Ian McCollum - Forgotten Weapons

Type 11 Nambu LMG Disassembly (Video)

August 4, 2014 Ian McCollum 25

Thanks to the hospitality of the National WWII Museum in New Orleans, we had a chance to examine and disassemble a Japanese Type 11 light machine gun. This is, of course, the very unusual hopper-fed […]

Vintage Saturday: Resupply

August 2, 2014 Ian McCollum 42

Mark (a dog ammunition carrier) delivers ammo to a Bren gun team, Eastern Command 20 August 1941.

C96 High-Speed Video and Smith-Condit article

August 1, 2014 Ian McCollum 11

Now that I have this high speed camera to use, I am going to be making high-speed video a regular weekly feature, at least until I run out of guns to film this way. Today’s […]

Takin’ the Day Off (Sort Of)

July 31, 2014 Ian McCollum 51

It’s my birthday today, and I am indulging with a day off. Which I will be spending by playing with a new No4 Enfield sniper and doing some video work for the upcoming Secret Project. […]

Mystery Rifle

July 30, 2014 Ian McCollum 111

I received a batch of photos from a European reader asking if I could identify the gun in them, and I have found myself stumped. The reader thought this might be a G41, but it […]

Hagen Rifle

July 29, 2014 Ian McCollum 15

One of the very first things I posted here on Forgotten Weapons was an article on a French rifle called the Hagen (it was designed by a Norwegian). I posted an article on it written […]

Krupp 50mm Mountain Gun (Thai Model 1902)

July 28, 2014 Ian McCollum 22

We’re taking a look at another artillery piece today, a 50mm mountain gun made for Siam (now Thailand) by the German Krupp company. It is a relatively simple (and thus relatively inexpensive at the time) […]

Vintage Saturday: Cold

July 26, 2014 Ian McCollum 16

Finnish soldier with an LS-26 light machine gun, 1940.

Slow Motion Schwarzlose 1908

July 25, 2014 Ian McCollum 34

I am getting high speed footage of a bunch of interesting pistols right off the bat now that I have my Edgertronic camera, and one that has been on my list ever since I first […]

Testing the New Lightweight Rifles (1959)

July 24, 2014 Ian McCollum 38

Between December 1, 1958 and March 22, 1959, the ranges at the Hunter Liggett Military Reservation were the scene of an impressively comprehensive set of trials. The Army wanted to know what effect the new […]