The Valmara series of mines (Valmara, Valmara 59, and Valmara 69) are Italian produced anti-personnel ("APERS") landmines. The are what are known as bounding mines, which is to say that when they are tripped, the main charge of the mine is projected upwards before exploding. The airburst of the mine is designed to allow the...
Heckler & Koch’s “Operational Briefcase” is a clever system for covert carry of a submachine gun without the need to conceal such a large type of weapon under bulky clothing. By putting the gun into a briefcase, they gave security personnel a way to blend right into the business and executive type of environment. Of...
The pinfire cartridge was a popular development in Europe in the mid-1800s that never saw much exposure in the United States. A huge variety of pinfire revolvers were made by a myriad of large and small shops, with Liege Belgium being one of the biggest manufacturing centers....
I had these in my queue of stuff to post, but given Gaston Glock's passing I figured now might be a good time....
Many post apocalyptic games like Fallout 4 and Rust feature AK pattern rifles with their stock replaced with shovel handles. This is why....
Seeing as it's Christmas here's a list with facts about each of the guns that appear in Die Hard. Where John McClane topples a terrorist takeover of a Christmas party at Nakatomi Plaza....
The gap between the chamber and the barrel prevents most revolvers from being silenced....
The truce occurred five months after hostilities had begun. Lulls occurred in the fighting as armies ran out of men and munitions and commanders reconsidered their strategies following the stalemate of the Race to the Sea and the indecisive result of the First Battle of Ypres. In the week leading up to 25 December, French,...
Lion Fish are an invasive species in the waters off of Florida that have no predators and out compete local fish....
Free cookie for anyone who can name every machinegun in the background. (The cookie is a lie)
This Sharps rifle bears no maker’s mark; it was made especially for John Brown. Brown carried this weapon on his Kansas campaign in 1856 and later presented it to Charles Blair of Collinsville, Connecticut. In 1857, Brown contracted Blair to forge pikes for the clandestine slave insurrection he was planning for Harpers Ferry....
The drip rifle was invented by Lance Corporal W. C. Scurry of the 7th Battalion, AIF, with assistance from Private A. H. Lawrence. [Scurry was also a private at the time]...
This rifle is in exception condition considering it would have been property of the Imperial German Army decades before the first world war....
That was actually feed back given from the US army to the development team at Heckler & Koch....
No one knows precisely when this pocket pistol was made, or who it was made for. What we do know is that its elaborate decoration, in the Art Deco style, makes it highly unusual and of great artistic interest. Different markings on its components tell part of the story. It was made by the Belgian firearms manufacturer Fabrique...
Video demonstrating how it works:...
This soldier was likely ordered into formation and arrived without his rifle. He was provided a new one.
A one of a kind prototype. Chambered in .308....
In his downtime in the trenches, this soldier has added a colorful paint job to his weapon in the style of Petrykivka which is a style often used to decorate the interior and exterior of Ukrainian homes and everyday household items.
If you have PPSh-41 don't do this.
