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[Dark Alley Dan]

Cordite, so likely UK or at least Commonwealth. Berdan primed, weird long neck...

 

[RedRabbits]

Looks familiar!

I knew I had some pictures.

cigar man's Battlefield Tours, Normandy France.

Now thats a gun!

 

[Recce21]

Now thats a gun!

That's what she said.

 

[Gibbs505]

Photos greatly appreciated, Gibbs, but they are of two entirely different rounds.

Designations, headstamps, specs would be VERY much appreciated.

That bottom one makes some of my ideas look positively sane. Think of the potential for feed troubles!

Thanks for photos.
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Here is the head stamp

rimmed case with three 19mm flutes descending from the shoulder, and intended to support the rear bullets. Loaded with three bullets of differing weights

Yes they are two different rounds, the first being the militry round and the second being an attempt to market a civilian version. It was not sucessful! Some more info:

Britain had tested a Scott Duplex design in 1906, which lacked adequate velocity and exhibited pressure problems. Faced with the new German 9mm MP18 submachinegun in 1918, increased hit probability at short range via multiple projectiles intended to spread slightly again became attractive, and a series of tests, including troop trials in France, were carried out with the Greener Triplex. Results were good out to 300 yards, but work was overtaken by the end of hostilities.

 

[scott585]

similar in nature to the extreme rate of fire of the later SPIW, which is also worth looking up (also interesting for its double double stack mags)

 

[jwhc]

Good day Gunnutz New day New picture

Cheers
Joe

 

[Cdn303]

Holy ####. The inside look of an original can of whoop-ass

 

[AdrianM]

Holy s**t. The inside look of an original can of whoop-ass

I always wondered what was in a can of that...

Seriously...the frickin' guys are smiling. "We're gonna jump out of this crate at altitude and land in the middle of God knows what. What's to worry about..."

 

[jwhc]

Seriously...the frickin' guys are smiling. "We're gonna jump out of this crate at altitude and land in the middle of God knows what. What's to worry about..."[/QUOTE]


Just remember

 

[plinker 777]

Good day Gunnutz New day New picture

Cheers
Joe

{Sergent} 'K guys, listen up! Everyone hit the longdrop, before we take the long drop Right!?

 

[jwhc]

Good Morning Men ! New day new picture

Cheers
Joe

 

[jwhc]

Sorry guys this is the new picture of the day

Cheers
Joe

 

[donor]

Good Morning Men ! New day new picture

Cheers
Joe

At first look they looked like Romanian Troops but I think those will be Italian helmets me thinks.
I read somewhere Romanian account of Eastern Front fighting ( memoirs) and it did sound like they really had no idea what they where getting themselves into.
Result was poor morale and in effect very large losses.
I imagine Italians had the same problem.

 

[smellie]

Russian Maxim 1910 being fired with non-disintegrating metallic linkbelt.

Interesting shot.
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[SoBored]

Just combing through these and way back on page 88, Dark Alley Dan made me chuckle.

 

[jwhc]

Good day Men!! New day new picture

Cheers
Joe

Hopefully A couple of you Southern Ontario Boys get out to the Military Muster in Essex this weekend its going to be a great show

 

[Gibbs505]

Just combing through these and way back on page 88, Dark Alley Dan made me chuckle.

Ha ha!! Good one!!

 

[jwhc]

Good day Gunnutz New day new pictures

Cheers
Joe

 

[Gibbs505]

Hmmm a skih in the german army!! Interesting.

 

[x westie]

Looks like Rommel inspecting German troops on the French coast, prior to the June-6 landing by the Allies,..Indian troops defected to the German Army, after being captued , probably in North Africa , the Brit 8th Army had a several divisions of the Indian Army