Guns from 1990 to 1999
The Persian Gulf War of 1991 ushered in a new era of warfare and personal weaponry adapted to the changes, incorporating weight- and cost-saving measures into design and production.
1999
The Accuracy International AW50 resides in the same league of heavy battlefield guns that include the well-known American Bar...
1997
Since the age of the rifle, snipers have played a vital role in battlefield actions, covering mission types ranging from reco...
1998
Origins of the Croatian Agram 2000 stem from the Italian Beretta M12 series of submachine guns. These were chambered for the ...
1999
The Shipka was developed to arm a variety of military personnel that would have a need for such a compact weapon capable of v...
1992
The AT-13 "Saxhorn-2" is a man-portable anti-tank missile system of Russian origin and is a modernized form of the original A...
1994
Benelli Armi S.p.A. of Italy, founded by Giovanni Benelli, began design, development and production of firearms in 1967 out o...
1995
The Italian concern of Benelli developed their improved M3 Super 90 shotgun following the arrival of their well-accepted M1 S...
1999
The Italian Benelli M4 "Super 90" 12-gauge, semi-automatic shotgun was adopted by the United States military after extensive ...
1990
In 1980, the US Army sought to replace its venerable - though highly outdated - Colt M1911A1 semi-automatic handguns as its s...
1992
The M17S was a commercial "bull-pup" rifle system sold by the Bushmaster Firearms company of Windham, Maine, in the early-to-...
1990
The Calico M960 is a roller-delayed blowback submachine gun-class weapon marketed primarily to military, security and law enf...
1993
After design work began in the early 1990s, a new Czech automatic assault rifle - showcasing the distinct lines of the famous...
1991
In an effort to produce an indigenous product that utilized the existing .50 BMG/12.7x99 NATO standard round available in lar...
1999
Singapore conducted several attempts in the 1980s to produce an indigenous assault rifle worthy of their army however both th...
1990
Continuing the Colt tradition of excellent revolvers named after snakes, the concern delivered their impressive "big boy" Col...
1990
The M16A4 is the fourth incarnation of the now-successful M16 series of automatic assault rifles. The M16 system that debuted...
1994
The M4/M4A Carbine is a 5.56mm compact, lightweight, gas-operated, air-cooled, magazine-fed weapon system with selective fire...
1993
The M4A1 SOPMOD is a derivative model of the base M4 Carbine of the United States military. The M4 Carbine itself is a compac...
1991
The Daewoo K3 is a squad automatic weapon (SAW) and light machine gun currently in service with the South Korean Army. The K3...
1990
The Daewoo K6 HMG is a locally-produced South Korea copy of the fabled American M2 Browning Heavy Machine Gun and, therefore,...
1998
While sniper rifles and their trained snipers specialize in targeting and engagement of personnel, anti-material rifles such ...
1999
The Denel PAW-20 "Neopup" ("Personal Area Weapon, 20mm") of South African origin is a unique and advanced 20mm semi-automatic...
1992
The Panzerfaust 3 is a single-shot disposable anti-tank rocket launcher (only the sight and firing systems are reusable). It ...
1994
The FN P90 is billed as a 'personal defense weapon' and is thusly classified as a submachine gun and not an assault rifle. Th...
1992
The M249 SAW (Squad Automatic Weapon) is nothing more than a locally produced version (FN Manufacturing in South Carolina) of...
1995
The Belgian concern of Fabrique Nationale developed and marketed the FN Police 12ga as a conventional, 12-guage pump-action s...
1993
The SAF is an impressive-looking Chilean submachine gun designed and developed by state-owned FAbricas y MAestranzas del Ejer...
1990
The FR F2 remains the standard sniper rifle of the French Army. It is a bolt-action operated system built upon the strengths ...
1996
The Franchi SPAS-15 shotgun is an automatic shotgun capable of firing multiple rounds without the need for a conventional and...
1990
The powerful Glock 20 was designed specifically to take advantage of the large 10mm Auto (10x25mm) pistol cartridge, a round ...
1990
The Glock 21 (Glock GmbH of Austria) was essentially the Glock 20 model modified for the US market to fire the .45 ACP. The ....
1990
The Glock 22 appeared in 1990 and went on to become one of the most popular pistols in use by 2006. The pistol bridged the ga...
1990
The Glock 23 was another "bridging" pistol attempting to combine the in-between .40 S&W caliber cartridge with a slightly mod...
1992
The Glock 24 was a limited-run pistol developed by Glock GmbH of Austria. The Model 24 was an off-shoot of the Glock 17 and c...
1995
The Glock 25 was introduced sometime in 1995 and made use of the .380 ACP cartridge - a low-recoil, rimless cartridge develop...
1996
The Glock 26 was designed with the thought of creating a Glock handgun that was easily concealable and chambered to fire the ...
1996
The subcompact Glock 27 was similar in respects to the Glock 26, designed for ease of concealment while retaining the accurac...
1997
The Glock 28 was similar in respects to the subcompact Glock 26 and Glock 27 models though chambered to fire the .380 ACP car...
1996
The Glock 31 is another addition to the Glock family line of successful semi-automatic pistols for military, security and civ...
1998
The Glock 32 (also "G32" or "Model 32") is a further evolution of the Glock semi-automatic pistol line debuting in the early ...
1996
The Heckler & Koch HK G36 series assault rifle was designed and developed to an exacting German Army requirement of the 1990s...
1998
The HK SL8 (SL8-1) is nothing more than the HK G36 assault rifle in civilian guise with semi-automatic fire. Both weapons are...
1990
The HK WSG2000 was an abandoned anti-material rifle under development by the German firearms firm of Heckler & Koch GmbH. The...
1995
In the 1990s, the US Army undertook formal evaluations of several competing automatic rifles to replace the long-running M16 ...
