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Bolt Action Rifles

Vintage Saturday: More Anti-Aircraft

March 21, 2015 Ian McCollum 37
Soviet snipers train at ranging aircraft with 91/30 PU rifles.
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Semiauto Rifles

Vintage Friday: Russians

February 20, 2015 Ian McCollum 37
Russian troops with SVT-40 rifles in a particularly photogenic framing. My book review planned for today isn’t quite done yet, so I’m changing up the schedule a bit.
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Medium MGs

Vintage Saturday: Why They Make Tripods Like That

January 24, 2015 Ian McCollum 38
Waffen-SS soldier manning a Czech ZB-37 machine gun on its tripod. Note that the articulated tripod legs have been put to good use mounting the gun up on a large rock that offers some cover […]
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Heavy MGs

Vintage Saturday: Mitrailleuses

January 10, 2015 Ian McCollum 40
From left to right, a 1914 Hotchkiss, a captured German MG08, and a 1907 St. Etienne.
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Bolt Action Rifles

Vintage Saturday: Second-Rate Spoils

December 20, 2014 Ian McCollum 60
German troops with captured Mosin Nagant rifles (and one SVT-40).
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Heavy MGs

Vintage Saturday: Legs and Wheels

December 13, 2014 Ian McCollum 18
Imperial Russian gun crew with a 1905 Maxim on an early Sokolov tripod mount.
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Heavy MGs

Vintage Saturday: Crew-Served

November 8, 2014 Ian McCollum 35
German WWI Landwehr unit posing with an MG08.
US troops demonstrating use of an M1916 37mm gun
Artillery

Vintage Saturday: Fire Support

November 1, 2014 Ian McCollum 39
One of the photos that didn’t make the cut for the 2015 Forgotten Weapons Calendar: US troops demonstrating use of an M1916 37mm gun. Note how the ammo is supplied on a cloth belt – […]
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Bolt Action Rifles

Vintage Saturday: Mujahideen

October 25, 2014 Ian McCollum 47
Mujahideen fighters in Afghanistan during the 1980s. Mostly armed with SMLEs, but I see at least one No4 Enfield in there as well (and the AKM, of course – which appears to have a 40-round […]
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Heavy MGs

Vintage Saturday: Assorted Machine Guns

October 18, 2014 Ian McCollum 21
An assortment of machine guns from the Russian civil war. Pretty much one of everything in there – a Russian 1905 Maxim, German MG08, Austrian Schwarzlose 07/12, Colt 1895 “Potato Digger”, M1915 Chauchat, Madsen LMG, […]

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