Putting the “Small” in Small Arms: Fully Functional Scale Replicas
Today it is common for car buffs to collect highly detailed scale replicas, and the same is true for airplanes, ...
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The Bicycle in Wartime: A Platform for Machine Guns
In the late 19th century a new means of transportation was developed that could allow for, at the time, rapid ...
WWII Semiauto Weapons, Stacking up the American M1 Garand, Soviet SVT-40 and German G43
The Second World War was one of great technological advances. It was first war to see the use of jet ...
Is It Real? Understanding Display or “Dummy Guns” as Collectibles
One of biggest reasons people collect firearms is for the joy in shooting them, but there is also a whole ...
Plastic, Fantastic Small Arms, A History of Toy Machine Guns
Today, even when you can find a “toy” machine gun for sale, it is bound to be bright plastic with ...
No Small Collection: The Rock Island Arsenal Museum’s Collection of Small Arms
A Browning 1919A1 .30 caliber machine gun (bottom) along with other World War II era small arms including a Browning ...
Prayer Rug Calls in the Big Guns
The backside of the Baluch rug shows the craftsmanship that went into its construction and the attention to detail. (Author's ...
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