Weapon 2024, November

Device for installation on PPD. Probably the drawing by S.M. Despite the development of armies, equipment and technologies, during the Great Patriotic War, wire barriers remained a serious problem for the troops. To overcome them, a special tool might be required, which is not always lightweight and

Shooting from a pistol M17. Photo US Army At the beginning of 2017, the US Army completed the XM17 Modular Handgun System competition, the purpose of which was to select a promising pistol to replace existing samples. The winner of the competition was SIG Sauer with its P320 pistol in two modifications - M17 and M18

The battle of the Novgorod-Seversk troops with the Polovtsians. The Novgorodian on the left uses a crossbow. Illustration from the Rodziwill Chronicle / runivers.ru Ancient Russian warriors actively used all kinds of throwing weapons - bows, sulitsa, etc. No later than the XII century. the first crossbows appeared in the arms of the rati, or

Saber of the X century from the collection of the State Historical Museum. According to the customs of that time, before being placed in the burial, the saber was bent and spoiled. Photo Wikimedia Commons The armament of the Russian warriors had a variety of bladed weapons. The longest in service were sabers of various kinds

Old Russian axes from the collection of the State Historical Museum. Above is a typical coinage. Under it are axes. Photo Wikimedia Commons An ancient Russian warrior could use different types of edged weapons. One of the main weapons was the battle ax. Such a product could be useful on the field

Old Russian swords from Gnezdovo. Whether there were haraluzhnykh among them is unknown. Photo Mihalchuk-1974.livejournal.com One of the main weapons of the ancient Russian warrior was a sword. The history of the sword in Russia is well known, but there are still white spots in it. For example, the reason for controversy is still

As you know, coming to Russia with a sword is fraught with death from such a weapon. Indeed, the Russian army possessed a large number of swords and, with their help, repeatedly met enemies. The first swords appeared with her no later than the 9th century, and quite quickly such samples became widespread, becoming

Russian warriors of past centuries could use different weapons. However, for centuries the main weapon of the infantry was the spear. Such weapons have constantly evolved due to changes in certain design features, which allowed them to more fully correspond to the current

Jet-type flamethrowers, throwing a flammable liquid to the target, showed their potential during the First World War, and since then have been constantly improved. Nevertheless, despite all the improvements, they had a characteristic drawback in the form of large dimensions and weight. Original solution of this

During the Great Patriotic War, the Soviet infantry were armed with ROKS-2 and ROKS-3 backpack flamethrowers (Klyuev-Sergeev backpack flamethrower). The first flamethrower model of this series appeared in the early 1930s, it was the ROX-1 flamethrower. At the beginning of the Great Patriotic War in

The Lobaev Corporation, created by brothers Vladislav and Nikolai Lobaev, is currently developing and producing ultra-precise long-range rifles that can compete with the world's best models. Today, this young Russian private company produces rifles that

Not so long ago, the famous gunsmith designer Vladislav Lobaev returned to Russia. After several years of work in the United Arab Emirates, Russian engineers headed by V. Lobaev decided to return to Russia. Now the development and production of new high-precision small arms

Pistols with detachable butts appeared for the first time during the domination of muzzle-loading small arms in the 17th-18th centuries. In the 19th century, there were also examples of such weapons, for example, the Colt Dragoon capsule revolver. But the largest number of pistols-carbines was

In 2009, a new manufacturer of high-precision small arms appeared on the Russian arms market. The Tsar Cannon company offered its customers an SVL rifle (Lobaev's sniper rifle). For the next few months, this rifle became one of the main topics of discussion among amateurs

Ultrasound - a submachine gun created by the sons of Israel, which over time conquered the hearts of many real men, today is the ideal melee weapon in its class. will lead you to

A few days ago, the Russian arms holding Bespoke Gun, known for its work in the field of high-precision and "elite" small arms for sports and hunting, presented a new development. The Phantom carbine combines a successful design and a recognizable appearance. Wherein

Interesting news slipped through from the US Air Force sappers, who finally realized that a 5.56 mm sniper rifle for destroying unexploded shells was clearly not enough for them and they needed something more long-range and powerful. Oddly enough, to replace not the best weapon for sapper tasks

As a result, all these developments resulted in American patent No. 681,481, issued on August 27, 1901 to Mr. Thomas Johnson for a very unusual carbine, which then appeared in metal in 1905-1906. and dubbed the "1907 Model". The primary sample, judging by the schemes from the patent documentation

ATK has unveiled a new self-loading hand grenade launcher XM-25 during the Paris exhibition Eurosatory-2014, which was developed for the US armed forces. But even the middle

There is new information about the combat tests of a representative of the new generation of weapons - the XM25 grenade launcher. American soldiers who had a chance to try the new XM25 say that in addition to the ability to destroy the enemy behind various shelters, the new product has an effective firing range

