Light MGs
Vintage Saturday: LMG Variety Pack
ZB light machine guns are pretty often seen with Chinese troops, but the DP-28s are less common. And the BAR variant (either a Colt or FN-D) is downright unusual.
China
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 […]
Vintage photo
Vintage Saturday: Japanese Holdouts on Mars!
Okay, it’s actually from 1940, at the Battle of Zaoyang Yichang in central China. Note the funky hopper-fed Type 11 LMG.
Vintage photo
Vintage Saturday: Making a C96 look big
Chinese guerrilla fighter, circa 1939. Today, she’d be an Olympic gymnast.
Book review
Books, Magazines, and David Tubb
If you were interested in Bin Shih’s very nice book on Chinese firearms of the second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945) but didn’t get one before they sold out, you’re in luck! He’s going to be running […]
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Vintage Saturday: Motorized Type 38 Arisakas
If they all fire in the same direction simultaneously, that cart will exceed the maximum speed of a Type 89 medium tank. Okay, I’m exaggerating. A bit. (I know someone will chime in to defend […]
Light MGs
SIG KE-7 Light Machine Gun (Again!)
Yep, if you do a search through the blog, you’ll find that we’ve talked about the KE-7 twice before. But we have yet more material to add this time! And it’s a great example of […]
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Chinese C96 Mauser Stock/Bayonet
Here’s an interesting item we ran across recently – a combination bayonet and shoulder stock made by the Chinese for the C96 “Broomhandle” Mauser (and also the TT33 Tokarev, I believe). This design is relatively […]
Vintage photo
Vintage Saturday: Japanese ZB
Japanese troops with a ZB light machine gun in China, circa 1937
Artillery
Chinese “Jingal” Wall Gun
“Jingal” was the name the British gave to both Indian and Chinese rampart guns used from the 1700s up until World War II. The guns were originally muzzle loaders, used in fixed defensive emplacements. They […]