Tag: WWII

Production M3 submachine gun. The Guide Lamp Division of General Motors, the prime contractor, produced 606,694 of the weapons during ...

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 Frank Iannamico Above: An early Patchett machine carbine, with its stock in a folded position. The first Patchetts were ...

New Caledonia, South Pacific, 24 September 1945. An Army bazooka team demonstrates loading the improved M6A1 rocket in the M1A1 ...

Circa 1950, a U.S. soldier strikes a threatening pose with an M3A1 "grease gun." By Frank Iannamico Brief History of ...

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 ...

WW2 reenactor with FG42 at the ready. By Oleg Volk The FG42 rifle from SMG Guns is a unique design. ...