Publication/Issue: Military Surplus

Beretta is not only the oldest firearms manufacturing company in the world, but it is also the oldest continuously family-run ...

Most students of historical firearms are aware of Fabryka Broni Łucznik (Radom) of Poland, a highly respected armsmaker with a ...

Generally considered the second-oldest successful semi-auto pistol, the iconic Mauser C96 was developed and introduced in the 1890s and signaled ...

When the United States entered World War I, in April 1917, our armed forces were woefully unprepared for the conflict. ...

France’s main battle rifle of World War II, the 7.5x54mm MAS Modèle 36, often carries the reputation of being “never ...

At the beginning of 1990, the Yugoslav People’s Army (YPA) was the military of the former Socialist Federal Republic of ...

For my first 20 years of owning handguns, I thought of the Browning Hi-Power as a useful tool. When working ...

The Chinese Type 53 Rifle has a unique history. A license-built version of the Soviet M1944 Mosin-Nagant carbine for the ...

Compared to most U.S. infantry weapons of World War II, the M3 submachine gun is not especially well known. This ...

One of history’s great ironies is that the fledgling state of Israel, predominantly made up of pre-war Zionists and Jewish ...

Years ago, I’d seen Japanese battle rifles at gun shows and in the closet of my good friend Dexter Thunder, ...

A descendant of the .38 Hand Ejector Military & Police Model of 1899, Smith & Wesson’s first swing-out-cylinder revolver to ...