Kijiro Nambu is sometimes called the Japanese John Browning. He made a huge contribution to the development of many types of small arms that were used by the Imperial Japanese Army during the Second World War. However, it should be noted that Browning's designs are still

In order to offer the market a pistol with a more accurate shooting, the Manufacture Francaise d'Armes et Cycles de Saint-Etienne in 1922 the company released a new model called the "Policeman" (Le Fran? Ais Type Policeman). This weapon differed from the "pocketmodel" only in longer

Isaac Jennings's shotgun, designed by him in 1821. Unlike the single-shot rifles of those times, it could fire 12 times in a row - it had a dozen independent powder chambers. 12 Jennings charging shotgun, Isaac Jennings's prototype is a 12-round silicon rifle with

Despite the fact that revolvers were supplanted at the beginning of the twentieth century by pistols, this class of weapons has not disappeared or become obsolete, but continues to be quite common and sold where it is allowed. Giving preference to the highest reliability among all samples of short-barreled weapons

After the history of the Iraqi Navy and the Bulgarian Air Force, I decided to devote the next block of articles to an equally unexplored topic - the Korean People's Army (KPA). The DPRK itself is a mystery country, and even less is known about what the KPA is armed with. so I'll start with small arms

Often, employees of various special services have a need for firearms, which, with tolerable characteristics, would be compact and secretive. For "liquidator specialists" gunsmiths from time to time make various flush-mounted systems, but for most users they do not

It can be called a coincidence, or another way, but from the beginning of the 90s of the XX century, that is, from the moment the Russian state declared its declarative rights to independence, sovereignty and self-determination, the work of Russian designers of light weapons has noticeably intensified

This self-loading rifle was developed by the well-known American company "Kel-tec CNC Industries", it continues the successful development of the commercial weapons of the already released lightweight Kel-tec SUB2000 rifle. The rifle was shown to the public for the first time in 2003. Today

The image of a Soviet officer was always painted with a kind of patriotic touch, there was always a certain pathos. In all the pictures of a patriotic sense, he raises the fighters to the attack, and if the pictures of the period of the Patriotic War, then he has a TT in his hands, and if of a later time, then

The history of the creation of WW2 showed the advantages of automatic weapons and its end, was marked by the growth of the creation of various types of automatic weapons. In the middle of 45, the main armament of the British infantry units was the SMLE No.4 Mk.1 non-self-loading magazine rifle, as well as

The end of the 80s of the last century turned out to be very successful for the Klimovsky Central Research Institute Tochmash. At this time, two models of small arms were created and adopted - the VSS rifle and the Val submachine gun - in addition, on their basis, another submachine gun began to be created, this time a small one. Tula

When considering pistols for the title of the best around the world, first of all, the impact on the world arms market, the revolutionary design and the massive use of them were taken into account. The review was attended by all representatives of the global pistol market - military, hunting, sports and civil

An analysis of the regional and local conflicts that took place, including with the participation of NATO forces in some military companies, shows that at the preliminary stage, aviation carried out massive bombing strikes, which were called "carpet bombing", and then launched an offensive against

At the very beginning of the 70s of the last century, Klimovsky TsNIITochMash received an order from the Ministry of Defense to create a pistol capable of firing without a lot of noise. The basis of the new design was to be a Stechkin automatic pistol. The work on the modernization of the APS was entrusted to the senior scientific

Snipers of the "new model" hoped to get samples of modern foreign rifles for full-fledged training. However, they were disappointed in the form of outdated Russian SVD equipped with a folding stock and Vintorezov, Izvestia newspaper reports

One of the exhibits at the Shot Show 2010 that deserves close scrutiny is the Kel-Tec innovative pistol called the PMR-30

In the course of the wars in Afghanistan and Chechnya, the domestic armed forces managed to gain sufficient experience to somewhat change their views on modern weapons. The tactical situation sometimes requires approaching or even going beyond the recommended modes and parameters of the weapon's operation. V

The Kel-Tec KSG shotgun or smoothbore shotgun was developed by the privately-owned Kel-tec CNC industrie in the United States. Kel-tec CNC is well known in the civilian arms market for its innovative and proprietary solutions. For the first time a smoothbore shotgun is officially

Those who have served in the army know how difficult it is for a left-handed person to shoot from an AK-74 assault rifle or an RPG-7V grenade launcher. A similar situation arises with the SVD sniper rifle, which was in service in the 80s of the XX century. Some opponents may argue that a person can be anything

Makarov pistol modernized Like any other weapon, PM also underwent various modifications and upgrades. At the end of the last century, the designers created the modernization of the PM, which went into series and is used in service. The main idea of the modernization is to improve the characteristics of the PM for