Thursday, 29 April 2010

Desert Eagle


Desert Eagle is an american, huge pistol which shoots the revolver cartridge. This is a very unusual weapon because it works on the principle as assault rifles (combustion gases in the chamber). Desert has very strong recoil and low magazine capacity, but big firepower.

Bullet : .357 Magnum/ .44 Magnum/.50 AE (12,7x33 mm = HUGE!!!!)
Magazine : 9 bullets (.357)/8 bullets (.44)/7 bullets (.50)
Country : Israel/ USA
Inventor : Israel Military Industries (I.M.I) and Magnum Research Company

This short video presents how Desert Eagle powerful is (no one was seriously injured while filming). Do not pay attention to the inscriptions on T-shirt, please.



Thursday, 22 April 2010

M60


M60 is an american light machine gun used during Vietnam War until today. His advantages are : big caliber (7,62), big, box magazine and ability to shoot, while the barrel is warm to white. But M60 has also a few drawbacks : mechanism used to jammed in jungle or in dirty places (so soldiers used to called this weapon "a pig") and this LMG is really, relly heavy : 10,5 kilos. Another minus is strong recoil, but it's normal, especially of this caliber.

Bullet : 7.62x51 NATO
Magazine : 100 (box mag)
Country : USA
Inventor : Steering Division Company (of the General Motors)

Friday, 16 April 2010

Glock 34


Glock 34 was created for more accurate shooting. As you can see, it's very similar to Glock 17. Bullet wasn't changed, only difference is longer barrel. On the one hand, it is very practical, because the longer barrel improves accuracy, but on the other hand, the gun becomes longer, so it's difficult to quick hide or draw it. Moreover that Glock is really, really ugly...

Bullet : 9x19 Parabellum
Magazine : 17/19 bullets
Country : Austria
Inventor : Gaston Glock

Thursday, 15 April 2010

M249 SAW


M249 SAW (Squad Automatic Weapon) was constructed in the mid of seventies by FN Company from Belgium and was named FN Minimi. This weapon is well liked by many countries, especially by USA. American (but very similar) counterpart is called M249 Sqad Automatic Weapon (SAW). The biggest advantage is cartridge, which this machine gun is using. It's 5,56 NATO, which causes less recoil, better rate of fire and less weight than his predecessors (M60 and M240 [7.62 NATO cartridges]). Another advantage is, that M16 rifle and the Minimi are using the same ammunition, so in the absence of a belt of ammunition Minimi can even supply the standard magazines from M16 (prescribed Marines assault rifle is the M16 and light machine gun - M249). Moreover, the M249 is much more lighter than his predecessors (M60 weighs 10 kilos, M240 - 12,5 kilos), because it weighs only 6.85 kilos (it's really not much for a machine gun).

Bullet : 5,56x45 NATO
Magazine : 100/200 (drum mags)/30 (M16 mags)
Country : USA (M249) / Belgium (Minimi)
Inventor : Belgium Company Fabrique Nationale (FN)

Friday, 2 April 2010

VIDEO ON EVERY POST!

I added video on every post, in which I had describe a wepapon, to see the practical working of it. Sometimes it'll be in Italian, but just watch the shooting part and enjoy it!

Glock 26


Glock 26 is the smallest of the family austrian pistols. Guns of this size are easy to hide, for example, under your coat or jacket. It is very convenient for the investigators or the special agents. Glock 26 is shooting classical 9mm Para. Basic version is semi-automatic, but there also exist full-auto version called Glock 26C. Basic version is using short magazine and it has too small capacity for automatic counterpart, so created longer magazine, much more convenient for the automatic fire.

Bullet : 9x19mm Parabellum
Magazine capacity : 12/15/17/33 (for automatic version, used also in G18C)
Country : Austria
Inventor : Gaston Glock