tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-726484495782035142.post8848546626158528465..comments2024-03-28T00:43:37.279-05:00Comments on Future War Stories: FWS Armory: The Machine Pistol and the Assault Pistol Williamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17218428427067689631noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-726484495782035142.post-84281441499165415952021-06-19T21:01:16.241-05:002021-06-19T21:01:16.241-05:00Is that Ian from Forgotten Weapons on there?Is that Ian from Forgotten Weapons on there?tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17727615989263081800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-726484495782035142.post-14190476113172562552021-05-28T15:21:12.355-05:002021-05-28T15:21:12.355-05:00Would a metalstorm pistol be a good machine pistol...Would a metalstorm pistol be a good machine pistol?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-726484495782035142.post-73921080735911033042021-04-26T23:19:49.972-05:002021-04-26T23:19:49.972-05:00Hey, I was also struggling with my scholarly assig...Hey, I was also struggling with my scholarly assignments just as you stated in your post but luckily I stumbled across the online <a href="https://www.myassignmenthelpau.com/thesis-writing-help" rel="nofollow">Thesis Writing Help</a> facility by the MyAssignmentHelpAU platform. Their skilled subject-specific experts leave no stone unturned to deliver accurate assignment solutions that can easily impress your professors and mentors. You can order any assignment format for any subject area from this portal and improve your academic grades remarkably.James Charliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16336219683328399460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-726484495782035142.post-37498856055358768052021-04-24T07:54:40.066-05:002021-04-24T07:54:40.066-05:00I saw an advertisement for a 17 round magazine for...I saw an advertisement for a 17 round magazine for the VP9 / P30... I know you were looking to add capacity, and then I saw these. It is made by "ProMag", so it is not an H&K factory mag, but it is all metal with some plastic bits just like the factory ones. But the real kicker is that they are only $16.39 if you are a member at the "Sportsman's Guide" I am thinking of getting at least one just to see how the quality is. If it is good quality, then I may have found a source of inexpensive magazines for my P30 that have 17 rounds standard... Not too shabby!<br /><br />https://jacksonvillegunrunners.com/2018/05/17/smallest-9mm-pocket-pistol/ahmadqureshihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02692520244197750930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-726484495782035142.post-30974049203026781882021-04-18T03:29:09.031-05:002021-04-18T03:29:09.031-05:00I don't understand why anyone would ever use a...I don't understand why anyone would ever use anything except a carbine or rifle, unless you're in a truck cab the rifle is superior in almost every way to almost every other firearm. Pistols have garage ballistic impact, garbage range, garbage sights, cost too much and look stupid. Going into battle with a pistol is like bringing a kitchen knife to Clontarf.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17678234537210549960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-726484495782035142.post-77392967329105641042021-04-05T07:44:16.239-05:002021-04-05T07:44:16.239-05:00Based on personal experience, the MP38/40-AKM styl...Based on personal experience, the MP38/40-AKM style folding buttstock gets my vote for the worst design in history. It's not very stable, it's uncomfortable and possibly damaging (I still have a memento from an AKM's stock rail on one cheek from forty-plus years ago), and it's a PITA to deploy or stow, especially with a magazine in the well.<br /><br />Most people don't know that there was a folding-stock variant of the U.S. M14 with such an "under-folding" stock. It was so unpopular in troop trials that the eventual (low-production) FS version for airborne troops had a side-folding, cast-aluminum stock similar in concept to that of the M1A1 carbine or the FAL Para.<br /><br />Side-folding or retractable shoulder stocks are probably the least worst type on serious battle rifles, or anything else. The HK type straight retractor can be good, assuming that a bit of care is taken in making sure the rails do not have an emery-board type finish on the cheeking sides.<br /><br />And note to anybody putting a side-folding stock on an AK pattern rifle; please put it on the left side, where it does not block access to the safety/selector/dust cover lever when folded. Thank you.<br /><br />cheers<br /><br />eoneonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08580152241525427599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-726484495782035142.post-46416878184813961242021-04-04T21:33:57.304-05:002021-04-04T21:33:57.304-05:00The Mauser C96 and Drum fed Lugers used by Germany...The Mauser C96 and Drum fed Lugers used by Germany in the Great War were semi auto only.<br /><br />More like machine pistol precursors. <br /><br />Check C&R Arsenal on Youtube for in depth presentations on both weapons. <br /><br />Any automatic derivatives came later. Both weapons often were fitted with holster type stocks. The Artillery Luger with drum and stock was used to storm trenches towards the end of the war, but not as a machine pistol.