Weapons

Hunters are picky people. Someone on the hunt is ready to be content with a single-barreled shotgun, someone is a smooth-bore double-barreled gun, and give someone a more powerful and impressive hunting weapon - a carbine. In particular, if the hunter wanted to try himself in the hunt for some big game. It is clear that in this case a shotgun is indispensable.

Few of us, looking at the sports bow in the hands of an athlete, think that this is one of the most ancient objects in everyday life of a person. Curious is the fact that the bow has retained its form and design to our times practically in the form in which it was used at the dawn of human civilization. The principle of operation of the weapon and its equipment remained intact.

Tavor tar 21 - new Israeli automatic rifle, which has a 5.56 mm caliber. The assault rifle was created according to the "bullpup" scheme. Unlike many other samples that were created by IMI (Jericho, Galil), the tavor tar 21 is not a converted or upgraded version of another weapon.

The Dragunov sniper rifle (7.62 mm caliber) has been in service since 1963, and there are no plans to replace it with something else. Despite the fact that the SVD is already morally obsolete - yet it does an excellent job with its main tasks. Nevertheless, the talk that this rifle should be replaced with a new rifle system is heard more and more often.

The full development of modern civilization would be impossible without firearms. At a certain stage of history, the gun became a constant human companion, an effective combat tool and a tool for hunting. Despite the fact that the rifled barrels dominate on the battlefield today, smooth-bore weapons continue to be the main tool for hunting.

Turkish yatagan is considered to be the legendary type of cold military weapons, which personifies the power of the Ottoman army. Even the appearance on the battlefield of firearms did not make this type of knives less important. Turkish janissaries, who perfectly mastered the steel blade, terrified the defending infantry of the enemy.

Broadswords, rapiers are a logical continuation of the development of medieval swords. In general, the individual swords of the XV-XVI centuries, according to some characteristic features, can be regarded as broadswords. This is particularly related to the presence of developed guard units, which include intertwined rings and bows. In the future, it will develop into a basket-shaped guard, which has an English or Scottish broadsword, an Italian shyavona, atille - an Indian broadsword.

The Germans learned how to make high-quality cars, but somehow they didn’t work right away with a traumatic weapon. In the mid-2000s, traumatize lovers laughed when they heard about the high quality of German pistols. After becoming acquainted with the first types of weapons from the company Umarex, they had every right to do so.

Stechkin's combat pistol is very popular among weapon lovers. That is why many were optimistic about the news that this famous instrument was adapted for travmatiku. The manufacturer of the traumatic version of the weapon was able to fully preserve the appearance, but deprived it of exactly what they loved for it: automatic shooting mode and a large magazine that held up to 20 cartridges.

A biological or bacteriological weapon is a type of weapon of mass destruction (WMD), which uses various pathogens to destroy an enemy. The main purpose of its use is the mass destruction of enemy personnel, in order to achieve this, provoking epidemics of dangerous diseases among its troops and civilians.

The Mossberg company appeared at the beginning of the 20th century. Its success was promoted by the then interest of the American authorities and ordinary people to smooth-bore weapons, in the production of which Oscar Frederick Mossberg decided to specialize with his sons. The company has gained worldwide fame due to its Mossberg 500 pump-action shotgun, which is in high demand not only among the power structures of many countries, but also among ordinary people.

Mosin's rifle, also known as the famous trilinek, was the main weapon of the 1917 revolution, as well as the Great Patriotic War. It was the Mosin rifle of the 1891 type that is rightfully considered one of the most famous Russian weapons. Tsarist “trilinek” took part in the Russian-Japanese, and then in the First World War.

AGS-40 Balkan is a Russian automatic machine-based grenade launcher developed at the Pribor Scientific and Production Association. The caliber of this weapon is 40 mm. It is designed to destroy the enemy's lively unprotected force, as well as enemy infantry, located in field shelters or behind the natural folds of the area. Small-scale production of weapons began in 2008.

PP-2000 - the development of the Tula Arms Plant. Released in 2001, the main purpose - the supply units, fighting terrorism. Subsequently entered service with other security and other government agencies. The development of tools involved Professor V.P. Gryazev. He was assisted by engineers Volkov, Kuznetsov and others.

Vepr-308 - domestic carbine chambered for 7.62x51 mm. The foreign equivalent of these munitions is the .308 Winchester. The carbine has a simple but reliable design, high shooting efficiency and a price that is acceptable for the Russian market. General Information Karabin Vepr-308 is in high demand because of its power.

By the end of the eighties of the 20th century, the Soviet defense industry put into service the army several types of anti-tank rocket grenades. This weapon made it possible to qualitatively deal with the enemy’s armored vehicles, but it had a rather serious drawback - they were disposable.

Among the huge number of samples of short-barreled weapons, created in the XX century, the American self-loading pistol Colt M1911 occupies a special place. This gun is the object of honoring several generations of Americans. Developed as early as the beginning of the twentieth century, the Colt passed along with the American army two world wars and all other armed conflicts for which the last century was rich.

The fighting spit is a very interesting weapon, which is a peasant agricultural tool converted for battle. In a modernized form, the battle scythe is a real melee weapon, similar to the Japanese Naginatus. The simplest version of the fighting spit is a shaft, on which a simple scythe, or a specially forged knife, is set.

German grenade launchers "Pantsershrek" and "Ofenror" "Pantsershrek" - is a German reusable anti-tank grenade launcher during the Second World War. He appeared in service with the German army in 1944 and proved to be a very effective means of fighting allied armored vehicles. Translated into Russian, "Panzershrek" means "horror of tanks."

The wars of recent decades, as a rule, are local. In such conflicts, sniper fire plays a particularly important role. In general, it should be noted that over the past hundred years the firepower of the units has grown continuously. In the first half of the 20th century, this was due to the saturation of the troops with automatic and semi-automatic weapons instead of the shop, using light machine guns as a means of fire support.