V5N12 (Sep 2002)

By Chuck MadurskiThe uneasy peace that characterized the years immediately prior to World War Two was also a time of...

By Rick Cartledge When one thinks of Second World War in Europe, one often thinks of the Italian Campaign, Normandy,...

By Bob CampbellAbove: One of the more common Chinese variants of the M 44. This one has suffered its bayonet...

Above: A wrecked German tank burns fiercely in a suburb of Stalingrad as a squad of Red Army infantrymen run...

By Bob CampbellThe Russian Tokarev pistol was manufactured in the thousands by several nations, but few in America are familiar...

Above: For some time the question has been, “What have the Chinese been up to in small arms development on...

By Frank IannamicoThe Russians began development of a submachine gun as early as 1925. The idea spawned from the brief...