Gun Show Host Richard John "Mack" Machowicz passed away yesterday.

[Acera]

RIP to one of the better TV hosts on gun related cable TV shows.


He was the talent of The Discovery Channels “Future Weapons” and also “Weapons That Changed the World” on The Military Channel.

Machowicz was born in 1965 in Detroit, Michigan.[2] According to his biography on the Discovery Channel's site,[3] "he participated in numerous tactical operations with SEAL Team ONE and TWO. While operating at SEAL Team TWO, he was a Naval Special Warfare Scout/Sniper, as well as being attached to the training cadre as the Leading Petty Officer of Land, Mountain and Arctic Warfare." He reportedly had practiced many forms of martial arts for more than twenty years and received multiple black belts. He was a certified instructor in the Naval Special Warfare Combat Fighting Instructor Course, as well as a Naval Special Warfare Scout/Sniper

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Machowicz

 

[hdwhit]

My thoughts and prayers are with his family; brain cancer is a very rough way to go.

 

[herrwalther]

With a lot of secret squirrel fakes running around, Mack was the real deal. Hell of a guy to be guy to be missed.

 

[Panzerschwein]

This sucks so bad...

As a teen I watched every episode of Future Weapons that came on. I loved that show, it was one of the things that really got me interested in guns, especially military guns. He was so young, a real shame for sure. A great TV host and apparently a great man. He will be missed!!