SGM - Forgotten Weapons

SGM in Afghanistan

September 16, 2011 Ian McCollum 3

We received an email from a trooper in Afghanistan whose unit found a buried IED stash that included an SGM machine gun. There are a lot of interesting old weapons floating around Afghanistan, and we’re […]

SGM photos from Aberdeen

September 5, 2011 Ian McCollum 5

The SG43 was a medium machine gun developed in Russia during World War II (1943, as you might have gathered from the designation). The initial development was done by Degtyarev, who was responsible for the […]