The revolutionary fuse that helped win World War II Some very interesting reading on a device that helped shorten the war considerably. Stay Alert, Armed and Dangerous!
Category: Know Your Weapons
Know Your Knives: The Wharncliffe Blade
Stay Alert, Armed and Dangerous!
The 5cm Granatwerfer 36
Know Your Obscure WW2 Weapons:
Know Your Weapons: The M79, The Iconic “Bloop Tube” 40mm Grenade Launcher
Combat experience with the bazooka rocket launcher in World War Two and its larger versions in the Korean War convinced the US military that a better weapon was needed to give front-line troops a direct-fire way to attach enemy strong points. The bazooka was bulky, not particularly accurate, and created a lot of backlist signature… M79:…
Know Your Cold War Weapons: Czech VZ-52
While perusing Royal Tiger Imports C&R section the other day to see if on the off-hand chance they had any decent M1 Carbines left (they did not of course) I ran across a VZ-52 Rifle. This is a nice peculiar addition to any Cold War Collection to be sure. Stay Alert, Armed and Dangerous!…
Know Your Ammo: The .45 ACP
History of the .45 ACP Cartridge My Personal carry caliber, Cor-Bon .45 Auto+P 200gr JHP. Lot of folks call it “Old Fashioned”, “Out of Date” and “Past it’s Prime” Personally I disagree with these sentiments and IF THEY COULD, so would all the people that have been shot with it, I assure you. Stay…
BREAKING NEWS: ATF Reclassifies AR Pistols as SBRs!
NOT GOOD FOLKS. So eventually ALL AR and AK Pistols will be considered SBR’s and the legal gun owner now gets squeezed (or EXTORTED) depending on how you look at it, by a CORRUPT Government Agency (ATF) that has no Constitutional Right to Exist and either PAYS $$$ to make his AK/AR Pistol “Legal” or…
How Does It Work: Push Feed vs Controlled Feed
Know Your Weapons: Wartime Evolution of the No4 Lee Enfield Rear Sight
Most of the significant wartime simplifications we see on rifles from World War Two are from Germany and Japan, but the rear sight of the No4 Lee Enfield is a good example of a similar action taken by Britain. By 1942, the finely-made milled rear sight assembly of the rifle had become a limiting factor… Wartime…
Know Your Weapons: WW1 Night Sights – Gewehr 98 and SMLE
Germany, Britain, and France all introduced luminous night sights for their service rifles in 1916. Today we are looking at a Gewehr 98 and an SMLE that have detachable WW1 night sights fitted (and the SMLE also has a metal muzzle cover device). WW1 Night Sights: Gewehr 98 and SMLE — Forgotten Weapons