The Guns of Star Wars: Science Fact or Fiction?
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, CGI was still in its infancy, and if you wanted cheap props for a science-fiction…
The History of U.S. Military Sidearms
This pistol’s lethality made it virtually irreplaceable. The U.S. military has a long and storied history. Our brave soldiers have traveled across the globe in…
Scoping Out The Best Sight For The AR-10 Rifle
“It was a good combat weapon that never failed me,” In the rugged African Jungles and savannahs, Portuguese paratroopers used the AR-10 to flush out…
Seven Strange Looking German Armored Cars of WW2
During the Second World War, the Germans made extensive use of military vehicles to master a new form of warfare, in which the combustion engine…
Republic P-47 Thunderbolt: The Most Produced American Fighter of World War II
The “Juggernaut,” the “Jug” – whatever you want to call it, the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt was an absolute beast in the skies over Europe and…
StG 44 – Approved by Hitler, The Gun that Revolutionized Modern Rifles (includes footage)
Literally named the “Storm Rifle” and approved by Adolf Hitler himself, the Sturmgewehr 44 was created to address the pressing German need for a medium-range…
Dreyse Needle-Gun: The Rifle That Won the Austro-Prussian War and Gave Birth to the German Nation
History runs its course, but, sometimes, there are things that push said course in a specific direction. There are examples from the past of how…
Browning Hi-Power: The WWII-Era Semi-Automatic Pistol Canada Struggled to Part Ways With
At the Armed Forces Skill at Arms (AFSAM) competition in 2017, the Canadian Armed Forces’ best marksmen arrived with 20 of their field-issued, World War…
15 Facts About the Sopwith Camel, the Most Effective Fighter of WWI
Kill Rate The Sopwith Camel, Great Britain’s most famous fighter of World War I, was also the most effective fighter deployed by any nation in…
Battlefield Histories From Casemate are The Best of Their kind Around Today
Simon Forty is a prolific writer, to say the least. He has built a solid reputation for accuracy and passion for his subject matter and…
Shot by both sides – The Browning High Power in WW2
Relatively few weapons were used by both Allied and Axis forces in World War Two, and the few that were (the Oerlikon cannon, for example)…
Myths and Legends of the Iconic 1911
Pretty much anyone on the planet who studies firearms or military history has heard of the pistol known as the 1911. In continual service and…