Videos tagged with Saint-Etienne

This video from Forgotten Weapons provides an expert-level review of the Bernardon-Martin, France's first commercially produced semi-automatic pistol. Ian McCollum details the two main variants, the 1907 and 1909 patterns, highlighting their design differences, historical context, and market challenges against competitors like Browning. The review emphasizes the pistol's unique construction and the rarity of surviving examples.

This video is a book review of "Italian Partisan Weapons in WWII" by Gianluigi Usai, translated by Ralph Riccio and published by Schiffer. The book aims to fill a gap in historical accounts of the Italian Resistance by detailing the arms used by partisans. The reviewer highlights the book's initial section which provides historical context, discusses arms acquisition, and analyzes partisan perspectives on their weaponry. It also notes the often informal and politically motivated nature of the partisan groups, leading to a varied and sometimes obscure collection of firearms. The latter part of the book profiles individual weapons, accompanied by photographs of partisans with their arms. The reviewer finds the contextual analysis particularly interesting and believes the book is worth the price, despite some minor factual errors in the weapon profiles.