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https://t.co/jsq43jeYZZ & https://t.co/mEpNXovRco which explore the history, development & use of firearms. Co-host @FightingOnFilm podcast.

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Matthew Moss | The Armourer's Bench
4 years
My name is Matthew Moss, I'm a small arms historian. I specialise in the history of the development & use of firearms & other weapons. I have a degree in history and a Masters in military history. I've been writing about small arms history now for about a decade.
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@2805662 Anything can mount a .5 if you believe hard enough.
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@TheUCS473 They were in the process of pulling a DShK off the back of a truck that they'd just fired point blank into a RUC station...
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"Lyut" brigade with an extremely rare sighting of a FORT 401 LMG. Plus TM-62 satchel charges.
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❗️The breakthrough of fighters of the National Police of 🇺🇦Ukraine, the "Lyut" brigade, to the buildings occupied by the 🇷🇺Russians near Toretsk, followed by the planting of homemade bombs made from TM-62 mines.
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@OAlexanderDK Lol the cockpit paint.
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@clashreport hahahah
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@AR5343789262649 @codyfirearms They regularly bought out competitor conpanies (the CFM has a good display of example guns) and for many years bought every patent JMB brought to them so he wouldn't go elsewhere so it was definitely their strategy.
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@AR5343789262649 @codyfirearms Very on brand for Winchester at the time.
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@Scipio357 @codyfirearms Some potential maybes are: Prone shooting, potential rival patents, longer case lengths.
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@556timeline @2805662 interesting concept.
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@556timeline Ooh you're writing a book? That's great news.
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RT @AbraxasSpa: Fort 230A
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RT @1stFinFreecorps: 12th Special Purpose Brigade "Azov" training with what looks a lot like Sako TRG:s. @historicfirearm
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RT @historicfirearm: 🚨NEW VIDEO🚨 Mk19s and So it AGLs like the AGS-17 are much more common but in this video we’ll look at the use of the…
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@awildtengu Yes, I have been tracking it, so I will do something on it fairly soon hopefully
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Article and video here:
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