This TAB Short, takes a concise look at the Dreyse 1907. A pocket pistol thrust into police and military service before, during and after World War one. Matt examines an example of the 1907 and discusses its design, operation and history. The .32 ACP pistol was designed by Louis Schmeisser and pr...

Following NATOs standardisation of 5.56x45mm, Heckler & Koch introduced the G41 in 1981, as NATO members began looking for new rifles. HK, however, struggled to find buyers for the G41. In this episode Matt takes a look at one of HK's rarest rifles. Comparing it to its predecessor the HK33 and di...

Celebrating our 40th episode with a live fire video featuring a replica Gerat 06(H), the rifle that began the roller-delayed blowback dynasty which has included Spanish CETMEs and German HK's like the G3 and MP5. Developed by Mauser engineers from the gas operated Gerat 06, it produced a much lig...

In this episode we take a look at Heckler & Koch's first 5.56x45mm rifle, the HK33. Introduced in the late 1960s, the HK33 was Heckler & Koch's response to the emergence of the new 5.56x45mm round and FN's introduction of the FN CAL. While the HK33 wasn't adopted by West Germany it proved a popul...

In this video we compare two of the last roller-delayed production rifles: the Spanish CETME Modelo L and the Heckler & Koch G41. These rifles represent the last evolutions of two strands of the roller-delayed development tree - the Spanish and the German.

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The Walther P5 was developed in the mid-1970s as a response to the West German police’s search for new a 9x19mm service pistol to replace the older smaller calibre pistols then in service, like the Walther PP. The P5 saw police, military and commercial success. Check out our detailed accompanying...

Matt recently visited Berlin and took the opportunity to visit the German-Russian Museum in Karlshorst, the site of Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender. The building and the hall have a fascinating history, once part of the Wehrmacht’s Pionierschule 1 and later the USSR's HQ in Eastern Germany...

In 1976, with criminal and terrorist activity on the rise the West German Federal Police launched a search for a new small, lightweight service pistol to replace their stocks of Walther P38/P1′s and various 7.65×17mm pistols. You can check out the accompanying article for this video here - http:/...

During the First World War Germany struggled to produce its own tanks, with no more than 20 A7Vs being built, instead the Imperial German Army made liberal use of captured allied tanks. Be sure to check out our accompanying article for this video here - http://armourersbench.com/2022/02/27/beutep...

We’ve previously looked at Ukrainian troops training with the British L85A2 and Chinese Type 56s AK-pattern rifles. In June, the first images of Ukrainian troops training with G36s emerged, shared by the Lithuanian Ministry of Defence. Be sure to check out our accompanying article for this video ...

At We Have Ways Festival 2022 I ran into friends from the Dunkirk 1940 Museum and they were displaying an interesting piece - a British 4lb Incendiary Bomb which had reportedly been dropped on Dresden in February 1945. Check out the museum's channel @Dunkirk-nu2oi and their website they have lo...

Earlier this year I had the pleasure of travelling to @thetankmuseum to film some segments for the new documentary on the Rhineland Campaign - 'Rhineland 45'. Not all of the segments I filmed discussing weapons could be included in the finished documentary - I filmed quite a few - so I'm please...

As the proliferation of 5.56x45mm rifles in Ukraine continues the latest rifle to begin to be seen in use is the Heckler & Koch HK416. Small numbers of the rifle have been seen in use with Ukrainian special operations forces so far.

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Watch latest videos, sometimes even early releases! Sign up for the newsletter: http://eepurl.com/hkbJYn The H&K P7 is often said to be one of the best pistol designs, and was marketed as the "most expensive handgun in the world". It was used by the GSG9, and despite being phased out by the H&K S...

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Watch latest videos, sometimes even early releases! Sign up for the newsletter: http://eepurl.com/hkbJYn [or] slateblackindustries (dot) com 👉 Newsletter Watch latest videos, sometimes even early releases! Sign up for the newsletter : https://www.slateblackindustries.com/service/newsletter/ In 19...

Watch latest videos, sometimes even early releases! Sign up for the newsletter: http://eepurl.com/hkbJYn [or] slateblackindustries (dot) com 👉 Newsletter The PTR91 has established itself as one of the best and most reliable copies of the HK91/ HK G3 rifles. The roller-lock design traces back to t...

Watch latest videos, sometimes even early releases! Sign up for the newsletter: http://eepurl.com/hkbJYn The Kar98k, the Wehrmacht's backbone in WW2. With it's origins tracing back to Paul Mauser's Model 1898 rifle, there is an estimate of somewhere between 90mi to 125mil units produced, making t...

Watch latest videos, sometimes even early releases! Sign up for the newsletter: http://eepurl.com/hkbJYn [or] slateblackindustries (dot) com 👉 Newsletter The HK 416 was developed as a contender for special operations deployment as an operator's service rifle. Nowadays, H&K offers the HK416 system...

Watch latest videos, sometimes even early releases! Sign up for the newsletter: http://eepurl.com/hkbJYn The H&K P7 is often said to be one of the best pistol designs, and was marketed as the "most expensive handgun in the world". It was used by the GSG9, and despite being phased out by the H&K S...

Watch latest videos, sometimes even early releases! Sign up for the newsletter: http://eepurl.com/hkbJYn [or] slateblackindustries (dot) com 👉 Newsletter The WW2 Kar98k Sniper (Scharfschützengewehr) was a formidable enemy to allied soldiers, and rightfully so. The 4x (sometimes 6x) ZF39 scope was...

Watch latest videos, sometimes even early releases! Sign up for the newsletter 🗞️https://tinyurl.com/9HoleReviews or https://tinyurl.com/SlateBlack The H&K G3 was a tremendously prolific rifle that was produced mainly in Germany, Portugal, Greece, Turkey, Pakistan and of course, the US copy by PT...

Watch latest videos, sometimes even early releases! Sign up for the newsletter: http://eepurl.com/hkbJYn [or] slateblackindustries (dot) com 👉 Newsletter Henry takes us on a deep dive into the WW2 Kar98k Sniper Rifle (Scharfschützengewehr) and the snipers behind it. What made it different from th...

Watch latest videos, sometimes even early releases! Sign up for the newsletter: https://tinyurl.com/9HoleReviews or https://tinyurl.com/SlateBlack In 1939, the Germany Army realized that they wanted an aiming device better than the standard Kar98k iron sights. In 1941, the Wehrmacht rolled out th...