Robert Ball (The Military Mauser) asserts that the Mauser 71/84 was issued to the Volksturm. I am skeptical of his assertion and am seeking...
Royal Marine landing party issued with ammunition, HMS York, 'Northern Waters', 1943. (As ever) I found these whilst looking for other stuff in...
Sniping is a glamor subject these days, possibly because of all the games out there. Sniping during WWII has been either neglected as a subject or...
The title of the thread is more or less self-explanatory. In the course of the war, many belligerents found themselves short of ground MGs and...
A History of the Small Arms made by the Sterling Armament Company. 'Excellence in Adversity' [ATTACH] By James Edmiston, David Howroyd, Peter...
Hello, I have searched the forum (maybe I missed the thread). I am looking for information regarding the No5 MkI Enfield rifle (carbine) in...
Seems this was coming up with a solution to a problem that didn't exist and a bad solution at that. I've never been a fan of very powerful...
Von Poop asked for Americans to post their gun pictures so here's another one, and it's last patent date is July 4, 1905 :) It was around my...
I have been given a pamphlet, "Small Arms Training, Volume 1, Pamphlet No. 1 (India): Weapon Training 1944." It has 86 pages, 3 chapters and 4...
The Vickers K was used extensively across the British and Commonwealth forces during the Second World War, but as I discuss in the video, it also...
Come on 'Murcans - show us your guns. (& others, obviously, but, y'know, you do tend to an above average level of them) The M-1A1 Carbine, AKA...
Not military but WWII era and Adam requested we share our guns. :) Markings indicate 1940-1948 manufacture. I bought it in early 70s for $50. I...
Here's my Australian MK III made at the Lithgow factory [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Apart from Ron who did in WW2 has anyone fired a WW2 era weapon? (Ron have you shot live ammo since 1945 ?) The only one I can think of that I've...
Harland & Wolff were involved in various projects as well as shipbuilding. They manufactures bullets, Guns, Hand Grenades and Tanks. Tanks were...
Hi ! For sure I'm in the right forum , I need some help to identify the unit , that have been for sure engraved in the battlefield . As you can...
What personal weapons would an ordinary gunner have had, if any? A pistol? Lee-Enfield rifle? Someone on the missing-lynx scale model forum asked...
Hi, just been discussing the special bayonet manufactured for the Sten Mk II during the war and wondered if anyone had ever seen a photo of one...
Thought we had a thread on these, or shotguns more generally (pictures of US airmen shooting maybe? ). Couldn't find it... May not exist. Rather...
An interesting and comprehensive discussion of the Panzerfaust by Roger V. Lucy. "In February 1945, First Canadian Army undertook a number of...
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