Weapon 2024, November

And again, two namesakes are on friendly terms, And call both Maxims. Again, the gunner is pointing accurately, hits with maximum force. "Well, well, well!" - says the machine gunner, "Well, well, well!" - says the machine gun! Music: Sigismund Katz. Words: V. Dykhovichny. 1941 Already the first cases of the use of machine guns

Some peoples have what might be called a "cult of precision" when it comes to developing their rifles. And this applies to the Swedes in the first place. Other nations simply wanted their rifles to do the job they were created for - hitting quickly and easily

When about a year ago materials of the series "Rifles by Countries and Continents" appeared on the pages of VO, this was caused, in essence, by a completely prosaic circumstance. I just have a friend who collects them. And he does not have any rifles in his collection, including even Mauser carbines

Somehow it so happened that here on VO there were no articles of mine about small arms for a long time. But this does not mean at all that work on this topic is not going on. It goes, but slowly, because I don't want to repeat myself, and finding new sources is not at all so easy. For example, about the Swedish machine gun "Knorr-Bremse"

There was one intelligent machine gunner, Meet my Maxim, And the other machine gun was easel By the nickname, too, Maxim. Music: Sigismund Katz. Words: V. Dykhovichny. 1941 So, last time we stopped at the fact that the "Maxim's Armory Company" began to produce machine guns and widely advertise them in

In 1939, Australian self-taught gunsmith Evelyn Owen developed and presented to the army his version of the submachine gun. This weapon had an extremely simple design, and was also distinguished by its low cost. Moreover, the first prototype was assembled by Owen in his own workshop. Simplicity and cheapness of the new

In 1942, the Owen submachine gun was adopted by the Australian army. This weapon was actively used during the Second World War and some conflicts in subsequent decades. Owen's submachine gun was distinguished by a simple but successful design that provided maximum

The STEN submachine gun was born, as it often happens, to the inertia of military officials.In 1938, when the Second World War was already clearly smelling, the British Defense Department rejected the idea of expanding the production of American Thompson assault rifles in their country. Conservatives in uniform

By the end of 1939, when the Soviet-Finnish war began, the Finnish army was armed mainly with small arms of its own production. For example, the Finnish Suomi submachine gun, which outwardly very much resembles the famous Shpagin submachine gun, has become one of the symbols of that

The PPD, contrary to legends, is not copied from the Finnish "Suomi" at all. In 2010, there are two significant anniversaries at once: 75 years ago, a submachine gun of the V. A. Degtyarev system was adopted and 70 years ago - a submachine gun of the G. S. Shpagin system … The fate of the PPD and PPSh reflected a dramatic

For many, the submachine guns that were used by Soviet soldiers on the battlefields of the Great Patriotic War are, first of all, the Shpagin submachine guns - the famous PPSh. However, in the Soviet Union during the war years, other models of automatic weapons were also actively used. V

A series of articles in the series "Rifles by Countries and Continents" aroused great interest of the VO audience. But the more we delve into this topic, the more new and unusual designs are found in it. It is clear that no rifle in the world can be compared, for example, in popularity with the Mauser, but in

The gunner guides him very accurately, and the "maxim" is like lightning striking. "Well, well, well!" - says the machine gunner, "Well, well, well!" - says the machine gun. Music: Sigismund Katz Lyrics: V. Dykhovichny, 1941 The first material about the Maxim machine gun liked the readers of the VO, and expressed

"Everything will be the way we want. In case of various troubles, We have a Maxim machine gun, They don't have Maxim" (Hilary Bellock "New Traveler") Unless a lazy one wrote about Maxim's machine gun. But … it always happens that when you collect material for several years, there is, firstly, a lot of it, and secondly, it contains a lot

It just so happened that in the United States, small arms were developed by a lot. The same Browning made a homemade gun while still a boy, and then what to say about adults? And someone expected success, but someone did not. But nevertheless, people tried to create something of their own, to improve the work

Many VO readers, having become acquainted with the story about the carbines and rifles developed in the USA and used in the 60-70s of the XIX century, in a number of their comments expressed bewilderment as to why the famous Spencer carbine was not mentioned among them. Accordingly, many wanted to

On the eve of the war, the postmen of the famous Pony Express mail service were armed with Colt rifles, including eight people who operated on the most dangerous section between Missouri and Santa Fe. When doubts were expressed in the press as to whether only eight people could be responsible for

As it became known, the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs ordered the development of a new machine gun for battles in the city. A machine gun chambered for 5.45x39 mm must have a combined power supply, i.e. the ability to use both a machine-gun belt and standard magazines from the AK-74 / RPK-74. Weapons must have a high density

The favorite weapon of the Chekists and commissars loyally served both the White Guards, and criminals, and famous polar explorers

