SG 550

The SG 550 is an assault rifle manufactured by Swiss Arms AG (formerly Schweizerische Industrie Gesellschaft) of Neuhausen, Switzerland (SG is an abbreviation for Sturmgewehr, or "assault rifle"). The rifle is based on the earlier 5.56mm SG 540 and is also known as the Fass 90 (Fusil d'assaut 90 / Fucile d'assalto 90) in French / Italian or Stgw 90 in German
In 1978, the Swiss Army formulated requirements for a successor to the Stgw 57 battle rifle (known commercially as the SG 510) using the 7.5x55mm GP11 cartridge. Emphasis was placed on modularity; the weapon family was to include several variants of the base design, including a compact carbine that would be issued to rear-echelon and support troops, commanding staff, vehicle crews, special operations personnel and paratroopers. Another aim was to reduce the overall weight of the rifle while retaining comparable or improved accuracy out to 300 m. The solicitation was narrowed down to two designs: the W+F C42 (developed by the state-owned Waffenfabrik Bern, using both 6.45x48mm and 5.6x45mm cartridges) and the SG 541 (developed by SIG). In 1981, the experimental 6.45mm GP 80 cartridge was rejected in favor of the more conventional 5.6x45mm GP 90 round (with a 4.1 g, steel-jacketed, lead core projectile) that is the Swiss equivalent to NATO's standard 5.56x45mm cartridge.

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M4

The M4 carbine is a family of firearms tracing its lineage back to earlier carbine versions of the M16, all based on the original AR-15 designed by Eugene Stoner and made by ArmaLite. It is a shorter and lighter version of the M16A2 assault rifle, with 80% parts commonality.^[3]

It is a gas-operated, air-cooled, magazine-fed, selective fire, shoulder-fired weapon with a telescoping stock. A shortened variant of the M16A2 rifle, the M4 has a 14.5 in (368 mm) barrel, allowing the individual soldier to better operate in close quarters. The M4 has selective fire options including semi-automatic and three-round burst (like the M16A2), while the M4A1 has the capability to fire fully automatic instead of three-round burst. The carbine is also capable of mounting an M203 grenade launcher, the M203A1 with a 9-inch barrel as opposed to the standard 12-inch barrel of the M203 used on the M16 series.

The M4 carbine will eventually replace the M16 rifle for most combat units in the United States Army.^[4] The winner of the Individual Carbine competition may replace the M4 carbine in U.S. Army service.

The M4 was intended to replace the .45 ACP M3 submachine guns and selected M9 pistols and M16 rifle series with most Army units (this plan was thought to be changed with the development of the XM29 OICW and the XM8 carbine; however, both projects were canceled.)

The United States Marine Corps has ordered its officers (up to the rank of lieutenant colonel) and Staff Non-commissioned officers to carry the M4 carbine instead of the M9 handgun. This is in keeping with the Marine Corps doctrine, "Every Marine a rifleman." United States Navy corpsmen E5 and below will also be issued M4s instead of the M9.[

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P90

The FN P90 is a selective fire personal defense weapon (PDW) designed and manufactured by FN Herstal in Belgium.^[3] The P90's name is taken from 1990, the year it was introduced.^[2] The P90 was created in response to NATO requests for a replacement for 9x19mm Parabellum firearms; it was designed as a compact but powerful firearm for vehicle crews, operators of crew-served weapons, support personnel, special forces and counter-terrorist groups.^[3][7]

The P90 was designed by FN in conjunction with the FN Five-seven pistol and 5.7x28mm ammunition.^[2] Development of the P90 began in 1986, and production commenced in 1990, whereupon the 5.7x28mm ammunition was redesigned and shortened.^[1] A modified version of the P90 with a magazine adapted to use the new ammunition was introduced in 1993, and the Five-seven pistol was subsequently created as a companion weapon using the same 5.7x28mm ammunition.^[8]

The P90 was developed and initially marketed as a personal defense weapon, but it could also be considered a submachine gun or compact assault rifle.^[9] Featuring a compact bullpup design with fully ambidextrous controls and an integrated reflex sight, the P90 is an unconventional weapon with a futuristic appearance.^[9] Its design incorporates several innovations such as a unique top-mounted magazine and FN's small caliber, high velocity 5.7x28mm ammunition.^[9]

The P90 is currently in service with military and police forces in over 40 countries throughout the world.^[10] In the United States, the P90 is in use with over 200 law enforcement agencies, including the U.S. Secret Service.^[11] The standard P90 is restricted to military and law enforcement customers, but since 2005, a semi-automatic version with a lengthened barrel has been offered to civilian shooters as the PS90.

