UPDATES 2009
17 Nov 09
The Google Site Search box has been moved to a position near the top of the Home Page. I don't think many people noticed it at the bottom of the page, and those who did see it have told me it's quite useful.
In Swiss Tanks, the Pz-61AA9 and Pz-68 entries have been replaced with the updated EKT Pz-61 entry, which includes both the Pz-61 and Pz-68.
A new page, North Korean Tanks, has been added.
In Chinese Assault Rifles, the Type 63 has been with some corrections and additional information in the text.
In Dominican Assault Rifles, the Cristobal Model 2 has been updated with the M-1962 version.
In US Assault Rifles R-Z, the Ruger Mini-14 has been updated with the Mini-14/20CF and the 6.8mm SPC version of the Ranch Rifle.
In Russian Pistols, the Tokarev TT-33 entry has been renamed the Tula-Tokarev TT-33, and the TT-9MM, TT-R-3 and TT-R-4 versions have been added.
In US Pistols R, the Ruger P-85 and P-94 entries have been tweaked somewhat. The Ruger P-345 entry has some added information.
In US Revolvers - Ruger, the Ruger LCR was added. The Bisley Vaquero, the SASS Vaquero, and .44-40 Winchester chamberings were added to the Ruger Vaquero entry.
In US Semiautomatic Sporting Rifles Ra-Ro, the Red Rock Arms BW-5 and the Red Rock Arms ATR-1 have been added. (The Red Rock Arms BW-5 entry replaces the former Bobcat Arms BW-5 entry.
In US Semiautomatic Sporting Rifles Rp-Rz, the Ruger 10/22 entry has been updated with the Tactical Target version.
In US Single-Shot & Double Sporting Rifles - Ruger, the Ruger No. 1 entry was updated to include several more chamberings, and some more information in the text.
25 Oct 09
In Slovakian Tanks, the T-72 Moderna has been re-written and updated.
In South African Tanks, the Reumech OMC Olifant has been re-written and updated, replacing the former Olifant Mk 1 and Mk 2 entries.
In South Korean Tanks, the Hyundai Rotem K-1 has been re-written and updated. The Hyundai Rotem K-2 Black Panther has been added.
In US Assault Rifles D-F, the D&L Sports CQB Carbine has been added.
In Italian Battle Rifles, the Mannlicher-Carcano M-1891 has been updated to include the FF Rifle and MC Carbine, and M-1940. (This entry was formerly the Mannlicher-Carcano TS Carbine M-1891.)
The Mannlicher-Carcano I-Type Rifle has been moved to Japanese Battle Rifles, as it was built for the Japanese Army and they were it's sole users.
The Enfield US Service Rifle M-1917 has been renamed the Remington (Enfield) US Service Rifle M-1917, updated somewhat, and moved to US Battle Rifles M-Z. The M-1 Garand has been slid down the page to become the Springfield M-1 Garand entry.
In US Lever-Action Rifles - Marlin, the .38-55 chambering was added to the Marlin 336 Cowboy in the Marlin 336 entry.
A note about the Detonics Combat Master's magazines has been added to the entry in US Pistols D-F.
In US Pistols L, the Les Baer Ultimate Master was added.
In US Pistols T-Z, the Wilson Combat Classic was added.
In US Bolt-Action Sporting Rifles Rh-Ru, the Hawkeye Standard was added to the Ruger M-77 Mk II Hawkeye entry.
06 Oct 09
In Swedish Tanks, the Bofors Strv 103 (S-Tank) has been expanded and re-written, and two new entries, Swedish Centurions and Swedish Leopards, have been added.
The M-1 Carbine entry has been changed to the Auto-Ordnance M-1 Carbine entry, and moved to US Assault Rifles A-C. The AOM-130, 140, 15-, and 160 have been added to this entry.
