In 2008, the dramatic events of the Uzbin Valley ambush in Afghanistan would profoundly reshuffle the cards within the French Army. Doctrine, material, everything evolved. And the “Service de Santé des Armées” or “SSA” (Army ...
After having made the heyday of sniper rifles, the “shooting scope” now equip assault rifles and join the family of accessories. Some of them, going off the beaten track and the common architecture of the ...
The weapon presented here remains to this day surrounded by an aura of mysteries and legends never verified. For a long time, only drawings were published and its existence seemed to be a myth. The ...
On March 6th, 1865, Noël and Gouery had Lavialle, their patent agent in Paris, file a new model of revolver with the Ministry of Agriculture, Trade and Public Works. This patent, taken for fifteen years, ...
Extraordinary circumstances reveal a man to himself. Coming out of everyday life, but this is perhaps the hardest of the struggles, few of us will commit to a cause other than earning our daily bread ...
During the German summer offensives of 1918 (Friedensturm), the Allied forces had the inconvenience of being faced with German stormtroopers, equipped with a short and maneuverable weapon, who spewed 9mm bullets at the speed of ...