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  • AKs74 Modernized [ ФСБ - Spetsnaz ] to 500yds: Practical Accuracy

    Watch latest videos, sometimes even early releases! Sign up for the newsletter 🗞️https://tinyurl.com/9HoleReviews or https://tinyurl.com/SlateBlack Russian FSB and other Spetsnaz units frequently showcase the "Alpha" AKs74/AK74m. Loadouts like this were frequently seen in Syria and other troubled...

  • Tarkov Classic 🇷🇺 AK105 [ Iron Sights ] to 500yds: Practical Accuracy - EFT

    Watch latest videos, sometimes even early releases! Sign up for the newsletter 🗞️ https://tinyurl.com/9HoleReviews or https://tinyurl.com/SlateBlack The AK105 was a part of a larger blueprint of the AK100 family of rifles, based on the improved AK74M, the AK105 was the shortened carbine version o...

  • The world's longest serving machine gun: The Maxim 1910

    Our Christmas special this year sees Jonathan delve into a weapon with a fascinatingly extensive service life. Copied from a Finnish design from the Winter War, this Russian/Soviet Maxim variant saw extensive service in both world wars and continues to crop up in the illegal Russian invasion of U...

  • Why disguise this Soviet flamethrower as a rifle?

    Since their introduction during the First World War, modern flamethrower operators have been a priority target for marksmen and snipers due to the deadly fuel the weapons unleashes. This Soviet-made ROKS-2 flamethrower was likely designed to disguise it's true capabilities, resembling more of a ...

  • Russia's pump-action grenade launcher: the GM-94

    While most nations opt for a modular grenade launcher on the underside of a rifle barrel, Russia is one of a select few nations that opted for a standalone design. The GM-94 used both in a civil and military context has seen extensive use over the last 30 years, including most recently during the...

  • PPSh 41 submachine gun in action - Guns of the 1956 Revolution Part 1

    Please support us at: https://www.patreon.com/capandball I always wanted to make a series about the most common military arms of the 1956 revolution in Hungary. Now I am happy to announce that we are remembering the heroes with a mini series about these firearms, starting with the PPSh 41 soviet ...

  • TT-33 pistol in action - Guns of the 1956 Revolution Part III

    Please support us at: https://www.patreon.com/capandball The TT or Tokarev was the most common self loading pistol of the Red Army during World War II and it was the most common semi auto pistol of the 1956 Hungarian revolution. My impression about the TT3333: accuracy, tactics, history, disassem...

  • Mosin-Nagant 91/30 rifle in action - Guns of the 1956 Revolution Part IV

    Please support us at: https://www.patreon.com/capandball The Mosin-Nagant 91/30 rifle and the Hungarian revolution of 1956. My impression about this surplus classic rifle, with some history, disassembly and maintenance tips, and shooting of course. Want to support our work? By a Capandball produc...

  • The SVT40 and the Soviet infantry tactics of World War 2

    Please support us at: https://www.patreon.com/capandball The story of the SVT40, and of course some fun at the range. World War 2 Soviet combined arms and infantry tactics, and the place of the SVT40 semiauto rifle in the Soviet squad. Technical specifications, disassembly-reassembly, and modern ...

  • The Russian contract Winchester M1895 rifle - shooting & hunting

    Please support us at https://www.patreon.com/capandball For buying Capandball Civil War cartridge boxes and cartridge formers: http://stores.ebay.com/Capandball?_trksid=p2047675.l2563 or the Capandball webpage: https://capandball.com/termekkategoria/capandball-products-2/ History, shooting and hu...

  • Slabs and Waffles and Bakes, Oh My! A History of Soviet AK Magazines

    In recent months, a couple of interesting developmental varieties of AK mags have appeared on the market here in the US, and I figure folks might be interested in learning about the history of where and when they came from, and why they were used or not used. So today, we will look at the progres...

