PugJesus@kbin.socialM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.world · 9 months agoAustro-Hungarian pilot with an interesting gun mount made of 10 C-96 Mauser pistols, WW1, sometime before 1918media.kbin.socialimagemessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up1149arrow-down12cross-posted to: hungary@lemmy.worldforgottenweapons@lemmy.world
arrow-up1147arrow-down1imageAustro-Hungarian pilot with an interesting gun mount made of 10 C-96 Mauser pistols, WW1, sometime before 1918media.kbin.socialPugJesus@kbin.socialM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.world · 9 months agomessage-square9fedilinkcross-posted to: hungary@lemmy.worldforgottenweapons@lemmy.world
minus-squarebanichan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·9 months agoDoesn’t matter because mid-air range on a pistol is basically ballistics hell
minus-squareForestOrca@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up15·9 months agoLooks like a whole lot of trouble for flinging a piece of lead in a ‘forward but otherwise random’ direction.
minus-squareDragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·9 months agoHonestly, now I’m just wondering how viable an anti-air shotgun would have been in WW1 dogfights.
minus-squareForestOrca@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3·9 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-squarenonailsleftlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·9 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