Turkey has provided a huge range of military equipment to Ukraine, in this video we'll look at Turkish-made M2 heavy machine guns and an unusual rotary grenade launcher in service with the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Something to think about... with all our technology out there, having even a slight upper hand can mean the difference in the real world...
Camouflage has come a LONG way...
On the right is IR invisible Cerakote. Granted, this weapon is fully coated. Most of the HIR colors are for the desert but you can actually mix and match a double camouflage utilizing standard H series. Break the pattern up to the human and AI scanners.
Many games and movies talk about gun types willy-nilly without explaining what they are exactly! So that'll be my first post.
Pistols
A "pistol" generally means any kind of handgun (i.e. a gun you can use with one hand). While movie and game characters often do just that, realistically you do want to hold them with both hands for accuracy. Some definitions exclude revolvers or derringers, but people generally include them in the definition.
Revolvers
Revolvers are guns with a cylinder that holds multiple cartridges. The cylinder revolves (spins) to fire each bullet in turn. While most revolvers are handguns, there's long guns too, such as revolver shotguns, rifles, and grenade launchers.
Rifles
What distinguishes a rifle is rifling — grooves cut into the barrel to make the gun more precise. The first rifles needed to be reloaded after each shot, but modern rifles can keep firing. Even fully automatic rifles are not designed to keep firing a lot though; they're made for firing in short bursts.
Machine Guns
A machine gun is a fully automatic rifled gun that is designed for sustained fire. Machine guns come in several varieties which are basically weight classes; a Light machine gun can be used by one person, a Medium machine gun is better used with a tripod and assistants, and a Heavy machine gun needs a weapon platform.
Submachine Guns (SMGs)
These are not considered machine guns proper; while they are also designed for continuous fire, SMGs use handgun-sized bullets instead of rifle-sized ones.
Shotguns
Shotguns are designed to fire shot: small pellets contained in a shell. This means they hit a broader area, and are easier to use. Shotgun barrels are generally smoothbore, with no grooves or cuts; this works better for firing shot, but worse for solid projectiles. Most shotguns can also fire slugs, big solid projectiles, for when you need.
Back in July we looked at polymer belt links developed for PK series machine guns made by a Ukrainian company, the Kharkiv Plant of Individual Means of Protection / RAROG. Now we have some more clips and information on their current projects. The RAROG belts are disintegrating and significantly lighter than standard PK belts.