  • Predecessor to the Mosin: the Russian Berdan II

    Before adopting the M1891 Mosin-Nagant, the Russian Empire (like most major militaries) used a large-bore single-shot rifle as its standard infantry rifle. In this case, a .42-caliber rifle designed by American General Hiram Berdan (yes, the same guy who invented the Berdan primer). As with other...

  • Soviet SVT-38 Self-Loading Rifle

    A lot of people think that the US was the only country in World War II to mass-issue a semiautomatic infantry rifle, but that isn't true. While the US was the only country to issue everyone a semi auto, both the Soviet Union and Germany produced large numbers of them. The Soviet rifle in particul...

  • Soviet 122mm D30 Cannon (Firing)

    The D30 is a Soviet 122mm multi-role gun introduced in the 1960s and still in use around the world today. It has a somewhat unusual 3-leg mount that is slower to set up than a standard trail, but allows for complete 360-degree rotation of the gun. The piece was designed for both indirect fire (ma...

  • DTM: The Soviet Tank Version of the DP-27 LMG

    Almost as soon as the Degtyarev DP-27 was put into Soviet military service, variations were developed for aircraft (DA) and tank (DT) use. The tank pattern we have here is actually a later improved DTM model, but it shares most features with the DT. It has a collapsing stock to save space inside ...

  • M44L: The Experimental Midlength Folding-Bayonet Mosin Nagant

    Courtesy of The Mosin Crate, we have a Soviet "M44L" today. This was an intermediate length (24 inch barrel) pattern of the Mosin Nagant rifle with an M44-style permanently attached folding spike bayonet. Developed in 1944, it was intended to serve as a universal replacement for the Mosin Nagant ...

  • NKVD Officer's Model Nagant Revolver

    When the Tula Arsenal restarted production of M1895 Nagant revolvers in 1924 after the Russian civil war, they made both full sized standard guns and also compact "Commanding Officer" models. These had a shorter grip and barrel (85mm), and were intended specifically for people who would carry the...

  • The S&W No.3 Russian Model Made at Tula in Russia

    The Russian government was the largest purchaser of Smith & Wesson No.3 revolvers, buying more than 300,000 in total. These purchases began with guns bought directly from S&W, also included guns purchased from Ludwig Loewe in Germany, and by the 1880s, the Tula Arsenal in Russia had tooled up to ...

  • 1926 Tula-Korovin: The First Soviet Semiauto Pistol

    Sergei Korovin was a Russian designer who was kicked out of the Kharkov Technical Institute in 1905 for his revolutionary political activities. He emigrated to Liege in Belgium, where he worked in the arms industry until returning home to Russia when World War One broke out in 1914. He attempted ...

  • FN 1900 for the Russian Imperial Army Fencing & Gymnastics School

    Courtesy of Legacy Collectibles, we have an FN 1900 to look at today that was purchased by the Russian Imperial Army's primary Gymnastics and Fencing School (Главная гимнастическо-фехтовальная школа). That was an institution established in 1909 to train officers who would become fencing and gymna...

  • Russian FN 1905 Vest Pocket Officer's Pistol

    In the years before World War One, the Imperial Nicholas Military Academy in Russia purchased several thousand handguns from FN for resale to its officer candidates and graduates. These were mostly FN 1900 and FN 1905 models, although also a small number of FN 1903s. The pistols were marked with ...

  • Trials Soviet M91/30/43 Mosin - Semin's Folding Bayonet

    As World War Two developed, the Soviet Union found that bayonets were frequently lost from its M91/30 Mosin Nagant rifles. The standard bayonet, as adopted all the way back in 1891, was a long spike attached via socket over the muzzle. Carried on the belt is was long and awkward and easily discar...

  • Binoculars, Ammo Crates, A Russian Rifle, And More!

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  • Russian M1870 Galand Revolver

    The Galand was an innovative revolver design created by Frenchman Charles Francois Galand and patented in 1868. It is most notable for using a long lever system to eject cartridges by throwing the cylinder and a separate cartridge retention plate forward. It was also one of the early adopters of ...