Weapon 2024, November

Black Hawk / Black Bird Pistol In April 2006, the Real Action Paintball (RAP4) website announced a new pistol called the Black Bird. However, the image URL contained the file name blackhawk_pistol.jpg (the image does not open). This fact is indirectly

In my previous materials, you delved into the "History of paintball", learned what "Tactical paintball and non-lethal UTPBS system" is. You also got acquainted with the experimental product XM-303 and with the production samples of "FN 303: humane weapons from FN Herstal". However, this series would be incomplete

First victims of FN 303. Massacre in Geneva on March 29, 2003 at the Geneva-Cornavin railway station (Switzerland), about 150 anti-capitalists, participants in a peaceful demonstration against the WTO, were preparing to board a train. Suddenly policemen (30-50 people) attacked the demonstrators and began to beat them

As I wrote in my previous article "History of Paintball", the first states in which paintball equipment was used for tactical training of special forces soldiers were the United States and Israel. The Israel Defense Forces (Tsakhal) adopted a small number of paintball markers in

As you already know, the Frommer Stop pistol turned out to be a good service weapon. But among its minuses, one can note the excessive complexity of automation and its high cost. The army needed a simple and cheap pistol. Therefore, at the end of the 20s of the last century, Rudolf Frommer worked on more

In the previous article about the non-lethal UTPBS system, you got acquainted with a product developed on the basis of paintball technology. Potential operators of this system could be the US police and army, which needed weapons to neutralize, not defeat the enemy. The product was supposed

This article will focus on the "kids" of the designer Rudolf Frommer, that is, about pocket pistols. These small-sized pistols have always been in demand not only among civilians for self-defense, but also among the military: for wearing out of order and as a last-chance weapon. It should be noted that

From the previous part of my article, you already know that the 29M pistol was developed as a cheaper and simpler alternative to the Frommer Stop service pistol. The 29M pistol turned out to be somewhat easier to manufacture and maintain and was cheaper than Frommer Stop. But still he corresponded

In the first part I described several pistols of the Hungarian weapons designer Rudolf von Frommer, namely: Frommer M1901, M1906 and M1910. Outwardly, these models undoubtedly possessed a characteristic family trait: a thin and long barrel. Other pistols of that time also looked like

This is a continuation of the article about carbines of the KS-23 family. The first part is HERE. KS-23K (Special carbine, 23 mm, short) KS-23K is a further development of the "Drozd" theme. It was created by the specialists of the Tula KBP in 1998 on the basis of the main units and mechanisms of the KS-23 and KS-23M carbines

This is a continuation of the article about carbines of the KS-23 family. The first part is HERE. Soviet realities After analyzing typical situations, one of the tasks assigned to the gunsmiths was the accuracy of the weapon, which allows you to hit a square of 50x50 cm at a distance of 100-150 m. Another task was to create

From the author: Dear readers! I return to my favorite topic and continue to acquaint you with rare and interesting weapons. Today I will begin to acquaint you with the Russian pump action carbine chambered for 4 caliber. I prepared this material for publication in the spring, and a large

Voennoye Obozreniye readers are already aware of the existence of VHS and VHS-2 assault rifles from the Croatian HS Produkt campaign. But this is not the only weapon that has been developed and produced in Croatia. Among other things, the Croatian military export agency Agencije ALAN

Dear Readers! This is the second in a series of articles on weapons designed by American designer Robert Hillberg. In the first part, I introduced you to the Liberator shotgun (Liberator), which Robert Hillberg, together with the Winchester campaign

Dear Readers! This is a continuation of the fifth article in a series of publications devoted to weapons designed by American designer Robert Hillberg, which was published yesterday. Due to my oversight, I did not insert the text of the article in full, for which I ask you

Dear Readers! With this material, I begin a series of publications on weapons designed by American designer Robert Hillberg. Echoes of the Cold War: Winchester Liberator

Dear Readers! This is the fourth in a series of articles on weapons designed by American designer Robert Hillberg. In previous parts I introduced you to the Liberator and Colt Defender multi-barreled shotguns, as well as

Dear Readers! This is the third article in a series of articles on weapons designed by American designer Robert Hillberg. In previous articles I introduced you to the Winchester Liberator and Colt Defender multi-barreled shotguns

After the end of the First World War, French experts carefully studied the captured German weapons and came to the conclusion that it was necessary to develop their own submachine gun. In the early twenties, the first French project of this class was created, and in the middle of the decade, a new

After the end of the First World War, the French army was armed with a variety of small arms of various classes. The troops had rifles and machine guns of various types, but there were no submachine guns at that time. In the early twenties, the command realized the need

