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Innovations in firearms can be extremely important for surprising the enemy and succeeding in battle. However, some inventions can be downright catastrophic due to poor development, complicated maneuvering, or just bad design. Read on and learn about eight weapons that were used by the military, only to be far from…

Owen 32ACP prototype submachine gun (1940) Owen .45ACP prototype submachine gun (1941) Owen Mk.1-43 submachine gun in camouflage paint Owen Mk.1-42 submachine gun, field stripped Caliber: 9x19mm Luger/Para Weight: 4.22 kg unloaded Length: 813 mm Barrel length: 247 mm Rate of fire: 700 rounds per minute Magazine capacity: 32 rounds Effective range: 100-200 meters Evelyn Owen, an Australian, developed his first automatic weapon, chambered for .22LR cartridge, by 1939, and offered it to Australian army. This weapon was a strange-looking revolver-type contraption with fixed "cylinder" instead of magazine, and thumb-operated trigger. However, by 1940 Owen produced its next design, in somewhat more potent (but still relatively mild) .32ACP / 7.65x17 Browning cartridge. This was more "usual" weapon, with traditional trigger, dual pistol grips and detachable box magazine, inserted under the receiver and inclined rearward and to the left. By 1941, Owen produced several more prototypes, chambered in .45ACP, 9mm Luger and even .38 Special revolver cartridges; this work was done at Lysaghts Newcastle Works in New South Wales, Australia. 9mm prototype, made by Lysaghts, was tested against Thompson and Sten submachine guns, and found superior to both. Adopted in 1942, this gun was manufactured until 1945 in three basic versions, Mark 1-42, Mark 1-43 (or Mark 1 Wood butt), and Mark 2. About 45 000 Owen SMGs were made by Lysaghts, and these remained in service with Australian forces until 1960s, through World War 2, Korean and Vietnam wars. In general, these weapons were well liked by soldiers due to their robustness, reliability and simplicity. The only downside of Owen SMG was its somewhat heavy weight. Owen submachine guns are blowback operated, top-fed weapons that fired from open bolt. Receiver is of tubular shape, with the bolt body separated from the cocking handle by the small bulkhead inside. This precluded the dirt to enter the receiver area through the cocking handle slot, but also required the barrel to be made removable, as the bolt and return spring were pulled forward out of receiver. Barrel was held in place by simple latch, located at the front of the receiver, ahead of the magazine housing. Muzzle was equipped with recoil compensator. Pistol grips were made from wood, detachable buttstock was made of steel wire on Mk.1-42 Owens and from wood on later models. Due to the top mounted magazine, fixed sights were offset to the left. NANG THIS POST, NANG THIS POST, NANG THIS POST

The Stoner 63 was an American 5.56×45mm NATO modular weapons platform designed by Eugene Stoner, Jim Sullivan and Bob Fremont in 1963 and manufactured by Cadillac Gage from 1963 to 1971 in very limited quantities. One of the earliest concepts for a modular weapons platform, the Stoner 63 saw limited service with certain United States forces, particularly during the Vietnam War.[1] After leaving ArmaLite in 1961, Eugene Stoner thought up a concept for a modular weapon which would use a single com

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M3 submachine gun, right side view. M3 submachine gun, left side view, shoulder stock fully retracted. M3 submachine gun, partially disassembled. Note dual return springs and a separatecocking mechanism housing. M3A1 submachine gun. Note enlarged dust cover, absence of a cocking handle and optional flash hider. Rare version of M3A1...

Merwin Hulbert revolvers were innovative in design and beautifully made, but the company was plagued by bad business decisions.

This awesome array of retro rayguns are made from found objects by Kevin Skinner, aka Budget Raygun.The only thing that could make these retro-futuristic styled rayguns any cooler is if they actually fired energy beams and made pew!pew! noises. The future was so much cooler in the past!Link --via JazJaz...

Immortalized when one appeared in the hands of U.S. Secret Service Special Agent Robert Wanko during John Hinckley Jr.’s 1981 attempt to assassinate President Reagan, the Uzi—a submachi…