The new Udav pistol can pierce a 4-mm steel armored plate from a distance of 50 meters and will go head to head with the Kalashnikov PL-15 for the right to become the Russian army’s new basic weapon.

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 ...

This article, "The East German Makarov: A Cold War Classic," appeared originally in the August 2015 issue of American Rifleman. To subscribe to the magazine, visit the NRA membership page here and ...