Ancient machine gun was used by Romans to attack Pompeii

Long before Pompeii was covered in ash and pumice during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79AD, the people of the doomed ...

Pompeii's battle scars linked to an ancient 'machine gun'

The ancient city of Pompeii is one of those archaeological sites that keeps on giving with one discovery after another. While ...
American Rifleman

The Guns of Shanghai 1937: A Prelude to WWII's Brutal Urban Combat

Often overlooked by Western military historians, the Battle of Shanghai in 1937 was an early sign of the brutal urban combat ...
Forgotten Weapons on MSN

Only five of these were ever made - The Hans Stamm 1916 light machine gun

Hans Stamm developed a series of firearms in Switzerland in the early 1900s, and today we are looking at a Model 1916 light machine gun. This was developed while Stamm was working for the Saurer ...
American Rifleman

Heavy Browning At War: Combat Tales Of The Browning M1917 Machine Gun

** When you buy products through the links on our site, we may earn a commission that supports NRA's mission to protect, preserve and defend the Second Amendment. ** The original Browning M1917 ...

Ancient Machine Gun Traces Found in Pompeii's Northern Walls

Clear signs of damage caused by a weapon considered an ancestor of the machine gun, dating back to the siege of the city by ...
KTVU

WWII machine gun seized in Castroville traffic stop

A deputy on patrol in the city about 8:30 p.m. on Sunday in the area of Poole and McDougal streets. A search of the car led authorities to uncover a loaded pistol, loaded AR pistol carbine and a ...
SFGate

Monterey Co.: Traffic Stop Leads To 1 Arrest, Seizure Of Wwii-Era Machine Gun

Deputies in Monterey County arrested over the weekend a man suspected of having a World War II-era machine gun and drugs, the Sheriff's Office said. On Sunday evening, deputies made a traffic stop in ...