Manuals
Bren Manuals
As a followup to the Bren video, I figure I should post the Bren gun documents that we have right now: (1942) Bren Small Arms Training (South Africa) (English) Bren Light Machine Gun – Description […]
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Video
Bren Gun Video
Is the Bren gun a forgotten weapon? Well, maybe not. But it is an important piece of firearms development history, and probably an under-appreciated weapon. It is also important to be familiar with the Bren […]
Manuals
Prototype FAL manual
The FN FAL was in development very shortly after the conclusion of World War II, during the height of assault rifle fever. Everyone (more or less) was very interested in the concept of the sturmgewehr […]
Manuals
Polish Instruction Manuals – TT33, Mosin-Nagant, PPS-43
As you may have noticed, a lot of the manuals we post have a definite international flavor to them. Fpor some reason, governments in non-English-speaking countries often don’t print military documents in English. 🙂 Original […]
Video
Bin Shih on Chinese Rifles of WW2
We have another interview segment with Bin Shih today, this time discussing the commonly used bolt action rifles that were the backbone of the Chinese infantry during the war with Japan. I do want to […]
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This coming weekend, I’m going to have the opportunity to shoot some video with a Bren gun and a Lewis gun at the range. I’d like to make this more interesting than your typical YouTube […]
Submachine Guns
Italian Genar SMG
The Genar submachinegun was a development of the TZ45, which was developed during WWII and manufactured into the 1950s. We don’t have much more information on the Genar, but we do have a nice set […]
Manuals
FAMAS Manuals, and an RP46 update
The FAMAS (MAS being the French arsenal at St Etienne, a facility with a long history of firearms manufacture) is a pretty rare rifle in the US, but has gotten a lot of exposure in […]
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 […]
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 […]