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Artillery

A Gun For Aiming: M8C .50 Caliber Spotting Rifle

May 6, 2022 Ian McCollum 25

The M8C is a .50 caliber self-loading rifle designed to mount on top of the 106mm M40 recoilless rifle. The recoilless rifle creates a massive signature when fired, and so it is imperative that operators […]

Light MGs

The Finnish RPK: Valmet 78 at the Range

May 5, 2022 Ian McCollum 14

Valmet designed the M78 hoping to sell it to the Finnish military as an equivalent to the RPK, but it was not adopted. Instead, they were old a semiautos on the commercial market. Because this […]

Belt-fed

Rheinmetall MG42/59: The Slow-Fire Commercial MG42

May 4, 2022 Ian McCollum 66

After World War Two, when West Germany was allowed to reconstitute its army and join NATO, it needed small arms. The new Bundeswehr chose the MG42 as it’s standard GPMG, and the Rheinmetall firm undertook […]

Bolt Action Rifles

1930s German Rearmament: JP Sauer’s Pre-K98k Rifle

May 2, 2022 Ian McCollum 14

When the German Army announced in 1934 that it would be adopting a new standard rifle, the JP Sauer company jumped at the chance to submit a model for consideration. Auger has a complete production […]

Slow motion

A Belgian Sten Replacement: Vigneron M2 at the Range

April 30, 2022 Ian McCollum 14

The Vigneron was adopted to replace the Sten in Belgian service – so is it actually better than the Sten? In my opinion, yes. The sights and overall handling are better. The pistol grip is […]

Submachine Guns

Vigneron M2: Belgium’s Little-Known Post-War SMG

April 29, 2022 Ian McCollum 24

After World War Two, the Belgian military wanted to replace its many Sten guns with a better standard SMG. The solution was designed by Colonel Georges Vigneron in 1953, and adopted by all branches of […]

Bayonet

Reject Modernity; Embrace Tradition: The Type 95 Shin Gunto

April 28, 2022 Ian McCollum 9

“Swords of the Emperor” still available for discounted preorder – get your copy today! https://www.headstamppublishing.com/swords When Japan opened up to the outside world and began to industrialize in the late 1800s, it instituted major military […]

Accessories

HK Ziel Punkt Projektor: A Flashlight For Aiming

April 27, 2022 Ian McCollum 23

In the late 1970s, H&K partnered with Hensoldt to create the ZP/AP (Ziel/Aiming; Projektor/Projector) and then ZPP/APP (Ziel/Aiming; Punkt/Point; Projektor/Projector). This was essentially a calibrated flashlight with an aiming point and pressure switch. It projected […]

No Picture
Video

Origins of a Book: Japanese Swords with Nic Jenzen-Jones & Stephen Weese

April 26, 2022 Ian McCollum 2

Nic Jenzen-Jones and Stephen Weese talk today about some of the background of Headstamp Publications’ newest book, “SWORDS OF THE EMPEROR: A Guide to the Identification of Imperial Japanese Swords, 1873 – 1945”. Nic and […]

Submachine Guns

Swedish K Comparison: Model m/45 v m/45B

April 25, 2022 Ian McCollum 15

https://youtu.be/gAPqM0M2Vec Since I have the rather unusual opportunity to examine both the early Swedish m/45 and the improved m/45B at the same time, I figured this would be a good opportunity for a video. There […]

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