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Types of Body Armor in World War I – VIDEO

by Logan Metesh

Most of the guns in use between 1914 and 1918 were far too advanced for the body armor of the day to stand a chance. Many tried to come up with solutions that they hoped would save lives.

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Happy Independence Day: Guns of the Grunt 1776-2020

by Chris Eger

Back-to-back World War champs and arguably the strongest military in the world, America's Soldiers have carried a wide array of rifles in the past 244 years.

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Rare WWI-era Luger Saved from Torch by British Museum

by Chris Eger

Turned over in a police firearms surrender, a trophy Luger from a historic Great War battle on the Western Front is now in a museum.

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Rare WWI-era Luger Saved from Torch by British Museum

by Chris Eger

Turned over in a police firearms surrender, a trophy Luger from a historic Great War battle on the Western Front is now in a museum.

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Skull of WWI soldier headed back to Australian Army

by Jennifer Cruz

The skull was that of the Australian Army’s Pvt. Thomas Hurdis and still bears a bullet lodged above his left eye socket.

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German gun scrubbed from Kalashnikov monument in Moscow

by Chris Eger

Russian workers redacted a portion of AK47 inventor Mikhail Kalashnikov's new monument last week to scrub away the presence of a controversial German rifle.

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Outrage as German weapon pops up on Kalashnikov’s new monument

by Chris Eger

In the latest installment in the 70-year running argument in the "AK was based on the StG" fracas, Mikhail Kalashnikov's new monument may include a Sturmgewehr.

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Telegraph recovered from 100-year-old Lusitania wreckage

by Jennifer Cruz

Previous attempts to recover the telegraph have been unsuccessful, but the bronze artifact is said to be “undamaged and in excellent condition.”

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Doughboy’s choice: Shooting the M1917 Enfield (VIDEO)

by Chris Eger

While the standard U.S. Army infantry rifle at the start of World War I was the most excellent M1903 Springfield, most soldiers would end up with an Enfield.

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That time the Winchester 94 went to the Great War (VIDEOS)

by Chris Eger

As part of C&Rsenal's WWI Primer series, Othais and Mae take a look at the French-contract "Mousqueton Winchester” M1894 carbines, which also served in the conflict.

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Wingshooting German potato masher grenades with a trench gun (VIDEO)

by Chris Eger

Fresh from No Man's Land, C&Rsenal and Taofledermaus tackle the old WWI trope of being able to blast incoming grenades with a 12 gauge.

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Gun Review: Mle. M.16 Berthier rifle in 8mm Lebel

by Francis Borek

She’s not the fastest, nor the prettiest, but the Berthier did job when she was called upon to do so. You can’t ask much more than that.

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