Guns from 1980 to 1989
The 1980s were riddled with bloody upheaval across the globe - the Falklands War, the Soviet War in Afghanistan and the Iran-Iraq War to name a few.
1982
The L96A1 is an Accuracy International-produced sniper rifle and currently the sniper rifle of choice for the British Army. T...
1986
The Ares folding submachine gun was an attempt by a gun manufacturer to create a completely compact submachine gun weapon sys...
1984
The Arges Type HG 84 series anti-personnel fragmentation hand grenade is Austrian in nature. It is a conventional hand grenad...
1983
The Amsel Stiker was a two-handed, semi-automatic repeating shotgun firing a variety of 12 gauge ammunition from a 12-round r...
1987
The AS Val is a specialized automatic firearm of Soviet-era origin - essentially an assault rifle weapon system with a perman...
1989
Barrett Model 82, designated as the "M107" in US military service, was introduced in 1982 by the American Barrett Firearms Co...
1982
During the 1980s, Italian firearms producer Benelli teamed with the Italian ammunition concern of Fiocchi Munizioni to produc...
1986
The Beretta Model 93R (or simply "93R") was produced by the Italian firm of Pietro Beretta SpA out of Gardone Val Trompia. Be...
1985
The Beretta-produced SC70/90 is the carbine version of the AR70/90 rifle. The SC70/90 features a folding tubular metal butt a...
1983
In the early 1980s, the United States military sought to replace its aging standard service pistols. The choice of the proven...
1988
Arms embargoes set against the nation of South Africa (due to Apartheid) led to the development of an indigenous weapons indu...
1982
Despite an appearance akin to the German war-time MG42 general purpose machine gun, the CETME Ameli light-support machine gun...
1984
The Armalite AR-15 assault rifle was already in circulation with the Singapore Armed Forces throughout the latter half of the...
1988
Chartered Industries of Singapore (CIS - now known as ST Kinetics) developed the SAR-80 Assault Rifle based on experience in ...
1982
The Ultimax 100 lightweight infantry support weapon was designed in 1977 by American firearms engineer Leroy James Sullivan (...
1984
The C7 assault rifle stemmed from the Canadian decision to go with the NATO 5.56mm cartridge as the standard ammunition of th...
1988
The Diemaco (now Colt Canada) C8 is the "assault carbine" form of the C7 - the C7 being the standard-issue assault rifle of t...
1983
The M16A2 became the follow up design to the much-maligned M16 debuting with American forces from 1959 onwards (particularly ...
1986
The MEU(SOC) represents the ultimate evolution of the M1911 Colt system which appeared in the early 1900's and developed into...
1987
The Daewoo K2 series assault rifle is the standard assault rifle of the South Korean Army. The weapon shares some outward and...
1985
After British participation in World War 2 (1939-1945) had ended, thought was given to modernizing Army infantry with a new s...
1986
The L86 LSW (Light Support Weapon) was developed concurrently with the L85 IW (Individual Weapon) of the British Army. Both s...
1982
The Fabrique National FN Minimi has quickly evolved into the light-support gun of choice by several key nations including Bri...
1980
The FA-MAS (nicknamed 'le clairon' or 'the Bugle' because of its shape) was designed and accepted to replace the MAS Modele 4...
1981
For decades the Argentine Army (and many militaries around the world for that matter) utilized the excellent Belgian Fabrique...
1981
The FIM-92 Stinger is a portable, lightweight anti-aircraft defense system currently in service with the United States milita...
1983
The Glock 17 has gone on to see extensive service in both military and police roles with a plethora of nations around the glo...
1985
The Glock 18 (or Glock Model 18) was similar in many ways to the preceding Glock 17 production model though allotted new inte...
1988
The Glock 19 is a smaller pistol (defined as "compact") based on the original Glock 17 with the new gun made easier to concea...
1988
Based in many ways on the preceding Glock 29 design, the Glock 30 is another fine example of pistol handiwork from Gaston Glo...
1986
The McMillan M86 (now Harris) was designed with military and security forces in mind, allowing for the ability to reliably an...
1987
The M87 was a military-grade anti-material rifle designed to defeat hardened structures such as armored vehicles with accurac...
1989
The Harris M89 Sniper Rifle is billed as one of the most accurate, resilient and robust gun platforms in its class. Outwardly...
1985
The HK33E series was a direct replacement of the earlier HK33 automatic rifles and is basiclaly the 5.56mm equivalent of the ...
1983
It seems that the US military has long been attempting to convince itself of a full-automatic shotgun combat system for close...
1987
The HK G41 was based on the pre-existing HK G33E system but fitted with a three-round burst capability to compliment the full...
1983
The HK MP5N is another variant of the highly successful HK MP5 series of submachine guns. The 'N' designation is reserved for...
1983
A West German requirement initiated in the 1960s called for a single-shot, grenade launching weapon to be fitted under the ba...
1985
The HG 85 is a time fuse-detonated fragmentation grenade system packed with 155 grams of TNT. Each unit weighs in at 465 gram...
1989
The Japanese Type 89 was developed by the Howa Machinery Company of Japan for the Japanese Defense Agency and first fielded i...
1985
The MD-2 is part of a family of standard Brazilian assault rifles serving the modern Brazilian Army. The MD series, as a whol...
1980
The B-300 is an Israeli Military Industries product and is a man-portable anti-tank weapon system. It is designed to engage e...
1983
With the success of the IMI Galil within the Israeli Army and those of other participating foreign nations, it was only natur...
