LINDA’S BACK! Wilkinson Arms Improves Pistol and Carbine 1980s Tech
The Wilkinson Arms’ Linda pistol and Terry carbine were an excellent example of early 1980s engineering genius. I first read ...
Tag: DECEMBER 2019
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 ...
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 ...
Book Review: Maintaining Classic Machine Guns
The machine gun collector community, as well as museums and forensic analysis institutes, have a serious lack of information on ...
A Day in Italy: The Chiappa Factory Tour
Chiappa is an interesting firearms manufacturer. They are located in Brescia, Italy, which is typically associated with manufacturing of over/under ...
The Spin: A Story of Centrifugal Steam Guns
David spun his sling up-to-speed overhead and loosed a stone at Goliath. It hit the giant in the head, killing ...
When Italy’s Villar Perosa Became Single-Barreled
The Villar Perosa with its spade handle and the two independent coupled weapons, each with its own barrel firing mechanism ...
Badge of Honor: The Stechkin Automatic Pistol
In Chechnya, the Stechkin Automatic Pistol (APS) is considered a badge of honor. Like the AKS-74U in the mountains of ...
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 ...
Emmageeman’s Corner: Machine Gun Memorabilia
World War II cast iron Japanese paperweight of an infantry soldier manning a Type 11 light machine gun from the ...
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