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Know Your Weapons: Pancor Jackhammer Mk3
John Anderson was a Korean War veteran who became interested in developing a high capacity, selective-fire combat shotgun for military use. He designed what became known as the Pancor Jackhammer, a fully automatic, gas operated, blow forward, drum fed shotgun. Three working examples were made, two tested to destruction by HP White Labs, and one…
Pancor Jackhammer Mk3 — Forgotten Weapons
Know Your Weapons: The Macuahuitl
Besides the various types of hawks and war axes, this is definitely one of my favorite ancient CQ Weapons.
Brutal and Practical.
Aztec warriors wielding macanas (macahuitl), which are oak swords or clubs fitted with rows of obsidian blades. Aztec warriors used these weapons to slash, inflicting long bleeding wounds, or sever, as when they decapitated a mare Cortés’s party brought. Cortés did battle with thousands of Aztec warriors during his campaign of exploration in Central America. […]
Macuahuitl — Weapons and Warfare
Know Your World War II Weapons: The Nebelwerfer Rocket Launcher.
A diagram of the new Nebelwerfer 150mm ammunition
These rockets were fired from a six-tube launcher mounted on a towed carriage adapted from the 3.7 cm PaK 36 carriage. This system had a maximum range of 6,900 metres (7,500 yd). I am uncertain whether these weapons were used in the Western Desert, but photographs record them in Tunisia, Sicily and Italy, Normandy and the NWE campaign, and of course on the Russian front. Nearly five and a half million 15 cm rockets and six thousand launchers were manufactured over the course of the war.
The 15-cm (5.9-in) German artillery rockets were the mainstay of the large number of German army Nebelwerfer (literally smoke-throwing) units, initially formed to produce smoke screens for various tactical uses but later diverted to use artillery rockets as well. The 15-cm (5.9-in) rockets were extensively tested by the Germans at Kummersdorf West during the late 1930s…
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The Guns of the Outlaw Josey Wales
The Guns of the Outlaw Josey Wales
Definitely one of the most iconic westerns of all time with some GREAT firearms to boot!
Stay Alert, Armed and Dangerous!