1984
The M141 (SMAW-D) was developed for the United States Army to fill the role of "bunker buster", though the system itself has ...
1984
The MAPATS ("MAn-Portable Anti-Tank System") is an anti-armor solution produced by the Israeli concern of Israeli Military In...
1980
The Israeli Military Industries (IMI) Mini-UZI is a smaller, more compact form of the base UZI submachine gun. Its smaller fo...
1983
The AKSU-74 represents a submachine gun derivative of the AKS assault rifle, both operating with the 5.45mm Soviet cartridge....
1985
While displaying an appearance more akin to a shotgun, the Russians designate their KS-23 as a "Special Carbine" (KS = "Karab...
1985
The LAPA FA-03 ("Fusil de Assalto Modelo 03") was a private venture by the Brazilian concern of Labpratorio de Pesquisa de Ar...
1989
The Australian F89 light support machine gun is a derivative of the successful Belgium FN Minimi system, which has since been...
1980
The LRAC 89-F1 was developed for the French Army to replace the aging M20A1 Super Bazooka rocket launcher. The M20A1 was an i...
1987
The M136 AT4 is billed as the United States Army's primary light anti-tank weapon system available to infantry squads and is ...
1987
The smoothbore, muzzle-loading M252 medium weight mortar system offers up accurate long-range indirect fire support to Americ...
1986
The M60E3 was a further improved version of the M60 and M60E1 general purpose machine gun. Developed by the Saco Defense comp...
1987
In 1984 the United States adopted a multipurpose knife, the M9 bayonet. The M9 was designed to be used in conjunction with th...
1985
The Desert Eagle handgun is a large, powerful, gas-operated, semi-automatic handgun capable of firing the .50 AE (Action Expr...
1988
The QBU-88 (also known as the Type 88) represents a modern sniper rifle made available to the People's Liberation Army of Chi...
1980
For a time, Chinese forces were issued the crude but effective Type 64 silenced pistol. The weapon was developed around a bas...
1982
The OD/82 was adopted by the Italian Army in 1982 as its standard infantry fragmentation hand grenade. In practice, there pro...
1987
The Pancor Jackhammer was developed by American gunsmith John Andersen as an automatic repeat-fire shotgun. The design was pa...
1982
The Model 82 was a rifle series produced by the Parker-Hale company of Birmingham (a gunsmithing firm was already famous for ...
1987
The M24 SWS (Sniper Weapon System) is a principle sniper weapon of US Army. Developed for a US Army requirement replacing the...
1982
Long relying on foreign arms to stock its military inventory, the South African national army faced a dilemma of sorts when a...
1981
The ARWEN 37 anti-riot weapon was designed in the late 1970's, ultimately reaching production in the early 1980's. The system...
1989
Just before the end of the Soviet Empire in 1991, the Red Army adopted its newest anti-tank measure - the 105mm RPG-29 rocket...
1980
The Ruger AC-556 was a variant of the popular Ruger "Mini-14" series of semi-automatic carbine rifles introduced in 1973. The...
1981
The 9K310 "Igla-1" (NATO: SA-16 "Gimlet") was designed, developed and produced alongside the improved, and technologically su...
1983
The SA-18 (NATO: "Grouse"), formally recognized by the Russian Army as 9K38 "Igla", is a modern man-portable, shoulder-fired ...
1985
The AT4-CS (Confined Space) system is a man-portable shoulder-launched disposable anti-tank missile system designed specifica...
1980
The SG 542 was a fixed-stock battle rifle development in the SG 540 rifle series except chambered to fire the 7.62x51mm NATO ...
1984
The SIG-Sauer P226 was developed from the original P220 model specifically to compete in the US Army pistol trials of the ear...
1988
The SIG P228 series is nothing more than a compact version of the well-liked and hugely successful P226 family. In its compac...
1986
The Simonov AO-63 was a double-barreled assault rifle engineers in the Soviet Union during the mid-1980s. The design incorpor...
1984
The Spectre M4 was a submachine gun of Italian origin and presented a highly compact automatic weapon system intended for use...
1981
In 1981, the fabled American firearms concern Smith & Wesson brought about their SW Model 868 six- or seven-shot revolver. Th...
1984
The SOCIMI Type 821-SMG was a rather nondescript, no-frills submachine gun of the 1980s developed to the popular lines of the...
1988
The success of the Austrian Steyr AUG assault rifle family naturally encouraged the weapon to span out into other gun classif...
1981
For several decades the Chinese enjoyed a close working relationship with the Soviet Union. Perks of this relationship includ...
1985
The Chinese Type 85 submachine gun appeared in two forms in the 1980s as a budget-conscious replacement for the Type 79 subma...
1986
The Vektor SS-77 is the standard General Purpose Machine Gun (GPMG) of the South African Army. For decades, South Africa rel...
1989
The Vektor Z-88 was developed to fulfill a requirement by the South African Defense Force for a new standardized sidearm and ...
1987
The VSS "Vintorez" is a silenced sniper rifle that makes use of a permanent silencer assembly as well as specially-developed ...
1985
The Walther-produced WA2000 is sometimes thought of as the 'Cadillac of Sniper Rifles' due to its attention to detail, high p...
1980
Zastava Arms was established in 1853 and has since made a name for itself as a capable small arms provider supplying to dozen...
1987
The Zastava M88 owes its legacy to the Tokarev semi-automatic pistol series of Soviet Russia debuting in the 1930s. While tha...
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