577 Enfield
The 577 Enfield rifle musket utilized the standard Minie ball and paper cartridge, an ammunition type shared by the American-made .58 Springfield rifle musket. Already a proven weapon for the British, the 577 Enfield also bec...

AAT-52 (AAT M.1952) / AA 7.62 NF-1
The AAT52 was the standard general purpose machine gun fielded by French and colony forces beginning in the early 1950s. Though not well thought of in its 7.5mm form, the system underwent a transformation with the inclusion o...

Accuracy International L96A1
The L96A1 is an Accuracy International-produced sniper rifle and currently the sniper rifle of choice for the British Army. The L96 features an adjustable butt, integrated adjustable bipod and static iron sights (though a 6x...

Al-Qadissiya Tabuk Designated Marksman
The Iraqi Tabuk, produced by Al-Qadissiya Establishments, is classified as a Designated Marksman Rifle (DMR). Unlike its Soviet-based contemporaries chambered to fire the 7.62x54R cartridge, the Tabuk makes use of the 7.62x39...

AN/TPQ-36 Firefinding Radar
The AN/TPQ-36 Fire finder radar system is used to locate the origin of enemy fire - be it artillery or mortar. The system is a relatively light-weight battlefield component that can detect enemy launches from within a pre-sel...

Anschutz Model 64 MP-R Multi-Purpose
The bolt-action repeating Anchutz 64 MP-R features an adjustable match two-stage (single stage adjustable) trigger, a heavy barrel, the superlative Anschutz 64 mechanism and the universal "beavertail" style ergonomically-shap...

Ares FMG (Folding Machine Gun)
The Ares folding submachine gun was an attempt by a gun manufacturer to create a completely compact submachine gun weapon system. Eugene Stoner, the developer of the M16 rifle and M63 Stoner light machine gun (the latter a Vi...

Ares Shrike 5.56 Advanced Weapons System
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Armalite AR-18
With Eugene Stoner's AR-15 rifle design firmly entrenched as the M16 under production by Colt, his Armalite firm turned to the design and production of a similar yet simplified version of their AR-15 design, moreso to license...

ASG-17 'Plamya' (Flame)
The ASG-17 "Plamya" (or "Flame") is a Soviet-produced automatic grenade launcher similar in scope to the American Mk 19 series. The weapon system can be vehicle mounted or used by infantry in the field via a tripod assembly. ...

AT-4 (Spigot) / 9M111 Fagot
The AT-4 Spigot anti-tank wire-guided missile system is similar to the French-made MILAN system, though smaller in size. It fires the wire-guided SACLOS (Semi-Automatic Command to Line-of-Sight) anti-tank missile. The system ...

Ballester-Molina
The Ballester-Molina (also known as the "HAFDASA" after the manufacturer - Hispano Argentine Fabrica de Automotives SA of Buenos Aires) is an Argentine-produced copy of the American Colt M1911 .45 caliber pistol. The Balleste...

Barrett M107
The Barrett M107 began life as the Barrett M95 bolt-action operated sniper rifle (under the US Army designation of XM107) and placed into competition for review by the US Army. During competition, the US Army reviewed its hea...

Barrett M82
Barrett Model 82 A1 currently known as the M107 was introduced in 1982 by the American Barrett Firearms Company was designed as a heavy scoped rifle called the “Light Fifty”. It fires a 0.50in browning 12.7 x 99mm round and ...

Bazooka
The American Bazooka was a successful - albeit simplistic - anti-armor developed as early as 1933, though not fielded until 1942. The system consisted of a basic tube, wiring and a pistol grip, fore grip and shoulder rest (al...

Benelli M4 (Super 90) / M1014 Joint-Service Combat Shotgun
The Italian Benelli semi-automatic 12 guage shotgun was accepted into US service after extensive trials in which the US Army was seeking to upgrade its shotgun line in the late 1990's. In 1999, the system was accepted for ser...

Beretta M9
In 1980, the United States Army began to look for the eventual successor of the famed - but aged - Colt M1911A1 series of pistol as the standard and primary sidearm to it's forces. The Italian firm of Beretta already had deve...

Beretta Model 38/42
The Beretta Model 38/42 tried to build upon the Beretta Model 38A, which proved to be too expensive to produce in a wartime environment. The Model 38/42 was an attempt to fix a few minor defects and still create a high qualit...

Beretta RS-200
The Beretta RS-200 series are an Italian short-barreled, pump-action shotgun utilized by military and security forces. Its versatility and relative light weight allow for the use of a variety of conventional shotgun rounds to...

Beretta SC70/90
The Beretta-produced SC70/90 is the carbine version of the AR70/90 rifle. The SC70/90 features a folding tubular metal butt and is also featured in another form known as the SCS70/90, that form accepting the mounting of an un...

Bernardelli B4
The Bernardelli B4 series of gas-operated, tactical combat shotguns was a semi-automatic system utilizing 12-gauge ammunition and designed exclusively for operations by military and security forces. The B4 came about as an an...

Besa Mk 3
The Besa Mk 3 was a tank and armored vehicle-mounted machine gun originally based on a Czechoslovakian vz. 37 (ZB53) tank machine gun design. Often considered quite accurate thanks to a modified recoil system, the Besa Mk 3 w...

Boys Anti-Tank Rifle (Stanchion)
In 1934 the British Army issued a requirement for a light anti tank weapon. The designer of the heavy rifle was Captain Boys, a designer at the Royal Small Arms Factory, Enfield. For security reasons it was initially given a ...

Bren Light Machine Gun
The Bren Light Machine Gun was the standard light machine gun of the Second World War. Developed in the early 1930's in an effort to replace the aging Lewis machine guns that the British Army relied on, the Bren actually had ...

Browning M1917 (Model 1917)
The Browning M1917 machine gun became one of those rare weapons in American military history that went on to fight in most all of the major conflicts of the 20th Century. Developed during the latter stages of World War 1, it ...

Browning M1918 BAR (Browning Automatic Rifle)
The M1918 BAR ("Browning Automatic Rifle") was born out of the World War One idea of a single soldier armed with the power of a machine gun. Pushing the theory behind this concept were the French, whose own experience with th...

Browning M1919A4
Like many of the infantry weapons made available to US servicemen in the Second World War, the M1919 shared the common history of having been developed - or having stemmed from a development - originally conceived of or produ...

