Revolvers and pistols: decorated, commemorative and award
Excessively decorated weapons have always been not only a means of demonstrating one’s status, not only a gift to interested parties on the way to promoting one or another military product...
From a rifle like from a mortar. American front-line amateur performance
Now we can observe how, in the framework of several armed conflicts, front-line amateur performance has flourished. Army Lefties are inventing new weapons...
New weapons for the US Army
The US Army continues to work on the NGSW program, the goal of which is to introduce new types of small arms into service. In the near future, a rifle, a machine gun and a new type of cartridge will be assembled...
Decorated revolvers
All types of carvings, which were used to decorate weapons at the beginning of the XNUMXth century, were tested back in the XNUMXth century and were widely used by gunsmiths to decorate knightly armor and weapons....
This unusual double-barreled "Le Ma"
It's amazing how many doctors and dentists there were in the past who traded their careers as doctors for a career as an inventor of new weapons. And they not only exchanged, but also succeeded in doing so...
Colt and his rifles: when persistence is not the time
It happens that even the most talented people pass by a “gift of fate”, and then regret it for the rest of their lives. So Colt also stumbled on one such ill-conceived decision, only...
Colt and his revolver: beyond the legend
How did Samuel Colt himself begin as a weapons designer and how was his very first revolver created, from which his career as a gunsmith began...
Revolvers and pistols from E to G
Very interesting designs by Belgian gunsmiths, which are simply unknown to most people today....
The army is interested in the SHAK-12 assault rifle complex
Russian special forces involved in the Special Operation use the SHAK-12 assault rifle complex. In the near future, other structures may receive these weapons....
Revolver of the XXI century
New generation revolvers were presented in 2023 at an arms exhibition in Moscow. The new unique operating system and design makes this weapon truly unique. What's remarkable is that...
Revolvers that start with "D"
A serious drawback, characteristic of both capsule revolvers, pin-type revolvers, and cartridge revolvers, is the “double shot”! After all, gases from a revolver when fired come out not only through the barrel...
Short-barreled firearms starting with the letter “C”
It seems that in Belgium in the XNUMXth century weapons were made in almost every house. I installed a couple of machines, a nickel plating bath, ordered a bunch of finished or semi-finished parts, bought...
Weapons of the Wehrmacht in the service of Israel
It just so happened that at a certain moment for the underground organization of the Hagan, and then for independent Israel, the main weapon of the infantryman became the weapon system created in the country that brought...
Revolvers and a pistol starting with the letter "B"
Industrialists, naturally, saw the best examples of revolvers and sought to copy them. But copying designs protected by a patent, and often not just one, but several, and even obtained in different...
Revolvers starting with the letter "A"
We are starting a new series of articles dedicated to weapons. This will be the most real and complete history of short-barreled weapons of the past and the century before last. So, today we have manufacturers, names and...
The Mauser that never became a submachine gun
In the First World War, soldiers fighting in the trenches needed a short and quick-firing weapon, not at all similar not only to a rifle, but even to a carbine. And in Germany already in 1915...
Why the XM25 “Punisher” grenade launcher was not needed by the army
Five years ago, the US Army stopped development of the promising XM25 CDTE grenade launcher, also known as the Punisher. During testing and trial operation, this product did not perform well...
Features and key solutions of the SHAK-12 assault rifle complex
At one time, the domestic assault rifle ASH-12 became widely known. This product showed high technical and combat characteristics, which were achieved through a number of original...
Rifles Bespoke Gun Raptor in Special Operations: new weapons of Russian snipers
During the Special Operation, Russian snipers use small arms of various types. In particular, this year, Russian-made high-precision Raptor rifles came to the front....
Service and combat use of captured German machine guns after the end of World War II
After the end of World War II, a number of countries produced machine guns designed on the basis of the MG.42. German and Italian modifications chambered for 7.62 NATO are now fighting in Ukraine...
From the computer game on the battlefield: plasma weapons
Deliver to the target an impulse of a superheated substance, which, when interacting with matter, detonates, tearing everything around. Something like this in computer games describes the principle of the plasma ...
Post-war use of self-loading rifles and machine guns produced in Nazi Germany
German automatic and self-loading rifles are not as widespread as the magazine K98k. Nevertheless, the G43 semi-automatic and StG44 assault rifles were in service in a number of countries and ...
Service and combat use of the German repeating rifle Mauser 98k after the end of World War II
After the surrender of Nazi Germany, captured German rifles spread widely around the world and were used in many armed conflicts. Until now, this weapon is actively used for hunting ...
Johnson rifle goes to war
Although Melvin Johnson's efforts to adopt his rifle into service with the US Army failed, the US entry into World War II opened up new opportunities for the inventor, and his weapons ...