Top 10 Most Popular Firearms
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Published
10/05/2012
The past 65 years have seen great changes in the field of warfare. The thing powering this change has been the development and access to firearms.
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The Pulemyot Kalashnikova, or Kalashnikovs Machinegun is a general purpose machine designed by Mikhail Kalashnikov. Over 1,000,000 built in six different variations and hundreds of thousands more in unofficial foreign variations -
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An iconic pistol with a lifespan longer than any military sidearm, originally developed by the legendary John Browning at Colt one hundred years ago, the 1911 has had over 2 million official copies produced in its lifetime. -
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The Heckler Koch MP5 has been the choice of most law enforcement and special operations agencies since its development in 1966 in West Germany. MP58242s success is that Heckler Koch successfully scaled down their G3 battle rifle for use in close-quarters and urban environments. -
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The Ying to Kalashnikovs Yang, the FAL was in the arsenal of every NATO country during the cold war. It is the 20th century classic for a post-war battle rifle and at least 2 million have been produced. -
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Product of West Germany, the Heckler Koch G3 is an invention born from the final years of World War 2. The G3 is parallel to the AK-47 in how post-Cold War sudden unneeded surpluses were distributed globally. -
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Originally developed by Armalite in 1956 as the AR-10 with the new revolutionary selective fire semi-automatic and automatic firing modes they failed to impress the US military. Armalites chief engineer Eugene Stoner turned his attention to fully automatic weapons and the AR-15 was born. -
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Ruchnoy Protivotankovyy Granatomyot is the most widely used anti-tank weapon in the world. Over 9,000,000 licensed RPG-7s have been made under the designs originating from the Soviet Union shortly after WW2. -
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A gun that was given its most iconic look in the hands of Tony Montana shooting up gangsters in pastel suits along the shores of Miami. The UZI was first manufactured in 1951 and the more recognized variations Mini, Micro were developed in 1982 and 83. -
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The Model 700 series of firearms are bolt-action rifles manufactured by Remington Arms since 1962. The Model 700 family has evolved into the most diverse rifle line available to todays hunter and shooter. -
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Another product of Mikhail Kalashnikov, Avtomat Kalashnikova model of 1947 is the most famous weapon on this list, if not of all time. Put into service in 1947 and adopted by the entire military in 1949, the AK-47 saw its first action in the Chinese communist revolution.
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