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Matthew Moss | The Armourer's Bench

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Matthew Moss | The Armourer's Bench

@historicfirearm

HistoricalFirearms.info & ArmourersBench.com which explore the history, development & use of firearms. Co-host @FightingOnFilm podcast.

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Joined September 2014

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Matthew Moss | The Armourer's Bench
@historicfirearm
Apr 21, 2021
Replying to @historicfirearm
My name is Matthew Moss, I'm a small arms historian. I specialise in the history of the development & use of firearms & other weapons. I have a degree in history and a Masters in military history. I've been writing about small arms history now for about a decade.
Matthew Moss | The Armourer's Bench
@historicfirearm
Apr 2, 2025
Val Kilmer with Mick Gould, weapons instructor for Heat, at the range. Gould and Andy McNab, another former member of 22 SAS, are why Val's drills were so good in Heat. They shot that whole bounding sequence live fire at the range before doing it with blank on camera. #ValKilmer
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Matthew Moss | The Armourer's Bench
@historicfirearm
Nov 1, 2023
A Ukrainian combatant fires a shovel from an RPG-7. It appears he's attached a motor and booster via a homemade attachment adapter. Peak meme. #UkraineWar #UkraineRussiaWar #SALW
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Matthew Moss | The Armourer's Bench
@historicfirearm
Apr 22, 2022
Stock: Folded Sights: Set to 600m Strategy: Bold
Matthew Moss | The Armourer's Bench
@historicfirearm
Jun 18, 2023
Two ends of the spectrum seen in a Russian dugout. A new anti-drone rifle and a scoped Mosin-Nagant. #UkraineRussiaWar
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Matthew Moss | The Armourer's Bench
@historicfirearm
Oct 26, 2025
You spend 18 months tracking sightings of an extremely rarely seen weapon, you speak to guys using the weapon, you spend hours writing an article, days producing a video and then someone just rips all the images from your posts and doesn't credit the research. Like come on.
🪖MilitaryNewsUA🇺🇦
@front_ukrainian
Oct 26, 2025
❗️Disposable APILAS anti-tank grenade launchers of 🇫🇷French production are in service with the Special Operations Center "A" of the Security Service of 🇺🇦Ukraine and the 🇺🇦Kraken special unit of the Main Intelligence Directorate These anti-tank grenade launchers were transferred
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The photos seen in this and the following tweets were collected by @historicfirearm over months of painstaking work, and some of them were made available to him exclusively. @front_ukrainian stole them to farm engagement. x.com/historicfirear… x.com/historicfirear…
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Matthew Moss | The Armourer's Bench
@historicfirearm
Mar 15, 2025
Here is a closer look at the fixed wing UAV armed with 4 shotgun barrels from SkyDefenders. Very interesting development. #Ukraine #Drones #UkraineRussiaWar
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Matthew Moss | The Armourer's Bench
@historicfirearm
Nov 20, 2023
I've always wondered who this chap going into the Iranian Embassy at the end of the siege is. Always assumed police. Just came across this photo which gives a better look at his weapon and it's Gucci. An early MP5SD with an SLR DIY front grip and a pair of straight mags jungled.
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Matthew Moss | The Armourer's Bench
@historicfirearm
Apr 7, 2022
Even the helicopter Zs aren't very good. No care in the application of the paint, minimal uniformity. Even making a Hind look uncool. 2.5/10.
Matthew Moss | The Armourer's Bench
@historicfirearm
Jul 7, 2025
Peak performance, 1918 edition.
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Matthew Moss | The Armourer's Bench
@historicfirearm
May 13, 2024
Ladies and gentlemen, they got him. The porcupine turtle tank has seemingly taken a direct hit from artillery. #turtletank
Matthew Moss | The Armourer's Bench
@historicfirearm
May 12, 2024
🚨NEW VIDEO!🚨 Russia's Turtle Tanks are Evolving. Watch here: armourersbench.com/2024/05/12/the… This is probably the most comprehensive look at appearances of these that's out there. Looking every sighting since April I could find. #Ukraine #UkraineWar #TurtleTank #Tanks
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Matthew Moss | The Armourer's Bench
@historicfirearm
May 28, 2023
Seeing a number of examples of these improvised grenades surfacing in #Ukraine, probably driven by a need for improved fragmentation grenades, they contain plastic explosive and ball bearings with UZRGM fuzes. Anyone else seen examples of these? #Grenades #Fanta
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Matthew Moss | The Armourer's Bench
@historicfirearm
Apr 24, 2022
Some images of Martlet Lightweight Multirole Missile in its MANPADS configuration. This is the first time we've seen it close up in the field. Interestingly, the UA source described it as Starstreak. #Ukraine #UkraineRussiaWar
Matthew Moss | The Armourer's Bench
@historicfirearm
Jan 25, 2023
Petition for the #NAFO boys to raise funds for pallet of XL googly eyes for #Ukraine's New Leopards, Challys and Abrams. Essential offensive upgrade. On parr with active protection.
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