At the mention of the Barrett company, almost any person, even a little interested in firearms, immediately associates with large-caliber rifles. But it would be foolish to expect Ronnie Barrett to limit himself to only such weapons when his company is at a record

The Remington Company is famous for its revolvers and pistols. We have already written about such pistols as Remington-Elliot Derringer, Remington Zig-Zag Derringer, Remington Double Derringer. The company also produced revolvers and rifles. At the end of the 19th century, she occupied one of the leading places

Anyone who is interested in arming and equipping "special operations forces" has noticed how much the "special forces" values personal weapons. Regardless of the presence of individual (submachine gun, rifle, machine gun, carbine) or group (light machine gun, grenade launcher) weapons, practically

Pistol Glock 17 Currently, Glock pistols and model 17 in particular, are one of the most reliable and unpretentious among all self-loading pistols ever produced and in production today

By the mid-fifties, Egypt had signed several agreements on military-technical cooperation with foreign countries. In accordance with a number of similar agreements, the Egyptian industry received a set of necessary documentation and a license for the production of small arms foreign

The Osa barrelless pistol is familiar to many Russian citizens today. This is an excellent example of non-lethal civilian weapons. The development of this pistol was completed at the turn of 1997-1999 at the Research Institute of Applied Chemistry. Since 1999, this pistol has been mass-produced. Today his

Over the past few centuries, military equipment and weapons have been constantly evolving. The need for both of them led to repeated technical breakthroughs, new types of offensive weapons were invented, which made it possible to strike at enemy forces

Today on the Russian market there is a huge variety of knives: combat, hunting, folding, tactical and other models. All of them differ from each other in size, weight, production methods, while meeting certain standards. Separately, tactical knives can be distinguished, which

At the industry exhibition of hunting and sporting weapons IWA & OutdoorClassics 2016, held in early March in Nuremberg, the Russian exposition was presented in an abbreviated form. Compensate for the absence of the largest Russian arms manufacturers at the exhibition under the sanctions (concern

April 28 marks the 125th anniversary of the adoption by the Russian army of the "three-line rifle of the 1891 model of the year" - a magazine rifle of 7.62 mm caliber designed by Sergei Mosin. This small arms was widely used during the Russo-Japanese, World War I, Civil and Great

The company "A + A" from Tula began serial production and supplies to stores of an aerosol self-defense device under the sonorous name "Dobrynya", which is used with small-sized cans BAM-OS 18x51 mm. The company "A + A" LLC has been operating in the Russian arms market since 2004. At present

Today, many armies of the Western bloc are replacing the main individual weapons in the troops. France abandons FAMAS in favor of the NK416, the Bundeswehr abandons the G36 and even the US Marine Corps, known for its loyalty to tradition, is changing the "evil black rifle" (the so-called M-16

In recent years, the Russian defense industry, fulfilling orders from the armed forces, has been paying special attention to the topic of promising sniper rifles. For several years, a number of new models of this class were presented, some of which have already entered service. Quite expectedly new

On April 13, 1940, the SVT-40 rifle was put into service in the USSR - one of the most famous models of automatic weapons of World War II One of the famous military axioms says that it is not a weapon that is at war - people who hold it in their hands are at war. In other words, no matter how wonderful this or that

The desire of Russian gunsmiths to adapt to the new conditions that arose after the collapse of the USSR and to find their place in the emerging market economy led to the emergence of a number of unexpected weapons, sometimes successful, sometimes curious

Domestic rifle ORSIS has become a world-class sensation We offer our readers interviews with experts who are not afraid to point out the real problems of our country. At the same time, it would be completely wrong to form

The answer to this question is very difficult: large-caliber rifles create a powerful flash and rumble like artillery weapons, and silent samples do not have a long firing range. You have to choose which is more important: stealth or power. The solution to the sniper dilemma came from the city, traditionally

Weapon tuning should not be confused with automobile tuning: the focus here is not on showiness, but on efficiency. And the very word "tuning" gunsmiths understand quite literally: translated from English tuning means tuning, adjustment. In the army, such improvements will be considered unnecessary, but

20 questions to the experts of the departments that determine the strategy for the development of small arms

On March 4, 1807, Emperor Alexander I signed a decree on the construction of a cold steel plant in the Urals The history of cold steel is directly related to the history of human development, and our ancestors were no exception. Since the appearance of the first Slavs on the lands of our homeland, their whole life has been

A brief history of the creation and destruction of the Kalashnikov assault rifle The creator of the first in Russia assault rifle Vladimir Grigorievich Fedorov in the final part of his work "The Evolution of Small Arms" (1939) came to the conclusion that further development should lead to the creation of a new type of assault rifle