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-726484495782035142.post-25950118004530283522021-03-28T11:27:27.239-05:002021-03-28T11:27:27.239-05:00A small correction in terminology. As a rule, ass...A small correction in terminology. As a rule, assault weapons are illegal for civilian ownership in the USA. It is possible, though extremely time consuming (months) and ridiculously expensive, to obtain a Class III weapon license. Assault weapons are capable of fully automatic fire, whereas civilian sporting weapons and police patrol rifles/carbines are only semiautomatic. Mainstream media intentionally mislabels sporting rifles as "assault rifles" to confuse the public into thinking that sporting rifles are military weapons. Cosmetically they look virtually identical, but DO NOT function the same. Semiautomatic weapons have been around for over 125 years.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-726484495782035142.post-89169219491801041902021-03-19T08:13:24.144-05:002021-03-19T08:13:24.144-05:00Wow, a great piece of research, it makes for detai...Wow, a great piece of research, it makes for detailed and interesting reading. Thank you.Neil Houltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16492218308867116291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-726484495782035142.post-27247304987316634662021-03-19T07:46:51.251-05:002021-03-19T07:46:51.251-05:00I trained with the H-10B back in the late 1970s. A...I trained with the H-10B back in the late 1970s. According to HS, the idea was a shotgun compact enough to be carried on a shoulder harness, similar to the Secret Service harness for the Uzi SMG. The theory being that it would be useful to detectives on "undercover" ops.<br /><br />Also, it was supposed to be easier to carry in a gun lock in the new "downsized" sedans being introduced as patrol cars. At the time, such midsized cars as the Ford LTD II (the successor to the Torino) and Chevrolet Monte Carlo were being brought into service to replace the older full-sized sedans like the Plymouth Fury and Dodge Coronet, and it was judged that there wasn't quite enough room in the front for a standard 12-gauge in a vertical gunlock attached to the dash. At least not and be able to get the shotgun out of the unit in a hurry when needed.<br /><br />Note that this was also when "police" shotguns, that traditionally had 20" to 22" cylinder-bore barrels, began being made with 18" Improved Cylinder tubes. The idea being a physically shorter weapon that still had about the same effective range with No.4 buckshot (i.e., about 30-35 yards).<br /><br />I remember that pretty much nobody like the H-10B. Mostly because like the Civil War era muzzle-loading M1858 pistol-carbine in .58 Minie' it resembled in size and weight, it was a hard-kicking beast that blinded and deafened the shooter with muzzle signature. As with the M1858, most officers who tried it ended up cordially detesting the darned thing.<br /><br />Probably the least welcome addition to it was the moulded Cycolac casing with not only a carry handle but a built-in flashlight atop the barrel. It sounds like a great idea (again,) until you consider that this puts the light right in front of you face- and your head. Telling an armed suspect exactly where to take a shot at you.<br /><br />So no, nobody in law enforcement much below the "bespoke suit and engraved S&W .38 Chief's Special in a shoulder holster" executive level thought much of the H-10B.<br /><br />Count me in that category as well. I said I trained with it; I didn't say I <i>liked</i> the little beast.<br /><br /><br />cheers<br /><br />eoneonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08580152241525427599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-726484495782035142.post-53784941347385229852021-03-19T04:44:56.675-05:002021-03-19T04:44:56.675-05:00Me, using the Thompson for the first time in "...Me, using the Thompson for the first time in "Medal of Honor: Allied Assault" when I was a teenager: "I don't know where I am aiming but they are dying".<br /><br />Also, in WH40K, the only shoulder-stock you need is your faith in the God-Emperor.Platovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18437605971974617916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-726484495782035142.post-72516495832800478042021-03-17T15:13:09.619-05:002021-03-17T15:13:09.619-05:00Gr8 article as always!
One little example that spl...Gr8 article as always!<br />One little example that split the assault pistols list Rocky Mountain Arms Patriot appear the movie Soldier with Kurt Russell. Carried and used by Sgt. Todd loaded with Beta-C magazine.<br />--<br />The arm pistol seems like a bad idea that simply refuse to roll over and die.<br />There was that High Standard H-10B shotgun, presumably to allow police officer on motorcycle to fire it one-handed? Or open doors with left hand will wielding the gun in the right one? <br />In the pistol caliber you had the SS-1 Sidewinder that allegedly designed for operation Eagle Claw to be use by Delta force operators to fire one-handed while roping down from helicopters. How on earth (or above it) did anyone thought that operator could aim and hit anything is unknown. Since that all operation is still classified there is little to support that roping hypothesis, but alas.<br />As for the Colt IMP-221… that still puzzled me, the gun was intended to be extra short to be stashed in survival kit of the ejection seat, which I get it. But why the USAF rejected the Colt Model 608? When taken down to two receivers it was just as long. The claim is that the air force aimed to a self-defense firearm that a pilot could pulled loaded and ready for fire right out of the bag without the need to assemble it first.<br /><br />Yoel <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-726484495782035142.post-47859841230827424442021-03-17T08:24:21.545-05:002021-03-17T08:24:21.545-05:00Excellent article.
