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A reader named Robert sent us a few photos of captured weapons in Afghanistan – and we always enjoy seeing this sort of thing. First up, a Chinese Type 77 .50-cal machine gun. This uses a feed system copied form the DShK and locks with the same Degtyarev flap system as the DShK (as well [...] Can’t you just see these zipping around piles of burning tires in the streets of Copenhagen? Yep, it’s a 20mm Madsen automatic cannon – circa 1936. And check out that bull bar in front! Was this article worth 15 cents to you? For less than the cost of a newsstand gun magazine, you can [...] The Oerlikon 20mm anti-aircraft cannon was widely used by naval and air forces during World War II, by countries on both sides. It is a fairly well-recognized weapons, with a characteristic offset 60-round drum magazine. You might think that an automatic 20mm cannon would require a pretty secure locking mechanism to withstand the pressure from [...] |
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Dolf Goldsmith and his 37mm Bofors
Dolf Goldsmith is one of the coolest old-timer gun folks we’ve ever had the pleasure of meeting. Not only is he a bona fide expert on a wide range of firearms and a prolific author (having written the definitive books on the Maxim and Vickers guns and now five volumes on the Browning machine gun), [...]