Tag: WWI

By Michael Heidler - Shortly before the end of World War I, a few thousand pieces of the submachine gun ...

By Gabriel Coutinho de Gusmão - In my last article, Early Bolt-Action Rifle Conversions – Automatic Service Rifles on a ...

By Vittorio Vaglio - In 1918, it was clear that the Italian Royal Army needed an automatic rifle. Though the ...

By Robert G. Segel World War I German Model 1916 Stahlhelm (German for steel helmet) identified to the 15th Royal ...

By Jean Huon The Ribeyrolles rifle is fitted with a Chauchat bipod. From Bicycles to Ribeyrolles’ Automatic Weapons As early ...

By Frank Iannamico Despite Its High Cost, Millions Were Made for the U.S. and the Allies in WWII The Thompson ...

Finnish elite shooter badge for machine gun. This Finnish badge was issued to “Vailo-Ampuja” or “Elite Shooter” machine gunners. The first ...

By Robert G. Segel For centuries prior to the advent of firearms, a metal blade of some sort was the ...

British Lewis gun. By Robert G. Segel The iconic Lewis gun, invented by American Isaac Lewis, gained its fame in ...

The ubiquitous British Fairbairn-Sykes is a double-edged fighting knife developed by William Fairbairn and Eric Sykes while serving in China ...