Prototype
Bin Shih and the General Liu Rifle
When we spoke to Bin Shih about his recent book and Chinese firearms in general, he brought several interesting guns along to show us. By far the rarest was a General Liu rifle, and we […]
Month: August 2011
Manuals
M1/M1A1 Carbine Manual
Okay, so the M1 Carbine isn’t exactly a forgotten weapon. But since we do have a bunch of information on the prototype carbine designs that led to it, I think we should also maintain some […]
Manuals
Vickers Class F Manual
After the conclusion of World War One, the RAF was looking for a replacement for the Lewis for an observer’s gun in aircraft use. The Lewis had reliability issues, and was not a particularly fast-firing […]
Interview
An Interview With Author Bin Shih
Today, we’re joined by author Bin Shih, an expert on Chinese firearms of the second Sino-Japanese War (aka World War 2). We discuss the state of Chinese weapons manufacture in the 1930s and 40s, as […]
Light MGs
One More KE7 Manual
So just this past weekend I ran across another KE-7 manual, this one with a bunch of plates and a great full cutaway diagram. Figured I’d put that one up on the site now, since […]