WW1 Guns
Many cheered the arrival of war in Europe in August of 1914, expecting it to conclude by Christmas - and it did, only in November of 1918 after four years of brutal fighting.
1913
The 17cm mittlerer Minenwerfer was a portable mortar (or "mine projector") used by the Imperial German Army during World War ...
1914
All of the major military powers of World War 1 made extensive use of mortars throughout their various campaigns where fortif...
1905
The Arisaka Type 38 (Rifle, Meiji 38th Year) was the standard rifle issued to the Imperial Japanese infantry. The weapon had...
1912
The Type 44 Carbine (also known as the Type 44 "Cavalry Rifle") was a standardized Japanese Army bolt-action carbine weapon d...
1918
While much of the attention of early submachine guns is ultimately paid to the Germans and their MP18 (Maschinenpistole 18), ...
1902
One of American gunsmith John Moses Browning's most famous designs (and one of the most popular shotguns of all time) was the...
1917
The Browning M1917 machine gun became one of those rare weapons in American military history that went on to fight in most al...
1918
The M1918 BAR ("Browning Automatic Rifle") was born out of the World War One idea of a single soldier armed with the power of...
1900
The Browning Model 1900 was John Browning's first successful pistol design, further solidifying an already well-respected nam...
1903
The Fabrique Nationale FN Model 1903 was a solid, well-traveled pistol used in both World Wars. The gun was produced to the t...
1910
The Model 1910 was another successful John Browning firearms design that was initially produced by the Belgian firm of Fabriq...
1892
The Carcano Modello 1891 (Model 1891) was the standard Italian Army service rifle of both World Wars. The design emerged from...
1911
The Colt model M1911 series of pistols is one of the most successful small arms designs of the 20th Century - and in all of w...
1903
The Colt Model 1903 Pocket Hammerless (or M1903) was a semi-automatic pistol from the long line of firearms developed by fabl...
1917
When the Americans formally entered World War 1 in 1917, they lacked much in the way of viable fighting equipment and this in...
1915
The F1 served the French Army through World War 1 and World War 2 as a standard anti-personnel fragmentation infantry hand gr...
1914
The FIAT-Revelli Modello 1914 (Machine Gun, System Revelli, Model 14) was the first large-scale indigenously-designed and dev...
1909
Design of the M1909 was brought about by a new French requirement looking to provide ground elements with a "light" automatic...
1914
During the late 1800s, there only existed a few proven "true" machine gun concepts anywhere in the world. Countless attempts ...
1889
The Belgian Model 1889 "Mauser" became the first bolt-action service rifle of the Belgian Army. It was based on the proven Ma...
1894
The Krag-Jorgensen was a bolt-action, repeat-fire rifle of Norwegian origin designed in the latter half of the 1800s. It was ...
1887
The Lebel Model 1886 (more formally as the "Fusil Modele 1886 ") was the standard infantry rifle of the French Army before an...
1895
The Lee-Enfield series of rifles is one of the most successful bolt-action rifles of all time. First debuted in November 1895...
1908
The German P08 pistol (or "Pistole 1928" or "P'08" or "Luger") was one of the more famous German-based pistol designs of the ...
1917
Britain had already begun the task of replacing their Short Magazine Lee Enfield (SMLE) infantry rifles in the years precedin...
1886
The Mannlicher Model 1886 became the first service rifle of the Austro-Hungarian Army to feature a magazine. Design of the we...
1888
The Mannlicher Model 1886 straight-pull bolt-action service rifle was the first such rifle adopted by the Austro-Hungarian Ar...
1895
In the mid-1880s, the Austro-Hungarian Army sought to modernized their infantry regiments with a new service rifle. This crea...
1900
The Mannlicher Model 1900 series was consistent with the high-end craftsmanship coming out of Steyr. Pistols were made to a h...
1918
By 1917, the German Army was forced to develop counter weapons once the British and French began unveiling their "landships" ...
1896
One of the most recognizable early-form semi-automatic pistols became the Mauser C96 series. The C96 shape was classic with i...
1898
The Mauser Gewehr 98 (formally as the "Infantry Rifle Model 1898") was a manually operated, magazine fed, bolt-action rifle a...
1872
The Mauser brothers - Paul and Wilhelm - entered firearms history when their Mauser Model 1871 was adopted by the German Army...
1908
The Maxim MG08 (or "Maschinengewehr 08") was a copy of the original machine gun as developed by Sir Hiram S. Maxim in 1884. H...
1917
The Mk 1 series fragmentation hand grenade was issued to American troops and led a rather short operational service tenure wi...
1915
As World War broadened across Europe following the events of 1914, design work began on a new standard hand grenade for the B...
1918
The Mk II/Mk 2 series fragmentation grenade was the standard American Army infantry hand grenade from 1918 until the 1960s. P...
1915
The Stielhandgranate was the quintessential hand grenade of the German Army in both World War 1 and World War 2. The type bec...
1900
The Mondragon Rifle is noted as becoming one of the first semi-automatic/full-automatic service rifle to be adopted in quanti...
1891
Like all other world powers of the late-1800s, the Russian Empire sought modernization in its military inventory. This proved...
1927
Like the standard-issue rifles of the Imperial Japanese Army during the 1920s, the pistols of the IJA were equally outdated f...
1891
The Model 1889 "Bodeo" revolver served as the standard Italian Army service revolver for decades after being adopted in 1891....
1910
The Italian Army took on the Model 1910 Glisenti in an attempt to field a semi-automatic pistol to replace their aged "Bodeo"...
1908
Unlike other global firepowers, the United States was never shy about going to war with shotguns in tow. This proved the case...
1905
Famous American gunsmith John Moses Browning (1855-1926) had many of his popular rifle and shotgun designs licensed exclusive...
1907
The Roth-Steyr M07 (or "Model 07") holds the distinction of becoming the first self-loading pistol to be accepted by a major ...
1917
The revolver was the primary side arm in most every major world army during the mid-to-late 1800s and into the 1900s and this...
1889
The popular Model 67 revolver, or '.38 Special' as it is also known, is produced by Smith & Wesson and made with two and four...
1903
The M1903 "Springfield" bolt-action service rifle was the standard infantry rifle of the American Army throughout its partici...
1915
While mortars largely fell out of interest prior to World War 1, the stalemate of trench warfare forced national armies to re...
1912
Like most other medium support machine systems born around the turn of the century, the British Vickers Medium Machine Gun or...
1872
The British Webley Bull Dog pocket revolver was a small, powerful firearm that saw considerable commercial success in a varie...
1897
Famous American gunsmith John Moses Browning went to work for the Winchester Repeating Arms Company in 1883 and, in 1887, he ...
1912
Famous American gunsmith John Moses Browning partnered with the Winchester Repeating Arms Company beginning in 1883 and becam...
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