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2025-06-01 06:06

It is no secret that for many Soviet officers it was very prestigious to own a captured pistol. Most often, German short-barreled weapons could be at the disposal of the infantry commanders of the platoon-battalion level and the military personnel of the reconnaissance units. That is, those who

2025-06-01 06:06

A rare photo - two identical Russian warships of non-Soviet construction together. But that should stop being rare. Photo: defenceimagery.mod.uk Having decided on the principles that should underlie the sane shipbuilding policy of Russia, you need to subject them at least

2025-06-01 06:06

The High-Precision Complexes holding (part of the Rostec state corporation) was formed in 2009. Judging by the brand's popularity in Russia and abroad, the consolidation of the scientific and technical potential of specialized enterprises was successful. Not every integrated structure can boast

2025-06-01 06:06

About spilled blood - as a general to a general In February 2021, shortly before the next anniversary of the armed conflict on Damansky Island, a very lengthy and, to put it mildly, somewhat strange material was published in Nezavisimaya Gazeta. It was a big interview with a retired major general

2025-06-01 06:06

In the minds of the majority of Europeans, and even the citizens of Russia, the expanses of Southern Siberia, Altai, Mongolia, Northern and Central China have always been an area of settlement for the peoples of the Mongoloid race, but this is far from the case. Already in 3000 BC, Southern Siberia was inhabited by the clans of the Indo-European

In previous articles about the Bulgarian pistols, two models of weapons were described, which clearly show that the Bulgarians are excellent at both copying other samples and creating their own, moreover, a rather complex design that is rarely used by weapon manufacturers. So, an example of

As the old advertisement says, “Russia is a generous soul,” and the Soviet Union was even more generous, giving many people, in fact, a gift the opportunity to use their developments. This is most clearly seen in the example of the Kalashnikov assault rifle, but this is far from the only example. I have repeatedly met

In the previous article, you could get acquainted with the Bulgarian pistol R-M01, which was, in fact, a cosmetic upgrade of the Makarov pistol. This pistol remained relevant for a long time, but the consumer, including the army and the police, demanded weapons for more powerful ammunition, and

Usually, small arms companies have practically nothing to catch on the arms market, since all the places in the sun have long been occupied. All large government orders go to the titans of the arms world, who appeared a long time ago and are not going to give up their places to someone else. However, there is also

In the previous article, we talked about the French Ultima Ratio sniper rifle from PMG, thanks to which the arms company from a small company became a worthy competitor to the titans of the world arms market. By correctly sending the funds received from the state order for this

For some unknown reason, I really, and I would like to believe that I am not alone, like all kinds of "perversions" in firearms. Recently, something really new and bold has not been encountered, since everyone is trying to justify their developments financially and the profit is calculated even before

The desire to save money on training soldiers usually always goes sideways, especially when soldiers have to take part in real hostilities, and not having received a specialty for a year to go headlong into civilian life. Nevertheless, sometimes there were quite rational solutions that allowed

More recently, it was reported that Izhmash has updated one of its sniper rifles, namely the SV-98. Since our army has always felt a lack of "bolts", and of a sufficiently high quality, I think it is worth writing about this, although not very common, but existing

Somehow I stopped following one of my favorite large bore sniper rifles, the OM 50 Nemesis. Excellent characteristics, successful design and a big name provided this weapon with quite a lot of fame, but a few years ago a Swiss company

The first tanks appeared a long time ago and, despite their not the best characteristics, they could change the course of the battle only by their presence. They were afraid of tanks, there are many documents that confirm that the soldiers simply threw themselves scattered at the sight of such military equipment. However, for a long time

A well-trained sniper is a very expensive fighter, but the cost of his training is repaid many times over if his capabilities are used wisely. Since everything has always revolved around money, it is not surprising that training costs tend to be reduced to a minimum, and in

In a previous article about anti-tank guns, it was told about Rukavishnikov's PTR chambered for 14.5x114, which, although it was put into service, did not receive distribution. The designer did not stop there, and continued his work, creating a lighter and more compact sample of weapons, already

For most people, "Kord" is associated with a heavy machine gun. However, not only the machine gun was created by the Degtyarevtsy Kovrov ORUzheiniki, in addition to it there is also a large-caliber sniper rifle known as ASVK ASV "Kord" or simply 6S8. Let's try to get to know this weapon more

For a long time in hand-held firearms, and not only in them, they strive for modularity of design. It is impossible to talk about this only in a positive or only in a negative way, since, like any trend in the development of weapons, the modularity of the design has its negative and positive

In the previous article on anti-tank rifles, a sample was considered, or rather samples of various calibers, which were designed by Vladimirov. Unfortunately, at that time, the requirements for weapons were rather vague, which is why many rather interesting samples remained "for

There were a lot of attempts to create a submachine gun that could be worn really hidden by people of even the most modest dimensions, without arousing suspicion from others, and just a variant of a compact submachine gun, there were a lot. There were a lot of interesting models among such samples, but more often

The article on arrow-shaped bullets mentioned the Ascoria sniper rifle, which is a prototype weapon developed by Ukrainian designers. Despite the fact that the weapon officially remained only a prototype, there is information that this rifle was lit up in the last

Among the variety of firearms, very rarely someone pays attention to those samples that are created by small countries. Nevertheless, such weapons are sometimes quite interesting, and the solutions that are used in them are very unusual and not very common. One of the striking examples

Most recently, a new Sako TRG M10 sniper rifle was presented, and the rifle is clearly Finnish, but the Beretta company appears in many sources. Whether this is some kind of mistake, or whether Beretta has updated the weapon, in general, we will not understand this Santa Barbara, but try to get acquainted with

Taking into account how popular the GSh-18 pistol is, it is simply impossible to pass by this weapon. The pistol is really very interesting, both in its appearance and design, has caused and is still causing a lot of controversy, which do not subside to this day. Even though the weapon is enough