Medium MGs
Fiat-Revelli M1935
So a week or two ago, we took a look at the Italian Fiat-Revelli M1914 – a particularly funky machine gun. The Italian military put up with it through World War I because they didn’t […]
Articles by Ian McCollum
Movie review
Movie Review: The City of Life and Death
The Second Sino-Japanese War is a relatively unknown part of the Second World War here in the US. Japanese troops invaded Manchuria in 1931, and by 1937 sporadic skirmishes had evolved into a full-scale war […]
Medium MGs
Italian Perino Machine Gun
The Perino is a gun that really should have been adopted, but wasn’t. Its development began in 1901 when Giuseppe Perino (an Italian Army officer) patented the design for a recoil-operated machine gun with a […]
Commentary
What Are Your Favorite Gunmaking Countries?
If you had to pick three countries to focus your gun collection on, which would they be? Yeah, this is the sort of thing I think about when I’m waiting in line or otherwise unoccupied. […]
Submachine Guns
Finnish Jatimatic SMG
The Jatimatic was a Finnish submachine gun intended for bodyguards and private security forces. It was designed in the 1980s, and never achieved much success despite having some interesting and clever features. The bolt is […]
Heavy MGs
Vintage Saturday: More Firepower
An AA quad Maxim emplacement in Moscow, circa 1942.
Prototype
Photos of 1950s Light Rifle Prototypes
In the aftermath of World War II, there was a significant amount of effort put into deciding what rifles would be used by the post-war Allied armies. The UK and US wanted commonality, but couldn’t […]
Prototype
Upcoming Coolness
Sorry guys – I don’t have a book review for you today – I’ve spent most of the last week hanging out with Oleg Volk working on a cool video project. However, I would point […]
Submachine Guns
Brazilian INA M953 Submachine Gun
We’re happy to have another article by Ronaldo Olive today (reprinted with his permission – and originally found in Harris Publications’ SPECIAL WEAPONS FOR MILITARY & POLICE, 1991) – this time on the INA 953, […]
Commentary
Military Hardware in Civilian Hands
It appears that H&K, along with certain magazine editors who should know when to keep their mouths shut, are seriously concerned about the repercussions of mere civilians having possession of the fancy new military technology […]