9 épisodes
(4 h 30 min)
Épisodes
S6 E1 • Thompson Submachine Gun
Sometimes, a machine becomes more than the sum of its parts. The Thompson sub machine gun is, indeed, one of those machines.
S6 E4 • History of Armscor
ARMSCOR/ROCK ISLAND can trace its roots back to the early 1900s, beginning as Squires Bingham and Company, a clothing and sporting goods store in the Philippines.
S6 E5 • The M60 Machine Gun
The German World War 2 MG-42 stands as one of the greatest machine guns in history. And the story of the American M-60, affectionately or not, known as "the Pig," begins there.
S6 E6 • The Israeli Galil
One thing can be said for certain ' a country that is always at war either becomes expert at weapons' design or it perishes. Israel is such a country, and their iconic Galil assault rifle is a classic example of a superior battlefield weapon that was simply overcome by technology.
S6 E7 • The Savage Model 99
Sometimes the future arrives slightly ahead of its time, and often, from an unexpected direction. With almost 100 years in production, the lever action Savage Model 99 is unequivocally one of the most successful rifles in the world. But not the way its inventor, Arthur William Savage, envisioned.
S6 E8 • The Webley Revolver
The British Webley revolver occupies the same unique space in the world of guns that the English Bulldog does in the world of canines - squat, ugly to the point of beauty and lots and lots of very sharp teeth.
S6 E9 • The Model 1919 Machine Gun
Yet again, John Moses Browning created a main line weapon for the US military; the 1919 Browning machine gun.
S6 E10 • The Uzi Sub Machine Gun
In the 1960s and continuing into the 1980s, the Uzi was the most popular sub machine gun with military and law enforcement in history.
S6 E11 • The Remington Model 8
The Remington Model 8 was the first mass-produced semi automatic rifle chambered in a round more powerful than the most popular hunting cartridge of the day, the 30-30.