Friday, April 29, 2011

History and Development of the Assault Rifle - VI

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In our last post, we studied some of the history of the M16's predecessor, the AR-15. Where we left off was right at the end of developm...
Monday, April 18, 2011

History and Development of the Assault Rifle - V

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In the last few posts, we have been studying the developments of the AK rifle family designed in the Soviet Union. In the next few posts, we...
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Sunday, April 17, 2011

History and Development of the Assault Rifle - IV

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In the last post , we studied the origins of the AK-47 and the beginning of the AKM. The AKM featured several improvements over the AK-47, m...
Thursday, April 7, 2011

History and Development of the Assault Rifle - III

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In this post, we will look at the history of one of the most famous assault rifles in history, the AK-47. The AK family is pretty widespread...
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Monday, March 21, 2011

History and Development of the Assault Rifle - II

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When World War I started, the French introduced a light machine gun called the Chauchat. While it was capable of selecting both single and a...
Saturday, March 19, 2011

History and Development of the Assault Rifle - I

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In the next series of posts, we will study the evolution of the modern assault rifle. First let us go back a few centuries in time and stu...
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Sunday, March 13, 2011

Utility Firearms: Line Throwing Gun

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In maritime history, there have been several cases where a ship has foundered close to shore and no one could be rescued because a rescue ro...