Gunsmithing
Great Article on the Dror LMG
Terry Edwards has graciously offered to let me repost the excellent article he wrote for Small Arms Defense Journal. It’s a two part PDF, and I have posted both parts below. If you are interested […]
Israel
Light MGs
Israeli Dror LMG: Shooting & Disassembly (Video)
The Dror was an Israeli copy of the Johnson LMG, which was made domestically in Israel as part of Israel’s war of independence in the late 1940s. The design was developed through a combination of […]
Select-fire Rifles
FFV-890C: The Swedish Service Rifle That Never Was
Seth Cane has previously written a 3-part series of articles for us on the Galil, which you can see here: Galil SAR, Galil AR, and Galil ARM. He is now following that with an in-depth […]
Select-fire Rifles
Reader Questions
Reader Questions: Rusty Pistols, Artillery Shells, Colombian Mausers, and Israeli Translations
Today I’m answering some questions sent in last week – I think this will be a fun and interesting regular feature for the site. If you have a question you’ve been wondering about, please email […]
Select-fire Rifles
Galil AR, by Seth Cane
Today we have the second of a three-part guest series by Seth Cane on the Galil rifle. Today he looks at the Galil AR… Galil AR by Seth Cane The Galil AR was the standard-infantry […]
Select-fire Rifles
Bolt Action Rifles
Israeli 7.62mm Conversion
I was looking at a particularly nice FN Israeli Mauser the other day; one of their rifles converted to 7.62mm NATO: I was admiring the condition (much better than the one of these I have […]
Commentary
How Governments Choose Weapons: Israel
I recently got an email from Clément, asking about the choices Israel has made in small arms for the IDF. Why did they switch from the FAL to the Galil? And then why take M16s […]
Vehicle
Vintage Saturday: Wood-Spoked Technical
British soldiers with a Lewis-gun-armed truck in Palestine. Photo courtesy of reader Ruy A. Thanks, Ruy!