Just a neat old photo to spice up your Saturday…
Think he’s going to hit that airplane?
Heavy MGs
ABC’s of Machine Guns
Here’s another neat manual – A.B.C du Mitrailleu – the ABCs of Machine Guns. This was published in 1917 (the fifth edition, anyway) in French, and does a nice job showing all the most useful […]
Light MGs
Benet-Mercie 1909 manual
The Benet-Mercie 1909 was the first light machine gun adopted by the American military. Although named for two designers, the Benet-Mercie was basically a Hotchkiss Portative machine gun chambered for the .30-06 cartridge. The guns […]
Vintage photo
Vintage Saturday: A 1914 Hotchkiss
Not sure where these poilu are fighting, but the fellow in the back appears to have swapped his regulation Kepi for a bowler and shaved off his moustache.
Could be the red barron
Didn’t an Australian hit the Red Baron with Lewis Gun ground fire?
Might hit the airplane, but if he elevates much more the lead is going to rain on his hat!
exactly ¡¡¡ one australian soldier hit this famous airplane with a lewis
best regards from southamerica