One of the early variants of multi-charge small arms was a system with sequential placement of charges. An interesting implementation of this scheme was proposed at the end of the 18th century by the American inventor...

After clearing another enemy position and approaching the "fortresses", our fighters began collecting weapons and ammunition left by the enemy. And then one of the fighters brought a "strange PK". As a trophy...

On the effect of gunpowder aging on the initial velocity of 7,62 mm caliber bullets using the modernized Kalashnikov heavy machine gun (PKMS) and the TOZ-36 revolver as an example...

A story about the connection between an archival photo and a discovery in the forest 80 years later....

It has been previously reported that unique Russian small arms were used in the SVO zone. However, a new image of the A-545 assault rifle with a balanced...

Long-term fortified lines: the Maginot Line, the Mannerheim Line, the Stalin Line, the Siegfried Line, or even the Romanian Carol II Line. There were many of them, they were different, but the thing is that all of them...

For a long time, there was no information about North Korean machine guns that fell into the hands of our soldiers in the area of ​​the special military operation. This information appeared and immediately disappeared from view....

Recently, the media has increasingly reported on Russian rifles developed on the basis of the Eugene Stoner system for the 7,62×51 mm NATO cartridge. These rifles are actively supplied to the army or...

The PR57 is a compact pistol for concealed carry chambered for 5,7x28 mm. It would seem that with such a caliber and cartridge it would be quite possible to limit oneself to the mechanics of a free slide, just such that...

From Uzi shooting at clay pigeons to promising weapon-cartridge systems...

Two new rifles that appeared on the American arms market literally on New Year's Eve. When will they appear in our gun shops, because these are weapons for hunters? Who knows...

Not long ago, a photo of a Ukrainian special forces soldier appeared on the Internet, presumably taken in the SVO zone. The photo is notable for the fact that the Ukrainian is armed with a carbine with an underbarrel shotgun...

In 2010, a new assault rifle called the "IMBEL" IA2 was introduced in Brazil. It was designed to replace the Belgian FAL automatic rifles in service....

What could well have been used fifty to a hundred years ago is still not always used even in our time....

At present, a new "weight category" of machine guns is emerging. They should occupy an intermediate position between single-purpose and large-caliber machine guns....

At the very time when the Kalashnikov confidently strode across the planet, somewhere inferior to it, and somewhere overtaking it, the FAL FN rifle, produced by the Belgian arms company, marched just as confidently...

The PLA Marine Corps is now equipped with Chinese-made automatic grenade launchers and has almost completely abandoned Soviet-style anti-tank weapons...

The Kalashnikov assault rifle, despite competition from the American M16 and the Belgian FAL, became a true symbol of world weapons power. Thanks to mass deliveries and licenses, it spread throughout the...

The Chinese Marine Corps is armed with assault rifles that fire the 5,8mm Chinese cartridge....

Not long ago, a concept of a new grenade launcher system for the US Army was demonstrated. What kind of new weapon is this and why many people think it is a waste of money, in our article....

The weapon, called Bullfrog, is designed primarily for use against drones and to provide the cheapest possible defense...

In the late 1980s, the US Army took on another promising project to modernize the entire army small arms system and create a promising small arms and grenade launcher system...

What is the most terrible weapon? Of course, the one you don't know and which can be used against you completely unexpectedly....

Several Telegram channels reported that our soldiers in the SVO zone have acquired North Korean Type 73 machine guns....