Vintage Saturday – German Maxims on the Line
Conversion
A Police SMG Upgrade: the MP-18 System Schmeisser
When the MP-18 was issued by the German Army in World War One, it used the then-in-production Luger “snail drum” magazines. These were expensive, awkward, and generally not ideal. Once the war ended, Hugo Schmeisser […]
Semiauto pistol
Bergmann No. 3 / 1896 Pistol
Of the three calibers available in the 1896 model Bergmann pistol, the 6.5mm No.3 was the most popular. Approximately 4,000 of these guns were produced, and they found a worldwide following. We have examples below […]
Artillery
Vintage Saturday: Getting Medieval
Somehow I don’t think the binoculars are particularly necessary…
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.