In US Assault Rifles R-Z, the Wilson Combat SM-15 and UT-15 have been replaced by the Wilson Combat AR-15 Clones entry; the M-4T and SS-15 have been added to this entry. The duplicate UT-15 entry has also been removed from the US Sniper Rifles T-Z page.
In US Battle Rifles A-L, the AR-10T has been added to the Armalite AR-10 Entry. (As the entry says, this weapon should not be confused with the AR-10(T)). The SA-58 SPR has been added to the DSA SA-58 entry.
In US Pump-Action Shotguns R, the Remington 870 TAC Desert Recon has been added to the Remington 870 SPS entry.
In US Sniper Rifles R-S, several new versions of the Savage Model 10 LE Series have been added.
19 Sep 09
By popular request, the AAI RDF/LT (LAV-75) Series has been added to Best Light Combat Vehicles that Never Were. This includes the LAV-75 and 13.2-Ton RDF Light Tank.
In Best Tanks that Never Were, the Uralvagonzavod T-94 was rewritten and expanded.
In Indian Tanks, the Avandi T-90 Bhishima was added.
In Belgian Double & Single-Barreled Shotguns, the Browning Citori has been greatly expanded and updated.
04 Sep 09
In Russian Tanks, the Uralvagonzavod T-72, LKZ/Omsk T-80, and the Uralvagonzavod T-90 were rewritten and updated.
In Italian Pistols - Tanfoglio, the Witness has been rewritten, pulling together the two entries for the Witness that were there and adding the Carry Comp, the Subcompact, the L/S Sport, the Hunter, the Witness P, the Witness P Carry Comp, the Witness PS, the Silver Team Match, the Gold Team Match, the Limited Class, and the Gold Custom Eric.
In US Sniper Rifles A-B, the Barrett M-98 has been updated to include the M-98B. (Yes, the M-98B is bolt-action, but the two are related designs.)
16 Aug 09
In Russian Tanks, the Kharkiv T-34 has been more properly designated the Morozov T-34. The Morozov T-54/55, Morozov T-62, and Morozov T-64 have been totally re-written.
In Czech Assault Rifles, the VZ-58 has been updated, to include an important detail about the magazines and to include the civilian VZ-58 Military Sporter.
In International Bolt-Action Sporting Rifles, the Howa/Axiom Varminter has been added.
In US Lever-Action Rifles A-H, the Chaparral Winchester Reproductions have been added.
In US Pistols K, the Kahr P-45 has been updated to include the PM-45.
In US Revolvers - Ruger, the SP-101 has been updated to include the new .327 Federal chambering.
In US Single-Shot & Double Sporting Rifles A-D, the Charles Daly Little Sharps was added.
01 Aug 09
In Russian Tanks, the Kharkiv T-34 and the Kirov IS series have been totally rewritten and updated.
The Black Eagle Tank has been moved to Best Tanks that Never Were and has been updated and rewritten.
In Belgian Bolt-Action Sporting Rifles, the Browning A-Bolt II has been updated. The Browning T-Bolt and Browning X-Bolt have been added.
24 Jul 09
In Polish Tanks, the Bumar Labedy PT-91 Twardy has been rewritten and updated.
In Romanian Tanks, the Arsenalul Armatei TM-800, TR-85, and TR-580 have been rewritten and updated.
In Medium-Caliber Small Arms Rounds, the 9.3x66mm Sako, .300 Pegasus, and .338 Federal rounds have been added. The .30-40 Krag has been updated.
In German Pistols N-Z, the Walther SP-22 has been added.
In Turkish Pistols, the TISAS Zigana has been updated and the TISAS ZIG M/1911 has been added.
In US Pistols D-F, the Dornaus & Dixon Bren Ten has been updated.
In Brazilian Revolvers - Taurus, the Model 41 has been added to the Taurus Raging Bull series. The Model 85 has also been updated.
In US Revolvers - Charter Arms & Charles Daly, the Charter Arms Pathfinder has been updated.
