have defined the future of this ...

In the interests of the US Army, a promising Next Generation Squad Weapon rifle complex is being developed, which includes several types of weapons and cartridges. Of great interest is the 6.8 mm ammunition ...

In 1896, the Nagan brothers divided their enterprise. Emile Nagant, suffering from blindness, left the company, and Leon immediately created "Fabrique d'Armes Leon Nagant" and, together with his two sons,...

It is worth starting the story about his pistols from the very beginning. Namely, since 1895, when John Moses Browning decided to design, in addition to guns, a self-loading pistol. And as he decided, he did so! ...

In Germany, the development of the promising missile system MBDA Enforcer continues. Recently, the next stage of testing began, and in the future it is planned to launch mass production. Deliveries ...

It is interesting to see what happened to the designer as a result of his successful design work. But let's say this: its intermediate results are also significant and interesting in their own way. It's kind of...

If there was a competition for the ugliest submachine gun in history today, the German E.M.R. 44 would claim first place in it. This simplified model was more like a set of connected ...

Long before even the very concept of modern assault rifles existed, the St. Joseph company modified the Remington M-8 rifle to help law enforcement officials ....

The National Guard adopted new MPL and MPL-1 pistols. According to the results of mass production, such weapons will replace existing samples and provide new opportunities ...

The microwave sniper rifle is undergoing state tests, the results of which will determine its future. In the meantime, you can consider the main features of this weapon and determine it ...

On May 6, 2021, the Belgian company FN presented the new Evolys light machine gun. The novelty blurs the line between an assault rifle and a machine gun ...

After the invention of capsule caps, pocket pistols simply experienced a rebirth, and their popularity increased even more ....

Having developed several dozen versions of the M1 self-loading rifle, the design team of J. Garanda took up a fundamentally new project. Already in 1946, an experimental T31 rifle was created with a new ...

The finds show that swords of all types were known in Russia, which were used at that time in Western Europe, and swords with a disc-shaped pommel prevailed ...

In the interwar period, the basis of the infantry weapons system of the leading armies was made up of magazine rifles. During the Second World War, the arsenals of the armies changed fundamentally, and the importance of rifles declined ....

In the early thirties, the revolver "Nagan" was supplemented with the first domestic silent firing device of the "BraMit" type. In the future, new accessories and revolvers were created, which made it possible to shoot from ...

How many examples we know of when one European monarch in the Middle Ages gave another expensive armor, the Eastern rulers bestowed sabers with ruby-strewn handles to each other. And there is nothing ...

Not many pistols made by Michael Lorenzoni have survived, especially those signed by him, while quite a few imitations are known ...

At different times, samples of weapons appeared, differing in one particular detail. And this was often enough for this difference to make this weapon very popular. Such a story, for example, ...

The throwing range of a hand grenade is tens of meters. To further increase the range, technical means are needed - such as the experimental Penal disposable grenade launcher ....

Unlike the written duelist A.S. Pushkin, M.Yu. Lermontov at his 26 years old could boast of only three duels, the last of which, despite his combat experience, became fatal for the poet ...

The US Army continues to work on the promising FWS-CS optical-electronic sight. The product has been brought to military trials and will enter service in the foreseeable future, improving the accuracy of machine guns and ...