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Encyclopedia > Modern weapons

Modern Weapons are regarded by many as any weapon that was made after World War II. Most modern weapons are assault rifles, an invention of the Germans in the second world war.


What follows is a small, non-exhaustive list of modern weapons.

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Russian

In 1993 engineers of IZMASH OJSC created a submachine gun called PP-19 Bizon (Bison) that is derived from AK-74 and AK-100 series of assault rifles. ... The AK-101 is an assault rifle of the Kalashnikov series. ... The PK is a 7. ... SVD may stand for: Semi-Virtual Diskette Singular value decomposition Snaiperskaya vintovka Dragunova or Dragunov Sniper Rifle (Снайперская винтовка Драгунова) Society of the Divine Word (Latin: Societas Verbi Divini) Spontaneous vaginal delivery Svenska Dagbladet (SvD – Swedish newspaper) Swine Vesicular Disease Category: ... The VSS (Russian: ), Special Sniper Rifle, also named Vintorez (Thread Cutter), is a suppressed sniper rifle in use by various military and otherwise militant organizations, especially those of former Soviet states. ...

American

The M9 handgun, formally Pistol, Semiautomatic, 9mm, M9, is a 9mm pistol of the U.S. military adopted in the 1980s. ... M4A1 redirects here. ... M16 (more formally United States Rifle, Caliber 5. ... M14 and M-14 redirect here. ... The M24 SWS (Sniper Weapon System) is the military and police version of the Remington 700 rifle, M24 being the model name assigned by the United States Army after adoption as their standard sniper rifle in 1988. ... a. ... The M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (M249 SAW) is the United States military designation for a sub-family of the FN Minimi squad automatic weapon (from Mini-mitrailleuse French: mini-machine gun. Both are 5. ... The FN MAG (or MAG-58) is a machine gun manufactured by Fabrique Nationale (FN), Belgium. ... For the assault rifle, see Valmet M82. ... For other uses, see M60. ... This article is about the . ... Mk19 40mm grenade launcher MK-19 40mm grenade launcher during MIL-EX 2003 The MK19 (also known as MK-19, M19, Mark 19, or Mk 19) is a belt-fed grenade machine gun capable of firing five grenades per second. ... M203 generally refers to the United States Army designation for a single shot 40 mm grenade launcher that attaches to the M16 assault rifle or the M4 Carbine. ...

German

  • HK MP5 ( One of the only submachine guns actually in use it is a favorite of many unconventional forces and police forces around the world )
  • HK G36
  • HK MG43
  • HK PSG-1 ( a German sniper rifle, it's largely too fragile for military use and too expensive for police use)
  • Heckler ( modern PDW that can be used either as an assault rifle or submachine gun)

The MP5 is a 9 mm submachine gun of German design, developed in the 1960s by a group of engineers from the West German arms manufacturer Heckler & Koch GmbH (HK). ... The G36 (company designation, Bundeswehr designation Gewehr G36) is an assault rifle designed in the early 1990s and manufactured in Germany by Heckler & Koch. ... Heckler & Koch GmbH (H&K) (pronounced [1]) is a German weapons manufacturing company famous for various series of small firearms, notably the MP5 submachine gun, the MP7 personal defense weapon, USP series of handguns, high-precision PSG1 sniper rifle, and the G3 and G36 assault rifles. ... The PSG-1 (Präzisions-Scharfschützen-Gewehr, German for precision sharpshooter rifle) is a semi-automatic sniper rifle designed by the German company Heckler & Koch. ... A heckler is a person who shouts an uninvited comment, usually disparaging, at a performance or event, or interrupting set-piece speeches, for example at a political meeting. ...

Chinese

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Modern weapons - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (218 words)
The most popular being the FN Browning Hi-Power, which was the first high capacity pistol, the other popular model was the Walther P38 because of its many modern safety features.
GLOCK came up with the ultra modern GLOCK 17 in 1982 and SIG-Sauer introduced its model P226 in 1983.
In the early 90s, Heckler and Koch combined what they thought were the most desirable attributes of semi-autos in their pistol, the HK USP.
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