Like most armies in this part of the world, the Peshmerga’s go-to weapon is the AK-47/AKM. Sure, they have the G36 and a few M16/M4s floating around (usually with officers), but the Kalashnikov is the name of the game. What makes it fascinating is the number of variants and … [Read more...]
U.S. Marines participating in Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI) Course 1-16, conduct an aerial gunnery with GAU-17 Minigun and GAU-18 M2 machine gun on UH-1Y Venom helicopter near Yuma, Arizona. *Photo courtesy of AirSource Military Youtube channel … [Read more...]
The MP-5 was the go to submachine gun of the cold war. It was a Hollywood chick magnet and the sex symbol of a generation. Where it came from and where it went is a twisted tale of terrorism and ballistics. This story begins as Nazi Germany ends, the team with the prettiest … [Read more...]
The DP-28 is a large and imposing piece of military hardware. It is purposely built to destroy targets no matter if it's paper, a piece of scrap steel, a car, or a Nazi bunker. That fact becomes obvious the first time a person inspects and handles the weapon. Shortly after the … [Read more...]
The GAU-19 Gatling .50 Cal is one serious piece of hardware which I thought I'd mention today in light of it's renewed interest for Naval deployment. Many have never even heard of it or seen it deployed, which is a shame because this monster can lay down the hate. Whenever … [Read more...]
At the start of the World War II, the German Army (Wehrmacht) equipped their infantry with a mix of bolt action rifles and machine guns. They would find that mass production required a different weapon and a new machinegun, the MG42 was developed. Between the wars, they had … [Read more...]
