Weapon 2024, November

Magazine magazine Madsen model 1947 The end of World War II marked the end of the era of infantry magazine rifles. All the more surprising was the Danes' attempt to jump into the last car of the departing train, which predictably ended in nothing. This happened for a number of objective reasons. At

Very soon, production of a new microwave sniper rifle will begin in Russia, which will replace the legendary SVD, which has faithfully served in the ranks of the armed forces for more than 55 years. The new Chukavin sniper rifle, developed in Izhevsk by the engineers of the Kalashnikov concern, will be launched in

More recently, an unusual Chinese-made grenade launcher has attracted the attention of Western and Russian publications. We are talking about the Norinco LG5 automatic grenade launcher, which is exported in a 40-mm version. Just the other day, a grenade launcher, which is often called a sniper for the presence

The US Army is gradually switching to the new M17 modular pistol, which will become the main short-barreled weapon for all units of the armed forces. The army pistol, developed as part of the Modular Handgun System program, is the first step towards a general modernization of small arms

The US Marines will soon have at their disposal the new M101A1 semi-automatic sniper rifles, created under the CSASS (Compact Semi-Automatic Sniper System) program. These rifles were originally developed for a 7.62 mm caliber cartridge. Many American publications

At the military parade in Beijing on October 1, 2019, dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the PRC, the Chinese military for the first time appeared before the public with a new machine gun. At the parade, soldiers of the Chinese People's Army were armed with classic QBZ-191 assault rifles. What the Chinese military has decided

The old man AKS-74U, which has been in service since 1979, has been replaced. True, so far only in the videoconferencing. The shortened version of the legendary Kalashnikov assault rifle may be replaced by the 9-mm PP-2000 submachine gun, which was created by the specialists of the Tula Instrument Design Bureau. Arm

Soon, the American army will abandon the traditional M4 automatic carbines and M249 light machine guns in favor of new types of small arms. It is planned that the transfer of the ground forces and the Marine Corps to new models of small arms will begin as early as 2023. The main reason

In mid-July 2019, information appeared in the American press that the US Marine Corps would soon be armed with new Mk13 Mod 7 Long Range Sniper Rifle sniper rifles, which had reached operational usability. According to the official website of the Corps

American paratroopers have begun testing a new high-precision rifle CSASS, which should replace the M110 sniper rifles. Operational tests of the new high-precision rifle began in the US Airborne Forces. Tests are conducted in North Carolina on the territory

In the spring of 2019, the Czech company "Laugo Arms" announced the release of a new model of the 9-mm pistol, which received the unusual name "Alien". The pistol chambered for 9x19 mm is distinguished by a number of revolutionary solutions aimed at improving the accuracy of shooting. The first mentions of the pistol and

The project of a civilian semi-automatic carbine "Sarych" chambered for .308 Win (a civilian analogue of the 7.62x51 NATO cartridge) is an example of a weapon that once every few years pops up on the Internet on various sites and attracts the interest of users. The model has never been produced and represents

The arms designer Vladimir Grigorievich Fedorov entered Russian history as the creator of the first machine gun in history. Initially, a weapon chambered for a 6.5-mm caliber was called a "machine gun", the word "machine gun" familiar to all of us appeared later. At the front, new weapons appeared in December 1916

In early January 2019, a modernized version of the Viking pistol, the Viking-M, was presented on the official website of Kalashnikov.Media, which belongs to the Kalashnikov concern. The pistol chambered for 9x19 mm, the Parabellum cartridge is a further development of the civilian line of the Yarygin pistol (PYa

In 2019, the great Russian arms designer Mikhail Timofeevich Kalashnikov turns 100. This designer has gone down in history forever thanks to its machine gun, which is known all over the world today and is one of the symbols of modern automatic weapons. At the same time, it is naive

The Russian arms industry produces a huge range of weapons for various purposes, including rather unusual samples. Such samples can be safely attributed to the OTs-62 revolver, which was designed by specialists of the Central Design Research Bureau

In 1942, the Soviet weapons designer Alexei Ivanovich Sudaev developed a new weapon, which later many experts would call the best submachine gun of the Great Patriotic War. We are talking about 7.62-mm submachine guns of the Sudaev system of the 1942 and 1943 model

In the race to replace the "old man" PM in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, another model of firearms is seriously involved. That the serial production of the newest Russian pistol for the needs of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, which is intended to replace the Makarov pistol (PM), will begin in 2019

The basics of the bayonet attack of the Russian soldier were taught in the days of Alexander Suvorov. Many people today are well aware of his phrase, which has become a proverb: "a bullet is a fool, a bayonet is a fine fellow." This phrase was first published in the military training manual prepared by the famous Russian

Terrorist attacks, unprecedented in their brutality, rocked Russia in the early 2000s. The terrorist attacks that took place in the country forced the employees of special units to reconsider the tactics of their actions. Never before has any of the world's elite counter-terrorism squads

