Arisaka - Forgotten Weapons

Vintage Saturday: Motorized Type 38 Arisakas

July 21, 2012 Ian McCollum 11

If they all fire in the same direction simultaneously, that cart will exceed the maximum speed of a Type 89 medium tank. Okay, I’m exaggerating. A bit. (I know someone will chime in to defend […]

Thanks to all our readers!

June 26, 2012 Ian McCollum 17

I’d like to take a moment to thank everyone who has become a part of the community we’re building here at Forgotten Weapons. We have some folks with access to great photos and documents who […]

Japanese Infantry Weapons (World War II)

February 28, 2012 Ian McCollum 6

We usually stick to documents relating to a single specific weapon, but today we have an interesting report on a whole bunch of guns. Our friend Hrachya sent us a copy of a 1943 US […]

Video Book Review: Japanese Rifles of WWII, by Duncan McCollum

January 12, 2012 Ian McCollum 0

If you need a resource on the incremental changes to the major Japanese rifles over the course of WWII, Japanese Rifles of World War II is just the thing for you. Focusing on the Type […]

A Type 2 Arisaka and an Interview with Duncan McCollum

June 15, 2011 Ian McCollum 2

Today we have an interview with Duncan McCollum, author of Japanese Rifles of WWII – you may also recognize him from the Japanese weapons episode of Tales of the Gun on the History Channel. Mr […]