October, 2024

Type 97

Japanese Empire
Second World War
Made by Kokura in c.1939
6.5x50mm

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AKM

The ubiquitous Soviet Kalashnikov pattern assault rifle, seen in the hands of everyone from Soviet troops on the inter-German border in the 1960s to rebels in Africa today, the AKM is the most produced firearm in human history.

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M1 Garand

The iconic standard issue rifle of the United States during the Second World War, famously deemed by no less a figure than General George Patton as “The Greatest Implement of Battle Ever Devised”.

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