Cold War


Featured Gun: RARE and UNIQUE GyroJet Rocket Pistol For Sale!

The MBA GyroJet pistols are unique and one of the most unconventional firearms ever produced. The guns were developed in the 1960s by Robert Mainhardt and Art Biehl through their joint company MB Associates. The GyroJet pistol fires small rockets or “microjets” that utilize rocket propulsion to fire its rounds rather than the traditional gunpowder […]

Featured Gun: Manurhin MR73 For Sale!

The Manurhin MR73 series of revolvers was developed specifically for the requirements of the French Gendarmerie and special service units of the French Police and Military. With a history and tradition of fine gun making behind them, the Manurhin series of Revolvers is truly world-class. The Manurhin MR73 is one of the most elite combat […]

Featured Gun: Walther Interarms PPK Stainless .32 ACP For Sale!

At the time of its invention more than 80 years ago, the PPK inspired an entirely new category in the firearm industry: the concealed carry pistol. To fill the need for performance in a concealable package, Walther revolutionized the industry with a pistol that was designed to bring undercover officers a more-practical and reliable semi-auto […]

Featured Gun: Colt AR-15 SP1 Pre-Ban For Sale!

The American made AR-15 rifle is a pillar of the gun industry, it is one of the most popular rifles for consumers and lodged into American culture as a symbol of freedom and prestige. The AR-15 was developed in the late 1950s as a civilian weapon by Eugene Stoner. Revolutionary for its lightweight, easy care […]

Featured Gun: ArmaLite AR-180 For Sale!

ArmaLite produced a variety of cutting-edge firearms during the late 1950s and early 60s. Many are still in use to this day, including the military M-16, its M4 sibling currently fielded by American troops and the commercial AR-15. However, in some ways, ArmaLite’s lesser-known AR-18/180 was ahead of its time. The short-stroke piston and the […]

Featured Gun: Colt Sporter Competition Match HBAR AR-15 for Sale!

Thanks to its loyal following among target shooters, the AR-15 is a pillar of the gun industry, one of the most popular rifles for consumers and lodged into American culture. The AR-15 was developed in the late 1950s as a civilian weapon by Eugene Stoner. Revolutionary for its lightweight, easy care and ruggedness, the AR-15 […]

Manufacture Spotlight: Zastava Arms

By James Martineau, Among the panoply of firearms manufacturers behind the Iron Curtain during the Cold War Era was Zastava. Zastava Arms is known as a Serbian arms manufacturer that supplied arms to the Yugoslav government during the Cold War. Today, Zastava makes rifles for not only military and Law Enforcement use but are popular […]

Featured Gun: Robinson Armament M96 Expeditionary Semi-Automatic Rifle for Sale!

The Robinson Armament M96 Expeditionary Semi-Automatic Rifle uses a variety of modular components, it can be configured as an assault rifle, carbine, top-fed light machine gun, belt-fed rifle that is a reproduction of the Stoner 63 rifle designed by Eugene Stoner in the early 1960s. Original Stoner rifles saw very limited combat use by United […]

Featured Gun: Israeli FALO Rifle for Sale!

The Fusil Automatique Léger or commonly known as the FAL, produced initially by manufacturer FN, is a battle rifle that many NATO countries adopted during the Cold War. The FAL has been described as the “Right Arm of the Free World,” and has been adopted by more than 90 nations as their battle rifle. Though […]

Featured Gun: FEG SA-85M!

The AK-47, infamous as the preferred rifle of American adversaries, is considered the “bad guy” gun across pop culture and perhaps one of the most widespread rifles throughout the world. Carried by American enemies and allies alike since 1947, it is the standard infantry weapon for militaries in more than 100 countries. There are an […]

Featured Gun: Walther P.38 Pistol!

When Germany fell into economic depression after World War I its military searched to replace the infamous,  relatively fragile and expensive to manufacture Luger with a more modern and easy to manufacture pistol. It found its solution in what would eventually become the Walther P.38.  The P.38 was a cutting edge semi-automatic pistol design, which […]

Czech Firearms: A Tradition of Excellence

By James Martineau, Born from the ashes of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, firearms manufacturing in the Czech Republic has established a standard of excellence few other nations can match. While notably led by Česká Zbrojovka, other manufacturers such as Czech Small Arms, Laugo Arms and FK BRNO have made outstanding firearms in the last decade. Czech […]

Firearms Designer Spotlight: Fedor Tokarev

By James Martineau, The interwar period in the Soviet Union saw the rapid modernization of the Soviet military’s small arms. The Nagant 1895 and the Mosin-Nagant M91/30 were quickly becoming obsolete as military firearms. A new rifle and sidearm were necessary to bring the Red Army in line with its European competition. In response to […]

Is that an M14? A Historical Overview of the BM59

By James Martineau, In the 1950s the debate over the caliber that should be used in NATO was settled with the selection of the 7.62x51mm round. Italy, eager to catch up with other NATO nations, developed the BM59, a worthy battle rifle of the Cold War era. This rifle began production in 1959 and has […]

A Historical Overview of CZ Handguns During the Cold War Era

By James Martineau, With the fall of the Third Reich in 1945, Czechoslovakia found itself under the influence of the Soviet Union. The Czech state firearms manufacture, Česká Zbrojovka (CZ) found itself being regulated by the Soviet Union. Much like the standardization of rounds in NATO, the Soviet Union standardized its ammunition when creating the […]

An Historic Overview of 7.62x25mm Pistols in COMBLOC Service

By James Martineau, When one thinks of semi-automatic sidearms used by the Soviet Union and its allies, the Tokarev TT-33most often comes to mind. This pistol was developed to accept the 7.62x25mm cartridge based on the German Mauser round. Czechoslovakia, as part of the Warsaw Pact was obliged to develop the CZ 52 that would […]

Western European Late Cold War Rifles

  By James Martinreau, The experiences of the Vietnam War had a profound effect on the transition of the standard rifle cartridge in NATO from 7.62x51mm to 5.56x45mm. It was found that the M14 was too cumbersome and had unmanageable recoil when fired in the full auto mode. This combined with the need to carry […]