Tores Tuesday.- Obsolete rifles still in use. The GEW 71/84.
Thinking about German rifles of WWI, one generally thinks of the Mauser Gewehr98 and Kar98A. Also used in huge numbers was the Gewehr88. However, as for all the countries at…
Thinking about German rifles of WWI, one generally thinks of the Mauser Gewehr98 and Kar98A. Also used in huge numbers was the Gewehr88. However, as for all the countries at…
No, this is not the gun that started World War One, definitely not! However, you will find that “fact” in several publications.The gun that Gavrilo Princip used on June 28th…
Do you like them secured, armed or scrambled?The German WWI egg-handgrenade in its three stages. This is the 1917 version of the egg-handgrenade, with the band around it for better…
Indeed this pistol is the most powerful there ever was! With just a few rounds it killed millions of people. No other pistol can claim such efficiency.So, how to do…
The Luger pistol can hardly be called rare with millions having been produced during its service life, however there are some pretty rare variations, and here is one.The German navy…
Right, I realize that I am going backwards as for chronology here, having already presented the P-16 pistol, but I hope to be forgiven for that, - eventually...In my previous…
Now, this iconic pistol is best known as the C96 and nicknamed the “red nine”, sometimes just inaccurately referred to as the Mauser Pistol, but rarely mentioned by its designation:…
Having written about so many helmets over many weeks, I thought I’d keep on to the logical end: the M18, though I have less to say about it.As the M18…
As I have been writing about pickelhaube helmets seven weeks in row I figured I could keep up the helmet theme a little longer... So, here is a rather standard…
I have for the last six weeks been on a pickelhaube theme, as you will have noticed. And, kept the best for last as for this theme to go out…