A Safe Look Over the Parapet: U.S. Trench Periscope Rifles
In the trenches along the frontlines of World War I, any look over the parapet could be the last one. ...
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Volkskarabiner Steyr in 7.92×33 (Kurzpatrone) Caliber
After the beginning of December 1944, the decision in favor of the Carl Walther model in 7.92x57 caliber as the ...
Weapon of Service: The UZI Submachine Gun in Germany
By Michael Heidler In the troubled 1930s, a boy named Gotthard Glas fled from the German Reich to Israel. There, ...
Fruitless Efforts: Mauser’s Post-War Submachine Guns
By Michael Heidler The newly created Bundeswehr (German Federal Army) received its initial equipment of weapons, vehicles and equipment mainly ...
The Swedish Automatgevär m/42 Ljungman
By Michael Heidler Shortly before World War II, interest in a semi-automatic rifle to strengthen the armed forces reawakened in ...
The Swedish Recoilless Anti-Tank Rifle: Carl Gustaf’s pvg m/42
By Michael Heidler In Sweden, development work on a light anti-tank weapon for infantry use began in 1940 at the ...
Tortuous Paths – Manuel Mondragón and his Semi-Automatic Rifle
By Michael Heidler - At the beginning of the 20th century, Mexico was a country without any tradition in arms ...
History of Early Russian Anti-Tank Rifles (Part 1)
By Michael Heidler - The Red Army struggled for a long time to introduce a suitable anti-tank rifle. Early models, ...
“Swivelled” Walther Attempts Corner Shots
This Beretta model was used as "Maschinenpistole 1" (MP 1) by the Federal Border Guard (BGS) and the German Armed ...
Hungary’s Unique Grenade-Launching Rifle The AMP-69
By Michael Heidler Like all Eastern Bloc countries, Hungary had introduced assault rifles based on the Kalashnikov design. Initially still ...
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