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 Teniente) January 25, 2017

On this video, we get to see and hear the actual full length footage of this exciting firearm, without music playing in the background or special effects/cuts ruining the footage. The showcase is fantastic and slow motion footage are great.

The STG44 was debuted on the battlefield in 1943...read more

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 Teniente) December 20, 2016

This WWII German MP38 was manufactured by Erma (Erfurter Maschinenfabrik) in 1940 shortly before production was discontinued in favor of the MP40. This is a rare unmodifified example with the original "hook" style bolt. 

The MP38 is almost identical to the MP40, a little heavier, and most...read more

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 Teniente) December 17, 2016

The MP 40 was a submachine gun and was heavily used by infantrymen, paratroopers, platoon and squad leaders on the Eastern and Western Front. By the end of World War II, an estimated 1.1 million MP 40s had been produced of all variants.

Although the MP40 was a reliable weapon, a weakness...read more

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 Teniente) October 18, 2016

A submachine gun (SMG) is an air-cooled, magazine-fed, automatic carbine designed to fire pistol cartridges. The term "submachine gun" was coined by John T. Thompson, the inventor of the Thompson submachine gun. Here are the top 10 rarest submachine guns of World War II: 

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In many ways, the Thompson and its history reflects the character of the American boys sent overseas to fight in WWII — scrappy dogfaces with lots of fight and some mischief in their background who were shipped out to do a job and do it well. That interesting...read more

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El Sten fue diseñado en un momento en que Gran Bretaña se enfrentaba a la Batalla de Inglaterra y otros combates, y temía la invasión alemana. Muchas armas se habían perdido durante retirada de Dunkerque y el ejército comenzaba a crecer. Antes de...read more

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