The Walther P5 was developed in the mid-1970s as a response to the West German police’s search for new a 9x19mm service pistol to replace the older smaller calibre pistols then in service, like the Walther PP. The P5 saw police, military and commercial success. Check out our detailed accompanying...

In 1976, with criminal and terrorist activity on the rise the West German Federal Police launched a search for a new small, lightweight service pistol to replace their stocks of Walther P38/P1′s and various 7.65×17mm pistols. You can check out the accompanying article for this video here - http:/...

This is the first of a series of videos looking at the older weapons in use in the war in Ukraine. In future instalments we'll look at Maxims, Mosin-Nagants and DPs but in this first video we'll examine use of the Fedor Tokarev-designed TT-33. Be sure to check out our accompanying article for thi...

There have been a considerable number of sightings of the MP-443 pistols in Ukraine over the past two months, unsurprising as it is the Russian armed forces issue sidearm. In this video we look at the pistol's history, design and use in Ukraine. Thanks to Cold War Collectables for letting us film...

Watch latest videos, sometimes even early releases! Sign up for the newsletter: http://eepurl.com/hkbJYn The H&K P7 is often said to be one of the best pistol designs, and was marketed as the "most expensive handgun in the world". It was used by the GSG9, and despite being phased out by the H&K S...

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Watch latest videos, sometimes even early releases! Sign up for the newsletter: http://eepurl.com/hkbJYn The Ruger Mark IV Tactical is arguable the best .22LR suppressor host currently on the market in early 2018. You've seen it around in games and movies. Hitman uses it for silent kills. Tom Cru...

Watch latest videos, sometimes even early releases! Sign up for the newsletter: http://eepurl.com/hkbJYn The H&K P7 is often said to be one of the best pistol designs, and was marketed as the "most expensive handgun in the world". It was used by the GSG9, and despite being phased out by the H&K S...

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One of several attempts by British handgun manufacturers in the 1980s to reignite the British handgun industry was the Victory Arms MC5. Attempting to appeal to the masses with its ambidextrous controls and rapid ability to switch between calibres, it still couldn’t quite break into the market do...

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One of the professional factory-made Chinese warlord-era copies of the FN Model 1900 came from the Nanjing Arse...

Stocked pistols: they have been around as long as pistols have been around, but are they really all that useful?

The Springfield Echelon pistol was released today, and it's a significant step forward for Croatian manufacturer HS Produkt. In an effort to appeal to new military and police tenders as well as introduce a forward-looking new design, the company has brought out a pistol based on a serialized chas...

Tara Aerospace is an arms factory in Montenegro that was privatized around 2013 or 2014, and a major stake in it was purchased by one Heinrich Thomet (formerly of Brugger & Thomet, and then the basis for a character in "War Dogs"). The first firearm the new Tara produced was the TM-9, and it was ...

Yugoslavia purchased both 1895 Nagant revolvers and TT33 Tokarev form the Soviet Union after World War Two, but this was only a holdover until domestic pistol production could begin. While Yugoslavia was formally communist, Tito was not a puppet of Moscow, and Yugoslavia did their own development...