Locked on Full Auto – Firing the 1919 Browning Automatic Rifle in Texas
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…
WW2 Weapons: The M1 Garand Firing In Slow Motion (Watch)
General George S. Patton, one of the most important Allied generals of World War II, called the M1 Garand Rifle ‘the greatest battle implement ever…
Serious Hardware – Testing Out German WW2 Machine Guns On The Firing Range (Watch)
These two machine guns, the MG-34 and the MG-42, were the primary arms given to the German infantry and their vehicles throughout World War 2.…
American WW2 Sniper Rifles: The Springfield Versus 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…
10 Facts – The Tsar Bomba – the Biggest Bomb The World Has Ever Seen
Every aspect of the phrase, ‘weapons of mass destruction,’ applies to the Tsar Bomba. The weapon was the Soviet Union’s rebuttal to the United States…
7 World War Two Handguns For Normal Shooters And Collectors
War History Online presents this guest article by Sam Hoober, contributing editor for Bigfoot Gun Belts and Alien Gear Holsters. There were a number of…
Winnie and Pooh: innocent names for big Second World War guns
Just the sight of the big guns that at one time guarded the coasts of southern England in World War II would intimidate the faint…
Unique Guns of Battlefield 1 – The History behind the Game
While WWI did not consist of soldiers running about with 900 round-per-minute submachine guns, the guns of the video game Battlefield 1 did exist in…
The M4 Carbine: Weapon of Choice for the US Army
The US Army is globally active. At all times, they are in action on several continents from arid deserts to tropical jungles to urban centers.…
The Handgun Collector – Luger and Walther P.38 Handguns – Classics of WW2
War History Online presents this Guest Article by Tom Whiteman, long-time Luger and Walther collector and owner of Legacy Collectibles. Effective Military Weapons The Luger and Walther…
Mighty Vickers Mark IV Naval Gun Restored for its 100th Birthday
War History Online presents this Guest Article by Tim Randle This WW1 1916 Vickers 4 Inch Mark IV Naval Gun was presented to the Talisman Sea Cadets…
The German Paris Gun – Super Gun Of WWI
The most powerful gun to be fielded in the First World War was the German Paris Gun. Several of these guns were produced and used…