Frommer 1901 Pistol

The Frommer 1910 is a unique Hungarian automatic pistol designed by Rudolf Frommer, featuring a complex long recoil system and a rotating bolt. Despite its advanced mechanics for the era, its 7.65mm Frommer cartridge was underpowered, making the system overkill. The design evolved from earlier models, gaining a grip safety and detachable magazine, but retains some safety concerns like the difficult grip safety and lack of a hammer block.

The Frommer Stop was a compact Hungarian semi-automatic pistol designed by Rudolf Frommer and produced by FEG. It utilized a complex long recoil operating system, chambered in proprietary cartridges like 7.65x17mm and 9x17mm. Despite its innovative design and significant WWI production, it was known for difficult field stripping and a sensitive action.

This review delves into an extremely rare Frommer prototype semi-automatic rifle, a complex design by Rudolf Frommer of FEG. The rifle features a long recoil action with a rotating bolt, a unique spring-loaded bolt handle for easier clearing, and several unusual controls like a grip safety and a cocking indicator. Its complexity, similar to the Remington Model 8, likely contributed to its limited production and adoption.

The Frommer Stop (1912) is a unique pistol employing a long recoil action, a complex mechanism where the bolt and barrel lock and travel rearward together. High-speed footage reveals the intricate firing cycle, including the barrel's forward movement for ejection and the bolt's subsequent return. This Austro-Hungarian design, featuring a 3-lug rotating bolt, offers a comfortable shooting experience despite its uncommon action.

This video showcases the Femaru 37M pistol, a historical semi-automatic firearm manufactured by Fémáru, Fegyver- és Gépgyár (FÉG). Keith Ford of Brownells Gun Tech presents this rare U.S. find, highlighting its design by Rudolf Frommer, the last gun he designed before his passing. The 37M served as the standard-issue sidearm for the Hungarian army between 1937 and 1944. The video details its chambering in .380 ACP (9mm Kurz), a unique barrel removal system for field stripping, and its robust construction. Production of approximately 180,000 units, including a .32 ACP variant for the German military during WWII, ceased in 1944. Keith's example is noted as an excellent condition "bring back" from an American G.I.

This video provides a slow-motion examination of the Frommer/Femaru 37M pistol. It details the firearm's lineage as the final design by Rudolf Frommer, its single-action blowback operation, and its chambering in .380 ACP, with a mention of a .32 ACP variant used by Germany that also included a manual thumb safety. The description highlights its adoption by the Hungarian military in 1937 as a replacement for the more expensive 29M, noting that the 29M itself was a scaled-up version of the Frommer Lilliput. The video aims to showcase the mechanical aspects of this historical firearm.

This video details the unique 'French Finger Trap' issue with the MAS-36 rifle's bayonet, where two rifles can become unintentionally locked together. A 1951 French arsenal memorandum identified this problem, proposing a simple modification to the bayonet handle. Drilling a small hole allows a tool, like a firing pin, to depress the internal spring, enabling the separation of locked rifles.

The M134 Minigun is a scaled-down 7.62 NATO rotary cannon, requiring 24V DC power and consuming 1.5 kW. Its high rate of fire (3,000+ RPM) is essential for aircraft engagement windows. The complex delinker mechanism is critical for feeding ammunition, and practical hand-held use is impossible due to weight and recoil. Live fire demonstrates rapid ammunition consumption and the need for indirect aiming.

The H&K G11 is a revolutionary prototype assault rifle designed in the late 20th century, notable for its caseless ammunition and unique rotating drum bolt mechanism. Despite advanced features like a 2000 RPM burst fire rate and integrated optics, its development was ultimately halted by geopolitical shifts and cost concerns.

This video demonstrates the assembly and live-fire of the German 1936 pattern light mortar (L.Gr.W.36). It highlights the mortar's leveling mechanism for accuracy and the difficulty in visually tracking its 50mm projectiles after firing. The content showcases historical military hardware and its operational use.