Ian McCollum - Forgotten Weapons

SS-Contract Walther PP and PPK Pistols

January 6, 2020 Ian McCollum 35

Today, courtesy of Tom from Legacy Collectibles, we are taking a look at Walther PP and PPK pistols made specifically for the SS and RSHA. These guns comprised several special contracts, distinct from general military […]

Soviet 122mm D30 Cannon

January 4, 2020 Ian McCollum 31

The D30 is a Soviet 122mm multi-role gun introduced in the 1960s and still in use around the world today. It has a somewhat unusual 3-leg mount that is slower to set up than a […]

H&K’s Experimental SMG and SMG II for the US Navy

January 3, 2020 Ian McCollum 31

In the 1980s, the US Navy requested a new submachine gun to replace the MP5 then in use. In particular, the Navy wanted a gun that was optimized for use with a suppressor. H&K built […]

Chatting About Cannons & Tanks with Glenn Fleming

January 2, 2020 Ian McCollum 42

When I arrived at DriveTanks.com down in Texas, I was happily surprised to find my old acquaintance Glenn Fleming working there as lead gunsmith. Glenn and I first met on the set of a certain […]

State of the Channel 2020

January 1, 2020 Ian McCollum 18

Time to begin another year of Forgotten Weapons! It’s going to be another good one, with a great variety of guns from an assortment of collections, museums, and auction houses. I am stepping back slightly […]

SIG 550-1 Sniper: Answering a Question Nobody Asked

December 31, 2019 Ian McCollum 15

Today at the Kessler auction house in Kreuzlingen Switzerland, we are taking a look at a SIG 550-1 Sniper model. This is mechanically a SIG 550, aka Sturmgewehr 90, but made to a very high […]

USMC Stinger Machine Gun: Medal of Honor on Iwo Jima

December 30, 2019 Ian McCollum 45

Corporal Tony Stein United States Marine Corps Reserve For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty while serving with Company A, First Battalion, Twenty-Eighth Marines, […]

Book Review: Weapons Mounts for Secondary Armament

December 29, 2019 Ian McCollum 12

Weapon Mounts for Secondary Armament is a nearly 1200-page reference on all manner of machine gun mounting systems for tanks, aircraft,t light vehicles, and ground mounts. The book was commissioned in 1957 by the Detroit […]

Erquiaga EM-62: Castro’s Ex-Armorer Makes an M14

December 28, 2019 Ian McCollum 28

Juan Erquiaga was a Peruvian Army officer who was introduced to Gordon Ingram and the Police Ordnance Company, probably during Ingram’s time working on sales of the Model 6 submachine gun to Peru. Erquiaga first […]

EOKA Cut-Down Beretta 38 SMG

December 27, 2019 Ian McCollum 28

This cut-down Beretta Model 38/44 submachine gun was made by the EOKA (Ethniki Organosis Kyprion Agoniston) terrorist group, which fought in the late 1950s for Cyprus to be reunified with Greece, instead of being a […]