Ian McCollum - Forgotten Weapons

Russian RG-6 Grenade Launcher and German Repair Depot Footage

July 11, 2014 Ian McCollum 11

Something new and something old today… From long-time contributor Hrachya, we have a Russian manual for the RG-6 grenade launcher. This is a pretty recent design, having gone into production in the 1990s. It fires […]

Book Review: United States Martial Pistols and Revolvers

July 10, 2014 Ian McCollum 20

Pre-WWI American handguns are an area that I am pretty weak in, and I’m working to remedy that. One of the initial resources I picked up was Arcadi Gluckman’s United States Martial Pistols and Revolvers. […]

North China Type 19

July 9, 2014 Ian McCollum 44

Many years prior to the attack on the US Navy that marks the beginning of World War II for the United States, the Empire of Japan had invaded China. This war of occupation was a […]

Rock Island Regional Auction – July 2014

July 8, 2014 Ian McCollum 21

Yep, it’s time for another Rock Island Regional Auction this coming weekend! These are typically less valuable guns than the Premier auctions, and most of the lots include multiple guns instead of just one. Sometimes […]

37mm Gun, Bethlehem, Semi-Automatic (Video)

July 7, 2014 Ian McCollum 11

The 37mm gun was found in many guises during World War One – that caliber was the smallest allowed to use exploding projectiles by the 1899 Hague accords. Every nation in the world, it seems, […]

Vintage Saturday: (not) SNLF

July 5, 2014 Ian McCollum 40

Japanese SNLF marines Chinese troops with SIG M1920 submachine guns. The SIG M1920 was a licensed copy of the German MP18/I, and SIG sold them to Japan in 7.63mm Mauser caliber. They were used by […]

Tab Clearing…

July 4, 2014 Ian McCollum 34

Happy Independence Day to all my American readers, and a happy Friday to everyone else! I’ve had a bunch of items come across my desk that aren’t really enough for their own posts,so I figured […]

Book Review: China’s Small Arms of the 2nd Sino-Japanese War

July 3, 2014 Ian McCollum 6

I picked up a copy of this book a couple years ago when Bin Shih first published it, but by the time I got around to doing a review it had sold out – so […]

PPS-43 Development Memo

July 2, 2014 Ian McCollum 18

Today, I’m swiping another document from the cool-but-stagnant Soviet Gun Archives. This time, it’s a memo requesting the development of what would become the PPS-43: As I haven’t had time to learn Russian yet, I […]

Vietnam’s Overburdened M16

July 1, 2014 Ian McCollum 81

by Tom Laemlein I’ve been working with Dale Dye of Warriors Inc. to put together a photo study on the infantry weapons of the Vietnam War. The conflict in Vietnam is particularly interesting for students […]