Up Close And Personal With The Browning .50 Caliber Machine Gun
The quest for automatic weaponry has been around since the invention of the gun itself, and war engineers have always tried their best to design…
These US Sailors Are Firing the Monstrously Powerful Twin .50 Machine Guns
Watch these US sailors at sea onboard the USS Firebolt, as they undertake live ammo drills. They’re firing extremely powerful 50 caliber machine guns; the…
Firing The Hugely Powerful German MG42 Machine Gun (Watch)
This video looks at the MG-42, a World War II German machine gun. It is being fired as part of a demonstration at Dellwood Park, Lockwood,…
Classic Weaponry – See The Lewis Gun In Action (Watch)
The Lewis gun is a classic 20th Century weapon, developed in 1911, which saw action in both the World Wars. Originally designed in the United…
The German WW2 Sturmgewehr Assault Rifle (Watch)
After several years of rejecting the idea of a new automatic or semi-automatic weapon, Hitler asked his top commanders on the Eastern Front what they…
Firing Rounds In Texas – A 1919 Browning Automatic Rifle – Locked On Full Auto
The Browning Automatic Rifle, or simply BAR, proved to be one of the most reliable weapons of the Second World War. Developed on the eve…
Five Facts – The Most Widely Used Gun in the World – The AK-47
What do you know about the most widely used gun in the world? In a tale of historic irony, the Russian soldier who invented the…
Awesome – Firing the 88mm FLAK Gun (Watch)
One of the most famous weapons used by the Germans in World War II was the Flugabwehrkanoneor – Flak for short. The word means ‘aircraft…
The Mosin–Nagant: The Most Mass-Produced Bolt-Action Rifle In History (Watch)
First appearing in 1891, the Mosin–Nagant rifle was invented for use in the Imperial Russian Army. The weapon, which took roughly three years to be…
The Submachine Gun – An Infantry Weapon Which Changed The Face Of Warfare
From the First World War to the Second World War, the submachine gun played an important part in infantry fighting. A small machine gun firing…
The Bayonet Has Been A Part Of Warfare For Over 400 Years – Here Are 8 Key Stages In Its History
The bayonet, capable of turning a gun into a stabbing weapon, has been a feature of warfare since the 17th century. It has gone through…
Fast Facts – History of the Hand Grenade – An Essential Infantry Weapon In Modern Warfare
Hand grenades play an important part in modern war as lightweight and hard-hitting infantry weapons. But their development hasn’t been a steady one, and for…