“Tag: Argentina”

The Beretta BM-59E was a very different take on a familiar rifle. Take a look at its history and design in this "I Have This Old Gun" segment from a recent episode of American Rifleman TV.

When Argentina began adopting metallic cartridge firearms for its military, it duplicated some of the world's best designs, including the iconic Grease Gun.

The Republic of Argentina has a large and diversified military-industrial complex, which includes a remarkable history of gun-making.

More than three decades ago, a brief but brutal war swept across the South Atlantic that pitted the armed forces of Argentina against Great Britain.

The Argentine-made Ballester-Molina pistol, which borrows from both the M1911 and the Star Model B, has an intriguing possible tie to the Graf Spee and Britain’s clandestine MI6. Was a Nazi pocket battleship’s armor really used to make guns for the British during World War II?