Government Automatic Length: 8.5", Weight: 2.5 lbs. Historic sidearm of the American soldier for 80 years. Clip removes to load 7 (8mm) extra loud blanks. Blued finish and wood grips, over 30 parts. Can be disassembled.
Price: 99.99
Famous European Automatic now available as an 8 mm blank stage prop. Features includ: deluxe blued finish, removable clip (8 shot capacity), & working slide action. Fires both single & double action. Weight: 2lbs. Lenght: 8"
Price: 149.99
A variation of the world famous Colt 45 Government. Our authentic, full sized, fully operative, blank firing reproduction weighs and feels like the original. This Model is a superbly detailed replica of the original and has a full semi-auto function. It fires as fast as you can pull the trigger. Disassemble and reassemble from our precision machined die cast parts. Features wood grips. Complete with one magazine, bore brush and hard shell carrying case. Made in Italy. Clip removes to load 7 (8mm) blanks.
This semi-automatic is a classic military/detective model. Fires both single & double action. Magazine capacity: (8) 8mm blanks Overall Length: 7.5" Weight: 2lbs
Price: 119.99
Precision metal construction. This military classic fires single & double action. Release the clip, load 16 8mm blanks, reload the clip, pull back the slide and fire. Length: 8.5" Weight: 2.5lbs
Price: 99.99
Precision metal construction. This military classic fires single & double action. Release the clip, load 16 8mm blanks, reload the clip, pull back the slide and fire. Length: 8.5" Weight: 2.5lbs
Price: 109.99
Blank Firing Lever Action Western Rifle Deluxe 1894 model features Italian craftsmanship. Western rifle measures 36 inches in length, weighs 2.75lbs with 17 inch deluxe blued barrel and receiver. The stock and forestock are manufactured European hardwood. This Western Classic looks, feels, and acts like the expensive originals and consists of 55 precision machined metal, hand-assembled parts. You can load ten 8mm blank cartridges into the loading window, cock the lever action and eject the spent shell. Model can be dissembled by a qualified gunsmith. Just like the rare and expensive originals but completely safe. No license required. They are ideal for theatrical/movie props, Western Reenactments or for display in the home or office. They are also perfect for teaching gun safety and firearms training classes. The carbine was originally a lighter, shorter rifled weapon developed for the cavalry, for whom a full-length musket or rifle was too heavy and awkward to fire from horseback. Carbines were usually less accurate and powerful than the longer rifles of the infantry, due to a shorter sight plane and lower velocity of bullets fired from the shortened barrel. A lever-action is a type of firearm which uses a lever located around the trigger guard area (often including the trigger guard itself) to load fresh cartridges into the chamber of the barrel when the lever is cranked. One of the most famous lever-action firearm is undoubtedly the Winchester rifle, but many manufacturers produce lever-action rifles. While the term lever-action generally implies a repeating firearm, it is also sometimes applied to a variety of single-shot actions that use a lever for cycling, such as the Martini-Henry or the falling-block action.
Price: 229.99
The M85 is a medium-framed automatic pistol currently in used by many of the worlds government agencies where small size and concealment are required. Fires both single & double actions. Includes one magazine, bore brush and hard carrying case.
9mm F92 silver finsih, This beautifully manufactured replica of a Model 92F is the Italian gunmakers flagship pistol. In the early 1970s, Carlo Beretta, Giuseppe Mazzetti, and the prolific Vittorio Valle began work on a successor to the Model 951 pistol. The Model 92, as it was dubbed in 1976, corrected many of the perceived faults of its forerunner. Foremost were the 951s awkward cross bolt safety and limited 8 round magazine capacity. The Model 92 also introduced a double-action trigger mechanism and an alloy frame. However, it retained the tilting-block locking mechanism and distinctive open-top slide.
