Tula State Museum of Weapons - from a musket to a machine gun. National Museum of Firearms The largest private museum of weapons

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In front of you is The National Firearms Museum, located at the NRA headquarters in Virginia. The museum is quite sickly - 14 galleries with 85 stands, two thousand odd trunks. What's more, both entrance and parking are free. I was surprised that there was not a soul at the entrance, no face control, bag checks and other things. You just go through the door and you immediately find yourself in a hall with exhibits. In some way symbolic, given the spirit of the organization :)

1 As I wrote above, admission is free, but donations from individuals are naturally welcome, as in other American museums. The donation container is an eight-inch projectile for an experimental automatic gun that the Marine Corps tested in the 60s.

2 Italian wheellock carbine, .66 cal. This gun once belonged to a certain John Alden, and with him in 1620 crossed the Atlantic on the Mayflower ship.

3 Pistils

4 More pistils. If anyone is not in the know, due to the single-shot nature of the pistols, a thick plaque was made at the end of the handle, designed to heroically break the skulls of enemies with an unloaded weapon

5 Cannon from the American Revolutionary War

6 This is one of the guns that Lewis and Clark took on their famous expedition. Unusually here is that it is ... air. Specifically, the 22-round Girandoni Air Rifle. It was sold with three cylinders of compressed air, each cylinder held 800 psi (5.5 MPa), it was enough for 70 shots, and 1500 pump strokes were required to fully refuel. At 15 meters, the rifle could place ten rounds in a circle in a coin-sized group. Owners of muroks - madly, lovingly envy :)

7 This shushpangever blew my mind. 12-shot gun with flint lock. Ammunition - alternating 12 bullets and 12 main charges in the gun barrel, outside there are 12 seed holes covered with valves. With each shot, the castle could be moved one step back

8 Closer view

9 Gatlings, nya! Again, if someone is not in the know, these are the prototypes of modern machine guns. One fighter shoves packs of cartridges into the bunker, where they are fed into the barrel under the influence of their own weight.

10 The second fighter is trying to direct the prodigy with the help of cunning handles, natural instincts, and such and such a mother.

11 The third fighter turns the crank that makes the gatling do the "waste".

12 Well, the fourth is looking after these three intellectuals.

13 Liked the revolver

14 Mountain of weapons #1

15 Mountain of weapons #2

16 Mountain of weapons No. 3 (if you are interested in specific samples - there is a link to the museum website below)

17 A separate section of the museum is devoted to weapons from films. It's got everything from the silenced shotgun from No Country for Old Men

18 Before Star Wars Blasters

19 And even a sword from there, although it doesn’t seem to fit the theme of the museum at all

20 And this is the revolver of the main character from the series "Firefly" - the best space western of all time :)

21 From the section with experimental weapons. For example, here is the only revolver in the world with magazine feed cartridges, and triangular (!) Cartridges. In total, 1000 copies of this weapon were made.

22 Shop rocket launcher. Bear cavalry pitifully swallows saliva and wipes away tears of envy

23 At the sight of this stand, I almost howled with happiness :) We recently celebrated the 100th anniversary of the most epic pistol of all time - M1911 - in honor of this, a showcase was organized.

24 Model 1907

25 Modified Colt

26 And this Colt, in the company of eighteen American soldiers and officers, sailed in a fragile boat two thousand miles on the way from Corregidor besieged by the Japanese to Australia.

27 As for Corregidor, this Colt used to belong to MacArthur. Which, IMHO, did not deserve even a tenth of the honors that he got.
28 This same gun belonged to Eisenhower

29 And this rifle is for Teddy Roosevelt, in my opinion, the best president of the United States.

30 Reconstruction of one of the scenes during the battles in Normandy

31 This revolver belonged to New York police officer Walter Weaver. He was last seen on September 11, 2001, on the sixth floor of the World Trade Center, trying to free passengers stuck in an elevator. His remains were never found, but his service weapon was found in the ashes.

Finally got to the National Firearms Museum, located at the NRA headquarters in Virginia. Under the cut - a slightly chaotic selection of photos with comments. There is no special system, which for some reason I liked - that's what I photographed.

The museum is quite sickly - 14 galleries with 85 stands, two thousand odd trunks. What's more, both entrance and parking are free. I was surprised that there was not a soul at the entrance, no face control, bag checks and other things. You just go through the door and you immediately find yourself in a hall with exhibits. In some way symbolic, given the spirit of the organization :)

Picture to draw attention:

2 Italian wheellock carbine, .66 cal. This gun once belonged to a certain John Alden, and with him in 1620 crossed the Atlantic on the Mayflower ship.

