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Gun Deductions III

June 10, 2014 Ian McCollum 18

One of our European correspondents, Bart, sent over a couple photos of a rifle excavated recently at the Ypres battlefield, looking to confirm an identification. Since we know some of the history behind it by […]

Girardoni Air Rifle (Video)

June 9, 2014 Ian McCollum 27

The Girardoni (also spelled Girandoni) air rifle was a very advanced design adopted in 1780 by the Austrian Army. While the standard arm of the day was a single-shot flintlock, the Girardoni offered a massive […]

Vintage Saturday: Deadly Beard

June 7, 2014 Ian McCollum 30

Momčilo Đujić, Chetnik commander during WWII – armed with a Yugoslav-contract ZB-30J light machine gun. (photo from Last Stand on Zombie Island)

Guns and Motorcycles: A Photo Essay

June 6, 2014 Ian McCollum 52

Presented without comment, because I am traveling today…

Stories of Interest

June 5, 2014 Ian McCollum 14

I have a number of items of interest that have come in just recently, and figured I’d put them all out today in place of a typical article. So… 1) I joined the Gun Nation […]

Chain Mail for Machine Gunners

June 4, 2014 Ian McCollum 21

Chain mail appeared in a couple different forms during World War I – the most well-known is probably the mail facemasks developed for tank crews. These were intended to protect crew members from steel shards […]

BAR Comparison: M1918 vs M1918A2

June 3, 2014 Ian McCollum 87

I was doing some reading up on the BAR, and some shooting with a semiauto Ohio Ordnance Works A3 model BAR recently, in addition to the recent 2-gun match we did with it. I got […]

M6 Gun Motor Carriage 37mm (Video)

June 2, 2014 Ian McCollum 17

The M6 Gun Motor Carriage was the first American tank destroyer of WWII – a 37mm antitank gun (basically identical to the M3 gun) mounted on the back of a Dodge 3/4 ton weapons carrier. […]

Vintage Saturday: Far From Home II

May 31, 2014 Ian McCollum 46

Senegalese Free French soldiers at the Battle of the Bulge in 1944, armed with a British Bren and an American 1903 Springfield. The helmets are American ones, emblazoned with the anchor emblem of the French […]

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