Machine Guns - Forgotten Weapons

Reffye Mitrailleuse (Video)

May 20, 2015 Ian McCollum 40

The mitrailleuse was one of the early types of mechanical machine gun, along with the Gatling, Gardner, Nordenfelt, and others. “Mitrailleuse” is actually a general name for a volley gun – one with many barrels […]

Experimental Fiat-Revelli Magazine

May 18, 2015 Ian McCollum 16

Apologies; we have a pretty brief post today. I’ve been moving into a new house and things got a bit hectic. At any rate, I did happen to notice this photo from Max Popenker of […]

Vintge Saturday: Holding Things Down

May 9, 2015 Ian McCollum 19

German soldier using his body weight to stabilize an MG34 on an anti-aircraft tripod.

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 […]

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 […]

Vintage Saturday: Commando, Eh?

May 2, 2015 Ian McCollum 42

Canadian Commando with a Lanchester SMG. It wasn’t only the Japanese who put huge bayonets on subguns! I do wonder how awkward it would get to use Lanchester mags, with their 50-round capacity. Notice the […]

Backlog of Video!

April 28, 2015 Ian McCollum 13

While I have been posting daily videos from the recent series of Rock Island Auction material, I have also been publishing the occasional video on InRange TV – and some of those would probably be […]

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 […]

Type 92 Japanese HMG at James D Julia

March 10, 2015 Ian McCollum 29

The Type 92 was the final iteration of a machine gun that began as the Model 1897 Hotchkiss HMG made in France. The Japanese army purchased many of these guns, and then produced their own […]