The Bicycle in Wartime: A Platform for Machine Guns
In the late 19th century a new means of transportation was developed that could allow for, at the time, rapid movement of individuals, and it was seen by military planners as an...
Read moreReducing Recoil and Increasing Utility: SYMTAC’s Shotgun Skills Course
Technological progression seems to have pushed shotguns more and more into a niche role, and possibly into obsolescence. Once found in every abode of the American colonial frontier, they were supplanted by...
Read moreBook Review: New Vanguard Series Introduces Railway Guns and Large Weapons Systems
Railway guns hardly qualify as “small arms,” I agree, but it is hoped that guns of all sizes are of interest to Small Arms While searching through the Osprey Publish-ing online catalog...
Read moreSuppressor History, Testing and Designs: Insights from an Advanced Suppressor Seminar
There has been a resounding boom in popularity of suppressors in recent years. They have become less the stuff of secret agents and more the stuff of sport shooters, hunters, standard-issue gear...
Read moreFire from the East – the Russian flamethrower LPO-50
In the early 1950s, the Soviet Army experimented with replacement models for the aging wartime ROKS flamethrowers. The LPO-50 model was eventually put into service and was used not only in the...
Read moreE.E. Richardson: The Best Thompson SMG Salesman of All Time
There is little doubt that the Thompson has the most dedicated corps of enthusiasts of any submachine gun ever produced. The first run of Thompsons was manufactured by Colt during the “Roaring...
Read moreThe Indomitable Maxim Machine Gun: On the Ukrainian Front Lines Today at 100 Years Old
Incredibly, right now, both sides in the Russia-Ukraine war are reportedly using 100-year-old M1910 Maxim machine guns in large numbers. As the battle lines become more static and massed infantry assaults are...
Read moreWildey Moore: From Death Wish to the JAWS of Royalty
“Wildey’s here.” Not only is this the line uttered by Charles Bronson in 1985’s Death Wish III, which served to introduce the world to the Wildey Survivor pistol, but it’s also the...
Read moreIWI US’s Galil ACE GEN II 5.45×39 Pistol: Be Thankful It Made to Market at All!
EDITORS NOTE: According to IWI US, as of March 2024, all Galil ACE Gen II pistols will not ship with a stabilizing brace. They will ship with a flat back plate. IWI...
Read moreA Visit to Argentina’s Museo de Armas de la Nación
For my birthday this year, I had the exciting opportunity to visit Buenos Aires. Of course, visiting all of the military museums this city had to offer was a must. Today, we’re...
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