Setting the Record Straight on the Fedorov Avtomat
Vladimir Grigoryevich Fedorov, born in 1874, would go on to create, disputedly, the first assault rifle in the world, the ...
Tag: WWI
Roth-Steyr M-1907: The Origin of the Rotary Barrel
The history of the Steyr Arms company of Austria, formerly known as Steyr-Mannlicher, and previously as Steyr-Daimler Puch, Steyr-Werke, and ...
The Indomitable Maxim Machine Gun: On the Ukrainian Front Lines Today at 100 Years Old
Incredibly, right now, both sides in the Russia-Ukraine war are reportedly using 100-year-old M1910 Maxim machine guns in large numbers. ...
Lebel Model 1886: the French Revolution of Service Rifles
by Pierangelo Tendas Designed in 1886 and adopted the following year by the French military, the Lebel Modèle 1886 has ...
The Sordid Tale of of World War I’s Burnt M1903 Springfield Receivers
By W. Jim Dickson In World War I, the U.S. discovered that some of the low numbered M1903 Springfield receivers ...
Fire Against the Enemy – The Flaming Bayonet for Trench Warfare
By Michael Heidler, All Photos: Springfield Armory NHS As the fronts hardened in World War I and little progress was ...
Germany’s Ultra Rare MG18 – The 13mm Maxim T.U.F.-MG “Tank und Fleigerabwehr” Machine Gun of WWI
By Jim Dickson When the tank first appeared on the WWI battlefields at the Somme on September 15, 1916, the ...
Where in the world is the Luger rifle?
by Gabriel Coutinho de Gusmão Due to its popularity in recent media, such as its appearance in the popular video ...
Some “Great War” Weapons in Posters
Compiled by Robert Bruce, SAR Military Affairs Editor Unfortunately, the word “propaganda” has come to be regarded as something bad; ...
Samuel McClean’s Automatic Rifle
One of the most famous machine guns of the World War I, the Lewis MG, was based on a basic ...
TRENDING STORIES
