United Kingdom - Forgotten Weapons

Book Review: The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare by Damien Lewis

September 24, 2017 Ian McCollum 21

I ordered a copy of Damien Lewis’ book on the exploits of British SOE in WWII expecting to find an overview of, well, what SOE had done during the war. That’s not quite what this […]

Fosbery’s Pump Shotgun: An AR15 Bolt in 1891

September 21, 2017 Ian McCollum 26

Armament Research Services (ARES) is a specialist technical intelligence consultancy, offering expertise and analysis to a range of government and non-government entities in the arms and munitions field. For detailed photos of the guns in […]

The DeLisle: Britain’s Silenced .45 ACP Commando Carbine

September 16, 2017 Ian McCollum 30

Armament Research Services (ARES) is a specialist technical intelligence consultancy, offering expertise and analysis to a range of government and non-government entities in the arms and munitions field. For detailed photos of the guns in […]

Lanchester MkI: Britain’s First (But Not Last) Emergency SMG

September 5, 2017 Ian McCollum 26

The Lanchester MkI was the first British effort to produce a domestic submachine gun during World War II. The British military had rejected these types of arms as “gangster guns” prior to the war, and […]

Pattern 14 MKI W (T) – The Best Sniper Rifle of World War One

August 30, 2017 Ian McCollum 14

When World War One began, the British did not have a formal sniping program, and by 1915 the British found themselves thoroughly outclassed by the Germans in this area. They responded by developing tactics and […]

Shooting the Webley-Fosbery Automatic Revolver – Including Safety PSA

August 10, 2017 Ian McCollum 28

Following up yesterday’s look at the history and mechanics of the Webley-Fosbery self-cocking revolvers, today we are out at the range to do some shooting with one. In terms of handling, it is a comfortable […]

Major Fosbery’s Automatic Revolver: History and Mechanics

August 9, 2017 Ian McCollum 17

George Fosbery, V.C., was a decorated British officer with substantial combat experience in India when he decided to design a better sidearm in 1895. True semiautomatic handguns were in their very early stages of development […]

BESAL: Britain’s Emergency Simplified Light Machine Gun

August 8, 2017 Ian McCollum 43

Armament Research Services (ARES) is a specialist technical intelligence consultancy, offering expertise and analysis to a range of government and non-government entities in the arms and munitions field. For detailed photos of the guns in […]

Major Fosbery’s Breechloading Prototype Rifle

August 5, 2017 Ian McCollum 6

George Fosbery was the British officer (Major, at the time of this particular design) responsible for the quite famous Webley-Fosbery self-cocking revolver, as well as the Paradox system for shotgun slugs and many other lesser […]

Weapons as Political Protest: P.A. Luty’s Submachine Gun

August 2, 2017 Ian McCollum 58

Armament Research Services (ARES) is a specialist technical intelligence consultancy, offering expertise and analysis to a range of government and non-government entities in the arms and munitions field. For detailed photos of the guns in […]