Know Your History, it’s Interesting Reading! Although firmly rooted and fairly well developed in the Rhineland, Franconia, Lorraine (the old Lotharingia) and Burgundy, feudalism in its widest sense was never as strong in Germany as in, say, France or England, and true knighthood and the customary granting of fiefs was unknown in Germany until…
Category: History of Weapons
Know Your Weapons: Hungarian 44M “Mace Thrower”
Hungarian Army: 44M “Mace Thrower” I am always interested in Partisan warfare and weaponry and this one is amazing. Stay Alert, Armed and Dangerous!
Know Your Weapons History: Oliver Winchester
Oliver Winchester was born in Boston, on November 30, 1810. He started his career with a clothing company based out of New York City and New Haven, Connecticut. After successfully running this aspect of his business, Winchester began to look for new opportunities. Horace Smith and Daniel Wesson (yes, that “Smith & Wesson” who later…
MG-42: German Machine Gun
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Colt Monitor – BAR Evolved
The Colt Monitor – BAR Evolved If you have not seen The Highwaymen on Netflix, check it out. It is a Historically accurate account of Bonnie and Clyde and the men who hunted them down. It is also a gun nut’s movie through and through. Stay Alert, Armed and Dangerous!
M-5 Stuart, Satan Flamethrower Tank
WW2 History: The British Cromwell Tank
One of the sleekest British cruiser tank designs of WW2 that saw action primarily with the “Bloody 7th”, (British Seventh Armored Division) during Operation Market Garden in September 1944 in Holland. Warfare History Network Weapons and Warfare Stay Alert, Armed and Dangerous!
Learning From History: What the Versailles Treaty Teaches Us About Gun Control
What The Versailles Treaty Teaches Us About Gun Control There are so many good lessons history can teach us if we would only stop and heed them! The summary paragraph bears repeating: “In other words, vindictiveness and enforced disarmament failed. It failed because demonizing an entire group of people when the responsibility is much more…
Addressing and Breaking the AK Stigma
ADDRESSING AND BREAKING THE “AK STIGMA” I feel very humbled that the good folks over at American Partisan magazine chose to reprint an article I wrote way back in 2015. My sincerest Thanks go out to NC Scout and Kit Perez for all their hard work. Please take some time and go over and…
Weapons and Ammo: The History of the AK Magazine
A Brief History of the Kalashnikov Magazine Part 1: Metal Magazines (click on above link to be re-directed) A Brief History of the Kalashnikov Magazine Part 2: Synthetic Magazines (click on above link to be re-directed) For all you fellow AK aficionados out there, this is an excellent little primer on Magazines. It goes without saying…