Firearms Thru History

A Look into The Guns that made History..........

Soviet AEK-971 5.45mm Assault Rifle

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/soviet-aek971-645mm-assault-rifle 31st Jul 2021 - A late Cold War firearm, The Soviet Union AEK-971 was a 5.45mm, fully automatic, assault weapon used by various Soviet Military Forces in the 1990s. T …

Soviet AG 5.45mm Assault Carbine

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/soviet-ag-545mm-assault-carbine 31st Jul 2021 - With only several thousand production Models made, The Gavrilovich Assault Carbine was a variant of the popular AK Series of Soviet Infantry Assault R …

US Armalite .22 Caliber Survival Rifle

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/us-armalite-22-caliber-survival-rifle 31st Jul 2021 - Envisioned as a viable USAF Survival weapon (to be used by downed Pilots), The Armalite AR-7 was fired produced in 1959. The weapon, which was a .22 C …

Deringer Pistol

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/deringer-pistol 31st Jul 2021 - Invented by Henry Deringer (although the weapon's name is OFTEN misspelled with two ''r''s and has become “normal”) - his prototype goes b …

US Colt Model 1848 .44 Caliber ''Dragoon'' Pistol

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/us-colt-model-1848-44-caliber-dragoon-pistol 31st Jul 2021 - Another well-known firearm, The Colt Dragoon was especially designed for cavalry and Dragoon Regiments (for it's size and stopping power in combat). D …

Prussian Dreyse Pin Rifle

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/prussian-dreyse-pin-rifle 31st Jul 2021 - Developed in Prussia in the mid-19th Century, The Dreyse was the invention of Gunsmith Johann Dreyse. The weapon featured a needle-like firing pin whi …

Indian ''Arm'' Gun

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/indian-arm-gun 31st Jul 2021 - Design in 19th Century Indian, this “Novelty weapon” harkened back to the Age of Armor. Two Flintlock .69 caliber pistols were incorporate …

Kabyle Musket

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/kabyle-musket 31st Jul 2021 - The standard musket weapon seen in Northern Africa, The Kabyle Musket was used by many African and Arabian Tribesmen around the 16th/17th Centuries. N …

''Lipstick'' Gun

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/lipstick-gun 31st Jul 2021 - Also known ominously as ''The Kiss of Death'' The Lipstick Gun was a firearm that was developed by Soviet Intelligence Police (KGB), in the late 1950s …

British Howdah .577 Caliber Pistol

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/british-howdah-577-caliber-pistol 31st Jul 2021 - Seen in the 19th  Century, The Howdah Pistol was best described a s a Shotgun Pistol. 2-barrels set side by side and chambered to fire the Britis …

US Harper's Ferry Model 1803 .50 Caliber Rifle

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/us-harpers-ferry-model-1803-50-caliber-rifle 31st Jul 2021 - The Harper's Ferry Model 1803 Rifle was the first rifle produced in the United States by an American armory. Based in part on several other weapons ty …

Handgonne

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/handgonne 31st Jul 2021 - An early form of (primitive) Firearm - The Handgonne (Old English pronunciation), was seen around the 15th Century. The weapon was carried by frontlin …