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Used both in secret agent movies and by real-life black ops teams, the Gyrojet Rocket Pistol was ultra-cool but ultimately unsuccessful.

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Recent reports from the Middle East, as well as the UK, indicate that Facebook is being used by arms dealers across the region to sell a wide range of weapons to rebel, terrorist and paramilitary groups.

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If you have ever watched an action movie set after 1960, you have seen one. Heck, if you have ever been to a sandbox, you have encountered one. Its very abbreviation has become synonymous with an entire class of weapons. It is the humble RPG-7, and it’s simple, effective, and cheap. Why was it developed? […]

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We know, with ammo shortages, it may feel like you can’t really afford to shoot any handguns. But there are still those select few pistols that, for whatever reason, cost and have always cost a small fortune to take to the range. Guns.com looks longingly at these diamond shooters.

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Boasting just about the strangest ballistic profile of the 20th century, the Gyrojet rocket gun's retro design and rocket fueled projectiles reminds of us of a lot of 1960s engineering. It worked... barely.

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Afghanistan military officials report that they seized what could amount to the most compelling evidence of increased support to Taliban fighters from Iran, after British Special Forces on deployment in the region captured 48 Iranian rockets during a failed attack by Taliban fighters. The 122mm

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Despite its iconic silhouette (especially when shouldered by some Reagan-era rag-tag guerilla), rugged low cost design and pervasive use in just about every conflict since ‘Nam by both enemies and allies, the RPG-7 inexplicably never really caught fire among America’s military, aside from maybe

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