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From somewhere deep in the Old World's borscht belt, a Russian with a rough haircut shows off the APS auto pistol and the PP-90 and PP-91 sub guns.

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So you take a select-fire RPK-74, update the ergos and give it a Picatinny rail and a very sweet 95-round drum mag and what do you get? The RPK-16 of course.

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Russian arms manufacturer Kalashnikov has found success even after U.S. sanctions ended the company's plans of making it big in the U.S. market.

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For quick, precise adjusting and for breaking those stubborn sights, Elby’s Range Buddy is a great buy and a must for the range box.

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I know of one often overlooked pocket pistol that has been around for almost seventy years and has a proven track record worldwide: the Makarov PM pistol.

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If you are looking for a quick-shouldering, powerful weapon for brush hunting or truck duty, the $250 Mosin-Nagant M44 is an excellent value.

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While Russian sources have claimed that the rifle is very reliable, it's clear from this video that, like any rifle no matter how gifted, can and will jam.

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Though the same could be said of many nations, the Soviets always seemed to have an overarching desire to have special ops guys ready on the ready to go round the world, meet interesting people and kill them. And what fun would being a commie ninja be if there weren’t cool toys to go along with job? The Stechkin APS was one of the neater pieces in the Spetsnaz’s toy box.

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If you have ever watched an action movie set after 1960, you have seen one. Heck, if you have ever been to a sandbox, you have encountered one. Its very abbreviation has become synonymous with an entire class of weapons. It is the humble RPG-7, and it’s simple, effective, and cheap. Why was it developed? […]

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The AK12 was meant to be an honest to goodness reboot of the epic AK47 series of assault rifles. That may well be, but good luck getting your hands on one.

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Looking like something Jawas would use in a driveby, there exists a sawn off conversion of the Imperial Russian Army’s Model 1891 Mosin-Nagant rifle that is sure to draw any curious gunnies’ attention. It’s dubbed the Obrez, and its something of a flamethrower. What is The Obrez? The word Obrez roughly translates into ‘cut down’ […]

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Russia's Maxim M1910 machine gun turned peasants into warriors and served the Motherland through two world wars. It's service life continued in the hands of Soviet allies and it is not uncommon to find this hearty century-old gun still in firing on the battlefields of Afghanistan.

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