Within the framework of the Army-2018 international forum, the Kalashnikov concern presented to the general public a new prototype of the 7.62-mm assault rifle under the designation AK-308. The weapon is built on the basis of the AK-103 assault rifle with elements and units of the AK-12 assault rifle for the common cartridge of 7.62x51 mm

The ORSIS-K15 "Brother" universal tactical self-loading carbine is one of the novelties of the Russian arms company ORSIS. The carbine was first presented to the public at the ARMS and Hunting 2017 arms exhibition in Moscow. Also in February 2018, the company held a presentation of the novelty in the ORSIS salon

The appearance on the battlefield of tanks during the First World War launched the process of creating various anti-tank weapons. Including those that could be equipped with an ordinary infantryman. So soon enough, anti-tank guns and anti-tank grenades appeared. Already in the years of the Second

Conventional weapons can be created both for self-defense and in order to simply scare or stop the enemy. But silent weapons are always created solely for the purpose of killing. Two main methods aimed at combating the sound of a shot were invented and patented at the turn of the XIX - XX

Kampfpistole in translation from German combat pistol - a series of developments during the Second World War. Their essence was to create combat ammunition for flare pistols and alteration of flare pistols into a grenade launcher with special sights and butts. The characteristic feature was

The debut of Chukavin's sniper rifle (abbreviated as SHF) took place at the last year's exhibition "Army-2017". It was in the Moscow region that the Kalashnikov concern presented its new weapon, which was immediately read as a replacement for the famous Dragunov sniper rifle (SVD). Interest in weapons has not disappeared

AKS-74U - 5.45-mm Kalashnikov assault rifle folding shortened (GRAU index - 6P26) - a shortened version of the widespread model AK-74. This version of the machine was developed in the Soviet Union in the late 1970s and early 1980s. First of all, the shortened version was intended for

In the United States, a huge number of new models of small arms appear every year, so it is rather difficult to surprise someone with the release of another rifle. Any designer of small arms, if desired, can try to realize himself in the American market, which is ready to accept all literate

The Kalashnikov Concern, which is part of the Rostec State Concern, will launch mass production of the Lebedev pistol (PL-15) in 2019. This was announced earlier, on September 14, by the official website of Kalashnikov Media with reference to the managing director of the Izhevsk Mechanical Plant (part of

In July, information appeared in the media that a model of the weapon of the future was created in China - the ZKZM-500 laser assault rifle, which they have already dubbed the "laser AK-47". The new development of Chinese designers weighs less than a Kalashnikov assault rifle - about three kilograms and

Combat powders are a fairly rare term. However, they do exist and even formally fall under the definition of a throwing weapon. Since they are used to hit a target at a distance, albeit a fairly small one. In fact, any war powder is a simple handyman

JARD is an American arms company from Iowa, its existence is known mainly in the United States, this brand will not tell the rest of the fans of small arms almost anything. At the same time, the JARD company presents on the market a very extensive range of different rifles and carbines, which

The story about the most powerful small arms would be difficult to imagine without a machine gun. The Russian-made large-caliber 12.7-mm machine gun "Kord" is today one of the most powerful "arguments" of the Russian infantry on the battlefield. This weapon allows you to effectively hit infantry and equipment

The Truevelo SR sniper rifle, which is produced in South Africa, can be safely ranked among the most powerful examples of small arms in the world. In the modern world, large-caliber sniper rifles, which are also called anti-material rifles, have long been a surprise. However, gunsmiths from

These days, small arms are going through hard times. In the international market, there is a constant increase in competition with a shortage of truly fresh, new ideas. It would seem that humanity has come a long way from the moment of the invention of gunpowder to the creation of modern models of small arms

The UMP (Universal Machinen Pistole) submachine gun manufactured by the famous German arms company Heckler & Koch might not have been included in the rating of the most powerful small arms if it had not been produced for cartridges of various calibers. The most powerful version of this versatile

The ASh-12 assault rifle belongs to modern Russian developments. This weapon was adopted by the FSB special forces. The features of this machine, in addition to the bullpup layout unusual for the domestic weapons school, include a powerful ammunition specially created for this weapon. V

The Soviet school of weapons development was one of the best in the world, but not all samples managed to get from the prototype stage to mass production. Often, promising systems could not make their way due to the inertia of the existing military leadership, which was reluctant to accept

The Desert Eagle pistol did not gain fame in the army or in special forces, but it is rightfully one of the most famous pistols in the world. It can be safely called a legendary example of small arms, which has gained fame among the masses. Popularization

In its official Facebook group, Kalashnikov Israel posted photos of its new product in March 2017. A new sniper rifle of an Israeli company called OFEK-308 was presented to the general public. No details about the new product at this time