Category Archives: Know Your Weapons

Know your WW2 History: The revolutionary fuse that won World War II

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The revolutionary fuse that helped win World War II

 

Some very interesting reading on a device that helped shorten the war considerably.

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The 5cm Granatwerfer 36

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Know Your Obscure WW2 Weapons:

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Diagram of German M19 5cm automatic mortar as sited in the Channel Islands and at points on the Atlantic Wall.

From the very start of the war, the German Army placed a great deal of store in mortars of various calibres and deployed them to every theatre of war, from North Africa to the Balkans and north-west Europe. The lightest calibre mortar produced expressly for the German Army was the 5cm leichte Granatwerfer 36 (leGrW36), which had a weight in action of 30.9lbs, considerably heavier than anything used by the Allied armies. Despite this it fired a HE bomb of just under 2lbs in weight, which was less than the weight of the bombs fired by the British 2in mortar or the Japanese Model Type 98 of comparable calibre. At the start of the war, the leGrW36 was standard equipment with every platoon within an infantry regiment of the German…

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Know Your Weapons: The M79, The Iconic “Bloop Tube” 40mm Grenade Launcher

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Combat experience with the bazooka rocket launcher in World War Two and its larger versions in the Korean War convinced the US military that a better weapon was needed to give front-line troops a direct-fire way to attach enemy strong points. The bazooka was bulky, not particularly accurate, and created a lot of backlist signature…

M79: The Iconic “Bloop Tube” 40mm Grenade Launcher — Forgotten Weapons

Know Your Cold War Weapons: Czech VZ-52

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While perusing Royal Tiger Imports C&R section the other day to see if on the off-hand chance they had any decent M1 Carbines left (they did not of course) I ran across a VZ-52 Rifle.

 

This is a nice peculiar addition to any Cold War Collection to be sure.

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