Artillery - Forgotten Weapons

Need a Gunsmithing Project?

May 14, 2013 Ian McCollum 19

As you may have noticed, Defense Distributed has been in the news quite a bit in the last few days since the State Department decided that their posting of single-shot pistol plans violates ITAR regulations. […]

Book Review: A Gun For All Nations

May 9, 2013 Ian McCollum 3

I ran across a mention of this book while trying to find some information on this 37mm Hotchkiss machine gun – and this book was the only reference I could find any mention of it […]

Dolf Goldsmith on $5 Finnish Mortars

April 8, 2013 Ian McCollum 4

We have another piece today from our interview with Dolf Goldsmith, this time on the subject of $5 Finnish mortars used for fun and profit. Well, actually just for fun. To clarify one of Dolf’s […]

Vintage Saturday: Desolation

March 23, 2013 Ian McCollum 20

US soldiers of the 23rd Infantry with a 37mm M1916 Infantry Gun in France, circa 1918.

Vintage Saturday: Stinkin’ Badges

March 16, 2013 Ian McCollum 22

Published in Osprey’s “The Mexican Revolution 1910-20” book, this photo postcard shows a very rare Hotchkiss 37mm automatic cannon. It was designed to compete with the Vickers Pom-Pom, and apparently was only bought in small […]

Dolf Goldsmith on Crimes with Destructive Devices

December 27, 2012 Ian McCollum 2

For those folks who have been asking about Dolf’s health, we are very happy to report that he is recovering quite well from surgery, and is as active and upbeat as always. While some of […]

“Enemy Weapons” of Germany – Part V

October 5, 2012 Ian McCollum 5

Don’t forget, there are still several days to enter our DVD giveaway – we’re giving away two copies of our recent Machine Gun Manuals DVD (worth forty bucks each!) – and you can get one!. […]

Vintage Saturday: 2.95″ Vickers Mountain Gun

May 19, 2012 Ian McCollum 5

An American crew with a Vickers Sons & Maxim 2.95″ Mountain Gun in the Philippines. These were pressed into service against the Japanese as late as WWII…

Automatic cannon in the news

April 10, 2012 Ian McCollum 2

A couple piece of cannon news for you today, from fellow bloggers… Nic at The Rogue Adventurer has an interesting post on a Romanian AA cannon found being used in Libya. While it looks […]

Hotchkiss Revolving Cannon tests

April 6, 2012 Ian McCollum 2

Today we have a copy of an official US testing report on the Hotchkiss Revolving Cannon (a 37mm / 1.5″ model). The testing was carried out between September 1876 and February 1877 at Sandy Hook […]