1996
The Heckler & Koch Mk 23 Mod 0 was a specially formulated semi-automatic pistol developed for the United States Special Force...
1999
The UMP family ("Universale Maschinenpistole" or "Universal Machine Pistol") is a series of submachine guns designed by the G...
1993
The Heckler & Koch USP (Universal Self-Loading Pistol) was an amalgam design by the German concern intending to bring togethe...
1996
The Helenius RK-97 APH is a heavy caliber anti-materiel rifle originating from Finland. The system is available in two distin...
1991
While there was still a unified Yugoslavia, Zastava Arms delivered the short-lived CZ99 semi-automatic pistol in 1991. Howeve...
1997
The IMBEL MD97 is a Brazilian made automatic assault rifle developed for both military and security use and has its indirect ...
1995
The Galil MAR (Micro-Assault Rifle) is nothing more than a highly compact form of the excellent Galil automatic rifle system....
1996
In 1996, the original IMI Galil was reworked to fulfill the Designated Marksman Rifle (DMR) role - or squad-level "sharpshoot...
1997
The Negev is an Israeli 5.56mm light machine gun, developed by Israel Military Industries Ltd (now Israel Weapon Industry), a...
1998
The INSAS family was inducted into service with the Indian Army in 1998 and has already seen extensive combat service, partic...
1994
The Izhmash AN-94 is the latest in the long line of Russian assault rifles and is intended to replace the long-lasting Kalash...
1995
The Russian firm Izhmash produces the impressive Saiga-12, a semi-automatic fire-capable combat shotgun that has earned a hig...
1995
While automatic firing shotguns are slowly entering the firearms forefront, there is something to be said for the power inher...
1998
The Russian SV-98 sniper was brought about to replace the ages-old SVD series in some Russian agencies. While the SVD series ...
1994
The AK-101 was developed from the successes of the original post-World War 2-era AK-47 assault rifle though with foreign cust...
1994
The AK-102 weapon system exists as a carbine form to the full-length AK-101 assault rifle. The AK-101 was developed by famed ...
1994
The AK-103 represents a modernized form of the AKM assault rifle from the mind of Mikhail Kalashnikov. The AKM was unveiled i...
1997
The Kalashnikov AK-107 is another in the long line of available - and modernized - versions of the hugely successful AK-47 as...
1991
Though appearing as nothing more than a Polish copy of the Russian-made Kalashnikov AK-74S rifle, the wz/88 sports some featu...
1991
Like the wz/88 "Tantal, a locally-produced Polish copy of the Russian AK-74S assault rifle, the wz/89 "Onyks" (or "Onyx") is ...
1995
The KBP 9A-91 was introduced after 1994 and is essentially an assault rifle in a carbine form making for a compact assault we...
1994
While the VSS "Vintorez" silenced sniper rifle of 1987 proved excellent in its given role, it was an expensive end-product fo...
1998
The Kord Heavy Machine Gun is the latest in the long line of excellent Soviet/Russian heavy machine guns dating back to the d...
1999
The KSVK is a heavy anti-material rifle designed by Russian for specialized Russian Army forces. The KSVK is intended for dis...
1994
Since the close of World War 2, when infantryman relied on thrown hand grenades or rifle grenades fired from the muzzles of t...
1997
The QBZ-95 is a family line of assault weapons contoured to operator needs and has been developed (as an economical measure) ...
1998
The QSZ-92 is a relatively new entry into the world market as sidearms go. The system was originally designed out of the "20...
1996
The Russian OSV-96 is a standard, no-frills large-caliber anti-tank/anti-material precision rifle system of conventional desi...
1993
The PGM Hecate II is a French Army anti-material rifle designed to engage light armored vehicles. The Hecate II is designed a...
1991
In 1984, the Indonesian defense concern of PT Pindad obtained an agreement with the Belgian firm of Fabrique Nationale (FN) t...
1996
The Russian branch of the Ministry of Internal Affairs called for a new lightweight, close-in fighting weapon system suitable...
1996
The Javelin system is categorized as a "3rd Generation" anti-tank guided missile system and represents a lethal capability in...
1994
The RT-20 is an anti-materiel sniper rifle of Croatian origin, part of the region of the world well-known and respected for t...
1995
Development of a new Finnish Army service assault rifle began in 1988 though, prior to this, the Finnish Army relied on the "...
1990
The SIG SG 550 (Sturmgewehr Model 550) series was born in a Swiss Army initiative requiring an automatic weapon chambered for...
1992
CNIITochMash developed a relatively new assault weapon system - the SR-3 "Vikhr" (meaning "Whirlwind") - designed around the ...
1999
The Steyr IWS 2000 (IWS = "Infantry Weapon System 2000") was a proposed anti-material rifle born out of a 1980s initiative by...
1990
The SR-25 Enhanced Match rifle (EM) was a semi-automatic sharpshooter / sniper rifle system developed within the United State...
1992
In the 1980s, the Taiwanese government made a concerted effort to produce an increasing amount of indigenous weapons to fulfi...
1997
The Vektor CR-21 is an indigenously-designed South African assault rifle meant to compete with the current standard R4 in Sou...
1996
The German concern of Carl Walther GmbH Sportwaffen developed their Walther P99 semi-automatic pistol primarily for sale to l...
1992
During its 1990s modernization, Yugoslavia introduced the M91 sniper rifle manufactured by Zasatav Arms of Serbia. Zastava ha...
1990
The Model 96 Falcon is a bolt-action, large caliber anti-material rifle firing the 12.7mm cartridge. The system is designed t...
1995
Engineer Alexander G. Bandaevskiy developed the Zlatoust RB-12 "Bandaevskogo" pump-action shotgun of Armenian origin in 1995....
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