Browning M2HB (Heavy Barrel)
With the limitations inherent in the air-cooled version of the base M2 heavy machine gun - itself an evolution of the water-cooled derivative before it - the M2 was developed into the M2HB with the "HB" in the designation use...

Brugger & Thomet APR
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Brugger & Thomet GL-06
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Brugger & Thomet MP9
The Brugger & Thomet MP9 is a further development of the Steyr TMP or "Tactical Machine Pistol" designed by the Austrian-based Steyr Mannlicher firm. Manufacturing rights to the weapon system were purchased by Brugger & Thome...

Carl Gustav
The global reach of the Carl Gustav recoilless rifle emphasizes the popularity of the weapon, appearing in three major variants and in use by standard military and special forces alike for some sixty years. The system has bee...

Ceska Zbrojovka CZ2000
The CZ2000 assault rifle follows the distinct designs of the Soviet-made Kalashnikov brand of rifles but is a Czech weapon altogether. Initially a 5.45mm design known as the "Lada" the system was remarketed as the CZ2000 and ...

Colt / AAI M203
The M203 40mm grenade launcher is a single-shot system that was designed to be attached under the barrel of an assault rifle or carbine. The addition of the M203 to any rifle system expands the capability of the standard infa...

Colt 1860 New Model Army
The Model 1860 New Army Colt is regarded as the most popular pistol of the war. So popular in fact that the Confederate arms industry copied the design for its own armies. The Model 1860 was rivaled only by the Union's other ...

Colt Commando (XM177E2)
Despite it's caliber, the Colt Commando is classified as a submachine gun and was developed from the successful AR-15. The AR-15 proved to be of some use by US Army forces in the Vietnam conflict, leading to the development o...

Colt Dragoon
The Colt "Dragoon" (meaning "Dragon" in French) was the brainchild of Samuel Colt himself and went on to become one of his most successful revolver creations in the history of firearms. Colt originally designed the revolver t...

Colt M16A2
The M16A2 is a follow up design to the much-maligned M16 that debuted in the Vietnam War. The M16A2 version features minor but much-needed improvements to the basic system and has spawned a whole slew of look-alike variants t...

Colt M16A4 MWS (Modular Weapon System)
The M16A4 is the fourth generation model of the successful M16 series of automatic assault rifles. The M16A4 system, and all the drawbacks contained therein, that debuted in the Vietnam War is now a more refined and consequen...

Colt M1911
The Colt model M1911 series of pistols is one of the most successful small arms designs of the 20th Century, and in all history of warfare for that matter. The handgun has been produced in quantity in the United States, Argen...

Colt M4 / M4A Carbine
The M4/M4A Carbine is a 5.56 mm lightweight, gas operated, air cooled, magazine fed with a selective firing rate that can be sighted from the shoulder. The M4/M4A Carbine is the latest weapon in a family of firearms dating b...

Colt M4A1 SOPMOD
SOPMOD stands for Special Operation Peculiar MODification and is used by various levels of US Special Forces. The SOPMOD upgrade is nothing more than an accessory system for the standard M4A1 carbine version of the M16A2 auto...

Colt MEU(SOC)
The MEU(SOC) represents the ultimate evolution of the M1911 Colt system which appeared in the early 1900's and developed into a much-liked and well-respected weapon for countless security and military forces the world over. T...

Colt Model 1903 Pocket Hammerless
The Colt Model 1903 Pocket Hammerless (or M1903) was a semi-automatic pistol from the long line of firearms developed by fabled American gunsmith John Browning. This particular pistol found its way into the homes of civilian ...

Daewoo K2
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Daewoo K6
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Diemaco C7
The C7 assault rifle stemmed from the Canadian decision to go with the NATO 5.56mm round as the standard ammunition round for the Canadian armed forces. The Colt-produced American-made M16 rifle became the base weapon of choi...

DIO KH2002 / Khaybar
The KH2002 / Khaybar is an indigenously-produced assault rifle of Iranian origin. Based on the American M16A1 series of automatic rifles, the KH-2002 utilizes the same internal system though obvious modifications are made po...

Dragunov SVD
The Dragunov SVD sniper rifle is an automatic rifle based on the Kalashnikov rifle series. The weapon system was the standard sniper rifle issued to the Red Army and most Warsaw Pact nations during the cold war. The SVD u...

Dynamit-Nobel Panzerfaust 3
The Panzerfaust 3 is a single-shot disposable anti-tank rocket launcher (only the sight and firing systems are reusable). It is designed to be a close range system to defeat heavy armor and to be used primarily in an urban wa...

Enfield L1A1
The L1A1 was the standard British Army assault rifle from the mid-1950's on through the late 1980's, ultimately being replaced by the bullpup-configured L85A1. The L1A1 stemmed from a British military need to arm it's troops ...

Enfield L4A1
The L4A1 is nothing more than a modified World War Two-era Bren Gun, .303 Series chambered to fire the NATO-standard 7.62x51mm cartridge. The success of the original Bren series in the worldwide conflict solidified the Bren a...

Enfield L7 GPMG (General Purpose Machine Gun)
NOTE: Specifications on this page reflect the L7A2 in the L7 GPMG series. The British L7 GPMG (General Purpose Machine Gun - though sometimes called 'Gimpy' or 'Jimpy') series is based on the hugely successful Belgium-desi...

Enfield L85A1 Individual Weapon (SA80)
The Enfield L85A1 Individual Weapon entered service with the British Army in 1985. The rifle first appeared in NATO assault rifle trials held in the late 1970's which saw this base form firing a 4.85mm cartridge. The weapon w...

Enfield L86A1 LSW (Light Support Weapon)
The British Army's choice for squad automatic fire became the L86A1 'Light Support Weapon' in its 5.56x45mm NATO form, thus bringing to an end to the era of the popular World War Two-era Bren Light Machine Gun series (detaile...

Fabrique Nationale Five-seveN
The Fabrique Nationale FN Five-seveN is a self-cocking, semi-automatic pistol that has seen service in military, security and civilian markets. The system lays claim to be able to counter the protective effects of Kevlar armo...

Fabrique Nationale FN A2 Special Purpose Rifle ( SPR )
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Fabrique Nationale FN Barracuda
The FN Barracuda was a security service pistol proposed by the Belgium firm of Fabrique Nationale and accepted into service with a few forces worldwide. The system represented FN's only foray into the world of revolvers but a...

