Just very beautiful colts
So much has been written about Samuel Colt's revolvers that it takes a lot of effort to find something new about them. But you can if you look hard enough. And today we just, firstly, look at a very ...
Old but up to date. Heavy machine gun Vladimirov KPV
Since the late forties, our army has been using the KPV heavy machine gun. Despite its significant age, this weapon is capable of hitting a wide range of targets on the modern battlefield....
Czech small arms in service with Nazi Germany
Until the surrender of Germany, Czech industry worked for the Nazis. The release of weapons on German orders in the protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia continued until May 1945 ...
Kinoch and Dimancha: similar on the outside, but different on the inside
Today we will tell you about two designs of revolvers of the late XNUMXth century, which clearly claimed originality, but for many reasons “did not work”. And that, being worse than others, today they ...
Is a “heavy” sniper needed in modern warfare
One of the most provocative questions is whether there is a need for high-precision and long-range sniper rifles in modern military conflicts? With all the obvious answers to the question ...
"Astra" - weapons and firms
In 1912, a new pistol was adopted by the Spanish army, designed by a retired military man, Lieutenant Colonel Don Venancio Lopez de Caballos y Aquirre, Count of Campo Giro. He received...
Concern "Kalashnikov" is developing a fire control system for small arms
Concern "Kalashnikov" is developing a promising fire control system for small arms. Due to such devices, it is planned to improve the main characteristics and overall efficiency ...
Submachine gun PPK-20 went into series and enters the army
Concern "Kalashnikov" has completed the development of a new submachine gun PPK-20 and brought it to mass production. Deliveries of serial products of the Russian army and foreign customers have already begun....
How to be a modern machine
The scandal associated with the G36 assault rifle, the protracted search for its successor, the American NGSW program again highlighted the topic of the assault rifle / assault rifle - a generalized individual weapon ...
Old but relevant: ATGM "Metis" in the service
Despite its considerable age, the Metis ATGM remains in service and is used by the Russian army. Complexes of this type combine low weight, ease of handling and sufficiently high combat ...
Rocket-propelled anti-tank grenade RPG-30 "Hook" in the Special Operation
The Russian army uses various anti-tank weapons in the Special Operation. In particular, RPG-30 "Hook" rocket-propelled grenades are used, which can cope even with complex targets....
The project of a digitized rifle for remote control of high-precision systems
Combat robots. A popular trend and high technology: an advanced chassis, precision drives, digital electronics and ... small arms and cannon weapons, the design of which is ideally suited for ...
From the point of view of the infantry. PKK time to landfill
How difficult is it to arm a soldier in a squad with a normal machine gun?...
From the point of view of the infantry. We need a new machine gun!
Russian infantrymen on the need to improve existing small arms...
Horn for shooting
And it so happened that the MAS company released an assault rifle for the French army, and it became a milestone in the history of firearms, and a milestone that we still have not talked about ....
Who is the new AK-12M1 made for?
How does the new AK-12 differ from the old one and why, and most importantly, who needs it...
Weapons from time immemorial. Spears of Joseph A. Roney Sr. vs. Sling Jean M. Auel
In our country and in the USSR, the novel by the French writer Joseph A. Roni Sr. "The Fight for Fire" is well known. The author describes the weapons that ancient people carry with them. First of all, these are spears with...
Weapons from time immemorial. Shields and swords of Rome
Weapons of the transitional period from the Bronze Age to the Iron Age...
The potential and capabilities of the machine gun "Kord"
The main heavy machine gun of the Russian army is the Kord product. Such weapons are used during the Special Operation and give various units the required fire performance ....
SMERSH and Counter sniper rifles are delivered to the troops
Lobaev Arms has unveiled its first semi-automatic sniper rifles. Products "SMERSH" and "Counter" are being tested in the zone of the Special Operation, and at the same time mastering ...
Tomahawk Axes
The most ancient "tomahawks" were the most common stone axes. Moreover, the earliest tomahawks with a metal blade just repeat the design of the ancient stone and copper ones (from native copper) ...
Pneumatics - don't shoot if you don't know what
What is an air gun according to the law - a toy or something really serious...
Rifles with levers and applied magazines
People very quickly realized that the one who shoots second is the first to be killed. And what if you still have cartridges in your rifle, but your opponent does not, then ... you are stronger in any case, if not ...
About "lever rifles" from the very beginning
The beginning of the “lever rifles” was as follows: in 1826 in Italy, Caesar Rosaglio manufactured and patented a revolver with a lever mechanism for cocking the trigger and simultaneously turning the drum, ...