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PugJesus@kbin.socialM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.world · 1 year ago

Austro-Hungarian pilot with an interesting gun mount made of 10 C-96 Mauser pistols, WW1, sometime before 1918

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Austro-Hungarian pilot with an interesting gun mount made of 10 C-96 Mauser pistols, WW1, sometime before 1918

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  • silasmariner@programming.dev
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    How many shots does he get off before he has to reload? Because reloading looks like a bitch.

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      Doesn’t matter because mid-air range on a pistol is basically ballistics hell

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        Looks like a whole lot of trouble for flinging a piece of lead in a ‘forward but otherwise random’ direction.

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          Honestly, now I’m just wondering how viable an anti-air shotgun would have been in WW1 dogfights.

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            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.

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        They fought very close back then.

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          Remember the other guy had the same problem

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      Anywhere from 6 to 40 shots per gun, if they used standard magazines.

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    boys will be boys

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