3 Pistils

4 More pistils. If anyone does not know, due to the single-shot nature of the pistols, a thick plaque was made at the end of the handle, designed to heroically break the skulls of enemies with an unloaded weapon

5 Cannon from the American Revolutionary War

8 Closer view

10 The second fighter is trying to direct the prodigy with the help of cunning handles, natural instincts, and such and such a mother.

11 The third fighter turns the crank that makes the gatling do the "waste".

12 Well, the fourth is looking after these three intellectuals.

13 Liked the revolver

14 Mountain of weapons #1

15 Mountain of weapons #2

16 Mountain of weapons No. 3 (if you are interested in specific samples - there is a link to the museum website below)

17 A separate section of the museum is devoted to weapons from films. It's got everything from the silenced shotgun from No Country for Old Men

18 Before Star Wars Blasters

19 And even a sword from there, although it doesn’t seem to fit the theme of the museum at all

20 And this is the revolver of the main character from the series "Firefly" - the best space western of all time :)

22 Shop rocket launcher. Bear cavalry pitifully swallows saliva and wipes away tears of envy

23 At the sight of this stand, I almost howled with happiness :) We recently celebrated the 100th anniversary of the most epic pistol of all time - M1911 - in honor of this, a showcase was organized.

24 Model 1907

25 Modified Colt

26 And this Colt, in the company of eighteen American soldiers and officers, sailed in a fragile boat two thousand miles on the way from Corregidor besieged by the Japanese to Australia.

27 As for Corregidor, this Colt used to belong to MacArthur. Which, IMHO, did not deserve even a tenth of the honors that he got.

28 This same gun belonged to Eisenhower

29 And this rifle is for Teddy Roosevelt, in my opinion, the best president of the United States.

30 Reconstruction of one of the scenes during the battles in Normandy

All in all, I highly recommend stopping by the museum if possible, or at least looking at the exhibits and descriptions on the museum's website: Fifteen themed galleries full of unique and distinctive firearms are yours to explore - click one below to get started . Unlike my unfortunate photographs, everything there is photographed very, very high quality (the picture above is from there to attract attention), plus there are very good descriptions.

The Weapons Museum in Moscow (officially called the Central Museum of the Armed Forces) is high-tech and attracts a lot of people. It will be interesting here not only for narrow-profile specialists studying small arms, but also for ordinary citizens who are interested in the history of their country.

Where is the museum located?

The Central Museum of the Armed Forces is a military historical museum located in the capital of Russia. You can find it at the address: Soviet Army Street, building number 2.

In fact, the small arms museum in Moscow is the largest of its kind in the world. It is subordinate to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation and reflects the entire history of the development of the country's Armed Forces, from the moment of their formation to our time. The branch of this museum is Zhukov's memorial office, which is located in the building of the General Staff of the RF Armed Forces.

Back in 1919, the first museum of weapons in Moscow was founded. Today it is located in a chic large building, which was designed by architect Boris Barkhin. In its new location, the historical museum dedicated to the Russian Armed Forces was opened on the eve of the 20th anniversary of the Great Victory - May 8, 1965.

Briefly about the museum

Combat banners and awards, various documents, old photographs, personal belongings of ordinary soldiers and, of course, small arms from different eras - all this can be seen by visiting the capital's weapons museum. You can see a photo of one of his expositions below.

The general fund of the institution has more than 800 thousand exhibits. The Museum of Weapons in Moscow constantly holds various thematic exhibitions. Moreover, not only at home, but also in other cities and regions of the country. In the museum itself, there are constantly exhibitions, allocated according to the chronological principle:

"Civil War".
"Armed Forces of Russia in the period 1921-1941".
"The Great Patriotic War".
"Armed Forces in the post-war period".

In addition, in 2008 a new exhibition entitled "Caucasus. Five days in August" dedicated to the conflict in South Ossetia was opened.

History of the Museum

The idea to create a museum of weapons in Moscow appeared in 1919, when the fighting was still going on. Nevertheless, the first exhibitions were organized this year. In 1922, the museum received its permanent registration - it was an old mansion on Kropotkin Street (nowadays the Pushkin Museum is located there). However, in 1924 it was moved to one of the buildings of the Military Academy, as there was simply not enough space in the mansion to organize expositions.

Museum staff actively worked during the Second World War. In total, they made at least twenty expeditions to the front, during which a huge number of priceless relics and documentary monuments were collected.

