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The StG 44 is a German submachine gun developed during World War II. Among the modern-type automata, it became the first mass-produced development, about 450 thousand units were produced.

The American submachine gun, invented in 1918 by John Tagliaferro Thompson , was supplied under Lend-lease to the USSR, but was not widely used by Soviet troops due to a shortage of ammunition.

The Maxim-Tokarev machine gun is a Soviet light machine gun designed by Fyodor Vasilyevich Tokarev, created in 1924 based on the Maxim machine gun of the 1910 model.

The 7.62mm submachine gun of the 1941 Shpagin system (PPSh) is a Soviet submachine gun developed in 1940 by designer G. S. Shpagin and adopted by the Red Army on December 21, 1940.

The Russian and later Soviet 6.5 mm automatic rifle, developed by gunsmith Vladimir Grigoryevich Fedorov in 1913-1916, chambered for 6.5×50 mm Arisaka.

The Mauser 98k is a magazine rifle, officially adopted in 1935. It was the main and most widespread small arms of the Wehrmacht.

The Rochling Volkssturmkarabiner is a small arms prototype, a self-loading carbine designed to arm the Volkssturm.

7.62 mm hand machine gun, designed by Vasily Alekseevich Degtyarev. Degtyarev infantry became one of the first models of small arms created in the USSR

7.62mm submachine guns of the 1934, 1934/38 and 1940 models of the Degtyarev system are various modifications of the submachine gun developed by Soviet gunsmith Vasily Degtyarev in the early 1930s.

The Mosin rifle.The 7.62mm (3-line) rifle of the 1891 model (Mosin rifle, three-line) is a magazine rifle adopted by the Russian Imperial Army in 1891.

A submachine gun developed by Heinrich Vollmer based on the earlier EMP 36 and used as a personal weapon. He was in service with the Wehrmacht during World War II.

The 7.62mm submachine guns of the 1942 and 1943 Sudaev system (PPS) are variants of a submachine gun developed by Soviet designer Alexei Sudaev in 1942.

Simonov automatic rifle. 7.62mm Simonov automatic rifle of the 1936 model, ABC-36 is a Soviet automatic rifle developed by gunsmith Sergey Simonov.

The Mauser K96 is a German self-loading pistol developed in 1895.The pistol was developed by the brothers Fidel, Friedrich and Joseph Federle, employees of the Mauser company.

Simonov's self-loading carbine.The 7.62mm (also known abroad as the SKS-45) is a Soviet self-loading carbine designed by Sergei Simonov, adopted in 1949. It was used at the end of the Second World War

German submachine gun, a further development of Louis and Hugo Schmeisser's MP18 system. It was produced by C.G. Haenel in the city of Suhl

The Horn submachine gun is an experimental 7.92 caliber machine gun developed by Kurt Otto Horn, one of the creators of the MG-42 machine gun, according to the original scheme with gas braking of a semi-free shutter.

A Swedish-German light machine gun, the prototype of which was created in Germany by Hans Lauf in the early 1930s, but the machine gun found its final form in Sweden.

In 1936, the Czechoslovak Ministry of Defense formed requirements for a new pistol for the Czechoslovak Army, which was supposed to be a simpler and safer replacement for the Vz. 24. Developed in 1937

The TT pistol was the first Soviet army self-loading pistol developed in 1930 by Soviet designer Fyodor Vasilyevich Tokarev. The TT pistol was developed for the competition in 1929.

The Vojvodina pistol is a Soviet self-loading pistol that was planned to be adopted by the armed forces of the USSR instead of the TT pistol. The Vojvodina pistol existed in several versions

Tokarev self-loading rifle. 7.62mm self-loading rifles of the Tokarev system of the 1938 and 1940 models (SVT-38, SVT-40), as well as the Tokarev automatic rifle of the 1940 model.

Not to be confused with the German MP28 of the Austrian submachine gun. MP.35 is a German submachine gun designed by Emil Bergman based on the design of the 1932 BMP-32 submachine gun.

The G-41 self-loading rifle is made in Germany. It was used during the Second World War. The rifle used standard German rifle cartridges of 7.92×57 mm.

The Tokarev submachine gun, created in 1927, is an experimental model of automatic weapons for a modified revolver cartridge. the first submachine gun developed in the USSR.

FG-42 is a German submachine gun from the Second World War. It was developed specifically for paratroopers. They also served in the Waffen-SS units.

The Nagant is a revolver designed by the Belgian gunsmiths brothers Emile (1830-1902) and Leon (1833-1900) Nagant, which was in service and produced in a number of countries in the late XIX - mid XX century.

The gunsmiths of the German company Mauser began working on various semi-automatic pistols no later than 1893, which resulted in the creation of the Mauser C96 pistol.

TK is the first Soviet serial self-loading pistol. In 1925, the Dynamo Sports Society commissioned the Tula Arms Factory to develop a compact pistol chambered for 6.35×15 mm.

The EMP, also known as MPE, is a submachine gun manufactured at the Erma factory and based on the work of Heinrich Vollmer.

A German replica of the English STEN submachine gun. It was made at the end of World War II, when the Third Reich was already suffering defeat. The Germans were trying to make a cheaper replacement for their MP-40

a self-loading carbine produced in Nazi Germany to arm the militia shortly before its defeat. Like the rest of the family of weapons designed for the Volkststurm.