2015 - Forgotten Weapons

French Police Mini-14

January 11, 2015 Ian McCollum 68

Current events are not typically something that Forgotten Weapons is going to comment on, but the recent unpleasantness in France has brought to light a firearm that folks may find interesting – the Mousqueton AMD. […]

Vintage Saturday: Mitrailleuses

January 10, 2015 Ian McCollum 40

From left to right, a 1914 Hotchkiss, a captured German MG08, and a 1907 St. Etienne.

Tab Clearing

January 9, 2015 Ian McCollum 19

A few things that have backed up and are worth sharing… First off, I had the opportunity to be on a local radio program with my friends Karl and Aaron. It was a lot of […]

Slow Motion: Remington Model 11 Shotgun

January 8, 2015 Ian McCollum 29

Sporting shotguns are not normally something to catch my eye, but the Remington Model 11 is a bit different. It’s the first mass-produced semiauto shotgun in the world, it’s a John Browning design, and it’s […]

Jim Sullivan on the M16 in Vietnam

January 7, 2015 Ian McCollum 24

When I have the chance to interview Jim Sullivan, one of the original designers of the AR15, one of the subjects that came up (not surprisingly) was the record of failures of the M16 early […]

Hefah Machine Gun

January 6, 2015 Ian McCollum 26

The Hefah machine gun was a wartime expedient British light machine gun design. It was created by a private company (the Ductile Steel Company) in 1940, in response to a generalized concern that all LMG […]

US M3 37mm Antitank Gun (Video)

January 5, 2015 Ian McCollum 45

The M3 was the first real anti-tank gun adopted by the US military, and it was not formally adopted until 1940 – and was thoroughly obsolete in Europe by 1942. The initial design was based […]

Vintage Saturday: Child Labor

January 3, 2015 Ian McCollum 45

PPD-40 submachine guns being assembled by young girls.

Slow Motion: .303 Lewis Gun

January 2, 2015 Ian McCollum 30

A Lewis Gun, in .303 British, at 2000 frames per second: The Lewis Gun was developed by American Isaac Newton Lewis shortly before WWI, but the US military was not interested in it (in part […]