Fabrique Nationale FN Browning M2 HB-QCB
The FN Browning M2 HB-QCB is basically a Fabrique Nationale copy of the American design with slight alterations made to suit European production practices. In all actuality, the system - especially the early production models...

Fabrique Nationale FN F2000
The FN F2000 is a next-generation weapon developed by the Belgium firm of Fabrique Nationale. It utilizes the proven bullpup configuration in the operation of both an assault rifle and grenade launcher elements and can be amb...

Fabrique Nationale FN FAL
The FN FAL (Fusil Automatique Legere) is regarded as the best of the FN automatic rifle designs to date. The FN FAL became the weapon of choice for NATO countries when the 7.62mm NATO round was accepted as the standard ammuni...

Fabrique Nationale FN GP35 / High-Power
The FN GP35 ("GP" standing for "Grande Puissance" in French) or Browning High-Power (HP or Hi-Power), is based on the American Colt M1911, which incidentally was also designed by famed American gunsmith John Browning. The GP3...

Fabrique Nationale FN MAG GPMG (General Purpose Machine Gun)
The FN MAG is the most successful of post-war (1945) machine gun designs. Over 150,000 units have been sold to various nations around the globe. Britain, Sweden and the United States maintain their licenses for production of ...

Fabrique Nationale FN Minimi
The Fabrique National FN Minimi has quickly evolved into the light-support gun of choice by several key nations including Britain and the United States of America. The system, designed to be fielded in conjunction with the ot...

Fabrique Nationale FN Model 1903
The Fabrique Nationale FN Model 1903 was a solid, well-traveled pistol used in both World Wars. The gun was produced to the tune of some 153,173 examples and utilized by the likes of Belgium, Estonia, Paraguay, Russia, Sweden...

Fabrique Nationale FN Model 1910
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Fabrique Nationale FN P90
The FN P90 is billed as a 'personal defense weapon' and is thusly classified as a submachine gun and not an assault rifle. The FN P90 was originally intended to arm auxiliary units (drivers, messengers, clerk-type elements) w...

Fabrique Nationale M240 GPMG
The M240 series of general purpose machine guns (classified by the US as a medium machine gun) has proven to be of a highly-reliable nature since being fitted to several classes of American vehicles. The weapon has also prove...

Fabrique Nationale M249 SAW (Squad Automatic Weapon)
The M249 SAW (Squad Automatic Weapon) is nothing more than a locally produced version (FN Manufacturing in South Carolina) of the Belgium firm of Fabrique Nationale's FN Minimi light machine gun. A small subtle difference in ...

FA-MAS
The FA-MAS (nicknamed 'le clairon' or 'the Bugle' because of its shape) was designed and accepted to replace the MAS Modele 49 rifle. The FA-MAS system implements a plethora of modern engineering practices that have gone on t...

FFV / Alliant TechSystems M136 AT4 Light Anti-Armor Weapon
The M136 AT4 is billed as the United States Army's primary light anti-tank weapon system available to infantry squads and is based on the original AT4 anti-tank shoulder-launched munition system. The system can be used by a s...

FG42 / FjG42 (Fallschirmjagergewehr 42)
The Fallschirmjagergewhr FG42 (sometimes FjG42) was a meshing of old-world ammunition with new world small arms engineering. Regarded as one of the best designs of small arms during the Second World War, the FG42 served well ...

FR F2
The FR F2 remains the standard sniper rifle of the French Army. It is a bolt-action operated system built upon the strengths of the FR-F1 before it. After the FR F1 sniper rifle was put into practical use, some improvement...

Franchi SPAS-12
The SPAS-12 is a semi-automatic shotgun produced by the Italian firm of Franchi S.p.A. It entered production in the late 1970's as a police and military combat shotgun with two settings - an automatic mode featuring a self-lo...

Franchi SPAS-15 Shotgun
The Franchi SPAS-15 shotgun is an automatic shotgun capable of firing multiple rounds without a pump action system. The shotgun is one of the few to be considered automatic in the sense that the user need not cock the weapon ...

French 75mm Howitzer
The French 75mm Howitzer served in the first World War and well into the second World War....

General Dynamics FIM-43 Redeye
The FIM-43 "Redeye" was a man-portable anti-aircraft missile launcher requiring only a single crewmember to operate it. Design began as early as 1959 with production handled by General Dynamics. The missile system debuted in ...

General Electric GAU-17/A Minigun
The General Electric GAU-17/A "minigun" represents the crew-served version of the Vietnam-era General Electric M134 helicopter-mounted weapon system. The GAU-17 operation follows the Gatling rotary-style munitions delivery de...

General Electric M134 Minigun
The US Army General Electric M134 minigun six-barrel 7.62mm gatling gun was a derivative of the original General Electric M61 20mm gatling system technology. The M134 was designed to fire 7.62x51mm NATO standard ammunition fr...

Gewehr 98 (G98 / Gew 98)
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Glock 17
The Glock Model 17 has seen service with the Austrian Army. In it's most base form, the Model 17 is a simple weapon to operate and breakdown, consisting of just over 30 parts to contend with. The pistol is billed as a "recoil...

Glock 30
Based in many ways on the preceding Glock 29 design, the Glock 30 is another fine example of pistol handiwork from Gaston Glock's Austrian firm. The system is chambered to fire the .45 ACP caliber round which remains popular ...

Harris / McMillan M86
Harris GunWorks operated as part of the McMillan Brothers production brand, delivering the excellent bolt-action repeating M86 sniper rifle weapons system. The M86 was designed with military and security forces in mind, allow...

Heckler & Koch / Alliant Techsystems XM-29 OICW
The XM-29 OICW (Objective Individual Combat Weapon) was a proposed replacement for the aging M-16 Assault Rifle for the United States Army. The system was designed and jointly developed by Alliant Techsystems and Heckler & K...

Heckler & Koch HK 11
By all accounts, the HK 11 system can be viewed as a modified HK G3 rifle. With origins of the HK delayed-blowback system dating back to the closing years of the Second World War (in the form of experimental MG 45 and StG 45 ...

Heckler & Koch HK 21
HK (or Heckler & Koch) is a small arms weapons designer and manufacturer owned by the British company, BAE Systems, though the company itself is located in Oberndorf Neckar, Germany. HK is one of the world’s finest small arm...

Heckler & Koch HK 32KA1
The Heckler & Koch HK 32KA1 carbine was designed for the military market that revolved around the firing of the Soviet 7.62x39mm M1943 "short" cartridge - most notably any Soviet-supported or satellite state at the time. The ...

