Military Weapons
The WWII Sauer M30 Luftwaffe Drilling Survival Rifle
By Jim Dickson Unlike the U.S. Air Force, which thinks a hard-to-hit with skeletonized zip gun is a survival weapon,...
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Odd Warfare: A Bomb to Make People Gay and Other Curiosities from the U.S. Air Force Research Lab
By Michael Heidler War usually means wounding and death of many people. How wonderful it would be if battles could...
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That Time the U.S. Military Almost Used Bats to Firebomb Japan During WWII
By Michael Heidler People often have crazy ideas. Combined with megalomania and arrogance, they then create things like bomb-carrying bats....
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OPERATION “POWERPACK”: The Revival of the M40 Recoilless Rifle in Latin America
On June 6, 1965, Col. Francisco Alberto Caamaño Deñó’s rebel forces suspended negotiations and moved to break free from the...
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The History of the”Italian FAL” – Beretta’s Long-Serving BM59
American readers may be surprised to know that Italy’s locally developed Beretta BM59 shared a moniker with the Cold War’s...
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Recent Images Reveal New North Korean Small Arms Developments
by Heebum Hong Recently, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea revealed the existence of a few new small arms through...
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Trials and Tribulations: Britain’s Quest for Area Effect Weapons, British Enfield SA80 Grenade Launchers
An “area effect” weapon was a requirement from the outset of the SA80 program and appeared in wooden mock-up form...
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The Wehrmacht PPSH41
The German Wehrmacht fielded a greater assortment of small arms and ammunition during WWII, than any other nation involved in...
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