Suppressor History, Testing and Designs: Insights from an Advanced Suppressor Seminar
There has been a resounding boom in popularity of suppressors in recent years. They have become less the stuff of secret agents and more the stuff of sport shoo... Read more.
The SR-2MSMG Finding a Match for the Potent SP-10 Cartridge
In the new millennium, the young Russian state needed a main sidearm—something modern, hearty and comparable in size and function to NATO pistols. Paramount t... Read more.
The Rare, State-Developed SR-1 Vektor: The Russian Service Pistol That Sort-of Was
In 1990, the Soviet Ministry of Defense was facing considerable economic strain. It nonetheless was confronted with the fact that its mainline sidearm, the Maka... Read more.
Badge of Honor: The Stechkin Automatic Pistol
In Chechnya, the Stechkin Automatic Pistol (APS) is considered a badge of honor. Like the AKS-74U in the mountains of Afghanistan, the APS carries with it a soc... Read more.
Keeping Cover in Turbulent Times: The KGB Escort Briefcase
In the late 1970s, the Soviet Union had begun construction of sports facilities for the upcoming 1980 Moscow Summer Olympics. However, the Munich Summer Olympic... Read more.
A Machine Without Error—The Evolution of the AK
By Lynndon Schooler The bloodiest conflict in human history brought unthinkable hardships and suffering to the Soviet peoples. The Eastern front of World War II... Read more.
