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 ...
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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 ...
Silent but Deadly: The Suppressed M3 M3A1
By Michael Heidler The successful use of the silenced Sten Mk II S for the British Special Operations Executive (SOE) ...
Meaning of the 1920-mark on German Military Weapons
Today the German Karabiner 98a can more often been found on the market with the "1920" marking than the Gewehr ...
German Infrared Driving and Fire Control Equipment
The ZG 1229 Vampir was attached to the MP 44 by using the standard ZF-4 sniper scope rail. Note the ...
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