In US Revolvers Db-F, the Freedom Arms Casull Model 83 Field Grade and Model 97 Premier Grade have been updated.
In US Revolvers - Ruger, the Ruger Redhwak has been updated.
In US Revolvers - Smith & Wesson 61-450, the Smith & Wesson Model 63 Stainless has been updated.
US Revolvers T-Z has been renamed US Revolvers S-Z, and the STI Texican added there.
In Czech Submachineguns, the Omnipol VZ-61 Skorpion has been updated.
A correction to the Charlton Machinegun entry has been made in Best Battle Rifles That Never Were.
05 Jul 09
In Jordanian Tanks, the Tariq has been re-written.
In Pakistani Tanks, the HIT Al-Khalid, HIT Al-Zarrar, and HIT Type 59MII have been rewritten. The modified M-48A5 has been removed; it's just an M-48A5 with ERA lugs, a PKT coaxial, and an NSVT for a commander's machinegun.
In Medium-Caliber Small Arms Rounds, the 7.62mm Howa and .300 Remington Short-Action UltraMag rounds have been added, and the 7.62mm Nagant round has been updated.
In Brazilian Pistols, the Taurus PT-24/7 has been updated (a minor nomenclature change). The Taurus PT-1911 has also been updated. The Taurus PT-800 Series has been added.
In Turkish Pistols, the Sarsilmaz Gune has been updated. The Sarsilmaz CM-9 and the K-2 have been added.
In Swiss Pistols, the SiG-Sauer P-250 has been updated. Well, OK, updated a lot.
In US Pistols L, the Les Baer HC-40 has been added.
In US Pistols M-Q, the Nighthawk Custom Lady Hawk and Olympic Arms 1911 Pistols has been added.
In US Pistols R, the Rohrbaugh R9 has been updated, and the Ruger LCP has been added.
In US Pistols - Smith & Wesson, the Smith & Wesson M&P has been updated.
In US Pistols St-Sz, the STI Rogue and STI SteelMaster have been added. The STI V.I.P. has been updated.
In Austrian Semiautomatic Sporting Rifles, the MSAR STG-556 has been moved here instead of being a part of the Steyr AUG entry in Austrian Assault Rifles.
In US Semiautomatic Sporting Rifles J-M, the Military Precision SSR-40 has been added.
21 Jun 09
The Mexican_Army_Sourcebook has been added to Anders Larsson's page.
In Japanese Tanks, The Type 61, Type 74, and Type 90 have been re-written and updated.
In Small-Caliber Small Arms Rounds, 6x47mm Lapua and .20 VarTarg have been added.
In US Assault Rifles A-C, the Barrett M-468 has been updated to include the REC-7.
In Austrian Pistols, Glock .45 ACP Pistols has been updated with the Glock 30SF.
In US Pistols A, the Auto-Ordnance TA-5 has been added.
In US Pistols K, the Kimber Limited Edition Series has been added.
08 Jun 09
The Files From Anders Larsson now has a link on the main page. The files themselves have also been moved and any previous links are invalid.
In Israeli Tanks The Tiran 4, 5, and 6 have been united into one entry and rewritten.
In Italian Tanks, the IVECO/Oto Melara C-1 Ariete and Oto Melara OF-40 have been rewritten.
In Small-Caliber Small Arms Rounds, the following rounds have been added: 4mm Ubüngsmunition, 6.5-284 Norma, and 7mm Remington Short-Action UltraMag. The .22-250 Remington, .220 Swift, and .243 Winchester have been updated to include the rare EtronX versions.
In US Antimateriel Rifles M-Z, the Vigilance Rifles VR-1 had been added.
In Czech Pistols, the CZ-75 P-01 has been updated.
In Swiss Pistols, the Brugger & Thomet TP-9 has been added, and the Steyr SPP entry removed from Austrian Pistols.
In US Pistols B, the Boberg XR-9 has been added.
