The Garand
By Robert Bruce “The greater firepower of the Garand, its superior sights, its freedom from mechanical troubles and…ease of maintenance all made the Mar... Read more.
USS Bowfin Museum
By Dan Shea On 15 December 1941, eight days after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the Portsmouth Navy Yard was given the order to start construction of the... Read more.
Let The Tracer’s Fly!
By Dan Shea On August 19 of 2000 I had the pleasure of attending an outstanding machine gun shoot up in the Flagstaff Arizona area. This shoot has been going fo... Read more.
Ordnance Committee Meeting, 23 December 1943
By Frank Iannamico One of the US Ordnance Committee’s responsibilities was to “consider and recommend technical action upon all matters affecting material d... Read more.
The Carbine
By Robert Bruce “Brigadier General Robert W. Daniels, the Army Ground Forces Ordnance Officer from 1942 to 1944, believed the Army was oversold on the carbine... Read more.
World War II Weaponry. Pacific Theater of Operations: The Marine Corps – Rock in a Hard Place
By Lt. James Ballou The Marine Corps – Rock in a Hard Place More than any other branch of the military, the Marine Corps from early on grasped the potenti... Read more.
The Jap 11 and Merrill’s Marauders
By Rick Cartledge Around the end of World War I the Japanese Military saw the need for a light machine gun. By 1922 they had perfected and adopted a gun. This g... Read more.
The Japanese Type 99 Rifle (Long Version)
By Stephen Stuart During the war in Manchuria and China during the 1930’s, there was controversy within the Japanese Armed Forces, that their standard 6.5 mm ... Read more.
SITREP – November 2000
By Dan Shea November 2000 already. My, how time flies. When you get this, we will be facing the most intense election in twenty years. I hope and pray that we g... Read more.
Industry News – November 2000
By Robert Hausman In two recent actions involving the industry’s regulator, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms (ATF), a retailer seeking to counter... Read more.