There were a couple of semi-su...Excellent article.<br /><br />There were a couple of semi-successful machine pistols you didn't mention.<br /><br />First was the spate of Mauser C/96 clones from Spain, such as the Astra 902/903/Model F series. The 902 had a fixed 10-round magazine like the standard C/96, but the floorplate could be swapped out for a fixed extension magazine and spring with 20-round capacity. The 903 had detachable magazines with 10, 20, and 30-round capacity. The Model F was similar to the 903. <br /><br />The 902 and 903 were made in 7.63 x 25mm, because they were intended for export to the Far East, specifically China. Due to the treaties that followed the abortive Boxer Rebellion of 1899-1900,European powers prohibited export of rifles to arm the Chinese "militaries" (the "warlord armies"). But "pistols" were allowed as they were considered "police" weapons.<br /><br />Astra thought there might be a market for selective-fire "pistols" with those warlord armies, and they were correct to the tune of some 25,000 units from 1926 to 1933. The Japanese invasion ended their ability to supply that market.<br /><br />The Model F was a late production version in 9 x 23 Largo (Bergmann-Bayard), for the Spanish Guardia Civil.<br /><br />One point about all these guns is that their selector switch is the safety, modified from "Safe-Fire" to "Safe-Single-Auto", rather like the setup of the original AR-15 rifle in U.S. service. As such, just looking at one, it's hard to tell that it's a machine pistol rather than a standard semi-auto pistol, which Astra also made as the Model 900.<br /><br />Beistegui Hermanos made the C/96 type Royal MM31 in 1932-33, also for the far East market. It was made with first a standard C/96-type fixed 10-round magazine,then a fixed 20-round, and finally detachable 10, 20, 30, and even 40-round magazines, all in 7.63 x 25mm. All versions can be distinguished by the very obvious selector switch just above and behind the trigger, acting on the sear. <br /><br />The MM31 is noteworthy as it was the first such pistol to have a rate reducer, similar to the concept of the later Vz61 Skorpion, but operating on the principle of a weighted flywheel. Like the Skorpion, it tucked the rate reducer away in the pistol grip.<br /><br />Finally, there is probably the only semi-successful machine pistol ever, the Soviet APS Stechkin, made from 1953 to 1955 and issued mostly to AFV crews. Essentially a blowback Browning-type automatic with a selector switch and a 20-shot internal butt-mounted magazine, the reason it was "semi"-successful was that it fired the Soviet 9 x 18 Makarov cartridge, midway in power between the 9 x 17 Browning and the 9 x 19 Parabellum. This gave it a low enough recoil impulse with its 1.22 kg (2.69 lb.) mass plus its detachable shoulder stock that with practice it was actually possible to hit something with it. A later (1972-73) version in 9 x 19mm for the Border Guards (i.e. KGB) wasn't so "user-friendly".<br /><br />Oh, BTW, while it certainly was "ultraviolent", the Wimmer/Jovovich movie's actual title was <i>Ultraviolet</i>- the lead character's name and the title of the original comic book series. Judging from my DVDs of both, it was better than <i>Aeon Flux</i>, but still not up to the original animated <i>AF</i>, let alone any version of <i>Ghost in the Shell</i>.<br /><br /><br />cheers<br /><br />eoneonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08580152241525427599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-726484495782035142.post-51253174119212817312021-03-17T05:37:30.556-05:002021-03-17T05:37:30.556-05:00"During the research for the above question c..."During the research for the above question caused me to realize just how many sci-fi weapons are not fitted with a shoulder-stock assembly or if they possess one, it is often not used by the actors. I find this deeply vexing."<br /><br />I see so often in films and shows images of people not knowing how to unfold and use folding stocks. On weapons like the AKMS or MP-40, its just so cringe inducing to see them raise that thing so awkwardly and shoot without it. One would think to inform them of how they work.<br /><br />Of course I have seen footage and images of rebel fighters who don't so its a rather common problem. With most sci-fi writers and designers having no experience outside of Hollywood, its to be expected.<br /><br />Another fantastic article on a Hollywood favorite, even if its Law Enforcement and Martial use is limited.Nicholas Mewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02823238401109164712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-726484495782035142.post-2822763814294644762021-03-17T00:49:08.823-05:002021-03-17T00:49:08.823-05:00Great read!
I read some of the Doom novel '... Great read!<br /> <br /> I read some of the Doom novel 'Knee Deep in the Dead' when I was younger. My recollection is a little fuzzy but the 'Sig-Cow' may refer to the pistol, machine pistol and rifle that was manufactured by the same company to use the same ammunition and magazines. This was the author(s) attempt to make sense of the games zombies dropping pistol ammo while caring rifles as well as the game's box art (that naturally became the cover the novelization as well) <br /><br /> I guess there is some logic to the Marines carrying low caliber weapons in a pressurize and often close quarters environment that is the research facilities on Phobos and Mars... but this is the same environment where you find a rocket launcher surrounded barrels of rocket fuel so... Steel Ravenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07033636526460614949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-726484495782035142.post-73145186500962433172021-03-16T06:28:24.339-05:002021-03-16T06:28:24.339-05:00I believe those handheld miniguns were already cov...I believe those handheld miniguns were already covered in the Rotary cannons & Miniguns article years ago.<br />And it have a buttstock.<br />YoelAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-726484495782035142.post-24262952263997421672021-03-16T05:42:29.003-05:002021-03-16T05:42:29.003-05:00Great article, but no love for Deep Rising's C...Great article, but no love for Deep Rising's Calicoe rotary barrel SMG/assault rifle weapon? Ashleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13666947574653683678noreply@blogger.com