Submachine Guns
Bergmann MP32 photos
We have a gallery of photos not of a Bergmann MP32 submachine gun, to add to the manuals already posted on the Bergmann MP32 page in the Vault: The bolt handle on the MP32 does […]
Machine Guns
Light MGs
French 1923 LMG Trials Report
In 1923, the French military held a light machine gun trial to choose a weapon to replace the CSRG Chauchat. The trials involved weapons evaluations both by an expert committee and by 9 regiments testing […]
Light MGs
Eriksen Machine Gun
Sometimes, there is just no good reason to build a gun design, and the Eriksen machine gun is a good example. A sample of the Eriksen machine gun was sent to the CISA (Chief Inspector […]
Light MGs
T52E3 – An M60 Prototype
There is no doubt that German machine guns of World War II were superior to American machine guns of the period. The BAR, with its 20-round magazine and fixed barrel was much under-equipped for use […]
Light MGs
Tonight on Top Shot: the BAR
I really enjoy watching Top Shot, and the BAR will be great fun to see tonight on the show. Yes, it’s a reality TV show, and yes, I would fast forward through the drama given […]
Aircraft MGs
Assessment of the Schwarzlose M1907
A pointed account of the Schwarzlose M1907 aircraft machine gun, from John Biggins’ hilarious description of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in WWI, The Two-Headed Eagle (The Otto Prohaska Novels): The 8mm Schwarzlose had been the Austro-Hungarian […]
Submachine Guns
SIG MP46/MP48/MP310
Starting in the 1920s, SIG Neuhausen tried to develop a popular submachine gun, with little success. To a significant extent, I think the Swiss manufacturing philosophy was just not well adapted to the world standard […]
Submachine Guns
Bergmann MP32
The MP32 (also known as the Bergmann Machine Pistol 32 or BMP32) was designed by Emil Bergmann, son of noted German designer Theodore Bergmann. The first batch of guns were made by the Danish firm […]
Light MGs
Dror Anecdote – and Upcoming Events
The Forgotten Weapons reference library has a lot of books in it, on a variety of topics. We have machine gun books, muzzleloader books, gunsmithing books, bayonet books, machining books, and more. But I think […]
Light MGs
Israeli Dror LMG
I’ve always been interested in Israeli firearms, because that nation has had more need to actually use their arms in combat in the past 50 or 60 years than almost any other nation. Couple that […]