@PugJesusM to HistoryPornEnglish • 3 months agoColorized photo of a German pilot in an electrically-heated flight suit on the Western Front, WW1, 1917imagemessage-square16arrow-up1175arrow-down12
arrow-up1173arrow-down1imageColorized photo of a German pilot in an electrically-heated flight suit on the Western Front, WW1, 1917@PugJesusM to HistoryPornEnglish • 3 months agomessage-square16
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish13•3 months agoWhat the hell are those guns on the plane?
minus-squarelettruthoutlinkEnglish13•3 months agoSince airplanes back then were a curious combination of flammable material traveling through high wind speed, I too would say that’s a flare gun. A direct hit would be effective.
minus-square@PugJesusOPMlinkEnglish9•3 months agoThe nearest one, if I had to guess, is probably a flare gun. The one in back, uh, maybe an MG14? I’m no firearms expert.
minus-square@shalafilinkEnglish8•3 months agoCertainly flares. You couldn’t shoot a monster bullet/shell like that even if it was black powder.
What the hell are those guns on the plane?
Since airplanes back then were a curious combination of flammable material traveling through high wind speed, I too would say that’s a flare gun. A direct hit would be effective.
The nearest one, if I had to guess, is probably a flare gun. The one in back, uh, maybe an MG14? I’m no firearms expert.
Certainly flares. You couldn’t shoot a monster bullet/shell like that even if it was black powder.
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