The RSH-12 (12 mm assault caliber revolver) is one of the most weighty revolvers I've ever heard of. It was developed at the beginning of the 2000-s at the branch of the Tula KBP: Central ...

Appearing at the beginning of the 20 century, the Browning self-loading pistol, as well as the fashion for pocket self-loading pistols, was also reflected in the design of some Velodog revolvers. There are models that have ...

A characteristic feature of the vast majority of pistols that appeared in the first half of the last century was the relatively small capacity of the store. So, the single-row store of the famous Colt M1911 contained ...

The Belgian submachine gun FN P90 is widely known. One of the main factors attracting attention to these weapons is the original store. The magazine of this submachine gun is set above ...

In the battles at Khalkhin-Gol, the crews of Soviet tanks and armored vehicles had to face a new threat - the Japanese Type 97 anti-tank gun (PTR). The 97 mm projectile of this weapon was ...

A lot of articles have been written about the German weapons of the Second World War era and it seems that today there is already nothing that has not been studied, both by experts and weapon lovers. However, even today ...

In 2009, a new manufacturer of high-precision small arms appeared on the Russian arms market. The Tsar-gun company offered customers a SVL rifle (Lobaeva Sniper Rifle). On...

We can safely say that Sturmgewehr Stg.44 influenced all machine guns and classic-style assault rifles. For example: the FN FAL assault rifle, no less famous at the time, was clearly ...

Among people who are passionate about various kinds of home-made products based on new technical issues, we can identify those who are mastering work with an 3D printer. This technique is often used today ...

Smith and Wesson 3 April 1855, 5 July 1859 and 18 December 1860 received patents for the manufacture of revolvers, loading of which was made by unitary cartridges from the breech ....

An interesting trend in the development of small arms in recent decades has been the creation of PDW (Personal defense weapon) systems. Weapons created in ...

Gunsmiths have been working for decades to improve the accuracy of weapons. The use of riflescopes and the development of the design of the weapon itself seems to be coming to its limits. Provide ...

This article provides an overview of the various types of infantry weapons used by the armed forces of the People’s Liberation Army of China. Most of the photos presented in this article ...

One of the most urgent tasks in the field of creating small arms is to increase the accuracy and accuracy of shooting. To improve these parameters, various methods and technical ...

Presented katana made by the great master Kanesumi. He was the master gunsmith of the Nara school of the Mino tradition, who had the reputation of a master who made very sharp swords. The representative of the first ...

The riflescopes for Kalashnikov’s machine guns and machine guns being purchased by the Russian Defense Ministry due to a number of mistakes make it impossible for the shooter to fire a duel - aimed shooting at the head target, and also ...

A few years before the country gained independence, the future leaders of the Republic of Lithuania became concerned about the defense of their state. They understood that in the very near future the army of the new ...

Like many other major weapons manufacturers, Remington sought to meet the growing demand for compact weapons that could be easily hidden in pockets of clothing or luggage. To ...

The American self-loading carbine Smith and Wesson of the 1940 model (Smith & Wesson Semi-Automatic Light Rifle Model 1940), contrary to the name, is not a rifle, but a carbine under ...

"... The Germans rose, deeper and deeper entering the zone of real, slaughter fire, and at the same time, with each step, they were approaching that cherished trait for themselves, beyond which the dead, beyond the reach of ...

One of the important elements of the combat equipment of a modern soldier is a knife. And although now his role in the battle is small, in the era of local wars he acquired a new function - he became a universal tool ...

A half-handed sword (English Hand-and-a-Half Sword), he is a recession (Italian. Spada), a long sword (German Langschwert) or a combat sword - a Western European sword, which was held mainly with two hands, but ...

Revolvers are called weapons, equipped with a rotating drum, the chambers of which serve as a room for ammunition and barrel chamber. At the same time, the stem rigidly fixed in the frame does not have its own ...

In Ukraine, by the year 2013, our own school of developers was formed and mass production of sniper rifles for civilian and military consumers was launched. As a base for sniping ...