How our blank gun works: Pull back the slide to load the first blank into the chamber. When the last blank is fired, the slide will lock back just like the real thing. Blank shells are ejected from the top of the barrel after each shot. This blank gun and all our blank guns are plugged and have an orange blaze at the front of the barrel in accordance with Federal Law. The pressure from each shot is released from the gas release hole in the top of the barrel. Fires both single & double action. Can be disassembled by a qualified gunsmith. Cannot be made to fire real ammunition.
Will hold (9) 9mm blanks in the magazine and (1) 9mm blank in the chamber. Deluxe blued finish. Grips wrap around the gun in one piece and can be held by one hand easly.
Calibre: 9mm
Finish: Black
Weight: 662g
Height: 127mm
Length: 194mm
Rounds: 9+1
Parts: 60
Manufacturer: Voltran Please note, this blank gun only fires 9mm blank ammo, item 38-9MMBC (10 pack) and 38-9MMBC5 (50 pack)
This beautifully manufactured replica is a model of a Model 92F. This is a steel and gold finish model with simulated wooden grips.
How our blank gun works: Pull back the slide to load the first blank into the chamber. When the last blank is fired, the slide will lock back just like the real thing. Blank shells are ejected from the top of the barrel after each shot. This blank gun and all our blank guns are plugged and have an orange blaze at the front of the barrel in accordance with Federal Law. The pressure from each shot is released from the gas release hole in the top of the barrel. Fires both single & double action. Can be disassembled by a qualified gunsmith. Cannot be made to fire real ammunition
Will hold (9) 9mm blanks in the magazine and (1) 9mm blank in the chamber. Deluxe steel finish with simulated wood grips.
Calibre: 9mm
Finish: Black
Weight: 1165 g
Height: 8 inches
Length: 10 inches
Maximum Thickness: 3 5mm
Rounds: 11+1
Parts: 38
Manufacturer: Voltran Please note, this blank gun only fires 9mm blank ammo, item 38-9MMBC (10 pack) and 38-9MMBC5 (50 pack)
9mm F92 black and gold finsih, This beautifully manufactured replica of a Model 92F is the Italian gunmakers flagship pistol. In the early 1970s, Carlo Beretta, Giuseppe Mazzetti, and the prolific Vittorio Valle began work on a successor to the Model 951 pistol. The Model 92, as it was dubbed in 1976, corrected many of the perceived faults of its forerunner. Foremost were the 951s awkward cross bolt safety and limited 8 round magazine capacity. The Model 92 also introduced a double-action trigger mechanism and an alloy frame. However, it retained the tilting-block locking mechanism and distinctive open-top slide.
How our blank gun works: Pull back the slide to load the first blank into the chamber. When the last blank is fired, the slide will lock back just like the real thing. Blank shells are ejected from the top of the barrel after each shot. This blank gun and all our blank guns are plugged and have an orange blaze at the front of the barrel in accordance with Federal Law. The pressure from each shot is released from the gas release hole in the top of the barrel. Fires both single & double action. Can be disassembled by a qualified gunsmith. Cannot be made to fire real ammunition.
Will hold (9) 9mm blanks in the magazine and (1) 9mm blank in the chamber. Deluxe blued finish. Grips wrap around the gun in one piece and can be held by one hand easly.
Calibre: 9mm
Finish: Black
Weight: 662g
Height: 127mm
Length: 194mm
Rounds: 9+1
Parts: 60
Manufacturer: Voltran Please note, this blank gun only fires 9mm blank ammo, item 38-9MMBC (10 pack) and 38-9MMBC5 (50 pack)
9mm F92 Black blank-firing replica gun. This beautifully manufactured replica of a Beretta Model 92F is the Italian gunmakers flagship pistol. In the early 1970s, Carlo Beretta, Giuseppe Mazzetti, and the prolific Vittorio Valle began work on a successor to the Model 951 pistol. The Model 92, as it was dubbed in 1976, corrected many of the perceived faults of its forerunner. Foremost were the 951s awkward cross bolt safety and limited 8 round magazine capacity. The Model 92 also introduced a double-action trigger mechanism and an alloy frame. However, it retained the tilting-block locking mechanism and distinctive open-top slide. How our blank gun works: Pull back the slide to load the first blank into the chamber. When the last blank is fired, the slide will lock back just like the real thing. Blank shells are ejected from the top of the barrel after each shot. This blank gun and all our blank guns are plugged and have an orange blaze at the front of the barrel in accordance with Federal Law. The pressure from each shot is released from the gas release hole in the top of the barrel. Fires both single & double action. Can be disassembled by a qualified gunsmith. Cannot be made to fire real ammunition.
