Germany - Forgotten Weapons

Krupp 50mm Mountain Gun (Thai Model 1902)

July 28, 2014 Ian McCollum 22

We’re taking a look at another artillery piece today, a 50mm mountain gun made for Siam (now Thailand) by the German Krupp company. It is a relatively simple (and thus relatively inexpensive at the time) […]

Slow Motion Schwarzlose 1908

July 25, 2014 Ian McCollum 34

I am getting high speed footage of a bunch of interesting pistols right off the bat now that I have my Edgertronic camera, and one that has been on my list ever since I first […]

The P.08 Luger and 1860 Army in Slow Motion

July 22, 2014 Ian McCollum 20

With my handy new high-speed video camera, I’ve started taking some footage of interesting guns operating. First up is the Luger: The camera will do 500 frames/sec at very high quality, and just under 18,000 […]

Vintage Saturday: Testing

July 12, 2014 Ian McCollum 30

West German soldier test firing a Dutch-made Armalite AR-10 (designated G4) during trial at Meppen in 1957. It lost out to the G1 FAL, which in turn was replaced by the H&K G3 when licensing […]

Russian RG-6 Grenade Launcher and German Repair Depot Footage

July 11, 2014 Ian McCollum 11

Something new and something old today… From long-time contributor Hrachya, we have a Russian manual for the RG-6 grenade launcher. This is a pretty recent design, having gone into production in the 1990s. It fires […]

Rock Island Regional Auction – July 2014

July 8, 2014 Ian McCollum 21

Yep, it’s time for another Rock Island Regional Auction this coming weekend! These are typically less valuable guns than the Premier auctions, and most of the lots include multiple guns instead of just one. Sometimes […]

Vintage Saturday: Trench Mag

June 14, 2014 Ian McCollum 33

German sentry in the trenches during September 1916 with a periscope and a Gewehr 98 equipped with an extended 20-round trench magazine.

Ammunition Documents III

June 11, 2014 Ian McCollum 4

Continuing through the trove of ammunition documents we recently got from Robert, we have three more manuals for you today. These are getting a bit more specific in their topics as we move through the […]

Shooting the MG-34 and MG-42

May 12, 2014 Ian McCollum 62

The MG-34 and MG-42 machine guns were the mainstay of German infantry (and vehicle) firepower during World War II, and it will take several videos to properly cover them. For now, we are shooting them […]

Experimental German 08/18 Maxim SMG

May 9, 2014 Ian McCollum 92

From Max Popenker, we have a set of photos of a very funky German submachine gun from the first world war (presumably 1918). The weapon is currently in possession of the weapon design department at […]