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The Fairbairn-Sykes Fighting Knife: A Commando Blade That Changed Special Forces Forever

Here at LoadOut, we all love talking knives. There’s just so many of them, that have so many different functions. There are knives that hang on belts, some knives that open Amazon boxes, knives that go into the glovebox for an emergency. And then there are knives quite literally born in blood, trained in darkness, […]

Tisas 1911A1 U.S. Army Review: Best Budget .45 ACP WW2 1911 Clone?

First Shot Let me tell you, few things in life hit harder than a .45 ACP from a slab-sided chunk of American steel. And while this one technically hails from Turkey, the Tisas 1911A1 is like that smiling immigrant in basic training who shows up, shakes your hand firm, and immediately volunteers for airborne school. […]

Tommy Gun Madness: The Thompson Submachine Gun

How one brutally effective American icon bridged Prohibition and World War – and became one of the loudest symbols of American firepower. Before Delta carried suppressed MP5’s, before Marines stacked bodies in Fallujah with M16’s, there was a time when American warfighters waded into battle with 10 pounds of walnut and steel. Slinging .45 caliber […]

The Brutal Reality of the Flamethrower and the Men Who Carried It

Fire as a weapon has a very long tradition. Notably, in the 7th century AD, Greeks created Greek fire. The flamethrower truly rose to prominence during World War I, and the Germans were the first reported widespread users of flame weapons. By the time World War II came around, everyone was shooting fire at each […]

Top 5 Combat shotguns

Top 5 combat shotguns

Shotguns.  While the ol’ scattergun doesn’t see such widespread use in the tactical fields as it used to, there is no doubt that a shotgun still makes an almighty mess of things at close range.  This is why shotguns (and their wielders) were such a despised enemy on the fields of WW1 and WW2.  American […]

Testing WWII Exploding Ammunition

Testing WWII exploding rifle rounds

World War Two was a monumental turning point for the history of our world.  The number of countries (and troops) involved, the geopolitical ramifications concerning the outcome and the massive surge in warfare technologies earned the war its nickname “The Big One”. In the clash between the Axis powers and the Allies, there are no […]

WW2 German Infantry Field Gear: What They Carried and Where They Carried It

A quick video showing how the German Webbing from WW2 would be assembled and worn. Note that there are various configurations and multiple ways to wear the webbing. This video shows just one way and shows a unique way of securing the gas mask canister with 2 utility straps (this was used to stop the […]

Infantry Weapons and Their Effects:1943 US Army Weapons

Kill Or Be Killed and Infantry Weapons:1943 US Army Training Films

The early years of World War Two were pretty grim. 1942 was a low point for the Allies, the Germans controlled Europe and most of North Africa; they were at the gates of Moscow. The Japanese controlled much of Asia and their fleets roamed the Pacific. The US Army trained almost four million men between […]

Browning’s M1911: Facts, Myths, and Legends

In the arena of handguns, no gun enjoys as great of a mystique or quite so strong a passion as John Moses Browning’s M1911. Truly, this pistol is one of the first mass-produced handgun styles that brought the idea of field maintenance and shootability to the end user in quite this way. Previous examples of […]

Origin Watch Company merges modern watchmaking with historical field watch roots

Origin Watch Company merges modern watchmaking with historical field watch roots

Trench and field watches played a vitally important role beginning with the first and second World Wars. Pilots, infantry officers, artillerymen, and many other military service roles relied on accurate timepieces to help them coordinate precise attacks and maneuvers.  Considering the technological advances that we now have the luxury of, there is less of a […]

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