In US Pistols D-F, the Dan Wesson Commander Classic Bobtail has been updated. The Dan Wesson Pointman Seven, Dan Wesson RZ-10, Dan Wesson Single Stack Custom, Dan Wesson Valor, and DoubleStar 1911 have been added.
In US Pistols R, the Ruger SR-9 has been added.
In US Semiautomatic Sporting Rifles S-Z, the Weatherby Mk XXII Deluxe has been updated.
20 May 09
In Iranian Tanks, the DIO T-72Z and DIO Zulfiqar have been rewritten and updated. The separate Safir-74 and T-72Z entries were describing the same vehicle (though I didn't know it at the time) and so the Safir-74 entry was removed; the M-47M entry is under US Tanks.
In Iraqi Tanks, the T-55/Type 59 (Iraqi-Modified) entry has been updated.
In Israeli Tanks, the M-51 "Isherman" has been rewritten and updated, and also now includes the M-60 entry (the M-51 with the HVMS gun), which has been moved here from Israeli Tracked Light Combat Vehicles. The Magach series of tanks has been made into one entry, and includes the old Israeli-modified M-48A5 entry and the Sabra entry; it too has been re-written and updated. The M-60A1/120 entry has been removed, as it was simply a prototype way-stop on the way to the Sabra. The Rhino entry has been removed; I have not been able to verify that the Israelis ever offered such an upgrade kit. The Merkava entries have been unified, re-written, and updated. The Sho't entry has been re-written and updated.
In Czech Pistols, the CZ-2075 RAMI has been updated.
In German Pistols H-K, the Heckler & Koch P-7 and P-9 have been updated.
In US Pistols K, the Kimber Custom Shop Family has been added, which also includes a number of entries that were previously individual entries.
In US Pistols R, the Rock River Arms LAR-15 has been added.
In US Semiautomatic Sporting Rifles Ra-Ro, the Remington R-15 VTR has been added. The Rock River Arms A4-Varmint has been updated to include the A4 Predator Pursuit.
In US Special Purpose Firearms, the Ruger Charger has been added.
25 Apr 09
In Salvadoran Tracked SP Antiaircraft, the M-114 SPAA has been updated.
In Indian Tanks, the Avandi T-55 Upgrade and the Avandi Vijayanta have been updated.
In US Antimateriel Rifles M-Z, the VM Hy-Tech VM-50 has been added.
In Spanish Machineguns, the Alfa has been updated.
In Singaporean Machineguns, the ST Kinetics 50MG has been updated.
In German Pistols L-M, the Mauser C/96 and Mauser M32(M712) have been updated.
In German Pistols N-Z, the Schwarzlose M-1898 has been updated.
In Spanish Pistols - Astra, the Astra 400 and 900 entries have been updated.
In US Pistols K, several Kimber entries have been added or combined: The Kimber Aegis Series, CDP Series, Covert Series, Crimson Carry Series, Gold Match Series, Rimfire Series, Tactical Series, and Ultra Carry Series.
In British Revolvers, The Enfield No. 2 Pistol Revolver has been updated.
In US Bolt & Lever-Action Shotguns, the C-MORE XM-26 MASS has been updated.
In Spanish Submachineguns, the Star Si-35 has been updated and put into an entry that includes its variants, the RU-35 and TN-35.
In US Sniper Rifles C-F, the Chey-Tac M-200 Intervention has been added.
In US Sniper Rifles R-S, the Remington 40-X (Tactical Version) has been updated.
In US Semiautomatic Sporting Rifles Ra-Ro, the Remington 24 has been updated.
In Best Battle Rifles That Never Were, the Springfield T-26 "Tanker" Garand has been added.
05 Apr 09
In Indian Tanks, the Arjun has been moved there from the Best Tanks that Never Were, and updated.
In Belgian Automatic Rifles, the FN Minimi has again been given updated information.
