Friday, 11 Jun 2010
The FAMAS or Fusil d'Assaut de la Manufacture d'Armes de Saint-Étienne, in French, is a bullpup-style assault rifle manufactured in France by MAS. Fire mode is controlled by a selector within the trigger guide. The three settings are safe, single shot, and automatic. There is another selector...
Wednesday, 2 Jun 2010
The RPD Light Machine Gun was developed in 1944 in hopes to bring the Soviet Army a superior suppressing weapon to the front lines for use against the Germans in WWII. However, it was realized that the war was winding down, and mass production of the weapon did not begin until 1953. Since then,...
Monday, 24 May 2010
The AK-47 (or Avtomat Kalashnikova) is a selective fire, gas operated 7.62mm assault rifle. The original AK-47 and its numerous variants are the most widely used and popular assault rifles in the world; more AK-type rifles have been produced than all other assault rifles combined. First developed...
Saturday, 22 May 2010
The M82 is a recoil operated, magazine fed, anti-material rifle developed by the American manufacturer Barrett Firearms. Also referred to as the Special Application Scoped Rifle, or SASR, it is in use with many armies throughout the world. It is chambered for the powerful .50 caliber round used...
Tuesday, 11 May 2010
The Walther Arms 2000 (or WA2000) is a semi-automatic bullpup sniper rifle that was produced by the Carl Walther GmbH Sportwaffen company.The rifle was designed in the 1970s. The bullpup design was chosen because it would allow a standard length barrel (for a sniper rifle) to be used, whilst...
Tuesday, 4 May 2010
The FN P90 ("Project 90") is a series of Belgian-designed Sub-Machine Guns, originally started in the 1980s. The P90 is chambered in 5.7x28mm. It is fed by a horizontal translucent 50-round magazine. The base of the magazine is toward the barrel. The cartridges are fed into a spiral feed...
Tuesday, 20 Apr 2010
The UMP, or Universal Machine Pistol, is a German Sub-Machine Gun manufactured by world-renowned gun manufacturer Heckler & Koch. Originally it was meant to replace the MP5, but both remain in production. The gun comes in three varieties – the UMP9, the UMP40 and the UMP45, the latter of...
Monday, 12 Apr 2010
The IMI Mini-Uzi is a submachine gun featured in Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. It is a more compact variant of the ubiquitous Uzi sub-machine gun. The Uzi is an iconic SMG designed in Israel and has seen worldwide use. It had roughly the same barrel...
Monday, 5 Apr 2010
The FAL, or Fusil Automatique Leger, was created during the widespread adoption of the battle rifles by NATO forces. Having been produced in most NATO countries, seen action in 15 official conflicts, and overall seen service in over 90 countries, the FAL has certainly earned its name as...
Monday, 22 Mar 2010
The CheyTac Intervention is an American made bolt action sniper rifle designed for soft target interdiction. It fires from a detachable single stack magazine. The Intervention was designed alongside its very own ballistic computer which computes factors such as wind, temperature, humidty,...