NEW REVIEW: SEPTEMBER 2002
By Chris A. Choat COLD STEEL INTRODUCES THEIR SWORD CANE Cold Steel, a leading manufacturer of professional grade self defense knives, has announced the introdu... Read more.
BOOK REVIEWS: SEPTEMBER 2002
By Lee Arten ON THE ROAD TO STALINGRAD: MEMOIRS OF WOMAN MACHINE GUNNER, Revised Editionby Z.M Smirnova-MedvedevaEdited by Kazimiera J. CottamNEW MILITARY PUBLI... Read more.
THE PTRD & PTRS ANTI-TANK RIFLES
By Chuck Madurski The uneasy peace that characterized the years immediately prior to World War Two was also a time of urgent activity for many of the world’s ... Read more.
ENEMY AT THE GATES: ‘A MUST SEE MOTION PICTURE FROM COLUMBIA — MANDALAY’
By Rick Cartledge When one thinks of Second World War in Europe, one often thinks of the Italian Campaign, Normandy, and the Battle of the Bulge. When one goes ... Read more.
THE RUSSIAN M 38 AND M 44 CARBINE
By Bob Campbell Above: One of the more common Chinese variants of the M 44. This one has suffered its bayonet and forearm to be removed. The rifle pictured in t... Read more.
The Guns of Stalingrad: SAR Special Photo Album
Above: A wrecked German tank burns fiercely in a suburb of Stalingrad as a squad of Red Army infantrymen run past with their PPSh-41 submachine guns ready for a... Read more.
THE TOKAREV PISTOL
By Bob Campbell The Russian Tokarev pistol was manufactured in the thousands by several nations, but few in America are familiar with the gun’s origins or per... Read more.
CHINA’S NEW 5.8X42MM WEAPONS COMPLEX REVEALED
Above: For some time the question has been, “What have the Chinese been up to in small arms development on the other side of the Bamboo Curtain?” Here we ha... Read more.
THE RUSSIAN PPD 1940
By Frank Iannamico The Russians began development of a submachine gun as early as 1925. The idea spawned from the brief debut of the German MP18.I maschinenpist... Read more.
Maxim Model 1909 Torture Test
Above Photo: The Maxim Model 1909 silencer fitted to what is apparently a handmade, one-of-a-kind single shot pistol was used on a regular basis for killing cat... Read more.
