Category: Know Your Weapons
The Guns of the Outlaw Josey Wales
The Guns of the Outlaw Josey Wales Definitely one of the most iconic westerns of all time with some GREAT firearms to boot! Stay Alert, Armed and Dangerous!
Know Your Weapons: German WW2 Infantry Weapons
Know Your Weapons: What’s Up With Norway and Military Scout Scopes?
Aside from the German widespread issue of the ZF-41 type scope, I have only come across three other military uses of long eye relief optics – and they are all Norwegian! One is simply Norwegian reuse of surrendered German K98k-ZF41 scopes, including updating them to .30-06 in the 1950s (these were eventually replaced by the… What’s…
Know your WW2 History: The revolutionary fuse that won World War II
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!
Know Your Knives: The Wharncliffe Blade
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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 Lot of folks call it “Old Fashioned”, “Out of Date” and “Past it’s Prime” Personally I disagree with these sentiments and IF THEY COULD, so would all the people that have been shot with it, I assure you.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…