At the outbreak of Croatia’s Homeland War, desperate demand for small arms spawned many improvised designs. The Vila Velebita ...

World War II saw the introduction of many weapons. Perhaps the most characteristic among them was the submachine gun.

Unlike Bond’s weapon of choice, the Russian PPK-20 is a new submachine gun with an estimated firing rate of 800 rounds per minute. The Kalashnikov Concern, the Russian state-owned arms conglomerate, ...

There was a time when a downed pilot had little more than a sidearm, and that’s not enough in a firefight. Perhaps the Kremlin understood that fact, as it had seen a great number of its aircraft shot ...