Throughout history, the clashes of armies have been settled at the close range and vicious pace of the infantry firefight. From the mountains of Korea to the jungles of Vietnam, across the far-flung Falklands to the cities of Iraq – even in a nuclear age the adage remains true that it always comes down … Continue reading Lethal Ground: Increasing Infantry Range
Introduction The Fusil Automatique Léger, or Light Automatic Rifle, is a weapon which needs little introduction. Widely acclaimed as the “right arm of the free world”, it is a gas-operated, tilting breech design which has served countless nations, and seen innumerable conflicts. A Belgian design by the esteemed Dieudonne Saive, the FAL matured at the same time as … Continue reading Freaky FALs – Unusual FAL Variations
My name is Anton Yeryomenko, and these are my memoirs of the 2nd Soviet-Japanese War. I received command of the 51st Army in November of 1982 for superlative performance in Afghanistan, a place I cannot soon enough forget. Army wisdom held that the desolate backwater of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, headquarters of the 51st, was where careers went to die. Certainly … Continue reading AAR – Memoirs of Narodnaia
Author’s note: This is hopefully the first of a series of 3 articles on the ANZAC contribution to the Vietnam war, and will serve as an overview in preparation of articles oriented more towards ANZAC tactics and operations. Further, whilst the term ANZAC technically applied only to integrated Australian and New Zealander units, it has been … Continue reading ANZACs in Vietnam
A Rifle for the Future As the tumultuous adoption of the M16 faded into memory, and the M16A1 served through the US withdrawal from Vietnam, studies were made to extend the effective range of the infantryman’s rifle. NATO small arms trials held between 1977-80 standardized on the SS109 62gr 5.56 round due to its better … Continue reading The Black Rifle Comes of Age – The M16A2
In the more than 35 years since the end of the Rhodesian Bush War, there has been a great deal of commendable ink put to paper about the tactical excellence of the Rhodesian Security Forces. Cross border raids and Fireforce alike have been covered in extensive detail, enthralling those interested in military history and the … Continue reading Fires of Revolution – 1978 Salisbury Petrol Raid
(Featured Image: M855A1 round. Note distinctive steel penetrator.) Author’s notes: In terms of the scope of this article, despite the historical importance of the civilian realm of shooting on military cartridges, and the superlative performance of many civilian designs, this article will wherever practical limit itself to military rounds, primarily standard issue ball rounds, or … Continue reading A Survey of Military 5.56
Featured Image: American Soldiers firing a Bazooka, possibly an M9A1 model, during WW2. First striking fear into the hearts of tankers during WW2, the principle of High Explosive Anti Tank weaponry offers a way to use stored chemical energy rather than brute kinetic energy to penetrate armor. Freed from their reliance on velocity and weight, … Continue reading History – WW2 HEAT and the Piezoelectric Fuze
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