Russia will replace the legendary Soviet-era Makarov pistols used by its police and army with a new model that can work in extreme temperatures and rip through body armour, its maker said Friday. The ...

While the Russian police forces have lost thousands of men to the army and Ukraine fighting, they are needed now, more than ever, because many of the returning soldiers were convicts granted pardons ...

Key point: Russia is known for making effective mass-produced weapons that actually work. The weapons listed here are no different. As the successor to the Soviet Army, the Russian Ground Forces ...

MOSCOW, October 20. /TASS/. Russia’s Interior Ministry has accepted the latest 9mm Lebedev compact pistol developed by the Kalashnikov firearms manufacturer for service, the gun producer’s press ...

Key point: Russia is ready for tough wars. As the successor to the Soviet Army, the Russian Ground Forces inherited vast stocks of small arms to arm and equip a much smaller ground force. Stored in ...

Russian pilot Maxim Kuzminov, who flew a helicopter to Ukraine, was shot dead in Spain with six bullets fired from a Soviet Makarov pistol. Source: The New York Times, citing sources in the Spanish ...

The Bulgarian army has begun the process of retiring the long-serving Soviet Makarov pistol, which has been in service since 1951, and will replace it with the modern 9 mm Springfield Armory Echelon 4 ...