Vintage Saturday – German Maxims on the Line
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German-Capture 1910 Russian Maxim in 8×57
This is a very interesting WW1 heavy machine gun. It is a Russian M1910 Maxim that was repaired at some point using the brass jacket from a 1905 Russian Maxim. This may have been done […]
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Vintage Saturday: Guns and Butter
He must have been an economics teacher before the war.
Submachine Guns
MP-28: Hugo Schmeisser Improves the MP18
The MP28,II was Hugo Schmeisser’s improved take on the original World War One MP18,I design. It used a simple box magazine in place of the Luger drum magazines, and this magazine would form the basis […]
Awesome. I just started watching a show called “Sons of Guns” and they build all sorts of guns and gun systems. They are usually not vintage like this, but they sometimes build/rebuild weapons from WWII.
Keep up the great blogging!
But what a juicy, scrunched up target for an opposing artillery battery.