In Italian Automatic Rifles, the Beretta AS-70/84 has been given a nomenclature correction. The Breda M-1930 entry has replaced the Breda Model 30 entry, and is updated.
In Japanese Automatic Rifles, the Type 11 has been combined with the Type 96 entry, and the Type 99 added to that entry as well.
In Italian Machineguns, the Breda M-1931 and Brixia M-1923 have been added. The Fiat Revelli M-1914 entry has been expanded, and now includes the Fiat-Revelli M-1935 and Breda M-1937 entries.
In Polish Machineguns, the CKM WZ-30 was added.
In Russian Machineguns, the Degtyarev DP (including the RP-46), Degtyarev/Shpagin DShK, Goryunov SG-43, and Vladimirov KPV have been updated. The Degtyarev DS-39 and Maxim/Tokarev MT have been added.
In International Pistols, the American Tactical Imports GSG-5P has been added.
In Russian Sniper Rifles, the SVD Dragunov has been updated.
In Best Assault Rifles That Never Were, the Vltor/POF P-415 has been added.
In Pistol, Revolver, & SMG Rounds, the .32 ACP round has been added. (Don't know how I missed that one -- thanks to Legbreaker for the catch!)
In Small-Caliber Small Arms Rounds, the .22-250 Remington has been updated. The .244 Remington, 5.7mm VEC, and 6mm VEC have been added.
17 Mar 09
In Belgian Automatic Rifles, the FN Minimi has been updated.
In Chinese Automatic Rifles, the Type 81 LMG has been updated.
In Czech Automatic Rifles, the VZ-26 has been updated, and the VZ-30 and ZBG-33 included in this entry. The VZ-52 LMG has been added.
In Danish Automatic Rifles, the Madsen 1904 has been updated.
In Finnish Automatic Rifles, the Lahti-Saloranta m/26 and Valmet KvKK-62 have been updated.
In Chinese Machineguns, the Type 85 has been updated.
In French Machineguns, the Hotchkiss M-1897 has been greatly updated.
In Italian Revolvers A-C, the Cimarron 1872 Open Top has been updated.
In Belgian Semiautomatic Shotguns, the Browning Maxus has been added.
In Russian Rocket Launchers, the entries for the RPG-18, RPG-22, RPG-26, and RShG-2 have been combined and updated. The RPG-27 has been updated.
In Small-Caliber Small Arms Rounds, the 5.45mm Kalashnikov and 5.56mm NATO rounds have been updated. The following rounds have been added: 5.56mm IOFB, 5.66mm MPS Dart, 5.8mm Chinese, 6.5mm Grendel, and 6.8mm SPC.
23 Feb 09
In French Tanks, the GIAT Leclerc has been rewritten.
In German Tanks, the Krauss-Maffei Leopard 1 and Krauss-Maffei/Wegmann Leopard 2 have been rewritten.
The GIAT AMX-40 has been moved to the Best Tanks that Never Were page. The GIAT AMX-32 has been removed from this page, as has the Leopard 2-140, Ramses II, M-95 Degman, and T-62 (Egyptian-Modified).
In Pistol, Revolver, & SMG Rounds, the following rounds have been added: 12.3mm UDAR, 12.5mm DOG, .41 Long Colt, .44 Smith & Wesson American, .224 Harvey Kay-Chuk, .445 SuperMag, .500 Maximum, and .500 Wyoming Express. .41 Short Colt has been updated.
In US Bolt-Action Sporting Rifles S, the Smith & Wesson I-Bolt has been added.
In US Lever-Action Rifles Mo-R, the Mossberg 464 has been added.
In Chinese Grenade Launchers, the separate W-87 and QLZ-87 entries have been replaced with a single entry that also has the QLB-06.
In Romanian Grenade Launchers, The RomArm AGA-40 has been updated to include its export version.
07 Feb 09
In Croatian Tanks, the Duro Dakovic M-95 Degman has been added.
