Heckler & Koch released the MG4, a new 5.56mm squad machine gun in 2001. It was adopted by the German army in 2005, and then by the Spanish and Portuguese armies in 2007. Alongside its sister weapon the 7.62mm MG5, it is H&K's current export machine gun.

The MG4 fires from an open bolt, with a 2...

The "Kevin" (sometimes called a ZP-98) was developed by Czech gunsmith Antonín Zendl and introduced at the IWA show in 2007. It was a micro-compact pocket pistol chambered for either .380 ACP or 9mm Makarov (the Kevin M). It held six rounds in its magazine, and the most notable feature is a pair...

The Lee Enfield No.4 Mk1 T sniper was perhaps one of the best sniper rifles of WW2... in its own way... but how? We took a genuine T sniper out to the course and stepped it further and further to see how it would do.... surprise...it's a performer!

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We are lucky as we have two good Italian makers manufacturing affordable percussion revolver reproductions for target shooting, reenacting. Follow Capandball in his quest determinating how accurate the Uberti and Pietta 1861 Colt Navy .36 reproductions are, and which is more accurate.

The GHM-9 is a 9mm PCC from B&T that was developed as an economized alternative to the APC-9. It uses the same grip assembly as the APC-9, but a smaller and simpler upper receiver and a few of the other parts are simplified - like non-captive recoil springs. It has a variety of modular options an...

You’ve seen MP5s. You’ve seen SIGs. But you probably haven’t seen this.

This week on What Is This Weapon? Jonathan takes apart the FAMAE SAF, a rare submachine gun made in Chile that looks like it’s from Switzerland and feels a bit like something from Germany.

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The IanPat uniforms from last year were really popular, but they were a one-time special product. Today, Varusteleka dropped a new batch of IanPat operator caps and boonie hats, plus raw I...

Follow Capandball to Pilsen to the Municipial Armory holding 265 tinder lock guns from the time of the Battle of Pavia in 1525 and battle of Mohács 1526.

In the fall of 1944, the Mauser company was given a contract to develop drawings of a direct copy of the British Sten gun (code named Gerät Potsdam), and to manufacture 10,000 of them. In fact, they were to make two different sets of drawings; one suitable for large factory use (like their own) a...

The Super Shorty is a pump action shotgun reduced to a 2-round tube capacity and a 6.5" barrel made by Serbu Firearms. The first one was made in 1998 and since then Mark Serbu has made more than 6,000 of them. There have been a bunch of minor variations, including batches made on both Remington 8...

When the Swiss military went to make a short version of its M1896 rifle for cavalry, it realized that the early Schmidt-Rubin action had a problem: it was really, really long. With locking lugs all the way to the rear of the receiver, the system was just not an efficient use of space for a carbin...

This week on #whatisthisweapon, Jonathan examines a sealed pattern musket from Hesse, Germany.

What was it for? Who used it? And why is it covered in masking tape? Join Jonathan as he investigates this curious weapon from our collection.

DS Arms got some billet titanium and decided to make a batch of titanium receivers and other parts. This turned out to be a nightmarish amount of work, and two of the receivers had to be scrapped, leaving only 10 completed. They also made a number of other titanium parts, including flash hiders (...

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A recent report by The Times looking at the UK-led Operation Interflex, an international effort training Ukrainian personnel in the UK, featured a plethora of new photos that suggest the UK has now procured IWI Galil Ace Rifles to aid in the training of Ukrainian troops.

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The 7.5 Swiss Ordnance revolvers (M1882 and M82/29) are quite easy to get hold of. But what sort of performance is the black powder loaded ammunition capable of? We put some into ballistic gel blocks to see what might happen...

In this video we look at the Soviet Perspective of the Soviet Invasion of the Soviet Union. How they explained the defeats, the prelude and the international reactions. For this we look at official German translation of the official History of the Great Patriotic War of the Soviet Union (6 Volume...

In December 1944, the Haenel company received permission to produce a simplified version of the StG-44 Sturmgewehr. The idea was to keep the mechanical system and controls as similar as possible to the design in use, but simplify the design to reduce the cost and time of production. The design wa...

Black powder military rifles of the 1860s-1880s are a really enjoyable group of guns. A lot of them are relatively reasonably priced, and they are actually pretty easy to reload for. The unavailability of factory ammunition (for most, although not so much for the Trapdoor) makes them seem like a ...

The Humber MkIV, the last variant of the series started by the Guy Armoured Car, was a fairly early-war endeavour, later replaced by other vehicles. This one is the best example of the survivors.

It's rare we see modern Western service rifles transferred direct from donor countries' stocks but in recent months a small not noteworthy number of Dutch C7NLDs have appeared in Ukraine.

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This lecture was presented at the Spring 2025 meeting of the American Society of Arms Collectors. It was given by Joel Bohy, coauthor of a new book of the same name, published by Mowbray. You can find his book here:

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The BRN-180 is a @brownells and @primaryweapon collaboration project to modernize the AR-180. Of course we had the very inappropriate SBR versi...

Have you ever wondered wich was the strongest revolver of the 19th century and how accurate it was with a full service charge? Here is your chance! Follow Capandball as he is inveestigating the mechanical accuracy and true strength of the M1847 Colt Walker revolver.