Weapon 2024, April

A shot from the 1938 comedy "Bear" with the participation of wonderful actors Mikhail Zharov, Olga Androvskaya and two revolvers "Smith and Wesson"! "(Song from the Soviet film" Bear "(1938) directed by

Carr's five-shot revolver, manufactured by the London Arms Company. Caliber .44. Pay attention to the characteristic shape of the lever for tight bullet driving under the barrel. (National Museum of American History) When enemies attacked you, or you yourself began to fight with your enemies, you have no time to think about

© Photo: Vitaly V. Kuzmin / Vitalykuzmin.net November 30, 2020 in an interview with RIA Novosti journalists, Bekkhan Ozdoev, who holds the post of industrial director of the weapons complex of the state corporation "Rostec", spoke about promising models of Russian weapons. Among other things, data were announced along the way

Revolver Lich and Rigdon. In fact, it was a replica of the Navy 1851 Colt with a steel frame with a round drum and an octagonal barrel. Usually revolvers were marked "LEECH & RIGDON NOVELTY WORKS CSA" and a serial number, although sometimes there was no serial number at all. And how could this

Anti-tank cumulative grenade in the shape of a ball for American football. The authors tried to force the projectile to stabilize in flight using improvised plumage. Source: thedrive.com Sports equipment Of all sports equipment, only projectiles can fight tanks

The reason for writing this material was the recently published VO article "Why modular weapons are evil." Photo: Vitaly Kuzmin, vitalykuzmin.net To form a more complete picture, I decided to supplement the topic with arguments in favor of modular weapons

Green's rifle. The hammer is cocked. (Institute of Military Technology in Titusville, Florida) "Tell the Emperor that the British do not clean guns with bricks: let them not clean them either, otherwise, God save, war, and they are not good for shooting," Lefty said clearly, making the sign of the cross and died”N. S. Leskov "The Tale of

Self-loading rifle Ag m / 42 - in the late fifties it needed replacement In the late fifties, the Swedish command came to the conclusion that their army was backward in terms of small arms. Foreign countries adopted automatic rifles, while in Sweden

Normal heroes always go around! (Aibolit-66. Muz B. Tchaikovsky, words V. Korostylev) Military science at the turn of the era. It often happens that one of the inventors manages to come up with something that goes across the throat of everyone else. But … they can do nothing and there is only one thing left for them:

Chinese equestrian warrior of 1276 against the background of the Great Wall of China (a), armed with a "fiery spear" - lia hua chang (b). Such a weapon was widely used by the Song dynasties (1117-1279) and Ming (1368-1644) Now the pistols have already flashed, The hammer is thundering on the ramrod. Bullets go off the faceted barrel, And clicked for the first time

Henry North and Chauncey Skinner's revolving rifle drum and control lever In the previous article, we began our story about revolving carbines with a story about Colt's revolving rifle. And today we will continue this topic. Colt's production capabilities were

American special forces will soon receive a new modular multi-caliber sniper rifle from Barrett. The model, which received the military index Mark 22, is also known under the abbreviation MRAD (Multi-Role Adaptive Design). US Special Operations Command has already issued

And it all started with these peerboxes! Before us is a .31 caliber peperbox with four barrels and primer ignition, model 1857 And it so happened that when I was working on a series of articles devoted to carbines of the era of the Civil War in the United States, I saw, among others, a carbine

The TT pistol is one of the symbols of domestic small arms. Perhaps it is for this reason that the debate about how Fedor Vasilyevich Tokarev borrowed the ideas of other designers during its development is of such concern to the public today. Without considering how much TT was in the pistol from

Frederic Prince's carbine A series of articles about carbines of the American Civil War aroused great interest among VO readers. By the way, it was very interesting for me to work on it myself, although I had to shovel a bunch of English-language sources. But many readers IN me right there

Colt revolving rifle "with a ring" - a popular weapon of the Second Seminole War But few people know that at the same time, besides him, their own

Serbian soldiers with a new M19 assault rifleIn the second quarter of 2020, the Serbian army adopted a new modular M19 automatic rifle. A feature of the weapon is not just the replacement of barrels of different lengths, but also the bicaliber performance. Weapons can be transformed for use

Light machine gun LAD, photo: kalashnikov.media The light machine gun LAD can be attributed to the unique examples of Soviet small arms. A new light machine gun chambered for a pistol cartridge quite successfully passed field tests in 1943, showing good results. Despite the good

Revolver "Savage". The photo clearly shows all the features of its design: the presence of a traditional lever for tight bullets under the barrel, as well as a lever combined with a trigger located inside an extra-large bracket. Brandtubes extend to the outer surface of the drum

Naval revolver "Colt" 1861 caliber 9.14-mm (.36), reworked according to the system of Alexander Tuer. From left to right: Tuer's cartridge and device for their independent equipment; a drum with a protruding axis and a "ring" on which two "strikers" are clearly visible: one "shooting", the other extracting