The P90 was developed by FN between 1986 and 1990 in conjunction with the 5.7x28mm cartridge. FN's goal was to replace the pistol-caliber submachine guns which were in use at the time by military and law enforcement personnel, as it had become evident that such weapons were ineffective against body armor.^[4][13]

Initially the weapon was designed to use a 5.7x28mm cartridge called the SS90, which propelled a 1.5-g (23 gr) plastic-core projectile from the P90 at a muzzle velocity of roughly 850 m/s (2,800 ft/s).^[4] The first P90 prototypes firing this ammunition were created in 1987, and over 3,000 submachine guns were produced in this configuration until 1993, in a low-rate trial production mode.^[14][15] Shortly after its introduction, the P90 was adopted and used in service with the Belgian special forces group in the 1991 Gulf War.^[1]

Following the P90's introduction, FN revised the 5.7x28mm ammunition.^[8] The new variation, designated the SS190, used a projectile 2.7 mm (0.11 in) shorter in length than that of the SS90.^[4] This allowed it to be used more conveniently in the 5.7x28mm FN Five-seven pistol, which was under development at that time.^[8] The SS190 projectile also had a heavier weight, and a more conventional construction with an aluminum and steel core.^[4][8] The first prototypes of the SS190 were created in 1992, and the design was finalized in 1993, replacing the SS90.^[8] A modified version of the P90, with a magazine adapted to use the shortened ammunition, was then introduced in the same year.^[8] Several special cartridge variations were also developed, such as the L191 tracer round and the SB193 subsonic round for use with a sound-suppressed P90.^[5]

Further development of the P90 platform led to the creation of the P90 TR variant, which has a MIL-STD-1913 triple rail interface for mounting accessories. This variant was introduced in late 1999 and continues to be offered alongside the standard P90.^[16] More recently, the P90 has been offered to civilian shooters as the PS90, a semi-automatic carbine intended for personal protection and sporting use

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MP7

The MP7 is a German submachine gun manufactured by Heckler & Koch (H&K) and chambered for the 4.6x30mm cartridge. It was designed in conjunction with the new cartridge to meet NATO requirements published in 1989 calling for a personal defense weapon (PDW) class firearm with a greater ability to defeat body armor than current weapons, which are limited due to the use of conventional pistol cartridges. The MP7 went into production in 2001. It is a direct rival to the FN P90, also developed in response to NATO's requirement. The weapon has been revised since its introduction and the current production version is the MP7A1.

The proliferation of high-quality body armor has begun to make guns that fire pistol ammunition (such as HK's earlier MP5submachine gun or USP pistol) ineffective. In response to this trend, HK designed the MP7 (along with the now cancelled UCPpistol, which uses the same ammunition) to penetrate body armor, but small enough to be used in place of either a pistol or a submachine gun

The MP7 essentially operates like a scaled-down assault rifle, with the same action as HK's G36, a short stroke piston.^[2] It fires a specially designed, armor-piercing round with a muzzle velocity nearly as high as that of the 5.56x45mm NATO cartridge used by many modern rifles. This ammunition is unique among submachine guns in that the bullet is made almost entirely of a hardened steel penetrator instead of softer brass or lead. The ammunition is virtually exclusive to the gun (save for the now cancelled H&K UCP and a planned variant of the Brügger & Thomet MP-9) and also offers low recoil.^[1] VBR of Belgium produces a 4.6x30mm 2-part controlled fragmenting projectile that is claimed to increase the content of the permanent wound cavity and double the chance to hit a vital organ.^[3] Heckler & Koch claims that the CPS Black Tip ammunition made by Fiocchi has a muzzle energy of approximately 525 J, which would be comparable to 9x19mm Parabellum rounds.^[4][5]

The round also has a small diameter (it can almost be described as a scaled down .223 Remington ), allowing for high capacity in a very small magazine.^[6] The weapon allows a conventional 20-round, 30-round, or 40-round box magazine to be fit within the pistol grip (the former being comparable in size to a 15-round 9 mm magazine, while the latter compares to a 30-round 9 mm magazine). The weapon features an ambidextrous fire-select lever and rear cocking grip. It has an extendable stock and a folding front grip; it can be fired either one-handed or two-handed. It is compact and light using polymers in its construction.

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Kriss

All traditional machine guns, large and small, share a common problem; they utilize heavy linear operating mechanisms that deliver recoil forces directly into the operator's shoulder. These forces cause the operator to constantly re- acquire his sight picture due to felt recoil shock and the resulting rotational muzzle climb. Newton's 3rd Law; run amok.

In other words, if the point of operating a machine gun is to put lots of rounds, in a hurry and in a very specific location, why is it that traditional machine guns, no matter how many tricky buffers, floating barrels, springs and pads are deployed, all work against the operator's goal?

The engineers at KRISS USA, starting with a clean computer screen and one goal in mind, have solved this century-old problem by creating the patented KRISS Super V System-the only full-auto operating system in the world that actually works with the operator to help put more rounds on target, more of the time. Here's how.

With all due respect to Sir newton, the KRISS engineers have been able to use his law to the shooter’s advantage.

