Colt .45 Automatic Pistol Cutaway, 1951

Colt 45 Automatic Pistol Cutaway Drawing 1951

This  cutaway of the classic Colt .45 Automatic was part of Popular Science’s “Know Your Weapons” series that started up in 1951.  This series was aimed squarely at WWII (and even WWI) veterans who had been intimately familiar with these military firearms only a few years before. Click to Enlarge to 764 x 740 px:… Continue reading Colt .45 Automatic Pistol Cutaway, 1951

Atomic Airplane Cutaway, 1951

Atomic Airplane Cutaway 1951

Even though I like Ray Pioch, his 1951 cutaway drawing of this fanciful atomic airplane really isn’t very good.  It’s got the typical middle-of-magazine two-color scheme, and the perspectives within this so-called atomic airplane are all wrong. That said, it was predicted that, by 1980, atomic-powered jets would already be in use.  However, more realistically,… Continue reading Atomic Airplane Cutaway, 1951

Winchester M1 .30 Carbine Cutaway, 1951

Winchester M1 Carbine Cutaway 1951

Firing .30 caliber cartridges, the Winchester M1 Carbine wasn’t intended to be the ultimate killing machine  Rather, it was an intentionally lightweight piece for radiomen, cooks, officers, and others for whom a firefight wasn’t their main job. Click to Enlarge to 756 x 740 px:   Source:  Popular Science September 1951