PugJesusM to HistoryPorn • 8 months agoAustro-Hungarian pilot with an interesting gun mount made of 10 C-96 Mauser pistols, WW1, sometime before 1918media.kbin.socialimagemessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up1150arrow-down12cross-posted to: hungaryforgottenweapons
arrow-up1148arrow-down1imageAustro-Hungarian pilot with an interesting gun mount made of 10 C-96 Mauser pistols, WW1, sometime before 1918media.kbin.socialPugJesusM to HistoryPorn • 8 months agomessage-square9fedilinkcross-posted to: hungaryforgottenweapons
minus-square@banichanlinkEnglish21•8 months agoDoesn’t matter because mid-air range on a pistol is basically ballistics hell
minus-squareForestOrcalinkfedilink15•8 months agoLooks like a whole lot of trouble for flinging a piece of lead in a ‘forward but otherwise random’ direction.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•8 months agoHonestly, now I’m just wondering how viable an anti-air shotgun would have been in WW1 dogfights.
minus-squareForestOrcalinkfedilink3•8 months agoDepends on distance, mostly. And size/ number of shot, ‘buckshot’ if it connected could be a real hassle. War is the pinnacle of Stupid Human Tricks. smh.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish7•8 months agoRemember the other guy had the same problem
Doesn’t matter because mid-air range on a pistol is basically ballistics hell
Looks like a whole lot of trouble for flinging a piece of lead in a ‘forward but otherwise random’ direction.
Honestly, now I’m just wondering how viable an anti-air shotgun would have been in WW1 dogfights.
Depends on distance, mostly. And size/ number of shot, ‘buckshot’ if it connected could be a real hassle. War is the pinnacle of Stupid Human Tricks. smh.
They fought very close back then.
Remember the other guy had the same problem