Deadly Effect, Poisoned Bullets for WWII Handguns
The Forensic Institute of the Security Police (Kriminaltechnisches Institut der Sicherheitspolizei / KTI) was a department of the Reich Main ...
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Double Works Better, German WWII Cartridges with Two Bullets
In the sixth year of the War, the resources of the German Reich had become scarce. How practical would it ...
The U.S. M3/M3A1 “Grease Gun”: Equipping Armed Forces in Post-War Austria
After World War II, thousands of M3 and M3A1 Grease Guns were scattered all over the world. Thanks to the ...
Limited Success: The Austrian Submachine Guns Steyr MPi 69 and MPi 81
Austria’s armaments industry had suffered great damage in the last years of WWII and lay largely in ruins. So for ...
Tripping the Wire: German Alarm Devices in World War II
With thinly staffed Front lines, the gaps between the individual sentries must somehow be closed. Especially in dark, rainy or ...
Ephemeral Rivalry: Luigi Franchi’s Submachine Gun LF-57
With minor modifications, the Beretta M38/44 became the M38/49, and the following models remained basically the same wartime model without ...
The Breda Modello PG: The World’s First Burst-Firing Automatic Rifle
During World War I, little had happened in Italy in terms of semiautomatic rifles. The country was too busy with ...
Bulky Monsters, Japanese Flare Pistols—Nambu Type 90
During World War II, the Japanese military forces only used a few different flare pistol models. The Imperial Army used ...
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 ...
Lost Potential: Hellriegel’s Weapon: One of the World’s First Submachine Guns
World War I had changed the world. Never before have such great advances in defense technology been achieved in such ...
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