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The travels of Springfield M1903 SN#1
With the recommendation of Brig. Gen. William Crozier, Chief of Ordnance, then-Secretary of War William H. Taft on 19 June 1903 adopted U.S. Rifle Model 1903 .30 as the standard infantry rifle of the...
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Warship Wednesday Feb.22, 2017: The Kaiser’s Cormorants
Here at LSOZI, we are going to take off every Wednesday for a look at the old steam/diesel navies of the 1859-1946 time period and will profile a different ship each week. These ships have a life, a...
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Making the Doughboy
Infantry Soldier with full equipment (proposed) was adopted as the Model 1910. Compare the leggings, web gear and campaign hat differences. The Infantry Equipment Board convened at Rock Island Arsenal,...
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175 million self-loading military rifles made since 1896– and most are likely...
AK-47 style rifles accounted for almost half of the global production of self-loading rifles over the past century according to the study. (Graphics: Small Arms Survey) A new study released by the...
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Warship Wednesday Mar. 22, 2017: The Cowboy Monitor
Here at LSOZI, we are going to take off every Wednesday for a look at the old steam/diesel navies of the 1859-1946 time period and will profile a different ship each week. These ships have a life, a...
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Combat Gallery Sunday: The Martial Art of Robert Gibb
Much as once a week I like to take time off to cover warships (Wednesdays), on Sundays (when I feel like working), I like to cover military art and the painters, illustrators, sculptors, photographers...
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The worst April Fools’ joke you can think of
Here we see, in this image from the Imperial War Museum, RFC armorers issuing Lewis guns with Lewis and Vickers ammunition to observers and pilots of No. 22 Squadron at the aerodrome at Vert Galand, 1...
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Not a steampunk cosplay laser gun
Via the Cody Museum Winchester designed an anti-tank rifle in 1918. It is a bolt action chambered in .50 BMG and the grip serves as the bolt handle. The gun was patented by Edwin Pugsley and was an...
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Warship Wednesday April 5, 2017: Of black cats, bad luck and tempests
Here at LSOZI, we are going to take off every Wednesday for a look at the old steam/diesel navies of the 1859-1946 time period and will profile a different ship each week. These ships have a life, a...
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71 years ago today, WWII meets WWI during the Cold War at the crossroads to...
National Archives image 80-G-366179. In early April 1946 the battleship USS Missouri (BB 63), at the center of this photo, arrived at Istanbul in Turkey to return the body of the Turkish ambassador...
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Captain Camden, reporting for duty, 100 years ago this week
Portrait of Captain Edwin Camden – Volusia County, Florida. 1917. Black & white photo print. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 6 Mar....
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Warship Wednesday April 12, 2017: The Tsar’s German tin-can four-pack
Here at LSOZI, we are going to take off every Wednesday for a look at the old steam/diesel navies of the 1859-1946 time period and will profile a different ship each week. These ships have a life, a...
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98 years ago today: The Guard returns
Courtesy of Mr. Boris V. Drashpil of Margate, Florida, 1986. Description: Catalog #: NH 101051 Russian Imperial Guard Troops landing at Feodosiya, Crimea, on April 13, 1919. Caption: Part of the 105...
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New life to an old trench gun
As part of C&Rsenal’s new “Anvil” series, Mark gives a classic Remington 12 gauge trench gun an update to return some of its military utility. A product of the mind of the great John Pedersen,...
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Liable to destruction in those waters…
Some 102 years ago today, the German embassy in Washington D.C. posted a warning on ships sailing under a British flag from the U.S. Notice! Travellers intending to embark on the Atlantic voyage...
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ANZAC: The first to fall, 102 years ago today
This image is available from the Collection Database of the Australian War Memorial under the ID Number: P05717.001. Caption by British and Commonwealth Forces Group portrait of the Australian 11th...
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‘A Sailor’s Prayer’
Donation of the Montana Historical Society. Collection of Philip Barbour, Jr., 1958. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph. Catalog #: NH 86250 click to big up 1000×787 “A Sailor’s Prayer:...
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Warship Wednesday, May 10, 2017: ‘All Vessels: Make Smoke!’
Here at LSOZI, we are going to take off every Wednesday for a look at the old steam/diesel navies of the 1859-1946 time period, and one of the most interesting tasks of a bygone era was that of making...
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Civilized
Two unidentified Marines pose for a portrait in Manila, circa 1901. From the James B. Manion Collection (COLL/86) in the Marine Corps Archives & Special Collections. Note the Krag-Jorgensen rifles...
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Warship Wednesday, May 24, 2017: The leopard of rum row turned magic-eyed...
Here at LSOZI, we are going to take off every Wednesday for a look at the old steam/diesel navies of the 1859-1946 time period and will profile a different ship each week. These ships have a life, a...
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