M1 steel helmet
Monroe, James
Montesinos, Vladimiro
Mozambique
M-16 rifle
M3 submachine gun
museums
N
National Defense Authorization Act of 1997
National Firearms Museum, National Rifle Association (NRA)
National Rifle Association (NRA)
Nawroz, Mohammad Yahya
Nesterov, Azariy
Netherlands, World War II
Newsweek (magazine)
New York Times (newspaper)
Nhu, Ngo Dinh
Nicaragua
Niccol, Andrew
Nigeria
Nikonov, Gennady
Nikonov, Tatiana
nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), arms control
North, Oliver L.
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
North Korea
O
Ofcansky, Tom
Olin Mathieson Corporation
Operation Desert Storm (Persian Gulf War [1991])
Ordnance Department (U.S.)
Ortega, Daniel
P
Pahlavi, Mohammed Reza Shah
Pakistan
Palestinian Liberation Front
Panama
Panzer tank
Pastrana, Andres
Patton, George
Perello, Martin
Persian Gulf War (1991)
Peru
Phillips, Larry Eugene, Jr.
Pig Boards (tests)
Playboy magazine
Ploter, Carlos
Poland
AK-47
Nicaragua
World War II
Polstar Vodka
Poly Technologies
Portman Group
PPD34/38 (Soviet submachine gun)
PP Kurz pistol
PPSh41 (Soviet submachine gun)
Purdy, Patrick Edward
R
Reagan, Ronald
recoil
Remington Arms Company
Remington Model 8
Republican Guard (Iraqi defense force)
Reutersward, Carl Fredrik
Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). See Colombia
Reyes, Camilo
Ridgway, Matthew B.
Roberts, Julia
Romania, AK-47
Rosenthal, John
RPK-74
Ruger, William
Rumsfeld, Donald
Russia. See also Soviet Union
arms trade
United Nations arms control
weapons marking
Russian Revolution
Rwanda
S
Saiga (hunting gun)
Sakharov, Andrei
Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN)
Sandino, Augusto
Sankoh, Foday
Saudi Arabia
Schmeisser. See Maschinenpistoles (MP40, German submachine gun, Schmeisser)
Schmeisser, Hugo
Scott, George C.
Scud missile
Secord, Richard V.
Sevaastyanov, Igor
Sheikh, Aftab
Shpagin, Georgy
Sierra Leone
Simonov, Sergei
Singlaub, John K.
SKS (Soviet rifle)
Slocombe, Walter
Smith & Wesson
Soghanalian, Sarkis
Soldier of Fortune magazine
Somalia
Somoza Garcia, Anastasio
Sopranos, The (TV show)
South Africa
Soviet Union. See also Russia
Afghanistan
AK-47
automatic rifles
cold war
collapse of
Hungary
Nicaragua
Russian Revolution
submachine guns
warfare
World War II
Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers’ Institute (SAAMI)
Springfield Armory
Stalin, Josef
stamping. See weapons marking
Starck, Philippe
Stinger missiles
Stockton, California, schoolyard shooting
Stoner, Eugene M.
Stop Handgun Violence
Strickland, Ted
Studler, Rene
Stuff magazine
Sturmgewehr (Maschinenkarabiner [Mkb])
submachine guns
Germany
Maschinenpistoles, MP40
physics of
Soviet Union
Sudayev, Alexei
Sugarmann, Josh
Sullivan, George
Sunday Times Style magazine
Syria, weapons marking
T
Taliban
Taraki, Nur Muhammad
Tarantino, Quentin
Taylor, Charles
arms trade
biography of
child soldiers
diamond trade
indictment of
Liberia civil war
Liberia invaded by
Taylor, Maxwell
terrorism, gun control
T-44 cartridge
Thompson, Emma
Thompson submachine gun (“Tommy Gun”)
Togo
Tolbert, William
Tonkin, Gulf of
Truman, Harry S.
Truman Show, The (film)
TsNIITochmash (Central Institute for Precision Machine Building)
Turkey, AK-47
Tutsi people
U
Uganda
Ukraine
AK-47
United Kingdom
Africa
ammunition
United Nations
Afghanistan war (Soviet Union)
AK-47
arms control
arms trade
children
diamond trade
Latin America
Rwanda genocide
Somalia
United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
United States
Afghanistan
Afghanistan invasion (Soviet Union)
ammunition
AR-15 rifle
AR-10 rifle
Iraq war
Liberia
M-14 rifle
M1 Garand (U.S. semiautomatic rifle)
Nicaragua
Peru
Rwanda genocide
Somalia
United Nations arms control
Venezuela
Vietnam
Vietnam War
warfare
weapons marking
U.S. Army Materiel Command
U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)
Uzi submachine gun
V
Vance, Cyrus
Venezuela
Vietnam
France
United States
Vietnam War
AK-47
AR-15 rifle
end of
Khe Sanh, siege of
M-16 rifle
United States
Vines, Alex
Violence Policy Center
Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994
vodka
W
Walker, William
Wallace, George
Walther, Carl
Walther PPK pistol
warfare
Afghanistan invasion (Soviet Union)
AK-47
China
Soviet Union
United States
Vietnam War
Washington, George
weapons marking, gun control
Westmoreland, William
West Side Boys (child soldiers)
Whittaker, Ron
Williams, Willie
Wolf, Bill
Woolsey, James
World War I
World War II
blitzkrieg tactic
end of
Kalashnikov, Mikhail T.
M1 Garand (U.S. rifle)
Soviet Union
Wyman, William G.
XM-8 rifle
Y