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Source No, not the MG42. The FG42. The FG42 and the MG42 are two completely different weapons. The FG42 was perhaps Germany’s first attempt at making an assault rifle type weapon, even though the gun that truly fulfilled that role was the later STG44. The FG42 was primarily intended for use with paratroopers. It was […] More

Source The standard issue submachine gun for the United States of the Second World War, and by far the most famous, was the Thompson submachine gun. The M1928, M1, and M1A1 were the specific variants that were issued. The Thompson was indeed an excellent weapon, but it was also very heavy for a submachine gun […] More

Source One of the most overlooked pistols of the Second World War was the Radom P35. Today, this is regarded by collectors and historians as being one of the finest pistols of the Second World War. It was influenced very heavily by the Browning Hi Power, but features an improvement in the form of a […] More

Source The Gewehr 43 was an attempt by Germany to build a semi-automatic rifle similar to the M1 Garand of the United States or the SVT-40 of the Soviet Union. In 1941, Germany and its Axis allies launched a massive invasion of the Soviet Union. The Soviets were in the process of trying to rearm […] More

Source The Welrod was an assassin’s pistol developed in World War II by the British. The pistol was very unique because it was magazine fed, but also a bolt action and had an integral suppressor. The pistol indeed has a very distinctive look, but the main standout to it was its quietness. When fired, it […] More

Source The German military used a lot of different handguns during World War 2. The Luger had been the standard issue pistol for World War I, but by the late 1930s it was definitely showing its age and was expensive to produce. As a result, Germany adopted a new service pistol called the Walther P38, […] More

Source The STG44 was easily one of the most influential firearms ever made in history. As the war was waging, Germany recognized that the future of small arms was automatic weapons and not the traditional bolt actions. The STG44 was, at the time, a rather radical concept. The concept called for an intermediate cartridge in […] More

Source The M1 Garand was adopted by the United States military as its standard service rifle, but a rifle that had tremendous influence on the M1 Garand was the Pedersen rifle. This was because the developer of the Pedersen rifle, John Pedersen, significantly increased the bar for those who were seeking to create the U.S. […] More

Source Most bolt action rifles of World War 2 and World War 1 either had the rounds fed individually or via a stripper clip. The 1892 Black Rifle, in contrast, was loaded using a seven round rotary magazine. Now granted, this rifle was not used in World War 2, but it could have been because […] More

Source The Walther P38 was the standard issue German sidearm of World War II, so by that measure, it’s not ‘overlooked.’ But one aspect about the P38 that is heavily overlooked is its influence. For example, the Beretta 92FS, or the standard issue sidearm of the United States military since 1985, is basically a design […] More

The 1964 film Zulu tells the story of the Battle of Rorke’s Drift in 1979, where just over one hundred British soldiers (many of them wounded and sick), managed to miraculously hold off wave after wave of more than four thousand Zulu warriors. Rorke’s Drift was the second major battle of the Zulu War in […] More

The 2012 thriller war film Zero Dark Thirty details the extensive search for Osama Bin Laden, which began following 9/11 and then continued up to 2011. The movie follows the more than decades long search and culminates with a vivid depiction of the raid on Bin Laden’s hideout that resulted in his death. MoreReport Item […] More