Lethal Weapons: 5 of the Most Effective Man-Killing Tools in History Some obscure weapons here. Very interesting. I am intimately acquainted with the Shuriken (aka throwing star) when I was a kid growing up, like most kids my age, I was heavily into martial arts, especially ninja movies and thanks to a mail order catalog…
Category: History of Weapons
Know Your Weapons: Colt 1903 Hammerless
COLT’S 1903 HAMMERLESS Very informative piece on one of the coolest looking handguns Mr. John Moses Browning ever designed. One of the most fantastic periods for firearm development and innovation was the early 20th century hands down!
Colt M1877 Revolver
COLT M1877 REVOLVER You can never learn enough about the six-gun in my opinion, especially if you are a western writer! Anybody who has ever tried to fire a double action revolver accurately, take a close look at John Wesley Hardin’s perforated playing cards. Amazing stuff.
The Community Quartermaster
H/T WRSA The Community Quartermaster A really good and practical read for the Serious Martial Citizen. The days are coming very soon where “Arm Thy Neighbor” will be the Rally Cry! The reality is not everybody is going to have a gun when the hammer drops and you are going to need multiple armed…
War Horse
War Horse Great article on the history of the often forgotten War Horse. Know Your History!
Know Your Weapons: Grenades of WWII
Jumping on a Grenade? Make Sure It’s a German One! Finally, we have the German Model 24, Steilhandgranate, or “stick handle grenade.” Also known as the “Potato Masher” by Allied forces. This grenade was an offensive type containing a charge between six and seven ounces for a large, concussive blast effect but its thin-walled…
Using The Garrote – The USMC Way
Using The Garrote – The USMC Way A garrote is not a bad improvised weapon to have stuck back in your arsenal seeing that you are willing to put in the time for the training. Making a wire garrote is easy. Some Piano wire, two large wooden or metal dowels wrapped with grip tape…
The losses at Cannae and Teutoburg forest, which was worse for Rome?
Originally posted on Praetorian History: Roman legions are well renowned today as some of the most premier fighting forces in all of history. The discipline that it takes to fight as such a cohesive unit was unparallel during the supremacy of ancient Rome. What will strike most historians as they look back over the history… The…
Know Your Weapons: Three Vintage Assaulters of our Forefathers: Kalthoff, Belton, Girandoni
Three Vintage Assaulters of our Forefathers: Kalthoff, Belton, Girandoni Today’s article is not about “assault rifles” as you might think of them. You’ll hear nothing of Stoner’s first black rifles designs, the STG-44, or the M1 Carbine. No, today we discuss firearms that will take the angst and ire of gun-hating hoplophobes and safe-space…
De Havilland DH.98 Mosquito Color Photographs Part II
Beautiful machine. Part I Photo’s HERE.