Shooting a Benelli M2 with nine rounds using the SilencerCo "Salvo" 12 gauge suppressor.

Firing the German FG42 - Video

Prototype Quadrotor with Machine Gun

Tribute to Mikhail Kalashnikov and the AK-47

Tribute to Mikhail Kalashnikov and the AK-47

Gewehr 43 - A Video

German ordnance began looking for a military selfloading rifle to augment the K98k as early as the 1930s, although the pressures of war initially made that development a second priority. By 1941, though, two competing designs from the Walther and Mauser companies had been developed to the point of mass production, as the Gewehr 41(W) and Gewehr 41(M) rifles. These both shared a gas-trap operating system to comply with an HWa requirement that no gas ports be drilled into the barrels. When it came to locking systems, the two designs differed greatly, with the Walther being the more successful of the two. Thousands of examples of both designs were put into field testing, mostly in the East, and it because clear that the gas trap system was not suitable for combat. The Walther company responded with a new version of their design which used a much more modern short stroke gas piston, basically copied from the Soviet SVT-40 rifle.

Video Review on the AA-12 Fully Automatic Shotgun

Review on the AA12 Automatic Shotgun

M1 Garand .30 Cal. Rifle video review

The M1 Garand .30 Cal Rifle. Called the "Rifleman's Rifle", the M1 Garand was legendary on the battlefield to the point that Patton called it "the greatest battle implement ever devised."

K98 Mauser German WWII Rifle video review

The K98 Mauser 8mm Rifle used by the German Wehrmacht throughout WWII. Issued to troops in 1935 to 1945, this bolt action rifle is a legend.

German War Files - Guns Of The Werhmacht, A Video

Green Devils - Elite paratroopers of the Luftwaffe 1942 - 1945

Rare film on Stug III, IV Assault Guns

The ADS amphibious assault rifle is built by the state-owned KBP company. It's based on the venerated A-91M bullpup assault rifle platform and fires 5.45x39mm M74 rounds (the same used by the AK-74) when on land. It also accepts an underbarrel GP-30 40mm grenade launcher and a host of optical sights.

Kel-Tec KSG Bullpup Pump-Action 12 Gauge Shotgun (Video by Gunblast.com)

Jeff Quinn (http://www.gunblast.com) tests the Kel-Tec KSG Bullpup Pump-Action 12 Gauge Fighting Shotgun.

Video review of the Dardick Model 1500 handgun - a magazine-fed revolver

This is an ugly looking handgun. Check out this video review from YouTube.

Video of shooting the Mateba 6 Unica in 44 magnum

Taken from YouTube.

Video of FN P90

Little David: An American 36 inch (914 mm) caliber mortar used for test firing aerial bombs

The Little David Heavy Siege Mortar was developed to combat the expected fortifications on the Japanese mainland.

In 1944, the United States War Department was planning for the invasion of the Japanese mainland and expecting to encounter very strong fortifications. As such, the Army would need a heavy weapon to combat such structures. Specifications were drawn up and the Army figured on a weapon larger weapon than the 16-inch (410mm) guns as found on the Iowa-class battleships shooting a 2,700 lb (1,200kg) shell as these massive weapons had proven ineffective against Japanese bunkers at Iwo Jima.

The new weapon was called "Little David", an American 36-inch (914 mm) caliber mortar, becoming the largest gun ever built (beating both the German "Dora" and "Karl" mega-guns). First used for test firing bombs during World War II, Little David was modified to serve as a siege mortar and it was planned to turn the instrument into an effective "bunker buster". When Japan surrendered, the mainland invasion became unnecessary and Little David was therefore never actually used in combat.

Its potential effectiveness was questionable, however, because of the gun's limited range and accuracy. This mobile mortar was capable of hurling a 3,650-pound projectile a distance of six miles via the giant 22-foot, muzzle-loading rifled mortar tube. Complete with its firing mechanism and other associated parts making up the tube assembly, Little David weighed in at 80,000 pounds. The mortar's metal base half-moon assembly underneath the tube (or barrel) was constructed in a squared huge box that weighed 93,000 pounds. The box would have to be buried underground by its own bulldozer for stability before firing.

Little David would have been transported by two artillery M26A1 tank tractors consisting of a Truck, 12-ton, 6 x 6, Tractor, M26 (Pacific) and a Semi-trailer, 40-ton, M15 (Fruehauf) - the latter also called the 'Dragon Wagon'. The tractors were designated TR-1 by their manufacturers and were powered by the Hall-Scott Type 440 series 240bhp, 6-cylinder gasoline engine. Hall-Scott designed the 440 engine exclusively for the M26A1 and built around 2,100 examples of them. While traveling, the mortar's tube and base assemblies each made up separate tractor loads, while a third tractor would haul the 3,600lb projectiles. A complete Little David unit also included a bulldozer with crane and bucket shovel to dig the emplacement. The huge mortar could be assembled and ready to fire in 12 hours. Comparatively, the largest (820MM) known German artillery weapons were hauled on no fewer than 25 railway cars and required three weeks to be erected into firing position using some 200 crewmen. In that respect, this made Little David more mobile than a railway gun.

One of the last survivors of the Little David gun is on display at the proving grounds in Aberdeen, Maryland, USA.

Here is a video of the mortar.

Me 163 Komet (Video & feature) - the world's first roket fighter plane

The Me 163 Komet was perhaps the most unique aircraft design of the Second World War. German scientists, always on the cutting edge of evolving war technology, developed a rocket-powered aircraft based on testing completed with an engine-less glider design. The resulting research produced the one-man, swept back fighter that was equally dangerous to pilot and Allied bomber formations alike.

I have posted something on the Komet a few year ago. Please click on the link below to get the see the full write-up as well as a video.

ME 163 Komet





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Mörser Karl - 600mm German Mortar

While searching my old postings, I found this gem that I would like to share again with all of you. The Morser Karl Mortar. Click on any one of the two links below and you will find the history as well as a video of the mortar from my other blog.

History
Video

This is one piece of engineering.





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WW2 German Dora gun, the biggest gun ever, firing

Have you seen this video before of the Dora gun firing? Well go the link below and you will see something truly impressive considering the technology was in the 1940s. There are also a lot of technical and historical facts in the posting.

WW2 German Dora gun, the biggest gun ever, firing



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