Jake Holman Jr.'s Article – July 2011 Archive (4)

Cloud of Shrapnel: Fliegerfaust

When the United States entered the Soviet war with Afghanistan, they did so from the shadows. They helped arm and fund the Mujahadin fighters that would ultimately expel the Soviet bear. One of the more important arrow in the quiver of the Afghan fighters was the American supplied Stinger, surface to air missile.…

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Added by Jake Holman Jr. on July 27, 2011 at 2:00pm — 5 Comments

Double Barreled Gast Gun

When machine guns were first mounted to aircraft at the dawn of aviation, tacticians quickly realized that in order to score kills any weapon needed to get the maximum number of rounds on target as fast as possible. High rates of fire were the natural solution, but they also proved to be bullet…

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Added by Jake Holman Jr. on July 20, 2011 at 2:00pm — 1 Comment

One Shot Forward, One Shot Back

It's summer and you've undoubtedly heard the bass strings of the Jaws theme as you approached the surf's edge. To this day that movie, and its predecessor book, has kept swimmers nervously looking below the waterline for a great white nibbling on their toes.

Why do I bring up Jaws, here…

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Added by Jake Holman Jr. on July 13, 2011 at 2:00pm — 1 Comment

Meanly Beautiful: OG-43

Look at the Armageurra OG-43, meanly beautiful looking gun. It has angry function written all over it. Drop this in the hands of any Dieselpunker or Science Fiction trooper and it would blend into any speculative fiction universe. Think about all those Word War II period guns that armed the Empire in Star Wars.…