Tactical Atlas Firearm Blog

Since 1951, three letters have come to represent a revolution in close quarters combat and a solid candidate for the most recognizable gun silhouette on the planet, so let’s take another look at the UZI, one of the most successful, infamous and beloved firearms of the 20th century.

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You may have heard of it. You may have even seen one. And you may have thought, “only if”. But despite the tax stamps and "civilian model blues", this amazingly hyped cutting-edge firearm is rapidly moving in many shooters’ minds from science fiction to science fact...

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With a design that has seem more than a half century of heavy and revered use around the world, Heckler and Koch's MP5 submachine gun could in all honesty be the subgun that all others must be compared to.

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Zero to sixty is how Finnish fury goes in battle and in 1939, the mighty Soviet Red Army found this out first hand. The weapon of choice for the hearty Finnish troopers? The Suomi.

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In the US, Beretta has been long known for quality semi-automatic pistols, but around the world, the name is just as readily identified with sleek, must have subguns. Case in point, the Third world's luxery submachine gun, the Beretta M12.

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In the days of WWII, America saw it's far share of personal select fire weapons put through the trials of war: M3 Grease Gun, the M1 Carbine, the Garand and the Tommy gun come to mind. But one gun that took this same test that people rarely mention is the Reising submachine gun--likely because it did not pass.

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