Submachine gun Vigneron M2
The Vigneron M2 submachine gun was an effective and light submachine gun that was created in the early 1950s by a retired Belgian army officer. In 1953, Vigneron was adopted in Belgium ...
Semi-automatic rifle Beretta ARX100
At the 142 meeting of the National Rifle Association, Beretta in Houston, Texas, presented the third generation Beretta ARX100 rifle to a wide range. This rifle is based on ...
Degtyarev infantry
The bright pages in the chronicle of the history of the Great Patriotic War inscribed a weapon created by one of the outstanding domestic designers of gunsmiths, the Hero of Socialist Labor, four laureates ...
SVT. Career rifle
The history of weapons knows not so many examples of how a well-known and tested in harsh wartime sample receives very contradictory reviews. As a rule, most professionals ...
De Lisle Commando Carbin
One of the best examples of the “silent” weapons of the Second World War period is the British “De Lisle Commando Carbin” (De Lisle Commando Carbin - we recall that the English commando squads started ...
PPS-43 - weapon that broke through the blockade of Leningrad
Technological, reliable and easy, compared to others, Sudayev’s submachine gun can be called one of the main military developments during the years of the Great Patriotic War. Created for Leningrad ...
In the US, upgraded the Russian carbine "Vepr"
The love of some Americans for Kalashnikov assault rifles and other small arms developed on its basis is, in principle, known. There are enough fans of this brand in the USA, ...
Ultrabullpap Shevchenko "Smerch"
The middle of the 1970-ies was marked by the competition, which was held in the framework of experimental design work on the topic "Modern". The aim of the competition was to create a shortened automatic caliber ...
Dirk, the origin and development of the blade
A modern dirk has a thin faceted diamond-shaped, double-edged, not sharpened blade, 215-240 mm long. Today it is a personal cold weapon, worn with a ceremonial and ceremonial-output uniform ...
Submachine gun Carl Gustaf M45
The course of the Second World War, as well as the fairly rapid development of new weapons systems, clearly demonstrated to the Swedes that their weapons were beginning to become hopelessly obsolete, especially samples ...
Fink, thieves legend
What would be the course of human history without the taming of fire, the invention of the wheel, the domestication of animals? The creation of a knife can be safely put in a number of fateful achievements. Most famous in everything ...
Combat knives: weapon or tool
In January, 2013, in the 57 year of life, the well-known designer of cold weapons and one of our oldest authors, Igor Skrylev, died suddenly. Today we offer our readers the latest ...
Killer long-range
Recently, an article by Sebastian Hess, The Long-Term Killer, was published in the German popular science magazine Welt Der Wunder, which described the unique characteristics of the British ...
Modular rifle Robinson Arms M96
Modular rifle Robinson Arms M96 - all of this, utterly modular. The design of this rifle allows you to have on one basis several types of individual small arms, ranging from ...
And again about "Stechkin"
Our author has long used the APS pistol in a combat situation, and decided, based on his own experience, to dispel some of the myths that exist about this weapon ....
"Scorpion EVO 3": a continuation of the legend
Submachine gun vz. 61 Scorpio was perhaps the most innovative product of the Czech defense industry. For the first time, an ultra-compact submachine gun was created and launched into a mass series.
Thompson Submachine Gun - America's Legend
Thompson M1921 Tommy-gun, Thompson's submachine gun, Thompson submachine gun, "Chicago piano", "trench broom", "devil's death machine" and even "engine of commerce" - all these are the names of the ...
The failed bullpup in the Soviet way, or the Korobov TKB-022 machine gun
After the end of the Second World War, to participate in the competition for the Soviet Soviet Army's small arms, the designer-gunsmith German Alexandrovich Korobov began to develop a machine gun ...
Tackle total war
Combat shotguns, used on the battlefields in the last century, do not lose ground. The appearance of new types of small arms in the power structures of Russia is a rather rare event. And yet not ...
AK-15 - another modification of the Kalashnikov
Definitive Arms and Krebs Custom jointly created, probably, one of the most beautiful AK modifications. The company Krebs this model was given the designation AK-15 ....
Free shutter with trunk connection
Having spent a lot of time looking for opportunities to expand the scope of a free gate, I am pleased to present to the respected readers the stamped design of a self-loading pistol with ...
"Cedar" PP-91 - Construction Eugene Dragunov
The Kedr submachine gun was developed for the army as early as the 70s. last century, the famous gunsmith Eugene Dragunov, and was in demand after two decades, the Interior Ministry units. AT...
PDW from Stechkin (5,45 – mm compact machine TKB-0116)
7 in November 1974 for the first time at a military parade in honor of the 57 anniversary of the October Revolution was widely demonstrated a new model of Soviet small arms - the 5,45-mm AK-74 submachine gun ...
What is good for a Russian is death for a German
In modern wars and local military conflicts, a significant role is assigned to special reconnaissance and sabotage operations conducted on the territory of the enemy. For such operations in armies ...