An attempt to develop requirements for an actual modern machine gun based on an analysis of existing design and technological solutions and production realities of the AK-12. Layout and features...

Design features, advantages and disadvantages of the AK-12...

To be able to return a pistol to a holster with one hand, it must be made of a sufficiently rigid material that holds its shape well so that it does not deform when the weapon is not...

The American FGM-148 Javelin anti-tank systems have been widely used in recent conflicts and have shown their capabilities. Such weapons have confirmed the ability to solve a number of combat missions, but real ...

The word holster itself is of Turkish origin and can mean "case" and "quiver". In Russia, holsters were also called olsters, olstryads and ingots until the era of the reign of Alexander I, who commanded ...

Everyone knows that in the XNUMXth century the famous Colt revolver appeared in the USA, that there were Smith and Wesson, Remington, but ... there were also enough designs sometimes quite exotic, and today we ...

The latest history of development? SPV through the eyes of a participant...

Dushmans received MANPADS of Soviet, Egyptian, Chinese, British and American production. The most famous portable complex is the American "Stinger" ...

A huge number of people strive to do everything possible to be different from others. So gunsmith designers quite often tried to create a “special” weapon. The result was...

The Ukrainian army received foreign anti-tank missile systems MILAN. Now they are being mastered with the help of foreign instructors, and in the near future such weapons may get to the front ...

The Thales LMM multi-purpose guided missile is entering service with the UK and other countries. It can be used on helicopters, land and sea platforms, as well as in portable...

In early 19th century Europe, people mostly traveled in carriages. And where there are carriages, there are money and jewels. So the robbers got into the habit of robbing these carriages, and the travelers started from them ...

There were many excellent weapons in history, with which they fought and were heroes, but which, for a number of reasons, did not become known, or were known at one time, and then just ...

The Ukrainian army receives from Lithuania hand-held UAV suppression systems of the EDM4S-UA type. Despite all efforts and measures, the pace of such deliveries remains at a low level, and in addition, new...

Ukraine recently received the first batch of German-made RGW 90 MATADOR anti-tank grenades. The ongoing contract provides for the transfer of 5100 such products, and during April...

Once the designer Despres-Joassard Jean Mathieu decided to create an easily deployable revolver with automatic extraction of spent cartridges. However, on the way to such a structure, like a granite slab, ...

devices that reduce the volume of a shot have been talked about for a very long time. For example, Sytin's Military Encyclopedia wrote about them in 1911. But then the concern for reducing the volume of the shot was considered a matter of business ...

It often happens that a good weapon created in one country ends up in another and it becomes even better there. Here is an example with the Suomi submachine gun, a vivid confirmation of this ....

During the massive shelling of Afghan government facilities and bases of a limited contingent, the dushmans first launched rockets, after which, under the guise, they struck with heavy ...

Today we will consider not one revolver, but several at once. But what unites them is that they all fold out for loading ....

The cumulative shells of the recoilless guns could not penetrate the frontal armor of Soviet tanks, but the side armor was vulnerable to them. An even greater threat of “no recoil” was for the protected ...

The Mujahideen, armed with hand-held anti-tank grenade launchers, often demonstrated high skill in firing them, showing how effective RPGs can be in close combat...

At the end of July 2021, the American company Arcflash Labs demonstrated its development of the GR-1 electromagnetic rifle, which represents the most powerful Gauss rifle available for the mass market.

Although the Starr revolvers did not have much success in the American revolver market, the Starr DA revolvers, like their later Starr SA versions, undoubtedly played an important role in armament ...