Illiustrirovannoe izdanie soderzhit osnovnuiu tekhnicheskuiu informatciiu, kharakteristiki svyshe 300 modelei ognestrelnogo oruzhiia, kotoroe bylo na vooruzhenii raznykh stran s nachala KhKh veka i do nashikh dnei. Sredi nikh takie legendarnye modeli, kak pistolety Ð"«Mauzer C/12Ð"», Ð"«Beretta 92SBÐ"», stankovye pulemety Ð"«VikkersÐ"», Ð"«MaksimÐ"», sovetskii pistolet-pulemet PPSh-41, vintovki Ð"«GarandÐ"», Ð"«Li-enfildÐ"», revolver Ð"«KoltÐ"» i mnogie drugie. Dlia kazhdoi modeli privodiatsia kratkaia istoriia sozdaniia, god i strana-razrabotchik, TTKh, printcip deistviia.