Heckler & Koch HK 33E
NOTE: Specifications shown below cover the HK33E with fixed butt. The HK33E series was a direct replacement of the earlier HK33 automatic rifles and is basiclaly the 5.56mm equivalent of the HK G3 rifle (detailed elsewhere...

Heckler & Koch HK 416
Heckler & Koch unveiled the HK416 automatic rifle family in 2005 as a potential replacement for the M4 family series of carbines. The HK416 was a joint effort by the United States and Germany to produce a more reliable and mo...

Heckler & Koch HK 69A1
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Heckler & Koch HK CAWS
The CAWS (Close Assault Weapon System) was a joint project for the United Military led by the German firearm firm of Heckler & Koch and the American firm of Winchester / Olin. The design idea behind the CAWS system was to pro...

Heckler & Koch HK G11 Caseless
The Heckler & Koch HK G11 Caseless rifle design was in every way a revolutionary weapon departing from several traditional design forms. Chief among these was the idea of “caseless” ammunition fired from a 50-round box and of...

Heckler & Koch HK G3
The HK G3 (or Gewehr 3) is a successful assault rifle design produced by the German firm of Heckler & Koch with the Federal Republic of Germany in 1961. The G3 itself was based on the Spanish CETME rifle which in turn was bas...

Heckler & Koch HK G36
The Heckler & Koch-produced HK G36 is the official frontline assault rifle of the German Army and is also featured in a shorter-barrel version as the HK G36K to German special forces elements. The G36 development stemmed dire...

Heckler & Koch HK G41
The HK G41 was based on the pre-existing HK G33E system but fitted with a three-round burst capability to compliment the full automatic fire mode. Nearly replacing the aging G3 in German Army service, the G41 was instead drop...

Heckler & Koch HK MP5
The Heckler & Koch-produced series of MP (Maschinenpistole or 'Machine Pistol') is by far the most popular post-war submachine gun. It is featured by a multitude of special forces, police and army units the world over and is ...

Heckler & Koch HK MP5K
The HK MP5K is based on the successful HK MP5-series of submachine gun produced by the German-based firm of Heckler & Koch. The HK MP5K is a specialized shortened version of the base submachine gun featuring a short barrel an...

Heckler & Koch HK MP5N
The HK MP5N is another variant of the highly successful HK MP5 series of submachine guns. The 'N' designation is reserved for 'Navy' and stands as the Navy Model of the MP5 series which was designed specifically for use by th...

Heckler & Koch HK MP5SD
The HK MP5SD series of submachine guns produced by the firm of Heckler & Koch features at least six silenced versions of the highly successful HK MP5 submachine gun. The 'SD' in the designation indicates it's 'silenced' funct...

Heckler & Koch HK PSG-1
The PSG in the designation of the PSG-1 stands for 'Prazisionsschutzengewehr' which roughly translates to 'Precision Rifle'. The PSG-1 Sniping Rifle was put into production 1985, and primarily developed for police and militar...

Heckler & Koch HK SL8
The HK SL8 (SL8-1) is nothing more than the HK G36 assault rifle in civilian guise with semi-automatic fire. Both weapons are the product of Heckler & Koch, with the HK SL8 series entering the market in 1998 and continuing pr...

Heckler & Koch HK XM8
The XM-8 is an experimental assault rifle currently undergoing trials with the US Military. It was designed and built by the German weapons firm of Heckler & Koch to replace the aging M-16 assault rifle and M-4 carbine. Altho...

Heckler & Koch SOCOM (Mk 23 Mod 0)
The Mk 23 Mod 0 is popularly known as the "SOCOM" pistol due to it's relationship with the United States Special Operations COMmand department that first requested a pistol to replace their aging M1911A1 Colt handguns. The re...

Helenius APH RK97
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HG-84
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Howa Type 64
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Howa Type 89
The Japanese Type 89 was developed by the Howa Machinery Company of Japan for the Japanese Defense Agency and first fielded in 1989. The Type 89 features a variety of unique design elements, which promote a smooth motion o...

Hughes / Raytheon BGM-71 TOW
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IMBEL MD97
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IMBEL MF-2
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IMI B-300
The B-300 is an Israeli Military Industries product and is a man-portable anti-tank weapon system. It is designed to engage enemy tanks or fortified structures depending on the chosen warhead type (HEAT - High Explosive Anti-...

IMI Desert Eagle
The Desert Eagle handgun is a powerful gas-operated, semi-automatic handgun capable of firing the .50 AE (Action Express) caliber round, though minor field adjustments can allow the latest production model of the Desert Eagle...

IMI Galil ARM
The Galil-series of assault rifle began development in 1967, with the goal of replacing the solid (if unspectacular but heavier) Fabrique Nationale-produced FN FAL assault rifle (detailed elsewhere on this site). The Israelis...

IMI M141 Bunker Defeat Munition (BDM) / SMAW-D
The M141 (SMAW-D) was developed for the United States Army to fill the role of "bunker buster", though the system itself has proven to be most multi-purpose in nature, particularly in urban the urban warfare setting. The syst...

IMI MAPATS (Man-Portable Anti-Tank System)
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IMI Mini Uzi
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IMI Negev
The Negev is an Israeli 5.56mm light machine gun, developed by Israel Military Industries Ltd (now Israel Weapon Industry), as a replacement for the 5.56mm Galil light machine gun which had a propensity to overheat. This newe...

IMI UZI
The UZI 9 mm was created soon after Israel became a nation state in 1948. The UZI used a revolutionary design in which the pistol grip housed the ammunition clip which perfectly balanced the weapon in one hand. This made it a...

Improvised Explosive Device (IED)
Improvised Explosive Devices are 'home-made' devices made to injure, harrass or kill. They typically are thrown or laid on the sides of roads or on the roads themselves (unseen by a passing vehicle occupant). Improvised Ex...

Individual Water Purifier (IWP)
The individual water purification system provides the infantryman the ability to remove or destroy contaminants from all water sources....

Ingram Mac-10
The Ingram Mac 10 is a direct copy of the Israeli made UZI 9mm weapon. The Mac 10 earned its stripes through primary use by special forces groups, presumably the Navy SEALs. Its 30 round clip of .45 caliber ACP ammunition can...

