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Fedorov – The First Assault Rifle?

March 20, 2012 Ian McCollum 29

Today we have a couple more galleries of Russian Fedorov rifles, both from Russian museums. One set comes to us from our friend Hrachya, and the other is courtesy of DishModels.ru. The Fedorov is interesting […]

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Vintage Saturday – Russian Partisans with a Maxim

March 10, 2012 Ian McCollum 5

I don’t envy that kid having to fire that M38…

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Semiauto Rifles

Russian APS Underwater Assault Rifle

March 9, 2012 Ian McCollum 5

Today we have a manual for the Russian APS underwater assault rifle, thanks to our friend Hrachya. The APS (Avtomat Podvodnyj Spetsialnyj) was developed in the early 1970s as a way to provide greater firepower […]

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Machine pistol

Stechkin APS photos

February 6, 2012 Ian McCollum 3

The Stechkin APS was available with a collapsing stock and suppressor, for extra-sneaky uses. Thanks to Max Popenker, we have a couple photos of the combo: These and a couple more are available on the […]

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Construction of Automatic Weapons

January 2, 2012 Ian McCollum 5

From our friend Hrachya, we have a very cool book for you today. Titled Construction of Automatic Weapons, it was printed in Russia in 1933, and consists of line drawings of all the major machine […]

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Machine pistol

Stechkin Automatic Pistol

November 21, 2011 Ian McCollum 12

The Stechkin automatic pistol was adopted by the Soviet military in 1951, alongside the Makarov pistol. Both are chambered bot the 9x18mm Russian cartridge, and both use simple blowback mechanisms. The Stechkin is a heavier […]

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Russian PP2000 manual

October 10, 2011 Ian McCollum 4

Thanks to our friend Hrachya, to day we have a manual for the Russian PP2000 submachine gun.  The PP2000 is a very recent development, and has been in use with the Russian Ministry of the […]

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