Guns & Ammunitions

A surface-to-air missile (SAM), is a missile designed to be launched from the ground to destroy aircraft or other missiles. They are also known as a ground-to-air missile (GTAM) or surface-to-air guided weapon (SAGW). In all modern armed forces, the SAM missiles have replaced most other forms of dedicated anti-aircraft weapons. Short-range missiles are usually mounted on trucks or light …

Air-to-surface missiles also known as air-to-ground missiles are missiles designed to be launched from military aircraft at targets on land or sea. The major advantage of air-to-surface missiles for ground attack by aircraft is the standoff distance they provide: missiles can be launched from a distance without coming within range of the target’s air defenses. Most air-to-surface missiles …

With its powerful scope and long barrel, the sniper rifle is one of the most recognizable weapons in an army’s arsenal. Sniper rifles allow specialist soldiers to hit intended targets from long distances and can be used to take down enemies, destroy sensitive equipment, and carry out controlled detonations of …

A missile fired from an aircraft for the purpose of destroying another aircraft is called air-to-air missile (AAM). Based on their range and advanced features they have different capabilities to go after specific thread sets. The ones designed to engage opposing aircraft “within visual range” (30 km) are short-range missiles, and most of them …

Ammunition comes in a great range of sizes and types and is often designed to work only in specific guns, riffles or other weapons systems. However, there are internationally recognized standards for certain ammunition types (e.g., 5.56×45mm NATO) that enable their use across different weapons and by different users. This increases …

Tanks and artillery are the backbone of the modern armies. They require special type of ammunitions called shells, that differentiate from the standard bullets, not only by size, but by their whole structure and the way they do damage. Opposed to a solid round shots, the shells contain an explosive, incendiary, or other chemical filling, …

Rocket-launchers are extremely cost-effective and efficient weapon against all types of heavy and light armored vehicles, fortifications and enemy manpower. They use projectiles called rockets, and sometimes referred to as grenades. Just like the artillery and tank shells, the rockets contain explosive part which explodes at impact with the target. …

A hand thrown grenade or fragmentation grenade provides the individual soldier the capacity to overcome, destroy or incapacitate numerous enemies, or to force them out of their cover, providing targets for rifle and machine gun fire. Grenades can be classified as an individual weapon for all close combat situations. They …

Anti-tank rockets are man-portable rockets designed to be able to defeat armored vehicles. Usually, a single shot rocket launcher is combined with HEAT shaped charge with enhanced penetration and destructive capabilities against all types of heavy and light armored vehicles, fortifications and reinforced gun posts. The anti-tank rocket launchers are the weapon …