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Light MGs

The Chauchat: Shooting, History, and Tactics (Video)

September 14, 2015 Ian McCollum 77
I hope everyone had a successful weekend with the Rock Island auction that just ended! For those of you who still have some money left, there is a James D. Julia auction coming up in […]
Light MGs

RIA: Nambu Type 96 & Type 99 LMGs

September 3, 2015 Ian McCollum 37
The Type 96 and Type 99 Nambu light machine guns were arguably the best LMGs used by any nation during WWII – they were light, handy, accurate, durable, and reliable. Designed by Kijiro Nambu to […]
Light MGs

Soviet Experimental DPM-36 LMG Variations

August 11, 2015 Ian McCollum 26
From the Soviet Gun Archives blog, some photos of an experimental DPM-36 light machine gun (an improvement of the DP-28). Unfortunately, SGA does not list any source documents and my copy of Bolotin’s book doesn’t […]
IJA soldier in Chine with a Nambu Type 11 LMG and its tripod
Light MGs

Type 11 LMG w/ Tripod

August 4, 2015 Ian McCollum 28
Reader Blake sent me a couple very interesting photos recently, and they show a pretty unusual item – a Nambu Type 11 tripod. Blake is an American living with his Japanese wife in Japan, and […]
Heavy MGs

Slow Motion Video from the Pattern Room

July 28, 2015 Ian McCollum 25
As someone who is very interested in the practical handling of old firearms, the idea of gun museums leaves me a bit conflicted. On the one hand, I am absolutely in favor of guns being […]
Light MGs

Slow Motion: Swiss LMG-25

July 2, 2015 Ian McCollum 10
I had a cool Swiss viewer named Bjoern kindly send me this footage of a Swiss LMG25 machine gun firing – thanks, Bjoern! These guns are very rare in the US, and the only one […]
Belt-fed

Three Videos: Finland, Spain, and Hungary

May 25, 2015 Ian McCollum 30
From Vesamatti, a Finnish gunsmith student who reads the site, we have this neat video of a few older Finnish Army machine guns. The KP-31, KP-44, Sten, KVKK, and DP-27. Not guns we get all […]
No Picture
Light MGs

Mannlicher 1885 Semiauto Rifle

May 6, 2015 Ian McCollum 21
Ferdinand von Mannlicher’s Model 1885 self-loading rifle design as a failure, never seeing anything even resembling mass production. However, it was a failure which in many way set the stage for a huge number of […]
Anti-Tank Rifles

Aberdeen Proving Grounds Tests the Madsen in 7mm and 20mm

May 5, 2015 Ian McCollum 5
In October of 1940, the US proving ground at Aberdeen, Maryland conducted testing of both the Madsen light machine gun (in 7mm caliber) and the Madsen anti-tank/anti-aircraft cannon in 20mm. On November 8th it published […]
No Picture
Light MGs

Maxim 08/15 Bipod Positions

March 27, 2015 Ian McCollum 10
I got an email from a reader named Philip who is a fan and collector of Maxim guns, who put together an interesting video on the use of the bipod on the MG08/15. From his […]

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