Also note the extra-tactical single point sling.
Slow motion
Shooting an MP-40 (Video)
Just a bit of shooting with an MP40 at an indoor range, courtesy of Hill & Mac Gunworks.
Semiauto pistol
RIA: Himmler Presentation Sauer 38H for Snipers
Note: I debated whether or not to use the Nazi flag in the thumbnail image, and opted to put it in there because it was in fact the German flag when this pistol was made. […]
Artillery
Vintage Saturday: Bigger is Better
The German WWI light minenwerfer worked so well that it was scaled up to a medium-sized version. And then a heavy version. And then the very heavy 38cm version.
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.