In Czech Tanks, the Calibre Prague T-55AM2, the PSP Bohemia T-72MP, and the ZTS T-72 CZ have been rewritten.
In Egyptian Tanks, the T-55 (Egyptian/German Modified) has been rewritten. The T-62 (Egyptian-Modified) and TCM Ramses II have been added.
In French Tanks, the GIAT AMX-30 has been rewritten, and now includes the AMX-32 entry.
In Pistol, Revolver, & SMG Rounds, the 7.5mm Norwegian Nagant and 12.5mm DOG rounds have been added. The 7.5mm Swiss Army round has been updated.
In US Sniper Rifles G-L, the Iron Brigade XM-3 has been added.
25 Jan 09
In Chinese Tanks, the CGNC Type 99 and NORINCO Type 90-II have been re-written and updated.
In US UAVs, the AeroVironment RQ-11 Raven has been added.
In Pistol, Revolver, & SMG Rounds, the 8mm Lebel Revolver, .38 Smith & Wesson and .455 Webley Revolver No. 1 rounds have been updated.
In US Battle Rifles M-Z, the Rock River Arms LAR-458 has been added.
In US Pistols K, the Kel-Tec PLR-16 has been added. Several more Kimber pistols have been gathered together, into the Kimber Custom II and Kimber Compact II Series.
In US Sniper Rifles C-F, the Desert Tactical SRS has been added.
In US Sniper Rifles R-S, the Surgeon Rifles XL has been added.
In US Semiautomatic Sporting Rifles J-M, the Kel-Tec SU-16 entry was updated with the SU-22CA.
15 Jan 09
In Chinese Tanks, the NORINCO Type 69, NORINCO Type 80, and NORINCO Type 85 have all been re-written.
In Pistol, Revolver, & SMG Rounds, the 10.6mm German Ordnance, .380 British Service, and .500 Smith & Wesson Magnum rounds have been added.
In US Assault Rifles R-Z, the Smith & Wesson M&P-15 has been updated.
In US Pistols K, the Kahr K-9, MK-9, P-9, P-9 Covert, PM-9, K-40, and P-380 have been united into one entry, the Kahr K-9 Series. The Kahr P-45 has been updated. The Kimber Eclipse II entry has been heavily re-written into the Kimber Eclipse Series entry.
In Russian Special Purpose Firearms, the BS-1 grenade launcher has been moved from the Russian Grenade Launchers area, united with it's special version of the AKS-74U,, and placed under the Kalashnikov Kanareyka entry. The The TsNIITOCHMASH/Tula SPP-1 Underwater Pistol entry has been updated. The TsKIB SOO OTs-38 has been added.
In Best Submachineguns That Never Were, the Colt MARS was added.
08 Jan 09
In Pistol, Revolver, & SMG Rounds, the 6.35mm KAC PDW and 9mm Belgian Nagant rounds have been added.
In British Tanks, the Comet entry has been replaced with the Leyland A-34 Comet entry; the entry has also been completely re-written. The Vickers Mk1/Mk3/Mk3M entry has been replaced with the Vickers Defence Battle Tank entry, and completely re-written. I accidentally retained the old Challenger entries when I put the new one in; I have removed them.
In Chinese Tanks, the Type 59 entry has been replaced with the NORINCO Type 59 entry, and completely re-written.
In Russian Grenade Launchers, the AGS-30 entry has been replaced with the KBI AGS-30 entry and updated. The AGS-17 has been replaced with the KBTM AGS-17 entry, and updated. The KBI RGS-50 entry has been added.
In Russian Special Purpose Firearms, the Izhmash IZH-34 and Izhmash IZH-35 entries have been combined into one entry. The TsNII TOCHMASH PSS entry has been added; I thought I had already added it in the past, but apparently I was mistaken. The NRS Scouting Knife entry has been replaced with the Tula NRS Scouting Knife entry, and updated.