Weapons

Polearms are much older than swords and sabers. And let it not be shrouded in such a heroic and romantic halo as bladed weapons, but it was the spear that for long centuries served and served faithfully both infantrymen and horsemen. It did not become such a recognizable symbol of war as a sword or a sword, but despite this, the spear was the main weapon of the Greek hoplites, and Swiss pikemen, and medieval knights in armor.

Despite the developed military industry in Russia, an impressive weapon production complex, leading positions in the traumatic market in our country are occupied by weapons produced in other countries or made in Russia, but on the basis of foreign weapons. But few people know that, for example, in the same Ukraine, from where the Thunderstorm complex, made on the basis of the Fort line, came to Russia, there is a popular traumatic pistol made on the basis of a Russian gun.

The traumatic pistol Thunder-05 is produced by the Russian company Tekhnoarms. The developers took Fort-18R as a basis, the goal of the engineering team was to adapt it under Russian legislation for self-defense weapons. General Information At the heart of the automatic system of this gun is the principle of work using recoil at a free gate.

The role of large-caliber machine guns in the modern realities of armed conflict is increasing, which largely determines their creation in many leading countries, including Russia. At the same time, an analysis of the characteristics of Russian heavy machine guns in comparison with other most well-known and common foreign counterparts demonstrates that Russian-made machine guns outperform foreign ones in their weight and size characteristics, reliability of operation and rate of fire.

A trench or trench knife was widespread during the First World War, although some self-made samples were found in soldiers before. Despite the fact that the wars of the 20th century were quite technological, and by the beginning of the Great Patriotic War, cold weapons were almost everywhere displaced from the battlefield, the trench knife managed to hold its ground until the 21st century.

Continuation of the review of the most ancient cold piercing weapons in the history of mankind. Very soon, people realized that the spear is fraught with considerable development potential. The spear was noted on almost every page of the chronicles. To date, there are many varieties of copies. We will try to consider the most famous of them.

Starting in 2014, Russian special forces began to be equipped with powerful new weapons - the Bur drill - the lightest and most compact in the world. New weapons have significantly increased the firepower of the special forces, making it easier to solve operational and tactical tasks. Unlike its predecessors in class, the new grenade launcher has not only high firing characteristics, but also much more practical in operation.

In terms of mass production and use during the Second World War, the Degtyarev light machine gun firmly holds the third place, second only to the PPSh-41 and the Mosin rifle. This is explained not only by its mass character, but also by its excellent tactical and technical characteristics. The history of the creation of the RPD Soviet state after the Civil War in the conditions of technological blockade had to create a lot from scratch.

Handcuffs are called chained, thrown on the legs or on the hands of arrested or convicted bracelets to restrict their freedom of movement. Shackles are usually iron or steel. Basically, they are used in convoy on vehicles that are not equipped for this purpose or for the movement of crime suspects or offenders on foot.

The Second World War was the first large-scale conflict in the history of mankind, which completely fell under the definition of a "motor war". Tanks and other types of armored vehicles were the main striking force in the war, this statement is especially true for the fighting on the eastern front. It was tank wedges that were the decisive factor that ensured the implementation of the German Blitzkrieg tactics.

The main task of a hand-held grenade launcher in combat is to destroy the enemy’s armored vehicles, and only after that do other tasks proceed. That is why this weapon was conceived. The German Faustpatron and the legendary RPG-7 were developed for the destruction of tanks and other armored targets. In addition, many modern grenades have a warhead of a cumulative type, that is, they are not very effective against manpower, but extremely effective against tanks and armored personnel carriers.

It would seem that so much has been written about this type of cold weapon that it is almost impossible to add anything new. However, so many legends and myths have been created around the checkers that only no less numerous stories about the Japanese katana can argue with them. What place did this Cossack weapon actually occupy in the armament complex of the Russian army?

Signal firearms designed to beep. It should not be confused with rocket launchers, hunter signal bullets. These means give a sound and light signal. The caliber of the signal revolver does not allow charges of such a mass that they have a bright glow, so the sound remains the only means of giving a signal.

Automatic traumatic gun P226T TK-pro works on the principle of a free shutter. The accuracy of shooting with a 10 × 28 caliber cartridge is quite good - about 10 cm by 6 meters. The P226T TK P magazine holds 10 rounds of ammunition. The gun has a wear-resistant terracotta coating, the barrel length is 112 mm.

IL-43 is a smooth-bore weapon with two horizontal barrels, which, due to its universally, should have become the most popular among hunters. As with other models of Izhevsk production, the quality of the gun turned out to be extraordinary, since a lot of manual work is used in the assembly process. The history of the creation of the IL-43 To develop a new model for the basis of the shotgun was taken IL-58MA.

Lobaeva sniper rifle is a modern family of Russian sniper rifles. This weapon appeared several years ago, however, today, independent experts recognize that the Lobayev SVL rifle is one of the most accurate sniper weapons in the world. She seriously pressed the American M-200 rifle, which was considered first-class in the sniper case.

During the dashing nineties, a number of fundamentally new devices for defense against attack appeared. One of them is a jabbing knife or push-dagger. His invention is often attributed to the inhabitants of the prison under the unofficial name "Taganka", and all knock-type knives are considered prisoners' specific weapons.

The German SS dagger is one of the most well-known attributes of shaped weapons of Nazi Germany. Now in the hands of collectors are many original copies and copies of this blade weapon. Replicas often look much better than the original, but do not carry any historical value.

Spata is a classic double-edged sword used in the Roman cavalry from the first century BC. This is a typical armament of Celtic foot soldiers, which soon began to be used by the barbarian cavalry. It was the long swords of the Celts that served as the basis for the Roman spat, which was produced unchanged until 600 AD.

Machine gun NSV "Rock" - the Soviet heavy machine gun (caliber - 12.7). Its main objectives were: firing points, lightly armored ground targets; targets that are behind small shelters at a distance of up to 1000 m, including congestion of transport and infantry at a distance of up to 1500 m; low-flying air targets at altitudes up to 1500 m.