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Sniper Rifles

Vintage Saturday: Scharfschützen

July 27, 2013 Ian McCollum 31
German snipers of the Hermann Goering Division in Bautzen, 1945. Most have scoped G43 rifles, but the man at the far left has an MP41 (and a paratrooper helmet) and the third man from the […]
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Bolt Action Rifles

Vintage Saturday: The Not-French Resistance

July 20, 2013 Ian McCollum 22
Soviet guerrillas in the Crimea, with a few different types of rifles. Just women in the main shot, but there are men in the background as well.
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Vintage Saturday: Comparing Gear

July 13, 2013 Ian McCollum 25
Russian and American troops linking up to fight the Germans. Note the variety of weapons – Browning 1917A1, M1 Carbine with grenade launcher, M38 Mosin carbine, PPS-43, and let’s not forget the emergency grenade on […]
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Bolt Action Rifles

Vintage Saturday: You Sent Us What?

July 6, 2013 Ian McCollum 34
Italy sent a bunch of surplus 7.35mm Carcano carbines to Finland as military aid against the USSR – these Finns are pulling them right out of the shipping crates (note the “KAL 7/35” on the […]
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Rocket launcher

Vintage Saturday: Because Size Does Matter

June 15, 2013 Ian McCollum 34
US soldier inspecting a German Panzerschreck (left) and a US 2.36″ Bazooka (right).
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Heavy MGs

Vintage Saturday: Rank Hath its Privileges

June 1, 2013 Ian McCollum 33
A Soviet M1910 Maxim (early version, without the snow cap) on the Mannerheim Line, 1940.
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Heavy MGs

Vintage Saturday: Indirect Fire

May 25, 2013 Ian McCollum 32
British troops in the Netherlands (Overloon, specifically) using a Vickers for indirect fire. In addition to the copious empty brass, belts, ammo boxes, and spare condensing can, note the angle of the dial sight relative […]
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Light MGs

Vintage Saturday: Too Sexy For My Shirt

May 18, 2013 Ian McCollum 24
Greek soldiers practicing antiaircraft fire with a model 1926 Hotchkiss LMG – note the AA extension on the tripod. Thank to Di for the photo!
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Submachine Guns

Vintage Saturday: Tacticool Suomi

May 11, 2013 Ian McCollum 30
Finnish soldiers, photo found by Leszek at the Finnish Winter War Archive. The fellow on the left has a holstered Lahti L35 pistol, while the gent on the right has an early Suomi m/31 SMG.
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Vintage Saturday: Faye Schulman

May 4, 2013 Ian McCollum 35
Faye Schulman was born in the small Polish town of Lenin in 1919 to a large Jewish family. After the German attack on Russia, the town was occupied, and in August 1942 the town’s roughly […]

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