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Shooting Classic Firearms: The History of the German Luger (Watch)

Malcolm Higgins

A classic 20th Century firearm, the Luger was among the first semi-automatic pistols ever produced. It was originally designed in 1898 by Georg J. Luger,…

Classic Firearms – Putting The Thompson Submachine Gun To The Test (Watch)

Malcolm Higgins

Although it has seen a great deal of action since its invention in 1918, the Thompson submachine gun is perhaps most famous for its use…

Beautifully Made Rifle: Firing The Classic Winchester Model 1873 (Watch)

Malcolm Higgins

One of the first repeating rifles to be produced, the Winchester was based on the Henry rifle, which first appeared in the 1860’s. Although the…

Classic First World War Weapons: Heavy Machine Guns (Watch)

The First World War remains one of the worst military conflicts in human history, marked by an immense loss of life on both sides. It…

Rapid Fire – Classic Weapons – Firing A Reproduction 1877 “Bulldog” Gatling Gun (Watch)

Malcolm Higgins

While the machine gun has become a fixture of 20th and 21st Century warfare, its roots lie as far back as the mid-1800’s. The Gatling…

Shooting the MG-34 and MG-42

Joris Nieuwint

These two machine guns, the MG-34 and MG-42, were the primary arms given to the German infantry and their vehicles throughout World War 2. In…

WWII – Rare Footage of German Heavy Panzerkampfwagen Tiger Tank

The Tiger Tank was without a doubt the most feared tank by the Allied forces during the Second World War. The thing that made this…

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…

Beautiful Display – Messerschmitt Me 262 And Focke-Wolf FW 190 (Watch)

Here you will see two restored planes, the Me262 and FW 190, take part in an amazing air display at the 2013 Canadian Wartime Heritage…

From The Tank Museum: Capturing The Jagdtiger

The Tank Museum’s Jagdtiger has chassis no. 305004. It was one of eleven (plus an unarmoured prototype) which were fitted with the Porsche suspension system. …

The Great War: Snipers In World War One (Watch)

Malcolm Higgins

During the First World War, combat on the Western Front took a number of different forms. The most iconic strategies we now remember are the…

Bullet Points: Nimitz-Class Carriers – The World’s Biggest Warships (Watch)

US Nimitz Class – at over 1000 feet, the Nimitz Class aircraft carriers are the world’s biggest warships. Costing around US$4.5 billion each, they are…