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Month: March 2012

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Vintage photo

Vintage Saturday: Type 11 Nambu

March 31, 2012 Ian McCollum 2

That contemplative stare is him trying to figure out how to fire the gun, hold the hopper cover open, and load clips into the gun simultaneously with only two hands.

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Light MGs

Japanese Type 11 Nambu LMG

March 30, 2012 Ian McCollum 6

Kojiro Nambu, one of Japan’s most prolific arms designers, developed the Type 11 light machine gun as an adaptation of his previous Type 3 HMG design. The Type 11 uses a distinctive hopper feed, and […]

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Book review

Book Review: Pale Horse Coming, by Stephen Hunter

March 29, 2012 Ian McCollum 3

Anyone who hasn’t read Stephen Hunter’s work is really missing out on some great gunnie fiction. Most of his books are based on the characters of Earl Swagger (WWII Medal of Honor winner) or his […]

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Manuals

German Infantry Weapons (World War II)

March 28, 2012 Ian McCollum 2

A little while back, we posted a US military booklet on Japanese Infantry Weapons from WWII, and today we have a similar booklet on German Infantry Weapons of WWII (also thanks to our friend Hrachya). […]

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Uncategorized

So Many Collections, So Little Time

March 27, 2012 Ian McCollum 12

There are so many amazing collections out there that we need to see, and so little time to do it…     It’s all out there, if you know who to ask and can take […]

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Submachine Guns

Bergmann MP32 photos

March 26, 2012 Ian McCollum 3

We have a gallery of photos not of a Bergmann MP32 submachine gun, to add to the manuals already posted on the Bergmann MP32 page in the Vault: The bolt handle on the MP32 does […]

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Vintage photo

Vintage Saturday: A Gattling Gun Crew

March 24, 2012 Ian McCollum 1

  Look closely, and you can see the paraphernalia of Trapdoor Springfield rifles – cartridge belts full of .45-70, and socket bayonets on the belts as well.

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Book review

Book Review: Collector’s Guide to Imperial Japanese Handguns 1893-1945

March 23, 2012 Ian McCollum 2

Most folks are not familiar with the variety of Japanese handguns available beyond the basic Type 94 and Type 14 Nambus. James Brown’s guide to these guns is an excellent source of information, covering the […]

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Semiauto Rifles

Mystery Gun – Model 58

March 22, 2012 Ian McCollum 10

We received an excellent gallery of photos from a reader named Roberto, showing an interesting rifle that he could not identify. After some searching, we have decided that we have no idea what it is […]

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Light MGs

French 1923 LMG Trials Report

March 21, 2012 Ian McCollum 2

In 1923, the French military held a light machine gun trial to choose a weapon to replace the CSRG Chauchat. The trials involved weapons evaluations both by an expert committee and by 9 regiments testing […]

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