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Brandon Herrera - Wikipedia

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Brandon Herrera

My name is Brandon Herrera. I'm an online content creator as well as the founder of The AK Guy Inc. I also am the one developing the .50 caliber rifle known as the AK-50. I'm a passionate AK Guy, and hope you enjoy the content I post up here and can gain something from it! You can also follow...
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AK50: How Hard Could it Be? Brandon Herrera's 10-Year Project​

Nov 5, 2025
Scaling the AK up to .50 BMG...how hard could it be? Today we find out, with a detailed look at all three iterations of Brandon Herrera's AK-50 project.


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Drum-Fed LMG for Chinese Warlords: the Finnish LS-26/31​

After the Finnish Defense Forces adopted the LS26 light machine gun, Aimo Lahti and the Tikkakoski factory continued to work on further developing it. They designed a 75-round drum for antiaircraft use, and built 50 trials examples in 1931. The design used a specially cut receiver of fit the drums, but also had an adapter to allow use of the original LS26 box magazines.
The Finnish military turned down the new design, but there was export interest from Lithuania and China. China actually placed an order for 30,000, chambered for the 8mm Mauser cartridge. Only about 1,200 were shipped before the Japanese government persuaded the Finnish government to cut off exports, as Japan was fighting in China at the time.
There was actually some use of the LS26/31 in the Winter War. About 30 of the trials guns remained at Tikkakoski in 1939, and they were pressed into service following the Soviet invasion. They were used until the available drum magazines were all lost or destroyed, and then had their box magazine adapters permanently attached and continued in service as standard LS26 guns.


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Super Technicals of Burkina Faso ( 2020 - Present )​

Nov 6, 2025 #burkinafaso #africa #youtube
Rare homemade armoed technical pick-up trucks / Super Technical's of Burkina Faso's military in thr on going Sahel conflict.
Rare camionnettes techniques artisanales blindées / Super techniques de l'armée du Burkina Faso dans le conflit en cours au Sahel.


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New Weapons of Mongolia ( 2022 - Present )

Nov 8, 2025 #mongolia #military #youtube
New Armored Military Vehicles and Drones made in the Mongol nation of Mongolia since 2022.
  • 2022 оноос хойш Монгол улсын Монгол үндэстний бүтээсэн шинэ хуягласан цэргийн машинууд ба нисдэг төхөөрөмжүүд.
Sources :
- Khilentset - Light Strike Vehicle - https://rg.ru/2021/07/06/mongolskie-s...
- Mazaalai MRAP Infantry Mobile Vehicle - https://vpk.name/news/521657_mongoliy...
- "Chono" ("Wolf") Drone Launching MRAP - https://vpk.name/news/521425_novyi_mo...
- Yol-1 ( Borodach-1 ) UAV - https://bmpd.livejournal.com/4345324....
- Yol-2 ( Borodach-2 ) UAV - https://vpk.name/en/541246_the-first-...


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Early Armalite AR Weapons​

Dec 3, 2020 #military #usa #youtube
AR-10 Prototypes These are the earliest known Fairchild / Armalite AR-10 prototypes ever designed by Eugene Stoner and the armalite company between 1954 and 1956


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- AR-1 "Parasniper", bolt-action rifle ( 1954 prototype ) - https://guns.fandom.com/wiki/ArmaLite...
- AR-3, 7.62×51 mm NATO select-fire battle rifle ( prototype ) - https://guns.fandom.com/wiki/ArmaLite...
- AR-5, .22 Hornet bolt-action survival rifle (1954–1955) Air Force's standard survival rifle.
- AR-7 "Explorer", .22 LR semi-automatic survival rifle
- AR-9, semi-auto 12-gauge shotgun (1955 prototype of the AR-17) - https://guns.fandom.com/wiki/ArmaLite...
- Stoner M-8 SN X01 Prototype Rifle –
- Armalite AR-10 SN X02 –
- Armalite AR-10A SN X03 –
- Armalite AR-10 No.4 " Hollywood " -
- http://werewolf0001.livejournal.com/5...
- http://jekoong-textcube.blogspot.com/...
- http://ww2.rediscov.com/springar/VFPC...
- http://maximus67.livejournal.com/8349...
- http://weaponland.ru/load/shturmovaja...
- http://www.firearmsworld.net/usa/m16/...
- http://guns.wikia.com/wiki/AR-10
- http://www.xdtalk.com/forums/ar-talk/...
- http://guns.wikia.com/wiki/AR-10
- http://www.tircollection.com/t14931-a...
- http://www.m4carbine.net/showthread.p...
- http://www.calguns.net/calgunforum/sh...
- Mechanix Illustrated,Apr, 1957
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Austrian River Warships of World War II ( 1939 - 1945 )​

Nov 24, 2025 #military #austria #youtube
Austrian built and manned River Gunboats and Monitor Warships of the German Kriegsmarine's Danube River Flotilla ( Donauflotilla ) in World War II ( 1939 - 1945 ).
( Österreichisch gebaute und bemannte Flusskanonenboote und Monitor-Kriegsschiffe der Donauflottille der deutschen Kriegsmarine im Zweiten Weltkrieg (1939 - 1945).


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Rare Chinese Weaponz ( Second Sino-Japanese Conflict )​

Oct 29, 2019 #Beijing #Japan #China
Rare chinese tech from the frontlinees between china and japan ( 1937 - 1945 ).


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Where is Hitler's Death Pistol Today?​

Dec 7, 2025
What happened to the pistol Hitler used to allegedly shoot himself with? It hasn't been seen since 1 May 1945. Does it still exist? In this programme we examine the three pistols present in the room when Hitler died and what became of each, and we will find out that one probably does still exist!


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PSS: Russia's Silent Captive-Piston Handgun​

Dec 13, 2025
The PSS is a semiautomatic pistol using captive piston ammunition to achieve a comparable level of sound suppression to a .22 pistol with a good normal suppressor. It was developed to replace a couple multi-barrel derringer style captive piston pistols in Soviet use, with the semiautomatic action and (6-round) detachable magazines making it suitable for a wider variety of missions than the previous guns.
It was given the GRU catalog designation 6P28 and entered service in 1983. It fires a cylindrical steel projectile weighing 155 grains at about 620 fps, with a noise of 122 dB (1m left of the muzzle) as measured by silencer legend Phil Dater. Mechanically, the design takes its fire control system from the Makarov but uses a floating chamber system to cycle reliably with the unique ammunition. After the fall of the Soviet Union, the pistols were available for commercial export by Russian state-run export companies, although that ended in 2018. In Russian service, the PSS was replaced with the much improved PSS-2 in 2011.


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