Ithaca Model 37 Featherlight
Famed gunsmith John Browning first patented the Model 37 pump action shotgun as early as 1917. Heralded as one of the longest running shotgun systems still in existence, the Model 37 rights were first owned by the Remington A...

Ithaca Model 37 Stakeout
The Ithaca Model 37 Stakeout is the law enforcement version of the civilian game / home defense Model 37 pump action shotgun. The Model 37 shotgun system itself is nearly a century old, though the Stakeout variant is a newer ...

Izhmash AN-94 (Abakan)
The Izhmash AN-94 is the latest in the long line of Russian assault rifles and is intended to replace the long-lasting Kalashnikov series of rifle (including the fabled AK-47). Outwardly, the system maintains some similaritie...

Izhmash Saiga-12
The Russian firm Izhmash produces the impressive Saiga-12, a semi-automatic fire-capable combat shotgun that has earned a high level of respect for both its lethality and its reliability since its introduction in the 1990's. ...

Johnson M1941 Light Machine Gun
The Johnson Model 1941 Light Machine Gun was a product of the Cranston Arms Company from Providence, Rhode Island, and classified as a support light machine gun. In functionality, the system could be thought about in the same...

Kalashnikov AK-101
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Kalashnikov AK-103
The AK-103 represents the latest - and modernized - incarnation of the legendary Ak-47 assault rifle introduced in the Soviet Union following World War Two. Visually, the AK-103 retains many of the elements that have made the...

Kalashnikov AK47 (AK-47)
The Kalashnikov AK series of assault rifles has been the Soviet / Russian standard assault rifle since the early 1950's whose design is rooted in the German MP44 submachine gun of the Second World War. The rifle seems to have...

Kalashnikov AK74 (AK-74) / M1974
The Kalashnikov AK74 was a derivative of the AK47 series assault rifle, but more closely associated with the AKM, and was a smaller caliber system utilizing the Soviet 5.45x39.5mm round. Basically retaining the major features...

Kalashnikov AKM (AK-M)
The AKM was a modified version of the original AK-47 assault rifle, incorporating new steel stampings instead of a machined receiver, making it more economical to produce in large numbers. The "M" in the designation dictated ...

Kalashnikov AKMS (AKM-S)
The AKMS was nothing more than a direct copy of the AKM, a "modernized" version of the base AK47 system which re-incorporated steel stamping into the production process, effectively making the system more economical to produc...

Kalashnikov AKS (AK-S)
The AKS was derived from the base AK47 assault rifle though produced with a folding steel butt instead of the fixed wood stock found in the original. Despite this change, the AKS was a visual mirror of it's predecessor. The f...

Kalashnikov AKSU-74 (AKS-74U)
The AKSU-74 represents a submachine gun derivative of the AKS assault rifle, both operating with the 5.45mm Soviet cartridge. The AKSU-74 is a shortened version of the assault rifle and features a compact overall design, fold...

Kbk wz. 1988 (Tantal)
Though appearing as nothing more than a Polish copy of the Russian-made Kalashnikov AK-74S rifle, the wz/88 sports some features that differentiate it from its Russian-inspired heritage. Foremost, the system is generally prod...

Knights Armament M4 MWS (Modular Weapon System)
The M4 MWS (Modular Weapon System) is based on the M16A4, which in itself represents a newer incarnation of the base M16A2 currently in service with forces around the globe. The M4 utilizes the strengths and internal working ...

L62 Compact
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Lahti L-39
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Lebel Model 1886
The Lebel Model 1886 (more formally as the "Fusil Modele 1886 ") was the standard infantry rifle of the French Army before and throughout World War 1. The weapon lived a production life that was long enough to see action in W...

Lee-Enfield (Series)
The Lee-Enfield series of rifles is one of the most successful bolt-action rifles of all time. First debuted in November 1895 as the .303 calibre, Rifle, Magazine, Lee-Enfield, the rifle has still found use today in military,...

LeMat (Grape Shot Revolver)
The LeMat revolver was a Civil War handgun carried by Confederate Officers. It was designed by Confederate Colonel Jean LeMat, and consisted of a 9-shot .40 caliber cylinder system with a 16-gauge buckshot barrel underneath t...

Lithgow F89, Standard Light Pattern
The Australian F89 light support machine gun is a derivative of the successful Belgium FN Minimi system, which has since been adopted into service by the United States of America, Italy, Belgium and Australia. This particular...

LRAC 89
The LRAC 89 is capable of firing both armor piercing, smoke, anti-vehicle and illumination rounds. The system is comprised of fiberglass tubing and plastic. Rudimentary sights are provided on the body of the tube along with t...

M1 Carbine
The M1 Carbine series is often regarded as one of the most prolific American firearms developed during and for the Second World War. Designed primarily for light duty in the hands of logistical military participants such as c...

M1 Garand
Little discussion can be had on the subject of American infantrymen in World War Two without the mention of the highly-acclaimed M1 Garand rifle. As the standard infantry rifle of the Second World War GI, the Garand saw comba...

M1 Thompson (Tommy Gun)
The Thompson series of submachine guns (not quite a pistol yet not a full-fledged machine gun) began life in 1919 following World War 1. It was the creation of one General John Taliaferro Thompson (December 31st, 1860 - June ...

M110 Semi-Automatic Sniper System (SASS)
The M110 SASS (Semi-Automatic Sniper System) is billed as an anti-material and anti-personnel sniper rifle firing the 7.62mm cartridge. At the moment, it is being heralded as the best sniper rifle of its kind and has already ...

M-18 Claymore
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M1917 Enfield (American Enfield)
Britain had already begun the task of replacing their Short Magazine Lee Enfield (SMLE) infantry rifles in the years preceding the First World War. The Royal Arms Factory at Enfield was charged with finding a solution to this...

M1938
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M1A1 Pack Howitzer
The M1A1 Pack Howitzer was the standard howitzer for American forces in World War 2. The Pack design actually traced it's roots back to the howitzer development of World War One, standardized in the American Army post-war as ...

M224, 60mm
The M224 is the current portable mortar system in service with the United States Army and Marine Corps. The system provides a high-angle attack weapon that can be used in close proximity to friendly troops. Its indirect fire ...

M252, 81mm
The smoothbore, muzzle-loading M252 medium weight mortar system offers up accurate long-range indirect fire support to American ground forces. It is an 81mm high-angle-of-fire system that is crew-served, entering US Army ser...

