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War Is Boring
From drones to AKs, high technology to low politics, exploring how and why we fight above, on and below an angry world
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Submachine Gun
War Is Boring
Mar 28, 2017
Some Pretty Weird Prototypes Preceded the P90 Submachine Gun
The Belgians threw away the rule book
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Mar 13, 2017
The MP41/44 Submachine Gun Was Beautifully-Constructed — And Way Too Complex
The Swiss produced just…
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Feb 14, 2017
The Very First Owen Gun Was Fashioned From Car Parts
Iconic Australian weapon had humble origins
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Feb 6, 2017
This Rare, Cold War Hungarian Submachine Gun Reappeared in 2016
The 53M armed Hungarian government…
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Jan 31, 2017
The Nazis’ Italian Puppets Developed Their Own Submachine Guns
The OG-43 was an innovative failure
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Jan 30, 2017
The Chauchat Wasn’t the Shittiest Machine Gun — But It Was Still Pretty Shitty
Blame the factories
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Jan 17, 2017
The British Viper Submachine Gun Spit Bullets Like, Well, a Viper
But the weapon couldn’t beat the STEN
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Jan 16, 2017
The Sterling S11 Was a Submachine Gun With a Bayonet
The second-generation Sterling never got past the…
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Jan 10, 2017
Evelyn Owen Tinkered Until He Found the Right Caliber for His Carbine
The Owen Gun first appeared in…
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Jan 9, 2017
John Thompson Dreamed of a Semi-Automatic Shotgun
But the innovative weapon wasn’t meant to be
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