During World War One France used the Lewis gun as a flexible aircraft armament, and it was replaced by the Darne in 1922. This was an adoption of convenience, and by 1926 the Chatellerault Arsenal was working on adapting the new Mel 1924 light machine gun for aircraft use. Initial efforts were directed at a wing-mounted model with a high rate of fire and a large (300 rounds) drum magazine. This led in turn to a “turret” model for use in manned flexible mounts.
This gun was designated the Mle 1934 T, and used in several different mounts. Today we are looking at one in the Type 29 mount. It is a sheet metal carriage to enclose the gun, providing a spring counterbalance system for easy maneuvering of the gun and a mount for an early collimator sight.
Video on how collimating sight work:
Video on the Chatellerault Mle 24/29:
Darne Model 1926 aircraft MG:
Many thanks to the French National Forensic Police Department for allowing me access to film this very cool rig for you!
“(…)was an adoption of convenience, and by 1926 the Chatellerault Arsenal was working on adapting the new Mel 1924 light machine gun for aircraft use.(…)”
Therefore it was also related to M1931 https://modernfirearms.net/en/machineguns/france-machineguns/mac-m1931-eng/ made for use in tanks and fortresses, which sported 150-round magazine.
Hmmmm..no mention of the offset pistol grip.
NewEwe there is a brand of Manchego cheese “Sheep cheese, baaa!” if you want to try and start a business “Protein shite” you know, all that – 100g is equivent to eating 4 hard boiled eggs apparently. Mofo’s.
You know like a Mars bar, albeit snack size these day. Chauchat, Ibiza boss man; snack size mofos. Modern world.
4 hard boiled eggs, be well “Egg bound” me, honestly, be an issue. Maybe thats why they get these big veins, straining.
The verbal equivalent of a Rohrschach blot.
no shit, blah blah blah, don’t know why he isn’t blocked here.
“NewEwe there is a brand of Manchego cheese(…)”
I did scrying of https://www.newewe.com/ and found no cheese. Please provide reliable supporting claim that “NewEwe” is or was brand related to “Manchego cheese”.
Did John Cleese ask Mr. Winsleydale about Marchengo when he visited the cheese shop. Which skit brings us back to guns, given how that exchange worked out
No mention of Manchengo (correct spelling), as it’s a Spanish cheese, not English or French, and at the time (1969-70) was virtually unknown outside of Spain and Portugal.
In order, the cheeses mentioned were;
Red Leicester, Tilsit, Caerphilly, Bel Paese, Red Windsor, Stilton, Emmental, Gruyère, Norwegian Jarlsberg, Liptauer, Lancashire, White Stilton, Danish Blue, Double Gloucester, Cheshire, Dorset Blue Vinney, Brie, Roquefort, Pont-l’Évêque, Port, Salut, Savoyard, Saint-Paulin, Carré de l’Est, Boursin, Gournay, Port du Salut, Trappist, Sage Derby, Cheddar, Red Edam, Gouda, Maesdam, Stilton, Camembert, Danish Feta, Gorgonzola, Parmesan, Mozzarella, Provola, Ricotta, Pecorino, Parmesan, and Venezuelan Beaver Cheese.
Note that Stilton gets two mentions, and there is no such thing as Venezuelan Beaver Cheese.
Strangely, Pepper Jack, Colby, and Monterey Jack, the three most popular cheeses other than Cheddar then and now, are not mentioned.
No, I have no idea why. Just as I have no idea what goes through Pdb’s head at any given moment.
clear ether
eon
That was my point. Mr. Winsleydale had the Marchengo stashed and Cleese never asked. For an olfactory treat I once had Mongolian sheeps milk cheese right off the steppe. It resembled thick potato chips and was dry with a bouquet like a Buryat’s saddle blanket. My office’s cleaning lady threw it out thinking it must be inedible. Which is all badly off topic I know
Martin;
IDK, i’ve run across a few propellant powders that looked and smelled like “tainted cheese”.
/Quoting one of my favorite weird-ass movies, David Cronenberg’s Naked Lunch (1991)
cheers
eon
Oddly I was just reading about the antics of William Burroughs before I checked in on this site. I recall the film’s ‘trick shooting’ scenes. Wm. Burroughs ineptly channels William Tell