Forgotten Weapons

The Experimental Model 2 submachine gun was a pre–World War II Japanese experimental submachine gun chambered in the 8mm Nambu round....

Fired as part of Operation Upshot–Knothole and codenamed Shot GRABLE, a 280 mm (11 inch) shell with a gun-type fission warhead was fired 10,000 m (6.2 miles) and detonated 160 m (525 ft) above the ground with an estimated yield of 15 kilotons....

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/25065...

Häyhä was born in 1905, joined the Civil Guard at the age of 17, and did his mandatory military service from 1925 to 1927. He was first issued an American-made New England Westinghouse M91 Mosin as a Guardsman. After being discharged form the Army in 1927, he returned to active Civil Guard membership while living and working...

In the late 1970s, H&K partnered with Hensoldt to create the ZP/AP (Ziel/Aiming; Projektor/Projector) and then ZPP/APP (Ziel/Aiming; Punkt/Point; Projektor/Projector). This was essentially a calibrated flashlight with an aiming point and pressure switch. It projected a beam of light that was specifically 2m wide at 50m distance,...

These mittens would be used to handle machine gun barrels while changing from an overheated barrel for a new one during prolonged firing....

cross-posted from: https://kbin.social/m/historyporn@lemmy.world/t/846857

With no markings or provenance at all, the origins of this revolver are a mystery. Its features all point to the 1880s or 1890s, and someone clearly spent a lot of time working on it – but we don’t know who. What makes it interesting is the very unusual operating mechanism. It is similar to a “zig-zag” system like the...

The halls of the fort saw the French defending German assaults firing off machineguns, grenades, and flamethrowers. Ultimately the French were forced to surrender after men became so parched they began to try and lick condensation off the walls....

The Winans Steam Gun was a steam-powered centrifugal gun used during the American Civil War, which used centrifugal (rather than gunpowder) to propel projectiles....

Cross post for anyone not on the other community who didn't see this yesterday.

You might be thinking how could this bullpup pan-fed automatic pistol possibly be worse. It is also a blow forward design. Meaning the barrel physically moves forward to operate the gun each shot. This significantly increases recoil, and in theory decreases accuracy....

The President of the Czech Republic, Petr Pavel, visited Ukraine together with the President of Slovakia, Zuzana Čaputová on April 28, 2023. Both met with the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv. On that occasion, President Pavel presented President Zelenskyy with a hand-engraved CZ 75 pistol from the Order of the...

Housing made of transparent plastic. Removed gas system, housing, handle, lock carrier, etc. for illustrative purposes....

Back in 2007/08 a company called Monolith Arms was promoting a pump-action 12 gauge shotgun they designed. The shotgun was notable because it fed from a horizontally mounted magazine inspired by the FN P90.  They shotgun was promised to be on sale in 2007, when they did not ship it in 2007 they promised it in 2008, but...

Traumatic pistols are a class of less-lethal guns typically they fire rubber balls....

This Carl Gustaf M/45 also known as the Swedish K submachine gun was found in 2008 in Sweden by a group during a chainsaw training exercise....

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/d0c966ae-4e2b-4b37-a71d-8647c5329abb.jpeg...

https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2024/01/16/hot-gat-fudd-crap-khyber-pass-ill-bid-last/

Video of it in use [1:00] (no audio): https://youtu.be/YoOaJclkSZg...

cross-posted from: https://kbin.social/m/HistoryArtifacts/t/952584

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cross-posted from: https://kbin.social/m/HistoryArtifacts/t/896778