Will hold (9) 9mm blanks in the magazine and (1) 9mm blank in the chamber. Deluxe blued finish. Grips wrap around the gun in one piece and can be held by one hand easly.
Calibre: 9mm
Finish: Black
Weight: 662g
Height: 127mm
Length: 194mm
Rounds: 9+1
Parts: 60
Manufacturer: Voltran Please note, this blank gun only fires 9mm blank ammo, item 38-9MMBC (10 pack) and 38-9MMBC5 (50 pack)
9mm M85 Military Blank Firing Gun . This semi-automatic is a classic military/detective model. Pull back the slide to load the first blank into the chamber. When the last blank is fired, the slide will lock back just like the real thing. Blank shells are ejected from the top of the barrel after each shot. This blank gun and all our blank guns are plugged and have an orange blaze at the front of the barrel in accordance with Federal Law. The pressure from each shot is released from the gas release hole in the top of the barrel. Fires both single & double action. Can be disassembled by a qualified gunsmith. Cannot be made to fire real ammunition.
Will hold (7) 9mm blanks in the magazine and (1) 9mm blank in the chamber. Deluxe blued finish. Composite checkered grips.
9mm M85 Military Blank Firing Gun . This semi-automatic is a classic military/detective model. Pull back the slide to load the first blank into the chamber. When the last blank is fired, the slide will lock back just like the real thing. Blank shells are ejected from the top of the barrel after each shot. This blank gun and all our blank guns are plugged and have an orange blaze at the front of the barrel in accordance with Federal Law. The pressure from each shot is released from the gas release hole in the top of the barrel. Fires both single & double action. Can be disassembled by a qualified gunsmith. Cannot be made to fire real ammunition.
Will hold (7) 9mm blanks in the magazine and (1) 9mm blank in the chamber. Deluxe blued finish. Composite checkered grips.
9mm M85 Military Blank Firing Gun . This semi-automatic is a classic military/detective model. Pull back the slide to load the first blank into the chamber. When the last blank is fired, the slide will lock back just like the real thing. Blank shells are ejected from the top of the barrel after each shot. This blank gun and all our blank guns are plugged and have an orange blaze at the front of the barrel in accordance with Federal Law. The pressure from each shot is released from the gas release hole in the top of the barrel. Fires both single & double action. Can be disassembled by a qualified gunsmith. Cannot be made to fire real ammunition.
Will hold (7) 9mm blanks in the magazine and (1) 9mm blank in the chamber. Deluxe blued finish. Composite checkered grips.
9mm Blow Magnum Blank Gun, by its view looks different from other our other 9mm pistols. It is the biggest product of our 9mm line (Same Size as 92F). Pull back the slide to load the first blank into the chamber. When the last blank is fired, the slide will lock back just like the real thing. Blank shells are ejected from the top of the barrel after each shot. This blank gun and all our blank guns are plugged and have an orange blaze at the front of the barrel in accordance with Federal Law. The pressure from each shot is released from the gas release hole in the top of the barrel. Fires both single & double action. Can be disassembled by a qualified gunsmith. Cannot be made to fire real ammunition.
Will hold (9) 9mm blanks in the magazine and (1) 9mm blank in the chamber. Deluxe blued finish. Grips wrap around the gun in one piece and can be held by one hand easly.
