Finding Out Which Was The Best US WW2 Sniper Rifle – The Springfield or the M1 Garand (Watch)
In this video Paul Shull, host of ‘The Weapon Hunter’ asks the question – which sniper rifle used in World War 2 is better? Is…
“The End of Man’s Valor”: The History of Artillery From Ancient Rome To World War Two
Around 379 BC, King Archidamus of Sparta summed up the impact of artillery on infantry. When shown a huge bow capable of flinging giant arrows…
Model of The 1919 Thompson Submachine Gun – The Original Tommy Gun (Watch)
Black and white gangster movies from the 1930s were, and still are, hugely popular. The weapon of choice in these movies is almost always the…
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…
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,…
Firing The Biggest Gun Of WWII, The 80cm Railway Gun ‘Schwerer Gustav’ (Watch)
Schwerer Gustav – This was the name given to a German 80 cm railway gun, a huge piece of artillery designed to be shot from…
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…
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…
FG-42 vs M1 Garand: 2-Gun Action Match (Watch)
For this month’s 2-Gun Action Challenge Match, we had a .308 FG-42, loaned from SMG Guns, which I handed off to my friend Karl to…
5 Facts: The M1 Garand Rifle – More Than 6 Million Produced! (Watch)
The M1 Garand rifle is a 0.30 caliber semi-automatic US rifle designed in 1928 by Canadian-American firearms designer John Garand. It was in service as…
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…