The Walther P38 remained in service with the German army for decades. This WWII German pistol is rightly considered a ...

The Walther P-38 arguably supplants even the infamous Luger P.08 as the definitive German pistol of the 20th century. Its development began in the early 1930s, when a cash-strapped German army looked ...

The German 88 began as an anti-aircraft weapon, but on the battlefields of World War II it became something far worse. Allied ...

** 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. ** "Hitler’s Buzz Saw:" the MG42 ...

Many movies, TV shows and video games have convinced many to believe that every other German soldier must have carried a “Schmeisser” – the erroneous nickname of the MP40. It is first important to ...

World War II accelerated the shift from bolt-action rifles to semi-automatic and automatic weapons that redefined infantry tactics. Mass production innovations like metal stamping enabled nations to ...

On March 24, 1945, more than 16,000 Allied paratroopers dropped into a storm of enemy fire on the eastern bank of the Rhine River. German antiaircraft guns tore through a column of transport planes ...

German arms manufacturers have made many fine submachine guns over the years—the country did essentially invent the platform during World War I with the MP18 and refined it to near perfection with the ...