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Book Review: Japanese Military Cartridge Handguns 1893-1945

August 30, 2012 Ian McCollum 4

Yesterday, we took a look at the Japanese Hamada pistol from World War II – a very rare piece that is extremely difficult to find information on. The only reason we were able to provide […]

Japanese Hamada Pistol

August 29, 2012 Ian McCollum 3

A couple weeks ago, the folk at Weaponsman sent us a photo of an odd pistol on display – unlabeled – at the Special Forces Museum at Fort Bragg. They were wondering if we know […]

Vintage Saturday: Japanese Holdouts on Mars!

August 25, 2012 Ian McCollum 10

Okay, it’s actually from 1940, at the Battle of Zaoyang Yichang in central China. Note the funky hopper-fed Type 11 LMG.

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 […]

Book Review: Japanese Submachine Guns by William Easterly

July 19, 2012 Ian McCollum 1

Today we’re taking a look at William Easterly’s booklet “A Comprehensive Study [of] Japanese Submachine Guns: 1920 – 1945”. Talk about a subject with very little written coverage – Easterly has photos, data, and descriptions […]

Japanese “Papa” Nambu video

July 9, 2012 Ian McCollum 6

In 1925, the Imperial Japanese Army adopted the Type 14 pistol, which was produced in large numbers during WWII. It looks outwardly pretty similar to a Luger, but i mechanically very different. What many folks […]

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 […]

Vintage Saturday: Japanese ZB

June 2, 2012 Ian McCollum 6

Japanese troops with a ZB light machine gun in China, circa 1937

Japanese Type 97 Naval Flare Pistol

April 17, 2012 Ian McCollum 5

Yesterday we received an email from a reader named Michael, asking for information on an interesting rare piece he has – a Type 97 Japanese naval flare pistol: For folks who aren’t familiar with Japanese […]

Automatic cannon in the news

April 10, 2012 Ian McCollum 2

A couple piece of cannon news for you today, from fellow bloggers… Nic at The Rogue Adventurer has an interesting post on a Romanian AA cannon found being used in Libya. While it looks […]