The most powerful small arms. Part of 3. Russian assault rifle ASH-12
The ASh-12 assault rifle is a modern Russian design. This weapon was adopted by the FSB special forces. The features of this machine, in addition to unusual for the domestic ...
How 99 people served 8 "Maximov"
Machine gun "Maxim" from childhood is familiar to anyone interested in military history. Who does not remember film shots or photos in which two fighters lying on a machine gun are firing? ...
The most powerful small arms. Part of 2. Submachine gun UMP45 chambered for .45 ACP
The UMP (Universal Machinen Pistole) submachine gun produced by the famous German arms company Heckler & Koch might not have been included in the rating of the most powerful small arms, if not for ...
Replacement Zel Custom Tactilite Modules for AR-15 Rifles (USA)
In the field of small arms, the term “modular design” usually indicates the possibility of the replacement of certain parts, additional equipment, etc. However, other options are possible ...
Stories about weapons. Rifle Garanda M1
The M1 self-loading rifle was developed in the USA by designer John Garand in 1929. In the history of small arms М1 entered as the first semi-automatic rifle, adopted for service as a ...
The most powerful small arms. part of 1. Desert Eagle Pistol
Pistol Desert Eagle has not earned fame in the military service or in special units, but is rightfully one of the most famous pistols in the world ....
Cobray Ladies Home Companion. The strangest revolver in history
The American arms firm Cobray Company has gained wide acclaim thanks to several ambiguous patterns of its development ...
Smooth rifle Cobray Terminator. Worst shotgun in history
The American company Cobray in the past produced several models of small arms of different classes. In this case, one of the most famous of its developments was not the most successful sample ...
Submachine gun Lanchester (UK)
Sometimes new weapons are created by directly copying existing products. Most often, the result of this approach is rarely of any interest. The exception to this rule was ...
Maxim-Silverman self-loading pistol (UK)
In addition to the most famous machine gun, designer Hiram Stevens Maxim created several other types of small arms, which had certain systems of automatic preparation for the shot. One of them ...
Future machine THOR A1
The number of different variants of handguns is striking in its diversity, and the more you begin to learn about various interesting and unusual designs ...
Century 21 Small Arms (Part Four)
Unlike the O'Dwyer system, each successive bullet rests in the barrel of a given pistol with its tail into the head of the previous one, and thus giving off ampoule shots when firing ...
Stories about weapons. Rifles of the First World War. Enfield R14 rifle
Concluding the cycle of the First World War rifles, we’ll tell you about the Pattern 1914 rifle Enfield, abbreviated P14, the full name of The Rifle .303 Pattern 1914 ....
Automatic hand grenade launcher Baryshev. Rocket launcher without recoil
The Soviet school of weapons development was one of the best in the world, but far from all samples could go from the prototype stage to mass production ....
The same cartridges only in profile
The armed forces of many countries are exploring the next generation of small arms, best suited for carrying out offensive and defensive tasks in the entire spectrum of future operational ...
Stories about weapons. Rifles of the First World War. Rifle "Lee-Anfield" sample 1895 year
The story of the British rifle "Lee Enfield" sample 1895 year ....
AEK-971 - automatic, ahead of its time
The USSR in the second half of the 20th century was distinguished by a developed defense industry and a large number of successful developments in all segments, including in the field of small arms. Some thought ...
The National Interest: Russian army snipers have rifles and cartridges capable of penetrating US body armor
In recent years, Russia has created several new sniper rifles, which could not go unnoticed. The American edition of The National Interest reviewed new Russian projects and tried ...
"Sawed-Off" rifle instead of a pistol - Fightlite Raider
With the shortened version of the gun, in the people “edged”, you will not surprise anyone anymore, they are being made now even in factory conditions from known models of weapons ...
The main competitor of "Kalashnikov" M-16 and its modifications - this is a long time
The usual reproaches to the M-4 assault carabiner (replacing the M-16 in the US Armed Forces and being a modification of this rifle) in the unreliability have recently been added to claims of insufficient power ...
“Rifle for Simo Hähähä” (continuation of the theme “Rifles by countries and continents” - 1)
It has always been and always will be that some person by nature does something better than others. Someone spits the farthest - well, so his lips are arranged. Someone dives deeper than others - the volume of the lungs is large and ...
Kalashnikov Israel showed OFEK-308 sniper rifle
In its official group on the social network Facebook, Kalashnikov Israel in March 2017 published photos of its new product. A new sniper rifle appeared before the general public ...
Gilbert Smith Carabiner (USA)
In search of the most successful design of the unitary patron, gunsmiths had time to test a lot of original ideas. For example, the American designer Gilbert Smith's carbine was supposed to use ...
Submachine gun with a longitudinal store - ZB-47
The desire of designers to make weapons compact, while not losing in combat and performance characteristics, sometimes gives rise to real masterpieces ...