National Army Museum at Waiouru
Here’s the last Andy’s Rubbish & Ramblings for 2023. As you know I have been standing in to give Gus a break from his amazing Gus’s Gear offerings.This time I…
***Antonio Wednesday’s Wonders *** Machine guns, Peter Letzelter and Militärpaß – Part. 1
I have been showing different Items in the last few weeks in this “Antonio Wednesday’s Wonders”. Now it is the turn for the Militärpaß or the Military Identity Documents. I…
Gus’ Gear – auto weapons
Today on Gus' Gear I will show a few full auto weapons from Germany, France and The United Kingdom. All examples shown here are demilled and classified as parts kits.…
Everything that shoots Is being used: employment of captured MGs
Dec 20: Everything that shoots Is being used: employment of captured MGs The Captured Machine Gun ManualCaptured machine guns became so important to the German war effort that these weapons, where…
Dec 13: Forgotten machine-guns II: Louis Schmeisser and the Dreyse-MG
Dec 13: Forgotten machine-guns II: Louis Schmeisser and the Dreyse-MG Probably even before 1907, thus before the takeover by Rheinmetall, Louis Schmeisser moved as chief designer to the Dreyse-Werke in Sömmerda,…
Nov 29: Firing through the propeller disk area: Airborne-MGs 08 and 08/15
Nov 29: Firing through the propeller disk area: Airborne-MGs 08 and 08/15Despite the technically well-engineered Parabellum machine gun, the use of machine guns positioned to fire over the propeller arc…
Dec 6: Forgotten machine-guns I: Bergmann old model and new model MGs
Dec 6: Forgotten machine-guns I: Bergmann old model and new model MGs Very early on in the procurement of machine guns, the German Army decided on the Maxim system and set…
Nov 15: Light machine-guns desperately needed: the machine-gun crisis of 1915 and the lMG 08/15
Nov 15: Light machine-guns desperately needed: the machine-gun crisis of 1915 and the lMG 08/15It was Robert Watson-Watt, Winston Churchill’s scientific advisor, who said: “Give me the third best technology.…
Nov 8: The standard machine-gun of the German army: MG 08
Nov 8: The standard machine-gun of the German army: MG 08 In 1906-07, the formation of a machine gun company with “old type” equipment (meaning the MG 01 with Type 06…
Nov 1: The beginning with Sir Hiram Maxim’s guns: MG 99 and MG 01
This blog is written by Dr. Frank Buchholz Nov 1: The beginning with Sir Hiram Maxim’s guns: MG 99 and MG 01 In 1888 Hiram Maxim presented the latest product…