Here is the opening sequence from the movie Lord of War showing the life of a cartridge from a Soviet factory to use in an African conflict. The movie tells the story of the fictional character Yuri Orlov who loosly is based on real life arms dealer Viktor Bout. I [Read More…]
This animation shows how both the 416 and M4 operate and explains the differences between the M4/M16/AR15 direct-gas impingement system and the H&K 416 piston system. View the animation here. Below is a screenshot.
The ArmyTimes has written about how the army is stuck with the M16/M4 while spec ops are moving to the H&K 416: Delta Force worked with a gun maker to come up with a better weapon. The 416 is now considered in many circles to be the best carbine in the world, but [Read More…]
We have all seen the photo, I can’t remember where it was taken, of guns lined up on a road ready to be crushed by a steam roller. I always feel sad looking at the destruction of firearms. It is usually the old guns that would be valued by collectors around the [Read More…]
I have been getting many visitors coming to this blog looking for SKS manuals. I thought this was strange as I only had one small post linking to an SKS manual. It turns out that SKS manuals are very hard to find! Many sites are selling the PDF versions of old manuals [Read More…]
“A man in Florida surprised police by handing in a surface-to-air missile launcher during a gun amnesty in the city of Orlando.” – BBC Very funny! The full article can be read here. The photo below (from Wikipedia.org) is a FIM-43 Redeye which entered [Read More…]
UPDATE: I have posted an extended blog entry with SKS manuals here. If you are interested in AK type (Saiga, Grail, AK47 etc.) , SKS and Dragunov rifles, or just firearms in general this webpage has many downloadable manuals for these firearms in PDF format: The AK [Read More…]
Funny, but the same story happens in every army, at least these soldiers have skilled trainers! Hat Tip: Precision Rifle
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