Small Arms and Weapory

The museum features weapons from many theaters of war, including hand-to-hand, small arms, light and mounted machine guns, artillery rounds, and more.

Picture courtesy of Nic Charles Photography of Oshkosh, WI.

The Recoilless Rifle is a lightweight, direct fire artillery weapon used for infantry support. The museum displays an M18, 57mm model (center of the picture.) produced in the 1940s for WWII. To the left of it is a shadow box containing representative rounds for the M18.

Picture courtesy of Nic Charles Photography of Oshkosh, WI.

The Quad 50 machine gun mount is featured at the museum. These units were mounted on a half-track (M16) or the back of a two and a half-ton truck in WWII. These guns were also used on a gun truck for convoy protection during the Vietnam War. The picture to the right shows our Quad 50 on a Vietnam era deuce and a half cargo truck. Many Quad 50 mounts were made in Neenah, Wisconsin, by the Kimberly-Clark Corporation during the war effort of WWII.