A Better Ammo Delivery System: The New Balanced Ammunition Delivery System
A new ammunition bag called the “Balanced Ammunition Delivery System” (BADS) is poised to revolutionize combat deployment of the MAG58 ...
Tag: George E. Kontis PE
Habits of Highly Unsuccessful Firearms Technicians
GE-Developed General Purpose 7.62mm Armor Machine Gun (Author's Collection) By George E. Kontis, P.E. I had started a new job ...
SPRING INTO ACTION
By George E. Kontis, PE Try to name a firearm that doesn’t use at least one spring? I can’t think ...
HOW TO SCREW UP A GUN
By George E. Kontis PE The Model 1896 Broomhandle Mauser pistol saw extensive use in World War I. It was ...
WIN BARR: RENAISSANCE MAN OF SMALL ARMS
By George E. Konits P.E. Win Barr and B17G bomber aircraft that served as a test bed for the first ...
THE INTERVIEW: LEW WETZEL, PART II
By George E. Kontis, PE Lew Wetzel with model of his no-tool spring retainer and a copy of the patent. ...
GUNS & STEEL: FORGED IN HISTORY
By George E. Kontis, PE When man first walked the planet, metal ores of iron could be found just lying ...
LEW WETZEL: GE’S SECRET WEAPON, PART I
By George E. Kontis, PE Lew stands next to the T143 110mm Howitzer he worked on during his Army enlistment. ...
THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE GAU-8 AVENGER SYSTEM: ONE BURST ONE KILL
Tank target feels the effects of a burst of depleted uranium penetrators. (Author’s collection) They were called the “Whiz Kids,” ...
AGAINST ALL ODDS – THE MAN BEHIND THE M14 RIFLE: LT. COL. ROY E. RAYLE
LTC Roy E. Rayle, Head of R&D at Springfield Armory, March 1955. (Bruce Rayle) It was hot and unusually humid ...
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