Submachine Guns - Forgotten Weapons

Experimental Thompson Stock

December 7, 2012 Ian McCollum 13

Sorry, things are a bit light this week – more good stuff coming next week. For today, I have an interesting Aberdeen Proving Grounds catalog photo of an experimental stock for the Thompson SMG. Presumably […]

Brazil’s Uru SMG

November 23, 2012 Ian McCollum 10

Rough, Rugged, Reliable! by Ronaldo Olive (originally published in Harris Publications’ FULL AUTO magazine) Think of a World War II military Jeep for a moment. Okay? Now,, what have you got in your mind?I can […]

Comparison Video: MP41 & Beretta 38/44

November 5, 2012 Ian McCollum 8

We had the chance to shoot a couple of the lesser-known submachine guns used in World War II, a German MP41 and an Italian Beretta 38/44. Both are pretty typically submachine guns, firing 9mm Luger […]

Reising M55 SMG Video

October 22, 2012 Ian McCollum 9

The Reising series are some of the forgotten weapons the were formally adopted by the US military and used during WWII without getting much attention today, being overshadowed by the Thompson and M3 Grease Gun. […]

Japanese Model II-A SMG

October 17, 2012 Ian McCollum 7

Japanese submachine guns are a particularly unknown corner of firearms history – the most common model is the Type 100, and ever it is exceedingly rare today. So we were pretty interested when we found […]

“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: Overkill

September 29, 2012 Ian McCollum 11

The German has a rather uncommon Erma MP-35, and judging from the can the unfortunate fellow in the grass was carrying magazines for a DP-28.

Finnish Jatimatic SMG

September 17, 2012 Ian McCollum 14

The Jatimatic was a Finnish submachine gun intended for bodyguards and private security forces. It was designed in the 1980s, and never achieved much success despite having some interesting and clever features. The bolt is […]

Brazilian INA M953 Submachine Gun

September 12, 2012 Ian McCollum 11

We’re happy to have another article by Ronaldo Olive today (reprinted with his permission – and originally found in Harris Publications’ SPECIAL WEAPONS FOR MILITARY & POLICE, 1991) – this time on the INA 953, […]

Hotchkiss Universal Video

August 27, 2012 Ian McCollum 12

The Hotchkiss Universal is a pretty interesting submachine gun, despite its rather clumsy appearance. The overriding design intent was to make a very compact folding carbine, and Hotchiss certainly met that objective. However, the gun […]