Weapons | War History

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…

StG 44 – Approved by Hitler, The Gun that Revolutionized Modern Rifles (includes footage)

Billy Moncure

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

Painting of the Battle of Königgrätz + Dreyse needle-gun

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

Browning Hi-Power being held up in a field

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…

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

Joseph O'Brien

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…

The Development of Early Handguns

Andrew Knighton

When gunpowder weapons first appeared on the battlefields of Europe, they took the form of cannons and other artillery, huge weapons designed to cause mass…

Best Infantry Weapons of WW2

wolfenlord

The most iconic and famous weapons of their time are not always the best or the most practical. However, this is a list of weapons…

Russians Replace AK-74M With Redesigned Rifles

Ian Harvey

The Russian military is replacing their AK-74M assault rifles with the new AK-12 and AK-15 models. The Russians have wanted to update their assault rifles…

Sig Sauer’s M17 Pistol for Public Purchase

Collectors of military memorabilia or those that are Sig Sauer aficionados are in for a treat as Sig Sauer has announced that it has a…

Why did Congress Withhold 20% of Funds for Marines’ New Rifle?

In April, the House of Representatives’ subcommittee on Tactical Air Land in the House Armed Services Committee put language in the proposed National Defense Authorization…