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RIA: G33/40 Gebirgstruppen Carbine

February 16, 2016 Ian McCollum 25
The G33/40 carbine was made by the excellent Czech factory at Brno under German occupation (between 1940 and 1942). It was essentially a copy of the Czech vz.33 carbine, and was specifically issued to the […]
Semiauto pistol

RIA: Radom’s Vis 35: Poland’s Excellent Automatic Pistol

February 9, 2016 Ian McCollum 23
In the 1920s Poland began looking for a new standard military pistol, and tested a variety of compact .380s. The representative from FN brought along an early iteration of the High Power (along with their […]
Bolt Action Rifles

RIA: Gewehr 29/40 Mauser

February 8, 2016 Ian McCollum 20
Over the next couple weeks we will be looking at several Polish firearms, and the first one is today: the G29/40. When German forces overran the arms factory in Radom, Poland, they captured in nearly […]
Submachine Guns

RIA: MP3008 Sten Copy

February 4, 2016 Ian McCollum 71
The MP 3008, aka Gerät Neumünster, was one of two German efforts to copy the British Sten gun. The first was the Gerät Potsdam (“gerät” meaning device or project; basically project code name), which was […]
Single Shot Rifles

RIA: Imperial Gewehr 71 (Video)

January 30, 2016 Ian McCollum 33
The Gewehr 1871 was the first rifle adopted by the newly-formed German state after its unification at the end of the Franco-Prussian War. It replaced the decades-old Dreyse needle rifles, and fired an 11x60mm black […]
Reproduction

A Note from Rick Smith of SMG Guns

January 17, 2016 Ian McCollum 8
Just wanted to pass along a cool photo and note I got from Rick Smith (the guy making reproduction FG-42 rifles) this morning: Hi All, Can’t say how this came about past it was almost […]
Semiauto Rifles

Mondragon 1908 Semiauto Rifles – 4 Different Examples (Video)

January 7, 2016 Ian McCollum 17
Best known as the first semiautomatic service rifle adopted by a mainstream military force, the 1908 Mondragon was designed by Mexican native Manuel Mondragon, manufactured by SIG in Switzerland, and adopted by the Mexican Army […]
Schlegelmilch automatic pistol
Prototype

Schlegelmilch Automatic Pistol

January 6, 2016 Ian McCollum 25
Aside from being one of the more unfortunately-named early repeating pistols, the Schlegelmilch is also one of the earliest and more unusual mechanically. It also the only example I am familiar with of a pistol […]
German soldier cleaning his rifle
Bolt Action Rifles

Vintage Saturday: Harried

January 2, 2016 Ian McCollum 27
This guy has clearly been through a lot. Note the G41(W) or G43 in the background.
Military Thought (USSR): Some Points on the Status and Development of Small Arms (1965, English translation)
Light MGs

A Soviet Look at Cold War Small Arms Development

December 29, 2015 Ian McCollum 77
I have covered various elements of small arms development during the Cold War more than a few times – usually involving the contentious process that led to the 7.62mm NATO cartridge being adopted, and the […]

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