World War II changed the world of small arms. The great display of infantry and armored power reformed warfighting doctrine and still affects modern warfighting. I’m not a tactics expert, but I appreciate machine guns, and World War II changed how machine guns would be used. During World War II, the Germans built their infantry […]
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LMG, MMG, SAW, HMG, GPMG…Oh My: Forgotten Weapons Explains Machine Gun Terminology
The guys at Forgotten Weapons have done a great video which explains Machine Gun Terminology. Not only are there way too many different categories of machine guns, some of these terms have changed over time. Forgotten Weapons tells us who makes them, why they exist and their place in military history. Automatic Rifle: Shoulder or hip […]
Nazi Wunderwaffe: the MG42 and the Sturmgeweher
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 developed the revolutionary Maschinengewehr 34, or MG […]
UKM 2000. The Soviet PKM goes 7.62 NATO
This year’s MSPO Defence Expo saw some new ideas and prototypes from the Polish “Łucznik” Firearms Factory in Radom. Some of you might be familiar with these, as the Radom Factory was present at this year’s Shot Show. One of the biggest highlights was an upgraded version of the UKM 2000: UKM 2000 The UKM […]