Calibre: 9mm
Finish: Black
Weight: 662g
Height: 127mm
Length: 194mm
Rounds: 9+1
Parts: 60
Manufacturer: Voltran
Please note, this blank gun only fires 9mm blank ammo, item 38-9MMBC (10 pack) and 38-9MMBC5 (50 pack)
9mm Blow Magnum Blank Gun, by its view looks different from other our other 9mm pistols. It is the biggest product of our 9mm line (Same Size as Beretta 92F). Pull back the slide to load the first blank into the chamber. When the last blank is fired, the slide will lock back just like the real thing. Blank shells are ejected from the top of the barrel after each shot. This blank gun and all our blank guns are plugged and have an orange blaze at the front of the barrel in accordance with Federal Law. The pressure from each shot is released from the gas release hole in the top of the barrel. Fires both single & double action. Can be disassembled by a qualified gunsmith. Cannot be made to fire real ammunition.
Will hold (9) 9mm blanks in the magazine and (1) 9mm blank in the chamber. Deluxe blued finish. Grips wrap around the gun in one piece and can be held by one hand easly.
Calibre: 9mm
Finish: Silver
Weight: 662g
Height: 127mm
Length: 194mm
Rounds: 9+1
Parts: 60
Manufacturer: Voltran Please note, this blank gun only fires 9mm blank ammo, item 38-9MMBC (10 pack) and 38-9MMBC5 (50 pack)
This beautifully manufactured replica is a model of a Compact Model 92F. This is a chrome model with black grips. How our blank gun works: Pull back the slide to load the first blank into the chamber. When the last blank is fired, the slide will lock back just like the real thing. Blank shells are ejected from the top of the barrel after each shot. This blank gun and all our blank guns are plugged and have an orange blaze at the front of the barrel in accordance with Federal Law. The pressure from each shot is released from the gas release hole in the top of the barrel. Fires both single & double action. Can be disassembled by a qualified gunsmith. Cannot be made to fire real ammunition
Will hold (9) 9mm blanks in the magazine and (1) 9mm blank in the chamber. Deluxe silver finish with simulated wood grips.
Calibre: 9m m
Finish: Black
Weight: 1050 g
Height: 137 mm
Length: 185 mm
Maximum Thickness: 3 5mm
Rounds: 9+1
Parts: 38
Manufacturer: Voltran
Please note, this blank gun only fires 9mm blank ammo, item 38-9MMBC (10 pack) and 38-9MMBC5 (50 pack)
War is the reciprocal and violent application
of force between hostile political entities aimed at
bringing about a desired political end-state via armed
conflict. In his seminal work,
On War,
Carl Von Clausewitz calls war the "continuation of
political intercourse, carried on with other means."[1]
War is an interaction in which two or more militaries
have a “struggle of wills”.[2]
When qualified as a
civil war, it is a dispute inherent to a given
society, and its nature is in the conflict over modes of
governance rather than
sovereignty. War is not considered to be the same as
mere
occupation,
murder or
genocide because of the reciprocal nature of the
violent struggle, and the
organized nature of the units involved.
War is also a cultural entity, and its practice is
not linked to any single type of political organisation
or society. Rather, as discussed by
John Keegan in his “History Of Warfare”, war is a
universal phenomenon whose form and scope is defined by
the society that wages it.
[3]
The conduct of war extends along a continuum, from the
almost universal
tribal warfare that began well before recorded human
history, to wars between
city states,
nations, or
empires. A group of combatants and their support is
called an
army on land, a
navy at sea, and
air force in the air. Wars may be prosecuted
simultaneously in one or more different
theatres. Within each theatre, there may be one or
more consecutive
military campaigns. A military campaign includes not
only fighting but also intelligence, troop movements,
supplies,
propaganda, and other components. Continuous
conflict is traditionally called a
battle, although this terminology is not always fed
to conflicts involving aircraft, missiles or bombs
alone, in the absence of ground troops or naval forces.
