HANDGUNS

MAKAROV PISTOL

US Army captain John Thompson started designing machine pistols after creating the Auto-Ordnance Company in 1916. He purchased a patent for delayed blowback breech system that he used later in his designs. The first working prototypes were introduces in 1919 and the mass production started in 1921. M1921 is the first major production model. It featured a distinctive vertical fore grip, partially ribbed barrel and high rate of automatic fire. M1921 is a very popular weapon for fighting monsters and improving rifles weapon skill, yet it is rarely used in large battles.
MAUSER C-96

Brothers Fidel, Friedrich, and Josef Feederle, designers at the German gun-maker Mauser created Mauser C-96 in 1894. The first prototypes appeared in 1985 and the gun was patented under Paul Mauser's name. Even though the gun was presented to GermanyArmy it was not adopted by it. Nevertheless, the gun was quite popular with civilian population until 1930s. C-98 is a compact and powerful weapon with decent effective shot range and was a popular weapon of travelers, discoverers and just bandits.
COLT PYTHON

Colt Python revolver became available for sale in 1955. The revolvers manufactured between 1955 and approximately 1965 are still highly prized for their excellent reliability and accuracy. The last productions run was in 2000 when the revolver was taken out of service. Nowadays, these handguns are very rare and only the well to do can afford purchasing them.
DESERT EAGLE

A plethora of contradicting feelings engulfs anyone who takes this pistol in his hands. From on side, its large size and heavy weight makes this gun look very menacing and dangerous, even if it may not pose as much threat as it looks. From the other side, you immediately realize that your hand is touching cheap plastic and not metal. A simple look at the gun confirms this suspicion.
GLOCK 18

GLOCK 17 (so named because it was 17th patent of the company) was created by the Austrian defense company GLOCK as a response to the Austrian army request for a new sidearm. Even though this was the first attempt of GLOCK at handguns manufacturing the pistol turned out to be so reliable and easy to use that it was adopted by the Austrian Army under P80 name. A variant of GLOCK 17 model, GLOCK 18 was created with capability of fully automatic firing mode specifically for Army Special Forces and Police. Later models had fully automatic and semi-automatic (3 shots) modes but not both. This pistol is very popular due to its rugged design, good grouping and fully/semi automatic modes availability.
BERETTA 92/93

Beretta 92 was created by the major Italian gun maker Pietro Beretta S.p.A in 1976 as an evolution of an earlier 1951 design. Beretta 92 had many modifications and improvements and was copied by other gun makers. Nowadays, this pistol is not as popular as it used to be due to its low firepower and short effective range.
NAGANT 1925

Belgian brothers ?mile and L?on Nagant started designing revolvers in early 1880's and by 1894 they received patents for a design of a revolver with a gas obturation. Later on, an improved version was set into manufacture under the name Nagant 1925. This gun is relatively popular even now, mainly due to its reliability and low price. It can be found almost anywhere (merchants have it, or it can be found in derelict buildings or even garbage piles). Overall, the revolver has a complex design, is slow in reloading and uses mediocre caliber ammunition with low stopping power; yet, it is a very reliable and precise handgun.
COLT .45

The actual formal designation for this pistol was United States Pistol, Caliber .45, M1911. It is also sometimes called a ".45 ACP", but that is the cartridge it fires-not a proper name for the handgun. It was designed in the USA by John Browning in early 20th century. From that point on M1911A1 was the primary standard-issue handgun of the United States Army until mid 1980's, thus effectively making it the longest military pistol in active service.
APS STECHKIN

APS Stechkin pistol was designed in late 1940's - early 1950's by Russian gun designer Igor Stechkin. Soviet Army adopted it in 1951, along with the Makarov PM pistol. Next to Makarov PM, APS has a higher firepower, better accuracy, larger clip capacity and longer barrel. To further improve the long-range accuracy a shoulder stock/holster can be attached to the grip. APS is also capable of fully automatic fire and features fire rate reducer that allows for better control at fully automatic mode. Despite of its advantages APS (especially with its bulky detachable shoulder stock/holster) was too awkward and heavy to carry and was eventually removed from the active army service and placed into reserve.
UZI

Uziel Gal, an Israeli Army lieutenant, designed the first Uzi machine pistol in 1949. Uzi was inspired by the Czech Model 23 and 25 submachine guns but with large numbers of changes and modifications to their design. Recently this machine pistol is not as popular as it used to be due to its low grouping and stopping power and poor accuracy for long-range combat.
H&K MP5

German weapon manufacturer Heckler & Koch developed a new machine pistol in the early 1960's. The first prototypes were designated as HK MP-54 (sometimes just HK-54) and appeared around the same time. By 1966 German police and border patrol adopt this machine pistol under code name MP-5 (Maschinenpistole 5). Nowadays, this is a relatively expensive weapon, similar to Uzi in its characteristics but with better grouping, greater damage and larger clip.