Soviet Guns of WW2 Many-a-Soviet weapon was produced out of sheer necessity in the early part of the war, ultimately appearing in tremendous numbers by the end.
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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...
1940
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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 ...
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 ...
1943
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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...
1943
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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...
1942
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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...
1942
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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...
1942
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Simonov SKS (Samozaryadniy Karabin sistemi Simonova) 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...
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