Also note the extra-tactical single point sling.
Engraved
Pistols for Royalty: the Mannlicher 1900 Standard and Magnificently Engraved
The model 1900 was a transitional pattern of Mannlicher pistol, intended to be an improvement over the somewhat clumsy and underpowered Mannlicher 1896. Only about 250 of them were made, with an eye towards military […]
Bolt Action Rifles
Vintage Saturday: Life and Death in the Mud
Flamethrower
Vintage Saturday: Flammenwerfer
Note how this, like many early flamethrowers, was a two-man affair. One carried the tanks and the other aimed and fired the projector.
The height of tacticool, circa 1916?
Great photo! Thanks for posting. This is first time I see a picture of a C96 being carried in this manner. It must have been taken early in the war (at least before February 1916 and the adoption of the stahlhelm), as the soldier in the background is still wearing a Pickelhaube (the spike is obscured by the shadow), complete with its fabric cover. The officer with the C96, strangely enough, seems to have a striking facial resemblance to actor Yul Brynner…
Cocked and (presumably) locked.
Now you know who invented Condition 1.