M29, 81mm
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M32 MGL (Multiple Grenade Launcher)
The M32 MGL (Multiple Grenade Launcher) is currently in trials with the United States Marine Corps in Iraq. The system is a hand-held grenade launcher that operated from a spring-driven non-removable six-shot cylinder capable...

M3A1 (Grease Gun)
The M3A1 "Grease Gun" was a further development of the base M3 submachine gun. Entering service in 1944, the M3A1 looked to simplify the weapon's production process and practices in order to streamline the result and ship the...

M60
The M60 series of general purpose machine guns actually had their development based on research received from trials of the World War Two-era German MG42 and FG42 machine guns (both weapons detailed elsewhere on this website)...

M60E3
The M60E3 was a further improved version of the M60 and M60E1 general purpose machine gun. Developed by the Saco Defense company of Maine, the M60E3 incorporated a forward pistol grip for improved stability. Barrel changing w...

M67
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M72 LAW (Light Anti-armor Weapon)
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M79
The M79 was a standard single-shot, squad-support weapon that made its initial appearance with American troops during the Vietnam War. The system could lob a grenade projectile several hundred meters away and stop light-armor...

M89 Multi-Barrel Combo
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M9 Bayonet
In 1984 the United States adopted a multipurpose knife, the M9 bayonet. The M9 was designed to be used in conjunction with the Armalite AR-15, the Colt M-16 service rifle and the Colt M- carbine weapons with a reserve role as...

M91
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Madsen-Saetter SFMG Mark 4
The SFMG Mark 4 was a general purpose machine in every sense of the word, generating only modest interest and light sale overall. Becoming the company's last attempt at a small arms design, the SFMG was an unspectacular up ad...

Mannlicher Model 1901 / 1905
The Mannlicher Model 1901 / Model 1905 series of pistols was an excellent design and production small arm that saw little in the way of profitability. Usage was limited to the forces of Austria/Austria-Hungary and Argentina. ...

Mannlicher Selbstladepistole Model 1903
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Maschinenpistole 40 (MP40)
Whereas the MP43 submachine gun, though proving a success, was too much for war time production, the MP40 was offered up as a redesigned model featuring more in the way of welded construction and pressed components. Modificat...

Maschinenpistole 44 (MP44) / Sturmgewehr 44 (StG44)
The Maschinenpistole 44, or MP44, or still further the StG 44, is more commonly associated as being the father of the modern assault rifle design. This was, in truth, a revolutionary weapon developed by a Germany facing defea...

Mauser Karabiner Kar 98k
With origins as far back as the First World War, the Kar 98k (with "Kar" being short for "karabiner" or "carbine") was a direct descendent of the Mauser-produced Gew 98 rifle, appearing basically as a short stock version of t...

Maxim MG08 (Maschinengewehr 08)
The Maxim MG08 (or "Maschinengewehr 08") was a copy of the original machine gun as developed by Sir Hiram S. Maxim in 1884. Hiram was born in Sangerville, Maine in 1840 and emigrated to England. There, he focused in on the wi...

McMillan TAC-308 (McMillan Tactical Rifle)
The McMillan TAC-308 (McMillan Tactical Rifle) was developed for military and security forces operating in an urban setting. The system is chambered to fire the proven .308 Winchester cartridge from its heavy match-grade free...

MG34 (Maschinengewehr Modell 34)
Before the MG42 became the principle machine gun of the German Army in World War Two, the MG34 was enjoying all the attention as the squad support weapon of choice. Based on an earlier Swiss-German design in the form of the S...

MG42 (Maschinengewehr Modell 42)
The MG 42 (full designation of Maschinengewehr Modell 42) was a direct result of the small arms shortages that plagued Germany through the middle and later years of the war. The system was designed from the outset to be easy ...

MIC Uirapuru
Originally rejected by the Brazilian Army, the Uirapuru received a second life in 1976 after refinements were imposed. The weapon was an initial design as put together by members of the Brazilian Army's engineering institute ...

MILAN (Anti-Tank Light Infantry Missile)
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MK154 Mine Clearance Launcher
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Mosin-Nagant M1891 (3 Lineyaya vintovka obr 1891)
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Mossberg Model 590
The Mossberg Model 590 shotgun is a militarized version of the popular game shotgun known as the Model 500. The Model 590 features reinforced areas such as in the receiver parts and other mechanical systems. An additional hea...

MPS AA-12
The shotgun, in general, has been in military use since the first pump-action gun was developed. . Trench shotguns proved useful in the trenches of World War I, where their massive firepower at short range and in limited spa...

Norinco Type 77
The NORINCO-produced Chinese Type 77 is a heavy anti-aircraft machine gun system produced in large numbers for Chinese military forces. Based on a Soviet model, the Type 77 is designed for heavy duty combat in the anti-aircra...

NTW-20
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P 08 (Luger)
The German P 08 pistol (or "Pistole 1928" or "P'08" or "Luger") was one of the more famous German-based pistol designs of the Second World War. It's origins were actually well before that, prior to the First World War in fact...

Pancor Jackhammer
The Pancor Jackhammer was an ill-fated design of American gunsmith John Andersen. The system was designed around the idea of making a combat shotgun capable of repeating, or fully-automatic, fire. The base Jackhammer was ...

Panzerfaust 30
The Panzerfaust series of hand-held disposable anti-tank rocket systems was a highly-feared adversary to American tank and vehicle crews. The large caliber projectile could defeat any level of armor available to Allied crews ...

Panzerfaust 60
The Panzerfaust 60 was a middle-level development of the Panzerfaust 30 and the Panzerfaust 100. The "60" in the Panzerfaust 60 designation depicted the effective range the system had been designed for, as was the practice fo...

Panzerschreck (Raketenpanzerbuchse)
The Raketenpanzerbuchse (or commonly known as the Panzerschreck meaning "tank terror" because of the destructive results it produced or may also be known as Ofenrohr meaning "oven chimney" because of it's shape) was an anti-t...

Parker-Hale Model 82
The Model 82 was a rifle series produced by the Parker-Hale company of Birmingham (a gunsmithing firm was already famous for its lineage of successful sporting rifles). The system features a one-piece, epoxy resin-coated wood...

PGM Hecate II
The PGM Hecate II is a French Army anti-material rifle designed to engage light armored vehicles. The Hecate II is designed and produced by PGM Industries of Poisy, France and was nearly the anti-material rifle of choice for ...

