We can endlessly "dig" in the details of the Japanese sword and ... it will be all the same interesting. In general, this is a real “Pandora’s box”, it’s not for nothing that Japanese swords have so many fans ...

Russian small arms are studied and evaluated not only in our country, thanks to which new publications and discussions appear. For example, the author of the publication Kyle Mizokami came to the conclusion that ...

The story and demonstration of the rifle of the Mannicher system of the 1895 model of the year, which was in service with the army of Austria-Hungary and a number of other countries ....

In one of the previous articles there was a mention of the John Hill submachine gun, as the predecessor of the well-known development of the Fabrique Nationale P90 ...

Among the novelties of handguns, it is often possible to meet at first glance not at all new designs that could be missed without focusing on them, since all the solutions are in them ...

If we turn to the material “Samurai and Katanas: Truth and Fiction,” which was previously published on VO, we learn from it that “there are several types of Japanese swords. The most famous, of course, is the katana "...

Currently, the leading armies of the world have begun to implement programs for the development of new types of small arms (“Warrior” in Russia and NGSAR in the USA) ...

The opinion of the sambist will be like that. What is demonstrated in the movement of the practical shooting arrow is at odds from the point of view of use in a real combat situation ...

The story of the Russian "Winchester", the American rifle of the 1895 model of the year, which was in service with the Russian Imperial Army ....

While some designers are trying with all their might to bring the existing models of handguns to the ideal, others are creating new and not quite ordinary weapons ...

The following is our story about the Japanese rifle "Arisaka type 38", which was in service with the Russian Imperial Army in the First World War ....

Mauser rifle sample 1898 year. Weapons, forever inscribed in the history of the names of their creators ....

Many samples of small arms were created on the basis of existing products. However, not all such projects meant transferring weapons from one class to another, as it was with ...

In the past few years there have been few new products among handguns that can be called really interesting. However, among them you can find something that is really worthy ...

Few people today know that the famous Kalashnikov assault rifle had predecessors who could easily compete with him at the test sites. One of these machines was automatic ...

Civilian weapons, created on the basis of military models, usually enjoys great popularity. Moreover, some such systems can be much more successful than basic products. Exactly...

This model is the Russian interpretation of the American carbine Kelt-Tec SUB-2000 ....

The main problem of the Japanese sword is not technical, but purely linguistic ...

The commission rifle of the 1888 model of the year, a product of the work of the German arms commission, the predecessor of the famous Mauser rifle of the 1898 of the year ....

At the end of October 2017, the Kalashnikov concern presented a promotional video dedicated to the next new product. This is a smooth-bore Kalashnikov TG2 carbine. This is the first sample of firearms ...

In a recent article on the compact pistols of the Italian arms company Beretta, the subcompact Beretta Px4 Storm was mentioned ...

Large-caliber sniper rifles traditionally attract the attention of specialists and the general public. The Ukrainian project of this kind has recently become another reason for active discussions ...

Since the appearance of Glock pistols, only the lazy has not released his version of the weapon with a similar design. Especially noticeable are the efforts of the designers of various weapons companies in recent times ...

Since the end of the forties, American gunsmiths have been working on the creation of special survival weapons for pilots. In the mid-fifties under this program was presented ...