Russia’s Special Forces, or Spetsnaz, faced new challenges after the war in Afghanistan, the end of the Cold War and...

Some military snipers view the .338 Lapua Magnum almost as the “death ray” of the Global War on Terror. As good...

For my first 20 years of owning handguns, I thought of the Browning Hi-Power as a useful tool. When working...

The Chinese Type 53 Rifle has a unique history. A license-built version of the Soviet M1944 Mosin-Nagant carbine for the...

Compared to most U.S. infantry weapons of World War II, the M3 submachine gun is not especially well known. This...

The shotgun has never been considered a precision combat weapon. Part of its deadliness is that it throws a pattern...

Romanian versions of the AKM have long been among my favorite variants in the AK world. The foregrips are a...

Years ago, I’d seen Japanese battle rifles at gun shows and in the closet of my good friend Dexter Thunder,...

Generally, I don’t think of Russian weapons as being elegant, but for some reason, the PPSh-41 has always struck me...

I have always thought highly of the Russian AKSU since I first fired one over 20 years ago. However, it...

When I was in Russia a little over 12 years ago, I had quite a few contacts with former Desantniks (paratroopers)...

While Ithaca Gun Company is primarily known for its shotguns, the company is no stranger to pistols and rifles. In...

The Ithaca Model 37 riot gun was never as popular for police use as the Remington 870, but it did...

During the Winter War of 1939/1940, Finland heroically fought the forces of the Soviet Union in a David-versus-Goliath struggle that...

The Vietnam War was the first jungle conflict fought by the U.S. armed forces since World War II in the...

In the history of European submachine guns, it is easy to overlook the Walther MP series—but that would be a...

When the Beretta M9 was adopted in 1985, it was intended to replace a wide range of pistols and revolvers...

Portugal is a relatively small country of 35,603 square miles and a population of about 10.4 million. However, in the...

TacStar’s Shotgun Rail Mount: When a shotgun is sent to one of the custom shops that enhances combat shotguns, among...

In the case of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, funding for special operations units is not a problem. That’s because...