Ian Hogg

Erma EG73 Carbine: Another successful German rifle

Erma EG73 Carbine is another successful rifle produced in West Germany. It is chambered in .22 Winchester Magnum RF. Although the experts are fond of telling us that lever-action carbines are inherently

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ERMA EM1 and ERMA EGM1 Carbines are German like copies of the legendary M1 Carbine

Erma EM1 and EGM1: A German copies of the M1 Carbine

The Erma EM1 and Erma EGM1 were lookalike copies of the legendary M1 Carbine. The U.S. Army’s M1 Carbine of World War II had a mysterious charisma which made people lust after

5 years ago

Rifles

Gepard M3: A Destroyer Heavy Sniper Rifle

Gepard M3 Destroyer is an anti-material rifle chambered in 14.5 mm caliber and it is the most famous rifle in the Gepard family. It was designed by engineer Major Ferenc Földi in Hungary.

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Sniper Rifles

Enfield L85A1: An Individual Weapon of SA80 bullpup family

The Enfield L85A1 assault rifle is part of the British SA80 family of 5.56×45mm NATO bullpups. The L85A1 rifle variant has been the standard-issue service rifle of the British Armed Forces since 1987, replacing

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Rifles

Daewoo K2: A crossover between the AK-47 and M16

The Daewoo K2 is a standard South Korean Army rifle produced by Daewoo Precision Industries. The company gained experience manufacturing rifles by making the United States M16 under license for the Republic

5 years ago

Rifles

SAMOPAL vz. 58: A rifle that looks like an Soviet AK-47 but it is not

The SAMOPAL Vz. 58 is a service weapon of the Czech Army. Although there is a superficial resemblance to the Kalashnikov AK-47, Vz. 58 is a different weapon, designed and built-in Czechoslovakia

5 years ago

Rifles

Colt M16A2: An improved version of legendary M16 assault rifle

The Colt M16A2 was the service rifle of the U.S. Armed Forces and some 55 other countries. It is the latest version of a weapon that has been the U.S. standard since

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Rifles

Colt ACR: A Colt AR you never heard about

The Colt ACR was Colt’s entrant for the Advanced Combat Rifle program. It was quite simply, a progressive improvement upon their existing M16A2 service rifle, but designed to fire a new duplex

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Rifles

CETME Model L was Spanish assault rifle chambered in 5.56 mm caliber

CETME Model L: A Spanish assault rifle chambered in 5.56 mm

CETME Model L rifle development started in the late 1970s in CETME. It is the Spanish government research and development establishment, and in the early 1950s, a Herr Vorgrimmler went to work

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Rifles

Swedish Armed Forces Standard Assault Rifle AK 5

AK 5: A Swedish version of FN FNC assault rifle

An AK 5 assault rifle is an excellent example of how a stock weapon can be modified to suit a particular purchaser’s requirements, provided that he purchases enough of them. AK 5

5 years ago

Rifles

Calico M-900S Carbine is an assault rifle

Calico M-900S Carbine: A blast from the past

The Calico M-900S Carbine is part of a complete weapon system that contains pistols, submachine guns, and carbines, all of which operate upon the same principles. They are unusual weapons, principally because

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Rifles

Italian soldier armed with Beretta SC70/90 carbine

Beretta 70/90 System by Italian Army’s Requirements

The Beretta 70/90 system was developed to meet the Italian Army’s requirements for a modern assault rifle and was taken into service in 1990. Development of the Beretta 70/90 system began in

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Rifles

Anschutz Model 54 Silhouette Rifle

The Anschutz Model 54 Silhouette rimfire target rifle has been in production for years, but this is a specially developed modem intended to suit the growing sport of silhouette shooting in which

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Rifles

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