Unlike any other firearm ever invented, instead of having all the recoil force slam back into the shooter’s shoulder, causing massive amounts of felt recoil and resultant muzzle climb, the KRISS System absorbs and redirects these forces downward and away from the operator thus enabling him to better control and keep the KRISS firearm on-target. More control equals more rounds on-target, more of the time.

Please see the illustration below detailing how the KRISS Super V mechanism works. The KRISS mechanism is simple, rugged, reliable and easy to maintain.

Simply said, by absorbing and re-directing recoil forces, the KRISS System provides an absolutely flat operating profile; the firearm stays where you aim it, even when firing a 230gr. .45ACP round at 1,000 rounds-per-minute in our KRISS SMG. In US Army tests, the KRISS generates 60% less felt recoil and 95% less muzzle climb than other competitive firearms.

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AK

The AK-47 is a selective-fire, gas-operated 7.62x39mm assault rifle, first developed in the Soviet Union by Mikhail Kalashnikov. It is officially known as Avtomat Kalashnikova. It is also known as a Kalashnikov, an "AK", or, in Russian slang, Kalash.

Design work on the AK-47 began in the last year of World War II (1945). After the war in 1946, the AK-46 was presented for official military trials. In 1947 the fixed-stock version was introduced into service with select units of the Soviet Army. An early development of the design was the AKS-47 (S—Skladnoy or "folding"), which was equipped with an underfolding metal shoulder stock. In 1949, the AK-47 was officially accepted by the Soviet Armed Forces and used by the majority of the member states of the Warsaw Pact.

The original AK-47 was one of the first true assault rifles.^[5][6] Even after six decades the model and its variants remain the most widely used and popular assault rifles in the world because of its durability, low production cost, and ease of use. It has been manufactured in many countries and has seen service with regular armed forces as well as irregular, revolutionary and terrorist organizations worldwide. The AK-47 was the basis for developing many other types of individual and crew-served firearms. More AK-type rifles have been produced than all other assault rifles combined

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Shotgun

Shotguns were originally designed to fire multiple small projectiles in a single shot. This method is still used mainly for hunting small game, and, occasionally, for hunting deer with buckshot, but modern shotguns can also be used for bigger game (deer, bear, etc.) when loaded with slugs. Hunting shotguns are shoulder-fired weapons, and are generally smoothbores, but guns designed to fire slugs may have rifled barrels. Shotguns are used for short range shooting, and are less accurate than rifles, though the ability to fire multiple projectiles makes them ideal for small, fast moving targets. Additionally, the shorter effective range of shotguns, measured typically less than 100 yards (91 m) when using shot or slugs, with a maximum slug travel range of a few hundred yards for missed shots, becomes a safety advantage when hunting in areas with high population densities relative to using rifles that may have a maximum bullet travel range of several miles for missed shots. The following are popular shotgun actions for hunting:

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Sniper

Snipers make up an elite segment of America’s military and law enforcement. Just as we depend on snipers to hit their target and eliminate any possibly threats, snipers depend on their firearms and gear to help them get the job done. Fromcleaning kits, scopes, lasers and slings to tactical gear such as camouflage jackets, tool kits and two-way radios, SniperWorld has all of the sniper gear you need to hit your target. Whether you’re looking for manuals about Special Forces Sniper Training and Employment or the Combat Skills of the Soldier or if you want videos of past and present snipers or an interview with Gunnery Sergeant Carlos Hathcock, we feature a large selection of training manuals and sniper videos to help you become the ultimate sniper. No matter your sniping needs, SniperWorld is pleased to offer you quality and affordable sniper gear to help you enter into the realm of the tactical sniper

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Jericho Handgun

Steel Frame

Jericho Polymer Frame

The Jericho pistol offers the following features: High quality all steel constrution, polygonal rifling for greater accuracy, longer barrel life, forward-positioned center of gravity to reduce barrel jump. Polymer, safety on slide

pistol models 941 Fl/Rl 941 SL/RSL 941 FBL/RBL caliber 9x19 40S&W 9x19 40S&W 9x19 40S&W Operation Semi-auto, short recoil system Locking system Lugs to slot (lugs on the barrel to slots in slide) Trigger mechanism Single or double action Decoker mechanism FL, FSL,FBL - No RL,RSL,RBL - Yes Firing pin block Yes Weight [gr] Pistol w/o magazine 800 720 680 Magazine empty 90 90 80 Loaded magazine 282 275 282 275 250 230 Dimensions [mm] Overall length 207 192 185 Height 138 138 122 Width 38 38 38 Barrel length 112 96 89 Trigger reach 76 76 76 Sight line radius 156 141 134 Magazine capacity 16/15 12 16/15 12 13 10 Twist 1 turn [mm] 254 407 254 407 254 407 Rifling 6 RH grooves. Polygonal grooves - optional. Trigger pull force S.A. 1.8 - 2.3 Kg. Sights Combat type, tritium sight - optional Integral rail (MIL-STD1913) Yes Yes No

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