Over the past years, Russia has been supplying the Syrian army with various equipment that helps to cope with current threats. From time to time there are assessments of Russian weapons ...

As promised, we continue the cycle "Stories about weapons." In the near future, with the help of the head of the military history club "Infanteriya", we will acquaint viewers and readers with samples ...

At the disposal of the downed pilot must be certain supplies necessary for survival for some time. From the end of the forties, American pilots began to include a special ...

Not so long ago, an article appeared on VO about samurai swords and how briefly and comprehensively everything was written in it, I liked it. However, the topic is so extensive and entertaining that it probably is ...

After an emergency plane leaving, pilots can expect help for a long time. To do this, they need certain supplies, as well as weapons ...

One of the niches of short-barreled weapons in the civilian market are pistols designed exclusively for self-defense. You can protect your life, health and property with any pistol or revolver ...

By the way, how was it with the understanding of this trend in the development of small arms at the turn of the century abroad? For example, in the United States for a long time, work was carried out on the ISR project (individual ...

During the Second World War, Hitler’s Germany tried several times to create an entirely new submachine gun. All such projects did not lead to the desired results. One of these failures ...

The recent competition for a new pistol for the US Army ended with the adoption of the Р320 pistol from Sig Sauer. One of the competitors of this weapon was the APX Italian pistol ...

In order to meet the new requirements of operational theaters, the developers of sniper rifles focused on several main areas, including the modularity of weapon systems ...

Sometimes the ideas of weapons designers are far ahead of their time. More rarely, but it also happens, some one idea gives a good impetus to the development of all weapons in general, with the revision of its classes and roles on ...

Strangely enough in our age of computer and information technology, that some types of weapons that have existed for many years, it seems, still have not solved all their technical problems ...

The problem of increasing ready-to-use ammunition can be solved in different ways. An interesting solution was implemented by German gunsmiths in the design of the MP 40 / I submachine gun ....

The successes of the shooter-athlete are largely predetermined by the characteristics of his weapon. Understanding this, the American shooter Al Lütik created his own sporting gun called the Ljutic Space Gun ...

It is said that if you put all AKs of various modifications “tape” together, you can circle the globe three times - this is only Soviet. And if you add all the clones (from Israel to the North ...

More recently, a new pistol from the Israeli weapons company IWI was demonstrated. The new weapon has received the name MASADA and journalists have already dubbed it “Israeli Glock” ...

Long ago, the arrows wanted to get a weapon that does not need to be reloaded after each shot and that has ammunition ready for use ...

It may very well be that a soldier will soon be sent to war, among other things luggage, having a plastic bag in his hand weighing no more than five kilograms ...

Rolls Royce is known as a manufacturer of automotive technology and aircraft engines. During the Second World War, this organization tried to master other areas ...

3 stamp. Due to the inherent (inborn, inherent, etc.) technological backwardness of the Soviet industry, it was not possible to master the production of stamped receiver boxes ...

During the Second World War, specialists from Hitler's Germany proposed and implemented several new concepts in the field of weapons. Of great interest is the idea of ​​a one-time infantry flamethrower, ...

In the production of Stg-44, low-carbon, relatively thin steel 0,8-0,9 mm thick was used. Hence a large number of stiffeners and stamps on its details, which increase ...

Actually, with the stamps and begin, but not with those that matrix-punch. Let's start with mental clichés, which can often be heard in the form of statements on a given occasion ...

Infantry units need means of increasing firepower, characterized by small size and weight. One of the ways to solve such a problem is light mortars of small caliber ...