Tag: WWII

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. ...

Trailing end of the 100-round Mark I fabric belt for the Vickers Mark II, IV and V Land weapons. This ...

Chest, Ammunition Belt, Caliber 30 mounted with a water-cooled M1917A1 machine gun. (Courtesy Musée Mémorial des Combats de la Poche ...