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Gerat 06: Germany’s Incremental Steps Towards Roller Delay

October 15, 2025 Ian McCollum 26

The Gerät 06 is one of the steps in the development of the roller delay system that became H&K. The initial experiments involved replacing the flaps in a G43 rifle bolt with simpler rollers. In […]

GIGN’s Unique Bren 2 in 7.62×39: Counterterrorism and Hostage Rescue

October 13, 2025 Ian McCollum 21

GIGN – the “Group d’Intervention de la Gendarmerie Nationale” (Intervention Group of the National Gendarmerie) is the tip of the spear for French counterterrorism and major crime response. They are a relatively small (a few […]

ASh-78: Albania Makes the Worst AK

October 11, 2025 Ian McCollum 29

Check out Headstamp Publishing’s extensive catalog of excellent books: https://www.headstamppublishing.com/home-forgotten Albanian AKs are both pretty scarce to find outside Albania, and also a bit unusual in the AK field. Where most countries followed Russian AK […]

Forgotten SIGs: SIG Pro SP2009 & SP2022

October 10, 2025 Ian McCollum 1

In 1998, SIG released the SIG Pro SP2340, essentially a polymer framed P226 chambered for .40S&W. This was followed the next year by the SP2009; the same gun but in 9x19mm. These pistols proved quite […]

Type 85: China’s Special Forces SMG (Regular and Silenced Versions)

October 8, 2025 Ian McCollum 1

Jason Clower’s video on the development and use of the Type 85: The Type 85 was a submachine gun developed in the 1980s in China to replace the failure that was the Type 79. It […]

Soldier of Three Armies: Lauri Törni Biography Part 1 – Finland

October 3, 2025 Ian McCollum 3

Törni/Thorne shirts & patches: https://varusteleka.com/products/forgotten-weapons-lauri-torni-t-shirt-cotton “Born a Soldier: The Times and Life of Larry Thorne” by J. Michael Cleverley; recommended English language book on Thorne: https://amzn.to/3ZUjni4 Kari Kallonen’s book in Finnish is available here: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50744551-lauri-t-rni—mannerheim-ristin-ritari-ja-usa […]

Gerat 06: Germany’s Incremental Steps Towards Roller Delay

GIGN’s Unique Bren 2 in 7.62×39: Counterterrorism and Hostage Rescue

ASh-78: Albania Makes the Worst AK

Forgotten SIGs: SIG Pro SP2009 & SP2022

Type 85: China’s Special Forces SMG (Regular and Silenced Versions)

Soldier of Three Armies: Lauri Törni Biography Part 1 – Finland

Bommarito: America’s First Toggle-Locked Battle Rifle

An Interesting Silenced Bulgarian Makarov

BUG Match: Serbu Super Shorty vs MIL Thunder 5

Hotchkiss Model 1886 3-pounder Quick Firing Gun