War is not limited to the
human species, as
ants engage in massive intra-species conflicts which
might be termed warfare. It is theorized that other
species also engage in similar behavior, although this
is not well documented.
[4][5][6]
Some believe war has always been with us; others
stress the lack of clear evidence that war is not in our
prehistoric past, and the fact that many peaceful,
non-military societies have and still do exist.
Originally, war likely consisted of small-scale raiding.
Since the rise of the state some 5000 years ago,
military activity has occurred over much of the globe.
The advent of gunpowder and the acceleration of
technological advances led to modern warfare.
Since the close of the
Vietnam War, the ideas expounded by the Prussian
military theorist Carl von Clausewitz (1780-1831) have
come to thoroughly permeate American military writing,
doctrinal, theoretical, and historical. His book
On War, first published (as
Vom Kriege) in 1832, was adopted as a key
text at the Naval War College in 1976, the Air War
College in 1978, the Army War College in 1981. It has
always been central at the U.S. Army's School for
Advanced Military Studies at Leavenworth (founded in
1983). The U.S. Marine Corps's brilliant little
philosophical field manual
FMFM 1: Warfighting (1989) is essentially a
distillation of On War, and the newer Marine
Corps Doctrinal Publications (MCDPs,
c.1997) are equally reflective of Clausewitz's basic
concepts.*1
This is not the first time Clausewitz has been in
fashion. Indeed, On War has been the bible of
many thoughtful soldiers ever since Field Marshal
Helmuth von Moltke attributed to its guidance his
stunning victories in the wars of German unification
(1864, 1866, 1870-71). Nor is it the first time that
individual American soldiers and military
thinkers have been attracted by his ideas: George
Patton, Albert Wedemeyer, and—especially—Dwight
Eisenhower were intensely interested in what he had to
say.
It is, however, the first time that the American
armed forces as institutions have turned to
Clausewitz. While the philosopher had insisted that war
was "simply the expression of politics by other means,"
the traditional attitude of American soldiers had been
that "politics and strategy are radically and
fundamentally things apart. Strategy begins where
politics end. All that soldiers ask is that once the
policy is settled, strategy and command shall be
regarded as being in a sphere apart from politics."*2
The sudden acceptability of Clausewitz in the wake of
Vietnam is not difficult to account for, for among the
major military theorists only Clausewitz seriously
struggled with the sort of dilemma that American
military leaders faced in the aftermath of their defeat.
Clearly, in what had come to be called in scathing terms
a "political war," the political and military components
of the American war effort had come unstuck. It ran
against the grain of America's military men to criticize
elected civilian leaders, but it was just as difficult
to take the blame upon themselves. Clausewitz's analysis
could not have been more relevant:
The more powerful and inspiring the motives for
war,... the more closely will the military aims and
the political objects of war coincide, and the more
military and less political will war appear to be.
On the other hand, the less intense the motives, the
less will the military element's natural tendency to
violence coincide with political directives. As a
result, war will be driven further from its natural
course, the political object will be more and more
at variance with the aim of ideal war, and the
conflict will seem increasingly political in
character.*3
When people talk, as they often do, about
harmful political influence on the management of
war, they are not really saying what they mean.
Their quarrel should be with the policy itself, not
with its influence.
Vom Kriege (IPA: [fɔm
ˈkʁiːgə]) is a book on
war and
military strategy by
Prussian general
Carl von Clausewitz, written mostly after the
Napoleonic wars, between 1816 and 1830, and
published posthumously by his wife in 1832. It has been
translated into
English several times as On War. On
War is actually an unfinished work; Clausewitz had
set about revising his accumulated manuscripts in 1827,
but did not live to finish the task. His wife eventually
compiled all the work and the final two chapters
Clausewitz never finished.
On War is one of the first books on modern
military strategy. This is mainly due to Clausewitz'
integration of politics and social and economic issues
as some of the most important factors in deciding the
outcomes of a war. It is one of the most important
treatises on strategy ever written, and is prescribed at
various
military academies to this day.
