2012 - Forgotten Weapons

Photos of 1950s Light Rifle Prototypes

September 14, 2012 Ian McCollum 13

In the aftermath of World War II, there was a significant amount of effort put into deciding what rifles would be used by the post-war Allied armies. The UK and US wanted commonality, but couldn’t […]

Upcoming Coolness

September 13, 2012 Ian McCollum 12

Sorry guys – I don’t have a book review for you today – I’ve spent most of the last week hanging out with Oleg Volk working on a cool video project. However, I would point […]

Brazilian INA M953 Submachine Gun

September 12, 2012 Ian McCollum 11

We’re happy to have another article by Ronaldo Olive today (reprinted with his permission – and originally found in Harris Publications’ SPECIAL WEAPONS FOR MILITARY & POLICE, 1991) – this time on the INA 953, […]

Military Hardware in Civilian Hands

September 11, 2012 Ian McCollum 33

It appears that H&K, along with certain magazine editors who should know when to keep their mouths shut, are seriously concerned about the repercussions of mere civilians having possession of the fancy new military technology […]

Five-Barrel Nordenfelt Video

September 10, 2012 Ian McCollum 14

While we were visiting the Institute of Military Technology, we took a few minutes to check out their two 5-barrel Nordenfelt guns and chat with Joe from GardnerGuns.com about them. The Nordenfelt was one of […]

Vintage Saturday: Easy Rider

September 8, 2012 Ian McCollum 6

The gun is an LMG-25…and I have no idea what the bike is.

Italian Fiat-Revelli Modello 1914

September 7, 2012 Ian McCollum 1

Since we looked at the Breda Model 30 a couple days ago, it seems appropriate to also take a look at another early Italian machine gun: the Fiat-Revelli M1914. Italy had been an early adopter […]

Book Review: Italy’s Battle Rifle

September 6, 2012 Ian McCollum 7

We just got in a copy of Russ Arendell and Steve Woodrum’s new book on the Carcano, Italy’s Battle Rifle: Story of the Mannlicher-Carcano Series of Rifles. It’s the most useful reference book on the Carcano […]

Breda Model 30 LMG

September 5, 2012 Ian McCollum 25

The Breda Model 30 was the standard Italian light machine gun of World War II, and is a serious contender for “worst machine gun ever”. Yes, given the choice we would prefer to have a […]

Madsens and Mystery Rifles with the Rio Police

September 4, 2012 Ian McCollum 49

We have a couple cool items from Ronaldo Olive today. In response to some comments on the Brazilian PASAM Mauser pistols, he sent over these photos of the Rio de Janeiro military police with Madsen […]