MP 3008 with a T-shaped shoulder rest By the end of 1944, the defeat of Germany in World War II was no longer in doubt. At the same time, the leadership of the Third Reich tried to postpone this day as much as possible. One of the last attempts to delay the end of the war was the organization of detachments

M61A2 cannon in aircraft performance. Photo Wikimedia Commons the development of artillery and rifle systems with a rotating block of barrels proceeded extremely slowly and without real results. However, in the post-war period, this architecture attracted attention again, and appeared

Five-barreled 37-mm Hotchkiss cannon in the museum. Photo Wikimedia Commons In 1865, the US Army first entered service with a multi-barreled machine gun designed by Richard Jordan Gatling. Due to the original scheme, such a weapon showed the highest fire characteristics. This led to the emergence of interest in

The breech of the carbine "Cosmopolitan" (type 2) manufactured by Gwyn & Campbell …Rudyard Kipling. Queen's service. Translation AND

Gatling machine gun mod. 1862 Photo Wikimedia Commons a number of countries were looking for ways to increase the firepower of small arms. Various systems with various features were created and put into service, however, most of these developments later went into

STEN Mk I submachine gun. In service with Germany, it received the designation MP-748 (e). Photo by modernfirearms.net The British STEN submachine gun was distinguished by its extreme simplicity of design and low cost of production. Thanks to this, the release of such weapons was possible to establish not only in Great Britain, but also in

Bolt and rotary clutch of the Linder carbine The original carbine chambered for a paper cartridge was also patented in the USA by Edward Linder, an American of German descent. Production was established at the Amoskeag Manufacturing Co. from Manchester, New Hampshire

Typical "Dunsk" pistol We have dulled the English steel more than once In battles, But they bought us with English gold On the marketplace. Robert Burns. Scottish Glory Weapons from museums. This article was born like this: one of the readers of "VO", having read an article about Scottish broadswords, took and wrote to me that, besides

Stores equipped with 5.56x45 mm cartridgesEven if you are not fond of firearms, then most likely you can still list several popular calibers. And if we narrow the circle down to long-barreled weapons, then for sure - two. The most widespread in the world are two cartridges

The first version of the M1E5 carbine (below) in comparison with the base M1 Photo by Thefirearmblog.com This weapon showed high technical and combat characteristics and was an excellent replacement for the old

Sharps and Hankins carbine. The leather shirt has been removed. All the important details are clearly visible: the bracket, the trigger in the front and the latch of the lever in the back, the trigger guard to the left of it We leave at dawn, the wind blows from the Sahara, Raising our song to heaven, And only dust under our boots, God is with us and with us

John Walsh's multi-shot pocket revolver. Its creator wanted no less to improve the famous "Colt" His pupils are black, empty, Like the muzzle of a Colt. Vysotsky. Armed and very dangerous After reading this poem by V. Vysotsky, unfamiliar with the history of military affairs

Oh, how many such barrels with a front sight at the end people saw at that time for the last time in their lives! A point-blank shot from such a 12.7 mm carbine will fire, and that's it, no chance will leave you! With a rifle, but without knowledge - there are no victories, only you will do all sorts of misfortunes with your weapon! Mayakovsky, 1920

CenterMk. I. Light carbine "Smith and Wesson" М1940 / centerWeapons and firms. It happens, and very often, that the desire to do "what is best" turns against the one who wished, and in the end it only turns out worse. So it was, for example, with the light carbine of the firm "Smith and Wesson", developed in the United States in the very

Highlanders on the march. Painting by Robert A. Hillinford (1828-1904) Farewell My Homeland! Farewell to the North, the Fatherland of glory and valor, the land. We are persecuting the world by fate, Forever I will remain your son! Robert Burns. My heart is in the mountains Weapons from museums To begin with, the article "The main weapon of the cuirassier" caused

Haenel MK-556 submachine guns. Photo: www.cg-haenel.de The Bundeswehr is rightly considered one of the largest armies in Europe. The total number of military personnel in Germany, as of June 2020, was estimated at 185 thousand people. The size of the armed forces is of great importance when the army decides

Fox carbine, semi-automatic. Photo Gunbroker.com Weapon safety can be ensured in different ways. One of the most original solutions was proposed by the American designer Gerard J. Fox in his line of carbines for pistol cartridges. This is a weapon

It should be noted that interest in anti-material rifles is returning in many countries. Ukraine is no exception. For the second year in a row, the local company Snipex pleases the arms community with large-caliber novelties of its own design. Last year, the company's engineers presented

Eten Allen's carbine from Massachusetts. The lever for setting the aiming frame and the button for locking the staple behind the trigger are clearly visible Behind the mask you cannot recognize the face, In the eyes - nine grams of lead, His calculation is accurate and clear. He will not climb on the rampage, He is armed to the teeth And very, very dangerous

Today the Scottish highlanders do not cut with broadswords, they dance with them! … and I fenced not badly, especially with a Scottish broadsword. George Byron. From scattered thoughts. 1821 Weapons from museums. Probably, someone has already noticed that many "experts" who decorate the pages of "VO" with their presence are not very