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 ...
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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 ...
Swedish Quality: The Kpist m/37 and m/37-39 Submachine Guns
Since the German MP 18 had shown its potential in World War I, submachine guns became an indispensable part of ...
Madsen 20mm Machine Cannon M/38 – An Anti-Tank Weapon
The Copenhagen-based company Dansk Industri Syndikat (DISA) has been manufacturing weapons for the Danish armed forces since 1900. Even before ...
Heinrich Vollmer: German Entrepreneur, Inventor, Submachine Gun Influencer
By Michael Heidler Heinrich Vollmer January 6, 1885– January 7, 1961 The history of the German submachine guns is closely ...
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. ...
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, ...
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