Four for Fighting: The Greatest Quartet of Combat Shotguns A Look Back at the Heavyweight Champions of Combat Shotty’s: Winchester Model 1897 Browning A5 Remington Model 11 Ithaca Model 37 Here is a fascinating article regarding why Germany wanted to ban the Winchester Model 1897 during WW1.
Category: World War One
Know Your WW1 Weapons: Germany’s MG08 Heavy Machine Gun
Germany’s Heavy Machine Gun of WWI: The MG08 All you former infantryman out there might find this fact jaw dropping: “The MG08 machine gun itself weighed approximately 60 pounds. Combined with its “Sled” (or Sledge) mount that used four legs, the whole affair weighed around 140 pounds, excluding the water can and ammunition supply….
Know Your Weapons: The American Enfield AKA the US Model 1917 Magazine Rifle
The American Enfield AKA the US Model 1917 Magazine Rifle You can’t go wrong with a Mauser Action in .30-06 Caliber!
Know Your Weapons: German Maschinenpistole 18
On This Day in History: The Chios Massacre
The Chios Massacre On the 11th April 1822 an army of some 40,000 Ottoman troops began landing on the Greek island of Chios, which is situated just 7 kilometers off the Turkish coastline of Anatolia, with express orders to kill all Christian infants under three years old, all males 12 years and older, and all…
Know Your History: Paramilitary Organizations in Germany 1871-1945
This is a very well put together Thesis Paper (pdf) from 2014 on Paramilitary Organizations in Germany 1871-1945. I would highly recommend you download this to a thumb drive for reference purposes. Relevance: Understanding how a Well-Organized and Financed Paramilitary Group (ie Citizen Action Groups) can effect REAL CHANGE in the Political and Social…
Know Your History: A Critical Look at the Polish ‘Pogroms’ of 1914–1920
A Critical Look at the Polish ‘Pogroms’ of 1914–1920 I recently had the good fortune to read William Hagen’s Cambridge-published Anti-Jewish Violence in Poland, 1914–1920, one of the most interesting books I’ve read on Jewish-European relations since John Doyle Klier’s Oxford-published work on the Tsarist pogroms. It’s always refreshing to see scholars of European heritage…
Know Your History & Tradecraft: Stand to Arms
Some really good information here on Operational Timetables for both Military and Domestic LE Units. Human Beings regardless of the uniform they wear, are predictable. Take every advantage you can get! Prepare Accordingly.
Know Your Obscure WW1 History: German Zeppelins Made from Cow Intestines?
German Zeppelins Were Made with Cow Intestines And It Led To Sausage Restrictions During WWI Here’s an Obscure Fact you can use sometime when Discussing World War One!
The Living Dead in War Films: It Began With J’Accuse
The Living Dead in War Films: It Began With J’Accuse I have a fascination with older war films, especially around WW1.