Anti-Tank Rifles
Soviet AT Rifle Performance
Sorry for the lack of post yesterday, guys. My day job has gotten a bit hectic in the last week, and it’s really cutting into the time I have available to work on the site. […]
Russia
Lever Action Rifles
Russian Winchester 1895 (Video)
By the 1890s, Winchester had established an extremely successful business in lever-action rifles. John Browning’s designs for the 1886, 1892, and 1894 models had proven very popular, and so Winchester (seeing the potential of the […]
Bolt Action Rifles
Vintage Saturday: Strange Bedfellows
Soviet troops with M38 Mosin carbines and Breda Model 37 heavy machine guns (presumably captured from the ill-fated Italian ARMIR expedition in 1942/43). Thanks to Leszek for finding the photo at Waralbum.ru!
Book review
Book Review: Allied Rifle Contracts in America
One of the characteristics that often leads me to be particularly interested in a given gun is a long and convoluted history. I really enjoy finding firearms that have found their way across the world […]
Book review
Book Review: The Bear Went Over the Mountain
I’ve been aware of Lester Grau’s The Bear Went Over the Mountain: Soviet Combat Tactics in Afghanistan for a long time – I borrowed a copy many years ago – but only recently purchased a […]
Commentary
2-Gun Action Challenge Match: SVT40 vs M1 Garand
So, after the hype about setting the FG-42 up against the M1 at a practical action match, I unfortunately have to let you down. We had a bit of a mishap right before the match […]
Video
Warsaw Uprising
I normally have a book review on Thursday, but this week I’m pushing it to Friday. I meant to post this yesterday, but lost track of the date – which, 69 years ago, was the […]
Manuals
Russian Followup
Two followups for you today, courtesy of readers who ferreted out some addition material for me – thanks guys! First, my vintage photo of the Soviet marine snipers generated a bunch of discussion of the […]
Medium MGs
Vintage Saturday: Join the Army, See the World
German soldier carrying a captured DS-39 machine gun and tripod over a pretty bleak steppe.
Heavy MGs