History of Firearms - Documentaries, Videos and Multimedia

[SPIEZ]

Great work pmaitra and RAM. You can animations of the working of assault rifles to the list too.

 

[Kunal Biswas]

M1 Garand (officially the United States Rifle, Caliber .30, M1)

This is what WON wars..

 

[pmaitra]

Great work pmaitra and RAM. You can animations of the working of assault rifles to the list too.

I will work on it. I recall I had posted the animation of working of a Kalashnikov somewhere. If you come across any such video, do please post it here.

 

[W.G.Ewald]

I will work on it. I recall I had posted the animation of working of a Kalashnikov somewhere. If you come across any such video, do please post it here.

^^
How is that?

Sorry, that is AK-107/108

Here is Ak-47:


Comments or corrections?

 

[civfanatic]

Some depictions of Mughal firearms. The Mughals mass produced matchlock muskets and popularized their use in India.

Shah Jahan hunting with a matchlock:

 

[Kunal Biswas]

Here is Ak-47:


Comments or corrections?

 

[civfanatic]

Some interesting info on Mughal matchlocks:

 

[pmaitra]

Short Magazine Lee Enfield Rifle

Short Magazine Lee Enfield Rifle






Do not get confused with inch and metric conversions. Refer to these:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.303_British
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.308_Winchester
http://rodandgun.netfirms.com/ishapore/RFI.pdf

Short Magazine Lee Enfield in Semi-Automatic by inventor Russell Turner of Pennsylvania.

Turner Semiauto SMLE Conversion

Thanks to @Kunal Biswas for sharing this awesome channel in another thread.

 

[pmaitra]

In January 2017, I was in Utah. Ogden, Utah, is the birthplace and home of John Browning, the legendary American firearms designer. His creations are displayed at the John M. Browning Firearms Museum, which is housed in the Union Station, Ogden, Utah. I visited this museum, and I took a lot of pictures. Here are a few of the pictures that I have taken.

The Flapper Rifle — arguably, the first gas operated rifle. This rifle is to modern gas operated rifles what an external combustion engine is to an internal combustion engine.

A more modern and sophisticated upgrade from the Flapper Rifle shown above.

The Browning Automatic Rifle.

Original tools used by John Browning for making his rifles.

Brick honouring the Browning Arms Company outside the Union Station, Ogden, Utah.