Meeting Government Orders : Unusually Designed Russian Rifles
About a year ago, back in 2018, the Russian Ministry of Defense officially announced results of the “Ratnik” trials in regard to new assault rifles....... Read more.
New Russian Pistols Vie for Military Adoption
Despite their diminutive size, pistols still are important military firearms, and they are even more important as law enforcement weapons. The venerable 9x18mm ... Read more.
Is there a thing such as an Assault or Battle rifle?
ABOVE: Infantry rifle should perform adequately on any possible terrain, but some current battlefields overstretch the capabilities of weapons that were built f... Read more.
ORSIS T-5000: New Name in Precision Rifles
ABOVE: T-5000 with night vision adapter. Until recently, Russian small arms were famous mostly for their ruggedness, durability and reliability, even under the ... Read more.
Indigenous Machine Guns of China: Part Two – Heavy Machine Guns
Up until the 1960s all machine guns manufactured in China were of foreign design. The first heavy machine gun to be produced in China was the 12.7mm Type 54, a... Read more.
Indigenous Machine Guns of China
Up until the 1960s, all machine guns manufactured in China were of foreign design. Earliest of these were well known copies of the German Maxim MG 08, generall... Read more.
A Brief History of Russian Heavy Machine Guns
This story begins in 1925. That year the Red Army requested the development of a large caliber machine gun with the intention of using it as an anti-aircraft ... Read more.
Big Bore, Small Noise: VKS Large Caliber Silenced Sniper Rifle
Left side of the VKS rifle less scope, with iron sights raised. Over the last several decades, counter-terrorism operations became very important for most ‘ci... Read more.
Guns of the Spetsnaz: Specially Designed CQB Rifles
Pair of OMON (SWAT-type unit) operators prepare for entry exercise, armed with suppressed 9-A91 rifles. By the late 1980s, special operations elements of the So... Read more.
Guns of the Spetsnaz: Specially-Designed Silenced Long Guns
OMON (Russian Police Spetsnaz) operator with OTs-14 rifle in GL configuration. As discussed in previous articles on the subject, Soviet Army Spetsnaz troops and... Read more.
