In 1949, Israel was still fighting its was of independence, and purchasing arms internationally was difficult to do. The recently-formalized IDF wanted sniper rifles, and looked to Hammerli in Switzerland for a variant of the […]
Training scars: the idea that your practice routine will dictate what you do under stress. Is it real? Yes. Does it need to be? No. The first objective of basic practice and training is to […]
There has never been a proper semiauto version of the MP40 available in the US, until now. SSD (Sport-Systeme Dittrich) is a German company that has been making semiauto copies of German WW2 small arms […]
It’s time for Day 2 of Finnish Brutality 2023! Finnish Brutality is run by Varusteleka, Europe’s premier military and outdoor gear company – which also has great inexpensive shipping to the US. If you need […]
It’s time for Finnish Brutality 2023! This year the match is back and better than ever, with a new “Breacher” division for those seeking extra punishment. In addition to wearing armor and kit (minimum 12kg/26lb), […]
Today we have both 1st and 2nd pattern semiauto FG-42s from SMG out at the range for some comparative shooting. Which is the better one to get?
Brno’s ZB-26 was one of the best light machine guns of the 1920s, and it was widely adopted by countries that did not have domestic arms design and production capacity (and it would eventually become […]
The Pleter M91 is a simple design, but a high-quality one that was manufactured by a proper factory production line. The company making it was planning on (hoping for?) large-scale production, and they invested to […]
The AMELI (which is a contraction of “ametralladora ligera”, or light machine gun) was introduced by CETME in 1981, and adopted by the Spanish military as the MG82. It was a counterpart LMG to the […]
Johnson M1941 rifles were used in limited numbers by the US Marine Corps in the Pacific theater of World War Two, but they were used – and generally well liked. Interestingly, there was a fairly […]
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