Bolt Action Rifles
Vintage Saturday: Finn Capture
Note the Mosin Nagant PE sniper on the wall, and the AVS-36 machine rifle peeking out from behind the man on the right in addition to the DP-28 LMG on the table.
Finland
Aircraft MGs
Vintage Saturday: Salvage
Finnish troops salvaging Maxim guns from a downed Russian Polikarpov R5 bomber shot down near Suistamo, Finland.
Light MGs
Vintage Saturday: Cold
Finnish soldier with an LS-26 light machine gun, 1940.
Submachine Guns
Vintage Saturday: Tonight’s Raid
Finnish soldiers with m/31 Suomi submachine guns (and a pinup photo).
Artillery
Bofors 37mm AT Gun (Video)
The Swedish Bofors company developed a sophisticated and very high-quality light anti-tank gun in the early 1930s, and found significant commercial success with it. A variety of countries either purchased the guns outright from Bofors […]
Anti-Tank Rifles
Bonus Video: Lahti L39
I had the chance to shoot a 20mm L39 Lahti antitank rifle (cannon?) at a recent get-together. It is the cheapest of the 20mm guns you can generally find, but also one of the less […]
Accessories
Vintage Saturday: Bark!
Finnish dog wearing a canine gas mask during the Winter War.
Bolt Action Rifles
Vintage Saturday: Spare a Rifle?
Lots of Mosin-Nagant rifles, and we’re guessing also Swedish Mausers. Plus, of course, the two Chauchats and a Maxim 1910. Thanks to Dave for the photo!
Heavy MGs
Finnish M1932 Maxim Manual
Allow me to put on my Tikkakoski Company Sales Rep hat for a moment, and explain to you why as a modern military force (in 1933) the obvious choice in support machine guns is the […]
Semiauto pistol
The Husqvarna M 40 Pistol
Today we have a guest post by Peter Rasmussen on some of the history of the Husqvarna M40 pistol, also commonly called the Lahti. We will cover the mechanical aspects of the pistol in a […]