May 8, 1965 is an important date for the institution. On this day, the Museum of the Armed Forces received its new building on Soviet Army Street, where it is located today.

Museum of Weapons in Moscow: Tours

The Central Museum of the Armed Forces is always waiting for its visitors. Its employees will be happy to give you a professional and interesting tour. Visitors will learn all about the history and varieties of small arms.

The museum organizes both general sightseeing tours and thematic ones. The cost of one such excursion for a group of 20 people is 2,500 rubles (for schoolchildren and students) and 3,000 rubles (for adults).

Of course, you can visit the museum without a guide. The cost of an entrance ticket is 150 rubles (for students, schoolchildren and pensioners - half as much). In addition, on some of the days of the year, admission to the museum is absolutely free (May 9, April 18, May 18 and February 23).

After getting acquainted with the history of Russian small arms, you can visit a specific front-line restaurant located here. Here you can not only taste delicious dishes, but also feel the atmosphere of military life. Well, the kids will really like it on the territory near the museum, where a grand open-air exhibition of military equipment is organized. 157 units have been assembled here. Among them are tanks of various modifications, military helicopters, modern missiles, air defense systems, and so on.

The weapons museum also has souvenir kiosks where you can buy a small copy of some kind of combat vehicle, military literature and other interesting things as a keepsake.

Banner of Victory

Perhaps the main relic stored in this museum is the one that was hoisted by Soviet soldiers on the roof of the captured Reichstag. Today it is unofficial in World War II, and is a red cloth measuring 188 by 82 centimeters, which depicts the main symbols of the Soviet Union - the hammer and sickle, as well as a five-pointed star.

The banner on the roof of the German Reichstag was hoisted by three Soviet soldiers - Russian Mikhail Yegorov, Ukrainian Alexei Berest and Georgians This event took place on May 1, 1945 at 3 o'clock in the morning.

Finally

The Central Museum of the Armed Forces in Moscow is a place where a huge collection of small arms is collected. It will be interesting for both adults and children. In the courtyard of the museum, various military equipment is exhibited - from tanks and howitzers that were used during the Great Patriotic War to the latest samples of Russian military equipment.

Gunsmithing is historically the main Tula craft. In honor of this, the coat of arms of the city depicts two crossed blades, a gun barrel and two golden hammers ( "all this shows the notes of a worthy and useful weapons factory located in this city").
Therefore, the main museum of the city of Tula is the museum of weapons.
It is located in the Kremlin in the building of the former Epiphany Cathedral:

The museum was founded in 1775 by order of Catherine II. The current exposition has been operating since 1989 and now a new luxurious building is being completed for the museum.

In 1712, Tula became the arms capital of Russia: Peter the Great founded the country's first state-owned arms factory here.
Firearms of the Russian army of the 18th century:

The names of the types of firearms of that time are completely obscure for me: fittings, fuzei, blunderbusses, mortars, as well as more understandable guns, carbines and pistols. They were heaps of different types and differed for different branches of the military and military ranks.
Steel arms:

swords

Ephesus broadsword of the Life Guards Cavalry Regiment

Hussar and cavalry sabers and a hunting cleaver.

Foreign flintlock pistols.
The flint-impact mechanism for igniting gunpowder for a shot (this is when a spark that ignites gunpowder is fired with a trigger with silicon) replaced the previously used wick mechanism in the 17th century (it was necessary to first ignite the wick to fire, which then ignited the gunpowder) and the wheel mechanism (the carving sparks of the wheel, which had to be started with a special key).

Corner of the Patriotic War of 1812. In memory of those who died in this war, a cathedral was built, the building of which houses a museum.
In the 19th century, the percussion-flint mechanism was replaced by a percussion cap. The primer (a metal cap with an explosive) ignites from a hammer blow and ignites the powder charge. Since 1845, all weapons for the Russian army were already made with a primer mechanism.

Capsule dueling pistol.
Civil weapons 18-19 centuries:

Percussion flintlock blunderbuss, double-barreled capsule pistols, five-barreled capsule gun, capsule road pistol (Barmaley ran with this), bundelrevolvers (upper with a bayonet).

Shotguns
In the middle of the 19th century, the mass use of guns began, loaded not through the muzzle, but with the help of a bolt. Since 1868, the Russian army has been using a single-shot rifle of the Berdan system ("berdanka"). It was replaced in 1891 by the 3-line multi-shot Mosin rifle ("three-line").
The line (this is a measure of length) is equal to 1/10 of an inch, i.e. 3 lines = caliber 7.62 mm. The Mosin rifle of the 1891 model was used in the army until the end of World War II. And for a long time after it, sports and hunting versions of the rifle were used.

