Encyclopedia of firearms and ammunition of the XX and XXI centuries

Arsenal AK

Arsenal AK

Bulgarian company Arsenal JSCo makes a wide variety of military assault rifles based on the famous Kalashnikov AK assault rifle. As of now, Arsenal offers ...

STM-545, STM-415

STM-545, STM-415

The STM-545 and STM-415 semi-automatic carbines are manufactured by the Soyz-TM company from St. Petersburg, Russia. Both carbines are evolutionary ...

CGNL NL-545

CGNL NL-545

The NL-545 semi-automatic carbine is a product of the “ADAR Ltd” company, operation in St. Petersburg, Russia, under the brand “Custom Guns Next Level”, or ...

Masaf-2

Masaf-2

The 7.62mm Masaf-2 assault rifle was designed and is manufactured by the Defense Industry Organization of Iran, which is controlled by its Ministry of ...

Nikitin PN

Nikitin PN

Nikitin TKB-521 machine gun is an interesting weapon which almost became the standard issue GMPM for the Soviet Army, but then suddenly lost the final ...

Gurevich noiseless revolver

Gurevich noiseless revolver

The Gurevich noiseless revolver is, probably, the first internally suppressed, captive-piston firearm to be produced in any significant numbers. It was ...

MMT

MMT

The MMT machine gun was first introduced by the Turkish state-owned company MKE in 2021. According to the company, this machine gun is intended to replace ...

MRGG-S

MRGG-S

The Geissele MRGG-S sniper rifle was officially adopted by USSOCOM in 2023 as the 6.5mm Mark 1 Model 0 sniper rifle (6.5mm Mk.1 Mod.0 rife). The MRGG ...

VSK-100

VSK-100

The VSK-100 assault rifle is manufactured in Republic of Belarus by the “Kidma-tec” Ltd. It was officially adopted by the Ministry of Defense of Belarus in ...

Sureshot Spear 308

Sureshot Spear 308

Sureshot SPEAR semi-automatic carbine is a new and interesting hunting and tactical rifle, designed and manufactured in Russia by a private company ...

Type 16 Tsingtao

Type 16 Tsingtao

The Tsingtao Type 16 submachine gun (also sometimes spelled as Tsing tao or Qingdao submachine gun) was developed in around 1927 (16th year of Chinese ...

Ballester-Rigaud / HAFDASA

Ballester-Rigaud / HAFDASA

The Ballester-Rigaud submachine gun, also known as the HAFDASA «La Criolla» submachine gun, was one of the first weapons of this class produced in ...