IMBEL 5.56 mm rifle developments
Way back in the early 20th Century, the world’s armies were generally equipped with bolt-action rifles in calibers of around ...
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FAL-Based Submachine Guns from IMBEL’s Fábrica de Itajubá
ABOVE: Author firing an MD1A1 at Fábrica de Itajubá; the weapon offering a moderate cyclic rate of fire in the ...
Argentina’s Indigenous Rifle Attempts
ABOVE: This particular example of a scoped Argentine rifle shown in a publicity photo has the cocking handle on the ...
Brazil’s Corpo de Fuzileiros Navais
As Latin America’s largest country and with a population of 200 million souls, Brazil faces massive defense problems. Although it ...
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