3-lin. infantry rifle mod. 1891 Factory No. 1
3-lin. infantry rifle mod. 1891 Factory No. 1000000 (1897).
A total of 37 million pieces were produced.

Revolvers replaced muzzle-loading pistols in the army in the 19th century.

Since 1895, a 3-line revolver of the Nagant system has been adopted.
Above is a Belgian sample, which was taken to start production in Tula. Nagan was in service until 1945, after which it was used by the police for some time.
Nagant and three-ruler became the main weapon of the civil war in Russia.

Five-barreled naval gun 1896.
A little exotic

Various basurman weapons

fireworks

Discussion of experts on the features of military conflicts in the pre-Petrine era.

Crossbows, axe, helmet, shield, axe, maces and mace.

fashion hatchet
Eureka! Royal clothes of a gun:

stamp butt

Like the first hall briefly looked at the whole.
We rise to the second floor.
Since the beginning of the 20th century, the mass use of automatic weapons has begun, in which reloading occurs due to the energy received when fired. In 1883, the American Maxim invented a machine gun, from which all other automatic machine guns originated. From that moment on, the effectiveness of killing each other on the battlefield increases many times over.

Machine guns of World War I.
Hand guns:

On the left, the weapon of every self-respecting gangster is a 1921 Thompson submachine gun.

Foreign automatic multi-shot pistols. They are replacing revolvers in the army, pushing them into the civilian sphere.

The interior is impressive - the entire ceiling is iconographically painted on the theme of labor and defense of the Soviet state.
Weapons designed by Dyagterev:

Manual machine guns mod. 1927 (the main weapon of infantry fire support during the Second World War) and arr. 1944 (RPD). Experienced self-loading rifles.

Submachine gun model 1940 of the Degtyarev system (PPD).

Machine guns Degtyarev.
Weapons designed by Fedorov:

The first domestic automatic machine in 1913.

Domestic pistols
Weapons designed by Tokarev:

SVT self-loading rifles and pistol mod. 1930, prototypes.

Tula Tokarev.

aircraft cannons

Foreign weapons of World War II.

German Pupchen rocket-propelled grenade launcher. 1943

fascist weapons - barrels down.
Weapon of victory:

machine guns, mortar, anti-tank rifle.

three-ruler, Shpagin submachine gun 1941. with a drum and sector magazine (PPSh), a submachine gun of the Sudayev system 1943. (PPS). Checkers and daggers.
Tula defenders' personal weapons:

Mauser, TT, Nagant, PPSh, SKT, Korovin submachine gun arr. 1941, checker, knives.

industrial molotov cocktail.

Three-ruler.
Post-war weapons:

Dragunov SVD sniper rifle, RPG-4 anti-tank grenade launcher, RP-46 company machine gun, Simonov SKS-45 self-loading carbines.

There are stands with a mass of sports and hunting weapons, but they somehow did not interest me.
To the right are anti-tank, flamethrower and some other systems.

Grenade launchers.
Tula Museum of Weapons from the authors:

PM

AK

Weapon designed by Afanasiev.

Weapon designed by Korobov.

Weapon designed by Stechkin.

Weapon designed by Makarov.

Weapon designed by Kalashnikov.
At this stand, a group of German tourists stood and listened to the tour right under the wonderful painting above their heads:

to remember.

Special weapons:

Shooting knife, Nikonov AN-94 "Abakan" submachine gun, special pistols, special sniper rifle VSS "Vintorez", special submachine gun AS "Val", APS submachine gun and SPP-1M pistol.
Stand with microscopes:
"... Such masters as the fabulous left-hander, now, of course, are no longer in Tula: machines have equalized the inequality of talents and talents, and genius is not torn in the struggle against diligence and accuracy."
N. S. Leskov, "Lefty", 1881

Mosin rifle, total length 3 mm.

Here it was not possible to remove it entirely: this is the leg of a natural flea with a horseshoe (0.05 by 0.045 mm). There are four horseshoes in total, each with three nails.
This was done by master Nikolai Aldunin from the city of Aleksin in 2002-2003.
That's it!))

glory to the CPSU.

It has always been common for people to kill each other exquisitely and with fiction. Therefore, the weapon used for this, which, with the course of the development of the evolution of mankind, was constantly improved technically, always had to be also aesthetically perfect.
The weapon has its own attraction, as does everything related to death. Any military weapon is always beautiful in its own way.