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Springfield 1903 sniper w/ Warner & Swasey M1913 scope
Bolt Action Rifles

Vintage Saturday: Sniper

December 5, 2015 Ian McCollum 56
Springfield 1903 sniper w/ Warner & Swasey M1913 scope, photo taken in 1918. Note the camouflage pain on the stock, and the distinctive cruciform grasping knob on the range adjustment of the scope.
Rocket launcher

Vintage Saturday: Seeds of an Idea

November 7, 2015 Ian McCollum 84
Point at Panzer, press button…
German Freikorps arraying with flamethrowers during the 1919 Spartacist revolt in Berlin
Flamethrower

Vintage Saturday: Serious Riot Control

October 31, 2015 Ian McCollum 63
Nothing says “Disperse!” like flamethrowers and grenades…
No Picture
Bolt Action Rifles

Vintage Saturday: Mr. Lee Goes to China

October 24, 2015 Ian McCollum 51
Note the bandoliers of individual cartridges – these Lee-Metfords predate the adoption of charger clips, and would have been reloading one round at a time.
Chinese man with a Liberator pistol
Handgun

Vintage Saturday: Liberator

October 17, 2015 Ian McCollum 54
Photo taken by John Brunner outside OSS headquarters in Kunming, 1945.
Panzerschreck crew using an RPzB-54
Rocket launcher

Vintage Saturday: Armor Terror

August 8, 2015 Ian McCollum 42
Technically speaking, Raketenpanzerbüchse 54, inspired by the US Bazooka.
IJA soldier in Chine with a Nambu Type 11 LMG and its tripod
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Type 11 LMG w/ Tripod

August 4, 2015 Ian McCollum 28
Reader Blake sent me a couple very interesting photos recently, and they show a pretty unusual item – a Nambu Type 11 tripod. Blake is an American living with his Japanese wife in Japan, and […]
French officer with a Lebel rifle and barrel-mounted light
Vintage photo

Vintage Saturday Correction: Spare a Light?

August 2, 2015 Ian McCollum 37
Long-time reader and commenter Eon took a closer look at yesterday’s photo and recognized what I had not – it isn’t a line-throwing rifle, it’s a light mounted under the barrel. His comment in full: […]
French officer with a Lebel rifle and barrel-mounted light
Bolt Action Rifles

Vintage Saturday: Throw Me a Line!

August 1, 2015 Ian McCollum 25
Irish troops unpacking a new Boys Anti-Tank Rifle
Anti-Tank Rifles

Vintage Saturday: Big Boys Toy

July 25, 2015 Ian McCollum 37
The Republic of Ireland opted to copy the German WWI Stahlhelm design rather than use British Brodie-style helmets. Until 1940, anyway, and I think it’s pretty clear why they changed. The rifle here, of course, […]

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