Semiauto Rifles
Howell Automatic Rifle
So, let us pretend we are 1940s British ordnance officers, and we need more automatic rifles. What are we to do? There is so much war material that needs to be produced, and we have […]
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Manuals
Bang rifle manual
Today’s update is the original manual for the Bang automatic rifle – the gun that was the basis for the original Garand rifle design. The Bang rifle impressed US ordnance officers when it was first […]
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Chinese Thompson
I don’t have much background information on this piece, but it is a Chinese Thompson submachine gun in 7.62 x 25 caliber, using what appear to be PPS43 magazines. If anyone has information about these […]
Belt-fed
RD-46 Manual and Photos
The Soviet standard light machine gun, the DP/DPM, was getting obsolete by the end of World War II. A mobile belt-fed gun was needed, and so the DP was adapted to that purpose. A top […]
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Chauchat LMG manuals
So, do you know how to keep your 1915 Chauchat LMG running in case of German poison gas attack? What is the proper ammo loadout for your assistant gunner? Well, I hope you’ve found us […]
Semiauto Rifles
More Breda PG photos
The Breda PG was one of the first rifles we had in the Vault, but now we’ve found some much better pictures of one. Instead of vintage black-and-white, we now have color! You can find […]
Manuals
US Arisaka manual
During the Korean War, the US military converted thousands of captured Japanese Type 99 rifles to .30-06 caliber for use by South Korean forces. They also wrote a technical manual on the converted rifles, which […]
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Harrington & Richardson Light Rifle
One of the first things we put in the Vault some time ago were photos of many of the M1 Carbine development program prototype designs. Well, there were a couple guns missing, and I’ve got […]
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Mannlicher 1910 automatic pistol
We have another addition to the pistol section for you today – the Mannlicher 1910 automatic pistol. I don’t have much other information for you, but this is an interesting and lesser-known contemporary of the […]