According to the most common version, Colt was pushed to the idea of creating a revolver by observing a rotating mechanism on the ship "Corvo", on which the great inventor traveled from Boston to Calcutta. One way or another, but it was on board the "Corvo" Colt for the first time

It is no secret that one of the most famous revolvers, at least in Europe, are the revolvers of the Nagan brothers, but after all, people were armed with something even before the brothers seized the market for short-barreled weapons. In this article I would like to talk about revolvers that were common earlier

The main small arms of the Russian army during the First World War were the so-called. Russian three-line rifle mod. 1891, aka S.I. Mosin. This weapon was equipped with a needle tetrahedral bayonet, which was a further development of the bayonet of the Berdan rifle. However, the rifle

The Model 1940 9mm Light Rifle is undoubtedly the rarest weapon mass-produced by Smith & Wesson. Many collectors, fans of the S&W brand, have not been able to get this item in their collection, and many gun lovers have not even heard of it

When I hear the phrase "battle knife", the image of a shark - a predator, an ideal killer, unchanged by evolution since the time of the dinosaurs, has survived them and to this day terrifies any inhabitant of the ocean - appears in my mind. Perhaps it was the shark tooth that prompted primitive man to think

After the entry of Great Britain, the USSR and the USA into the Second World War, it became clear that they would have to fight the strongest armies in the world in the person of Nazi Germany and militaristic Japan. Despite the stronger military potential of the anti-Hitler coalition, Germany had some odds in some

Large-caliber sniper weapons have repeatedly proved that they are not only a useful means for destroying an enemy protected by high-class individual body armor, but in general, a weapon that is necessary and has the right to exist. The only thing that does not allow this

In the recent past, the self-loading special PSS "Vul" pistol was widely known, the main feature of which was the minimum noise of the shot. In the design of this weapon, original methods were used to reduce the noise produced during a shot, one of which was a special cartridge

Among the large number of existing types of small arms, special-purpose models and, especially, silent firearms, are of increased interest both for their uniqueness and the history of development. Including because the very fact of existence, details and technical

AK-74M The need to create one or another model of combat small arms should be determined by the end user acting as the customer. It is he who, based on the experience and the forecast of the nature of future hostilities, develops the tactical and technical requirements for the desired

How often in the history of weapons do we find examples of an exclusively subjective assessment of one or another of its samples? And if objective factors were also superimposed on them, then this led to the most real "adventures of inventions". Here it is - the Enfield revolver "Revolver No. 2 Mk I" Even outwardly it is clear that

In the initial period of World War II, Great Britain and other countries of the Commonwealth of the Nation faced a shortage of the necessary weapons and equipment. British industry tried to increase the rate of production and generally coped with the orders of its military department, but to supply

In general, even such a modern rifle with a rotary magazine in the US Army did not go. But this does not mean that the drum magazine was never used in American weapons again. No, there was another rifle, and a rather unusual one, which had such a magazine, and in addition, there was also

O Damask Durendal, my light sword, Into whose handle of the shrine of old I have put: In it is the blood of Vasily, the tooth of Peter the incorruptible, Vlasa of Denis, a man of God, A fragment of the vest of Mary the virgin. ("Song of Roland") A sword for the Middle Ages is clearly more than a simple weapon. For the Middle Ages, this is, first of all

10:34. Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth; I did not come to bring peace, but a sword, (the Gospel of Matthew) Each topic for an article on VO is "not just like that": he sat down, put his finger to his forehead and "gave birth" to the text. It is necessary to find information, and often the most interesting information has to be taken from books

The history of weapons knows not so many examples of how a well-known and tested model in difficult conditions of war receives very controversial reviews. As a rule, the majority of experts agree, and this or that system receives a fairly unambiguous assessment based on

Probably, I was not the only one who came across an incorrect classification of weapons in various catalogs, when a submachine gun, for some unknown reason, ended up in the section of submachine guns. It would seem that there is nothing difficult in identifying a submachine gun in front of you or an assault rifle, no - just look

NPO Izhmash is going to develop a modification of the new AK-12 Kalashnikov assault rifle, which will match the special forces units as much as possible. According to the press service of the enterprise, a sample of such a machine will be presented in the fall of this year, according to RIA Novosti

“A dagger is good for someone who has it, and bad for someone who does not have it at the right time” (Abdullah, “White Sun of the Desert”) Firearms are an integral attribute of civilization. Since ancient times, weapons have served as an instrument of protection, obtaining food, conquering territories. And always a weapon

Weapon history is a continuous process of improving small arms, aimed at increasing their combat effectiveness and developing in accordance with global trends in combat tactics. Experimental and prototypes created at the stages of research work