Carl Gustaf Watches: Swedish Rifle Heritage Meets Swiss Precision

Carl Gustaf doesn't make firearms anymore. What it makes now is time, and the lineage matters more than the product category suggests. The watch brand has rooted itself in the legacy of one of Scandinavia's most storied rifle manufacturers, using that historical pedigree not as marketin...

By Eric B

Hellcat: 20K Rounds & Counting!

The Springfield Armory Hellcat is the smallest highest-capacity micro 9mm handgun available on the market. But, this isn’t new information for anyone that has been paying attention to the concealed carry handgun market. The Hellcat truly is tiny considering its 11+1 capacity (13+1 with the incl...

By Paul Carlson

Paradox of the German Tiger II Tank

The Tiger II tank, officially designated as Panzerkampfwagen Tiger Ausf. B and introduced in 1944, was Germany’s most advanced heavy tank of World War II. Known as the Königstiger (King Tiger) by the Germans and often referred to as the Royal Tiger by Allied forces, it was designed to dominate...

By Eugene Nielsen

POTD: German Enigma Machine jla/44 – 150 Quintillion Settings

Welcome to today’s Photo of the Day! Here we have a 1944 Heimsoeth & Rinke Enigma machine marked “18499/jla/44”, one of an estimated 250-350 surviving examples from approximately 37,000 manufactured for the Wehrmacht during WWII. Arthur Scherbius designed the Enigma in 1918 as...

By Sam.S

Breakthrough Clean Technologies SHIELD Mat

Industry Day at The Range during SHOT Show always has a section of vendor tents in addition to the live fire ranges. I always make sure to hit that area early, as I’ve found some great products there over the years. This year was no exception when I came across the Breakthrough Clean Techno...

By Tim Stetzer

American Bombers in World War II

American bombers in World War II represented the most significant leap in strategic air power the world had ever seen. Between 1941 and 1945, the United States Army Air Force (U.S.A.A.F.) deployed an unprecedented array of bombing aircraft across both European and Pacific theaters. From light att...

By Richard Johnson