English Russia, a humorous blog about all things Russia, has photos of home-made firearms confiscated by police and army in Chechnya.
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30mm or 40mm grenade launcher?
Looks like a Baikal over and under shotgun
with pistol grip and cut down barrel.
Pretty nifty carbine.
Many more at English Russia.
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oh jeez who has NOT seen these pictures, i am surprised that you left the improvised SMG’s out of it, they are the real beauties of the Chechen arsenal.
Nick, I hadn’t seen them before
I have never seen this and I am pretty hard core reader about guns.
The grenade launcher even appears to have a safety (the semicircular notched pivoting piece.) That’s pretty thoughtful…wonder if they figured that one out the hard way, with no trigger guard.
I kinda like the over-and-under pistol, in an asthetic way.
The carbine’s something else. Based on a Spanish Destroyer perhaps? Hooded front sight, tangent rear, and a fifteen-plus-one capacity, what’s not to like?
wow. I wonder how effective those weapons are.