PIAT (Projector, Infantry, Anti-Tank Mk I)
The PIAT Mk I (or Projector, Infantry, Anti-Tank Mk I) system was the principle anti-tank rocket-propelled grenade launcher for the United Kingdom throughout World War 2. The system was highly respected for it's armor-defeati...

PK General Purpose Machine Gun
The PK General Purpose Machine Gun (GPMG) is a highly respected weapon that was added to the Soviet Army arsenal to replace the aging RP46 system. The PK was chambered to fire the same 7.62mm round that was and continues to b...

PPS-42 / PPS-43
The PPS submachine gun was designed by Leningrad engineer A. I. Sudarev in 1942. Leningrad was encircled by the might of the German Army to the south and the German-allied Finns to the north. Since Leningrad represented an in...

PPSh-41
The PPSh-41 became the staple of the Soviet Army soldier in the Second World War. The PPSh-41 was given a need to fill as a cheap to produce and mechanically simple submachine gun with a high rate of fire. Designed by Geor...

QBU-88 (Type 88)
The QBU-88 (also known as the Type 88) represents a modern sniper rifle made available to the People's Liberation Army of China. The weapon system was developed in the 1980's and accepted into service towards the end of the d...

QBZ-95
The QBZ-95 has been economically developed from its original form into other battlefield-viable elements. These include the base QBZ-95 assault rifle, the shortened and lighter QBZ-95B carbine and the QBB-95 LSW (Light Weapon...

Raytheon FIM-92 Stinger
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Raytheon M47 Dragon
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Remington 1861
Used almost was widely as the 1860 New model Army Colt revolver, the Remington 1861 was the other Union Army favorite. Some favored it to the Colt because the Remington featured solid frame enclosing the revolving cylinder, w...

Remington M24 SWS (Sniper Weapon System)
The M24 SWS (Sniper Weapon System) is a principle sniper weapon of US Army. Developed to a US Army requirement to replace the aging M21 system (itself a stop-gap conversion of the M14 rifle), the M24 was designed to some spec...

Remington M40
The United States Marines adopted the M40 sniper rifle based on the Remington Model 700, which itself was a highly successful military system with origins dating as far back as the First World War. The M40 would become a mili...

Remington Model 1100 Tactical
The Remington-produced Model 1100 Tactical is an autoloading shotgun that comes with either a pistol grip or synthetic full stock. An 18 inch barrel is available with an optional 2-shot extender. A 22 inch barrel is also avai...

Remington Model 700
The Remington Model 700 (M700) rifle series appears in civilian, police and military guises. Production by Remington Arms began in 1962 and continues today. The system fires from a variety of ammunition types based on model a...

Remington Model 870
The Remington Model 870 (M870) is the primary close-quarters weapon used by various special forces, SWAT teams and Marine units across the globe. It remains a highly popular game shotgun in the civilian market as well. When i...

Remington Model 870 Wingmaster
The Remington Model 870 (M870) Wingmaster can trace its roots back to the 1950 release of the M870 series. The Wingmaster featured a 5-round tubular magazine, pump action system with the push-button safety catch rear of the t...

Remote Ordnance Neutralization System (RONS)
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Rheinmetall MG3 (Maschinengewehr Modell 3)
The German Army MG series was developed when the Federal Republic of Germany was allowed to reinvest in small arms following restrictions set in place after World War 2. By all accounts, the MG1 in the family was based highly...

Rifle Type 38
Type 38 was the standard rifle issued to the Imperial Japanese infantry. The weapon had a high accuracy rate and was very reliable. Records indicate 3,400,000 were produced and were also used by the United Kingdom, Thailand...

Rock Island Arsenal M21 Sniper Weapon System (SWS)
The M21 was developed from the standard M14 rifle, itself a further development of the highly successful World War 2-era M1 Garand. Where the Garand was a clip-loading, semi-automatic rifle, the M14 operated from a 20-round d...

Royal Ordnance ARWEN 37
The ARWEN 37 anti-riot weapon was designed in the late 1970's, ultimately reaching production in the early 1980's. The system came about as a specialized need to replace the ineffective anti-riot weapons currently in service ...

RPG-2
The RPG-2 is a rocket-propelled grenade launching system. It can trace its history back to the end days of World War 2 where captured German-designed systems were now being used against their owners. Essentially, the RPG-2 is...

RPG-7
The RPG-7 was the Soviet-produced follow-up in the RPG-series of anti-tank rocket launchers. The RPG designation is often referred to as 'Rocket Propelled Grenade' but the designation officially stands for 'Ruchnoy Protivotan...

RPK (Ruchnoi Pulemyot Kalashnikova)
The RPK , Ruchnoi Pulemyot Kalashnikova, entered service in 1961 as a powerful firearm, developed from the PK series of weapons. Externally, the weapon is essentially similar in appearance to the AK-47 assault rifle. This s...

RT-20
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Ruger AC-556
While the Ruger Mini-14 shared some common lineage to the World War Two-era M1 Garand rifle, the Ruger AC-556 system is based on the Mini-14 itself. In fact, the AC-556 can be viewed as a militarized version of the highly suc...

Ruger Mini-14
The Ruger Mini-14 is based on the successful World War Two M1 Garand infantry rifle. In fact, most of the inner workings of the Mini-14 are mechanically the same as that of its predecessor with the exception that the Mini-14 ...

SA-7 Grail / 9K32 Strela-2
The SA-7 (NATO designation of "Grail" or Soviet designation of "Strela-2") is a MANPAD system - a portable shoulder launched anti-aircraft weapon system. The lethality of such a system lies in the mobility of the firer to see...

Saab Bofors AT4-CS Light Anti-Armor Weapon
The AT4-CS (Confined Space) system is a man-portable shoulder-launched disposable anti-tank missile system designed specifically to be fired from confined spaces (hence the "CS" in the designation and is a further development...

Saco MK19-3 Automatic Grenade Launcher
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Sentinel Arms Striker
The Amsel Stryker was a two-handed, semi-automatic repeating shotgun firing a variety of 12 gauge ammunition from a 12-round rotating cylinder. The weapon featured a foldable stock, pistol grip with attached trigger group, a ...

SG 542 (Sturmgewehr Model 542)
The SG 542 was a fixed stock assault rifle development in the SG 540 rifle series, though chambered to fire the 7.62x51mm NATO round. Though an adequate weapon in it's own right, the system never found the favor of export ord...

