Bazooka
The American Bazooka was a successful - albeit simplistic - anti-armor developed as early as 1933, though not fielded until 1942. The system consisted of a basic tube, wiring and a pistol grip, fore grip and shoulder rest (al...

Boys Anti-Tank Rifle (Stanchion)
In 1934 the British Army issued a requirement for a light anti tank weapon. The designer of the heavy rifle was Captain Boys, a designer at the Royal Small Arms Factory, Enfield. For security reasons it was initially given a ...

Browning High-Power / Fabrique Nationale FN GP35
The Browning High-Power (or FN GP35 - "GP" standing for "Grande Puissance" in French) is based on the American Colt M1911, which incidentally was also designed by famed American gunsmith John Browning. The High-Power became B...

Browning M1917 (Model 1917)
The Browning M1917 machine gun became one of those rare weapons in American military history that went on to fight in most all of the major conflicts of the 20th Century. Developed during the latter stages of World War 1, it ...

Browning M1918 BAR (Browning Automatic Rifle)
The M1918 BAR ("Browning Automatic Rifle") was born out of the World War One idea of a single soldier armed with the power of a machine gun. Pushing the theory behind this concept were the French, whose own experience with th...

Browning M1919A4
Like many of the infantry weapons made available to US servicemen in the Second World War, the M1919 shared the common history of having been developed - or having stemmed from a development - originally conceived of or produ...

Browning M2HB (Heavy Barrel)
With the limitations inherent in the air-cooled version of the base M2 heavy machine gun - itself an evolution of the water-cooled derivative before it - the M2 was developed into the M2HB with the "HB" in the designation use...

Colt M1911
The Colt model M1911 series of pistols is one of the most successful small arms designs of the 20th Century, and in all history of warfare for that matter. The handgun has been produced in quantity in the United States, Argen...

Colt Model 1903 Pocket Hammerless
The Colt Model 1903 Pocket Hammerless (or M1903) was a semi-automatic pistol from the long line of firearms developed by fabled American gunsmith John Browning. This particular pistol found its way into the homes of civilian ...

Fabrique Nationale FN Model 1910
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French 75mm Howitzer
The French 75mm Howitzer served in the first World War and well into the second World War....

Ithaca Model 37 Featherlight
Famed gunsmith John Browning first patented the Model 37 pump action shotgun as early as 1917. Heralded as one of the longest running shotgun systems still in existence, the Model 37 rights were first owned by the Remington A...

Johnson Model 1941 (Rifle)
The Johnson Model 1941 faced off against the M1 Garand rifle before the start of hostilities that became World War 2. The rifle was designed by Melvin Maynard Johnson, Jr. (1909 - 1965) in 1939, a Boston, Massachusetts native...

Johnson Model 1941 LMG
The Johnson Model 1941 Light Machine Gun was a product of the Cranston Arms Company from Providence, Rhode Island, and classified as a support light machine gun. In functionality, the system could be thought about in the same...

M1 Carbine
The M1 Carbine series is often regarded as one of the most prolific American firearms developed during and for the Second World War. Designed primarily for light duty in the hands of logistical military participants such as c...

M1 Garand
Little discussion can be had on the subject of American infantrymen in World War Two without the mention of the highly-acclaimed M1 Garand rifle. As the standard infantry rifle of the Second World War GI, the Garand saw comba...

M1 Thompson (Tommy Gun)
The Thompson series of submachine guns (not quite a pistol yet not a full-fledged machine gun) began life in 1919 following World War 1. It was the creation of one General John Taliaferro Thompson (December 31st, 1860 - June ...

M1917 Enfield (American Enfield)
Britain had already begun the task of replacing their Short Magazine Lee Enfield (SMLE) infantry rifles in the years preceding the First World War. The Royal Arms Factory at Enfield was charged with finding a solution to this...

M1A1 Pack Howitzer
The M1A1 Pack Howitzer was the standard howitzer for American forces in World War 2. The Pack design actually traced it's roots back to the howitzer development of World War One, standardized in the American Army post-war as ...

M3A1 (Grease Gun)
The M3A1 "Grease Gun" was a further development of the base M3 submachine gun. Entering service in 1944, the M3A1 looked to simplify the weapon's production process and practices in order to streamline the result and ship the...

Marlin M1917 / M1918
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Mortar, 60mm M19
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Mortar, 60mm M2
The M2 60mm light mortar served US Army and Marine forces in World War 2 and through the Korean and the Vietnam wars, becoming the standard light company mortar beginning in 1940. The weapon was a license-production copy of t...

Mortar, 81mm M1
The American M1 81mm Mortar, like the upcoming M2 60mm Mortar, was based on a French design by Edgar William Brandt (1880-1960). The M1 was a derivative of the French mle 27/31 system (itself an improved form of the Stokes Tr...

Mosin-Nagant M1891 (3 Lineyaya vintovka obr 1891)
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PPSh-41
The PPSh-41 became the staple of the Soviet Army soldier in the Second World War. The PPSh-41 was given a need to fill as a cheap to produce and mechanically simple submachine gun with a high rate of fire. Designed by Geor...

Simonov SKS (Samozaryadniy Karabin sistemi Simonova)
The Soviet-produced SKS, or the Samozaryadniy Karabin sistemi Simonova, was the design of Sergei Gavrilovish Simonov and is sometimes designated as the Simonov SKS. The system is a simple self-loading, short-stroke gas piston...

Smith & Wesson SW Model 67
The popular Model 67 revolver, or '.38 Special' as it is also known, is produced by Smith & Wesson and made with two and four-inch barrels. The gun itself has been manufactured by Colt, Ruger, and Smith & Wesson. The revolver...

Springfield M1903 (Model 1903)
The Springfield M1903 rifle was based on the German Mauser production type made through an agreement between the US Ordnance Department and the overseas company. The bolt-action rifle fired from a 5-round internal box magazin...

Vickers Machine Gun
The Vickers Mk I series of medium machine guns would see action through two World Wars as the recoil-operated, water-cooled machine gun of choice for British forces. Introduced in 1912, the Vickers system could be found anywh...