Category: History

The Welrod is a unique British bolt action, magazine fed, suppressed pistol devised during World War II for silent use behind enemy lines. ...

There were actually many gun inventors/designers of the past. Only few stood out because of their forward thinking, which propelled them to the top to be remembered in our firearms history....

The Spetnaz’s Underwater RiflesThrough The Years Story and photographs by Andrew Young International warfare has created some of the most profound advances in technology and concepts, and the underwater arena is no exception. Following up on last issue’s look at the...

Nicknamed “Hitler’s Buzzsaw” the sound was unlike anything else on the battlefield at that time. The allied nations facing this weapon were seriously outgunned....

The Soviet Union was the first to begin developing firearms specifically for their combat divers....

In the autumn of 1864 Massachusetts Governor John A. Andrew wrote to President Lincoln asking him to express condolences to Mrs. Lydia Bixby, a widow believed to have lost five sons during the Civil War....

If you have a passion for the history of firearms or collecting old guns then you will probably be familiar with Collector Grade Publications, a publishing house which has been publishing excellent, well researched and curated books for nearly 40 years....

About 50 years near Vietnam, a helicopter that wasn't officially there fended off an attack on a post that didn't officially exist, with the help of a single Kalash....

See this Iconic Colt Model 1911 vintage footage from the WWII era and notice the similarity to the FBI pistol training and utilizing Col. Rex Applegate combat shooting methods for close quarter combat....

Back in the WWII era, Disney did their part to help Uncle Sam by making instructional films on how to use the Boys anti-tank rifle. This vintage video from VDMA Youtube goes over the instructions on the employment of the .55-caliber rifle,...