SKS
The Soviet-produced SKS, or the Samozaryadniy Karabin sistemi Simonova, was the design of Sergei Gavrilovish Simonov and is sometimes designated as the Simonov SKS. The system is a simple self-loading, short-stroke gas piston...

Smith & Wesson SW Model 500 - Standard Compensator
The Smith & Wesson Model 500 - Standard Compensator is touted as the most powerful handgun every built. The Model 500 was introduced in 2003 into the Smith & Wesson line of 'X-Frame' (Extra Large-framed) handguns. The Mode...

Smith & Wesson SW Model 67
The popular Model 67 revolver, or '.38 Special' as it is also known, is produced by Smith & Wesson and made with two and four-inch barrels. The gun itself has been manufactured by Colt, Ruger, and Smith & Wesson. The revolver...

Springfield .58
At the beginning of the American Civil War, both the North and the South relied heavily on imported Enfield rifles from Britain. It was not until the North adopted the .58 Springfield Musket that the common infantryman would ...

Springfield M14
The M-14, for all intents and purposes, was basically a modernized version of the highly successful infantry rifle of the Second World War known universally as the M1 Garand. The M-14, however, featured refinements throughout...

Springfield M1903 (Model 1903)
The Springfield M1903 rifle was based on the German Mauser production type made through an agreement between the US Ordnance Department and the overseas company. The bolt-action rifle fired from a 5-round internal box magazin...

Sten Mk II
The Sten MK (or Mark) II was the widely produced version of the popular British Sten series of submachine gun with over two million produced in just three years during the war. The Sten-series as a whole was based on the prin...

Steyr AUG
The Steyr AUG, despite its overall futuristic appearance, is at least thirty years old. The AUG (Armee Universal Gewehr) features a bullpup configuration, meaning that the magazine is inserted behind the trigger group - very ...

Steyr AUG-LMG (AUG-HBAR)
The Steyr AUG-HBAR (also known as the AUG-HBAR) is a heavy-barrel version of the standard Steyr AUG assault rifle. The objective with the AUG-LMG is to supply the fireteam with a portable automatic weapon in the support role,...

Steyr GB
The Steyr GB underwent many alterations during its production run, obtaining a history for itself as being a poorly-produced and designed handgun. Originally produced as the Pi 18, the pistol was designed around an optional a...

Steyr IWS 2000
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Steyr TMP / SPP
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Stoner M63A1
The M63A1 Stoner machine gun was the last production small arms Stoner weapon made. The system was designed as a light machine gun to be used in the squad support role, operating from either a magazine feed or belt ammunition...

Sumitomo NTK-62
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Type 31, 60mm
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Type 51
The Type 51 is nothing more than a Chinese production copy of the Soviet-made Tokarev TT-33 pistol series with subtle differences to the external production of the Chinese brand. The firearm has appeared in inventories of oth...

Type 56
The Type-56 assault rifle is the Chinese manufactured version of the Soviet AK-47 assault rifle....

Type 64
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Type 67 General Purpose Machine Gun
The Chinese Type 67 is a direct production copy of the Soviet PK series of successful squad automatic weapons developed in the early 1960s. utilizing successful components from other production machine guns such as the Britis...

Type 85 SMG
The Chinese Type 85 submachine gun appeared in two forms in the 1980s as a budget-conscious replacement for the Type 79 submachine gun and the Type 64 silenced submachine gun. The base submachine gun featured a blowback mecha...

Type 97 20mm AT
The Empire of Japan tried to outdue all of her wartime counterparts with the introduction of the Type 97 anti-tank rifle. The system utilized a custom mammoth 20x124 Type 97 ammunition round which was a vast departure from th...

URBOT
The URBOT can perform a series of tasks including examination and destruction of IED (Improvised Explosive Devices). It has seen use in bomb squads and in the battlefield (Operation Iraqi Freedom). The system is operated by r...

Vektor Z-88
The Vektor Z-88 was developed to fulfill a requirement by the South African Defense Force. A UN embargo prohibited the trade of weapons to the nation and, as such, it had to look from within to find a solution. Development be...

Vickers Machine Gun
The Vickers Mk I series of medium machine guns would see action through two World Wars as the recoil-operated, water-cooled machine gun of choice for British forces. Introduced in 1912, the Vickers system could be found anywh...

Vidhwansak AMR
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Walther P38 (Pistole 38)
The Walther P38 (Pistole 38) handgun was designed as a replacement for the well received P 08. The design of the newer P38 was to offer up a production-friendly alternative to the P 08 but still retain many of the key compone...

Walther WA2000
The Walther-produced WA2000 is sometimes thought of as the 'Cadillac of Sniper Rifles' due to its attention to detail, high production cost and high construction value. Instead of the system relying on an existing military-ba...

Winchester Model 1200
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Winchester Model 1300 Defender
The Winchester-produced Model 1300 Defender series of shotguns is derrived from the base Winchester Model 1300 that first appeared in 1978. The Model 1300-series itself features roughly twelve different models including the M...

Winchester Model 1873
The Model 1873 was one of the early legends of the burgeoning American firearms industry and a model product by the Winchester Repeating Arms Company. The phrase "The Gun That Won The West" was most often tied to the Model 18...

Winchester Stainless Marine
The Winchester-produced Stainless Marine is a 12-guage pump action repeating shotgun suitable for close-quarters action. The 'stainless' designation of the Winchester Stainless refers to the stainless steel barrel constructio...

Zbrojovka Model 96 Falcon
The Model 96 Falcon is a bolt-action, large caliber anti-material rifle firing the 12.7mm cartridge. The system is designed to engage lightly armored vehicles but can equally engage human targets with destructive results. The...

Zbrojovka vz. 59 / Uk vz. 59
The Uk vz. 59 was a derivative of the vz. 52/57 machine gun (detailed elsewhere on this site). A Czech design through and through, the vz. 59 was fitted with different iron sights throughout its early production run. The vz. ...

Zbrojovka ZB vz. 30
The ZB vz. 30 was developed as early as the 1920's and standardized for use in the Czechoslovakian Army (replacing the non-standardized vz. 27 series). It bears a near-exact resemblance to the British-based Bren series for a ...

Zbrojovka ZB vz. 52/57
Introduced some ten years after World War 2, the Vz. 52/57 saw use in some numbers. As the vz. 52, the system was designed to initial fire the Czech 7.62x45mm rimless cartridge but Soviet pressure forced a change to the more ...