Small Arms

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1. Churchill's Good ideas: the actually good, the bad, and the ridiculous3 Sept 2026
   1:54:54How the Home Guard obtained weaponsNotable Point
2. Churchill's Good ideas: the actually good, the bad, and the ridiculous3 Sept 2026
   2:10:46Did the Home Guard receive machine guns?Q&A
3. Churchill's Good ideas: the actually good, the bad, and the ridiculous3 Sept 2026
   3:04:25Gamekeepers, rural weapons and Home Guard improvisationNotable Point
4. Bruships 241: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3 May 2026
   1:29:03British rifle purchases and changing combat rangesNotable Point
5. Scuttlebutt 16: Logistics22 Dec 2025
   35:13Dale Clarke's study of Home Guard armamentNotable Point
6. Bruships 220: Naval History Questions Answered Live...16 Nov 2025
   1:18:47Rare firearms chosen for engineering and historical interestQ&A
7. Bruships 220: Naval History Questions Answered Live...16 Nov 2025
   1:39:47Why the French 1777 musket became an iconic service weaponQ&A
8. Bruships 208: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...24 Aug 2025
   5:57:10A disputed small-arms analogy for repeated armor hitsNotable Point
9. Yi Sun Sins May 1592: When Preperation and Reading History really paid off!5 Jun 2025
   31:05Japanese ships optimized for transport and boardingChapter
10. Bruships 186: Naval History Questions Answered Live...Restart 2!9 Mar 2025
    32:55Military and engineering inventions associated with small workshopsQ&A
11. Bruships 181: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2 Feb 2025
    26:23Why NATO magazines still use stripper clipsNotable Point
12. A Hearts of Iron Christmas 2... For Shipshape & Christmas, it's HOI4 with @GariusTheBrit20 Dec 2024
    24:04Why must spare rifles wait for lend-lease?Q&A
13. A Hearts of Iron Christmas 2... For Shipshape & Christmas, it's HOI4 with @GariusTheBrit20 Dec 2024
    37:21Fresh Carlist forces can wait while rival factions wear downNotable Point
14. A Hearts of Iron Christmas 2... For Shipshape & Christmas, it's HOI4 with @GariusTheBrit20 Dec 2024
    1:00:57The Carlist army's mixed rifle inventoryNotable Point
15. A Hearts of Iron Christmas 2... For Shipshape & Christmas, it's HOI4 with @GariusTheBrit20 Dec 2024
    1:05:44Can two monarchies bypass the lend-lease restriction?Q&A
16. A Hearts of Iron Christmas 2... For Shipshape & Christmas, it's HOI4 with @GariusTheBrit20 Dec 2024
    1:12:15Cheap surplus rifles still need a delivery routeNotable Point
17. Bruships 133: Questions till the Bru runs out...10 Dec 2023
    1:51:16A British AK-47 would have to fit British fire doctrineNotable Point
18. How & Why during WWII MTBs became MGBs: European & Mediterranean Theatre28 Sept 2023
    2:13:08Close-range combat encouraged unofficial armamentNotable Point
19. Inglorious 6th of July: Battle of Grenada(1779) & Battle of Algeciras(1801)6 Jul 2023
    2:50:55Small-service rifles follow the Army's logistics systemQ&A
20. Bruships 115: Hopefully Australia Trip in Summary!2 Jul 2023
    1:44:48Royal Navy small-arms use extended beyond the official inventoryQ&A
21. HMS Warrior(1860): Comment Response7 Jun 2023
    3:57Warrior's small arms and the percussion-cap transitionQ&A
22. Bruships 104: Primary or Secondary Sources26 Feb 2023
    7:22Britain's .280 rifle round: useful, but revolutionary?Q&A
23. Bruships 104: Primary or Secondary Sources26 Feb 2023
    2:37:21The British .280 cartridge question and a specialist referralQ&A
24. Konigsberg Class (Reichsmarine): Long Patrol8 Mar 2022
    34:00The Ortgies pistol and Deutsche Werke's arms portfolioNotable Point
25. Bruships 68: Random Naval History Books & Questions30 Jan 2022
    2:12:53The continuity of naval boarding weaponsQ&A
26. Bruships 63: The Writing Theorists - Corbett & Mahan, Richmond & Simms, Cable & Gorshkhov5 Dec 2021
    55:44How many machine guns might Constellation frigates carry?Q&A
27. Bruships 63: The Writing Theorists - Corbett & Mahan, Richmond & Simms, Cable & Gorshkhov5 Dec 2021
    1:37:55Semi-automatic fire, burst fire, and loose terminologyQ&A
28. Bruships 63: The Writing Theorists - Corbett & Mahan, Richmond & Simms, Cable & Gorshkhov5 Dec 2021
    5:08:32When do Royal Navy officers carry sidearms?Q&A
29. Bruships 63: The Writing Theorists - Corbett & Mahan, Richmond & Simms, Cable & Gorshkhov5 Dec 2021
    5:10:44Hypothetical spacecraft sidearms and hull penetrationQ&A
30. Bruships 63: The Writing Theorists - Corbett & Mahan, Richmond & Simms, Cable & Gorshkhov5 Dec 2021
    5:13:24British service revolvers compared with Patton'sQ&A
31. Sherman's March to the Sea21 Nov 2021
    8:18Why standardised logistics matteredNotable Point
32. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (6)12 Sept 2021
    3:07:36Why navies sometimes buy different small armsQ&A
33. A Book or Two to Review (1): Favourite of Fortune10 Jun 2021
    19:22Parker, Nelson, and Amazon prepare for CopenhagenChapter
34. Bru Ships Episode 12: New to Me Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A26 Jul 2020
    40:35Why militaries choose particular small armsNotable Point