Firearm History
Looks Like a Gewehr 98; Feels Like a Gewehr 98 …German Drill Rifle Model 98 “Exerziergewehr 16”
In many phases of military training, the recruits have no need for fully functional service rifles. The standard service rifles...
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The History and Use of Flechettes in Ammunition
The word “flechette” is French for “small arrow.” These little projectiles were first used in modern times in World War...
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Early Night Vision Tech: The German Zielgerat ZG 1229 Vampir
The ZG 1229, code named “Vampir,” was an infrared night scope developed during World War II for the German Wehrmacht...
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A Political Victim: WWII Tensions Prevent Production of the MP SS 42 Submachine Gun
After the occupation of Czechoslovakia, the entire local arms industry came under German influence. The Czechs were very advanced in...
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The Yugoslavian M48 Rifle: The Last of The State Produced Mausers
By Charles Brown By the end of World War II, just about everyone had decided that the era of the...
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Suppressing the AK: Dead Air Armament’s Wolverine
Soviet sound suppressor development began during World War II, after it was discovered that “silencers” were being fielded by German...
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Melvin Johnson’s M1941 and M1944: America’s Best Light Machine Guns that the Army Failed to Adopt
By Jim Dickson After designing the M1941 semi-automatic rifle, Melvin Johnson set his sights on a light machine gun version...
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Mauser m/96 and m/94: The History of the Premier Swedish Repeating Rifle in 6.5x55mm
By Henrik Jansson By During the late 19th century, the main armament of most country’s militaries at the time was...
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The Rare, State-Developed SR-1 Vektor: The Russian Service Pistol That Sort-of Was
In 1990, the Soviet Ministry of Defense was facing considerable economic strain. It nonetheless was confronted with the fact that...
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Dead End Anti-Tank Rifles: Rifle Grenade Launchers of the Luftwaffe
In rivalry with the Wehrmacht, its aerial warfare branch, the Luftwaffe, had developed its own anti-tank rifle grenade launcher for...
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