Vintage Saturday – German Maxims on the Line
Select-fire Rifles
Evolution of the Sturmgewehr: MP43/1, MP43, MP44, and StG44
MP43/1: https://jamesdjulia.com/item/52359-1-397/ MP44: https://jamesdjulia.com/item/52520-5-397/ StG44: https://jamesdjulia.com/item/52725-1-397/ Today we are going to look at the evolution of the Sturmgewehr – from the MP43/I and MP43 to the MP44 and StG44, what actually changed and why?
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 […]
Anti-Tank Rifles
Could a Tankgewehr Really Take Out a British MkIV Tank?
The Tankgewehr antitank rifle was developed by the Mauser company and adopted by the Imperial German military as an emergency measure to counter the introduction of tanks to the WW1 battlefield. The question is, did […]
Awesome. I just started watching a show called “Sons of Guns” and they build all sorts of guns and gun systems. They are usually not vintage like this, but they sometimes build/rebuild weapons from WWII.
Keep up the great blogging!
But what a juicy, scrunched up target for an opposing artillery battery.