Carl von Clausewitz was a
Prussian officer among those baffled by how the
armies of the
French Revolution and
Napoleon had changed the nature of war through their
ability to motivate the populace and thus unleash war on
a greater scale than had previously been the case in
Europe. Clausewitz was well educated and had a strong
interest in art, science, and education, but he was a
professional soldier who spent a considerable part of
his life fighting against Napoleon. There is no doubt
that the insights he gained from his experiences,
combined with a solid grasp of European history,
provided much of the raw material for the book. On
War represents the compilation of his most cogent
observations.
Note: Clausewitz states that Napoleon's tactics were
not revolutionary at all and that Napoleonic Warfare did
not change anything greatly in military history. The
technology of weaponry for the most part remained
static, and new strategies weren't developed, but rather
Napoleon refurbished old ones, mixing them into one
grand strategy.
The book contains a wealth of historical examples
used to illustrate its various concepts.
Frederick II of Prussia (the Great) figures
prominently for having made very efficient use of the
limited forces at his disposal.
Napoleon also is a central figure.
Among many strands of thought, three stand out as
essential to Clausewitz' concept:
War must never be seen as a purpose to itself,
but as a means of physically forcing one's will on
an opponent ("War is not merely a political act, but
also a real political instrument, a continuation of
political commerce, a carrying out of the same by
other means."[1]).
The military objectives in war that support
one's political objectives fall into two broad
types: "war to achieve limited aims" and war to
"disarm” the enemy: “to render [him] politically
helpless or militarily impotent."
The course of war will tend to favor the party
employing more force and resources (a notion
extended by Germany's leaders in World War One into
"total war"—the pursuit of complete military victory
regardless of the political consequences).
Military strategy is a
national defence policy implemented by
military organisations to pursue desired
strategic goals.[1]
Derived from the
Greek
strategos, strategy when it appeared in use
during the 18th century[2],
was seen in its narrow sense as the "art of the
general"[3],
'the art of arrangement' of troops.[4]
Military strategy deals with the planning and conduct of
campaigns, the movement and disposition of forces, and
the
deception of the
enemy. The father of modern strategic study,
Carl von Clausewitz, defined military strategy as
"the employment of battles to gain the end of war."
Liddell Hart's definition put less emphasis on
battles, defining strategy as "the art of distributing
and applying military means to fulfil the ends of
policy" Hence, both gave the pre-eminence to political
aims over military goals, ensuring
civilian control of the military.
"You must not fight too often with one enemy,
or you will teach him all your art of war." –
Napoleon Bonaparte
Military strategy is the plan and execution of
the contest between very large groups of armed
adversaries. It involves each opponent's diplomatic,
informational, military, and economic resources wielded
against the other's resources to gain supremacy or
reduce the opponent's will to fight. It is a principle
tool to secure the
national interest. A contemporary military strategy
is developed via
military science.
[5]
It is as old as
society itself. It is a subdiscipline of
warfare and of
foreign policy. In comparison,
grand strategy is that strategy of the largest of
organizations which are currently the
nation state,
confederation, or international
alliances. Military strategy has its origins before
the
Battle of the Ten Kings and will endure through the
space age. It is larger in perspective than
military tactics which is the disposition and
maneuver of units on a particular sea or battlefield.[6]
Military strategy in the 19th century was still
viewed as one of a trivium of "arts" or "sciences" that
govern the conduct of warfare; the others being
tactics, the execution of plans and manœuvering of
forces in battle, and
logistics, the maintenance of an army. The view had
prevailed since the Roman times, and the borderline
between strategy and tactics at this time was blurred,
and sometimes categorization of a decision is a matter
of almost personal opinion.
Carnot, during the
French Revolutionary Wars thought it simply involved
concentration of troops.[7]
The Battle of Siffin, illustration from a
19th century manuscript by
Muhammad Rafi Bazil.
Strategy and
tactics are closely related and exist on the same
continuum.
