POTD: The LUSA – Portugal’s MP5 Alternative Finds an American Home

Welcome to today’s Photo of the Day! The LUSA submachine gun, developed by Portugal’s INDEP in 1983, blended design elements from the HK MP5 and Uzi. Though utilizing the MP5’s trigger housing,…

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POTD: Soviet Union’s Cold War Service Pistol – Makarov PM

Welcome to today’s Photo of the Day! The Makarov PM, adopted in 1951, emerged from the Soviet Union’s post-WWII quest to replace their TT pistols and Nagant revolvers. Under Nikolay Makarov’s…

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