• @gibmiser
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    811 months ago

    That poor horse. Can only imagine the terror. And better hope it doesn’t lift it head all the way up…

    • @[email protected]
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      211 months ago

      The horror of carrying a Maxim gun? It was a heavy gun but not too heavy to be carried by a horse.

      • @gibmiser
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        111 months ago

        Imagine being an animal not knowing what is going on and a ear damaging loud noise occurs repeatedly from the heavy metal machine on your back.

        I’d freak the fuck out.

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          711 months ago

          Oh, I get it. You think the gun was mounted on the horse for whatever reason.

          Rest assured, Maxim guns usually needed a small team to be operated properly. I highly doubt anyone was stupid enough to try and fire a Maxim gun from a horse.

          But the thing is nearly 30kg heavy, so loading it on a horse to move it around is what you’d would do if you had the option.

          • @gibmiser
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            311 months ago

            Ah. Yup that was it. In hindsight makes sense they were just showing off what the captured - not how they planned to use it.

            And now that it’s not really what happened I am enjoying the idea of a fictional version of a drive by on one of those.