This is a pretty well-known photo, but damn if it isn’t a good one.
Vintage Saturday: Resistance in Style
Shotgun
Mystery Shotgun With a Very Unusual Action
This is a commercial pump-action shotgun manufactured in France and proofed at the St Etienne proof house. I know basically nothing else of its provenance, including who designed it, who sold it (although I would […]
Bolt Action Rifles
Converting the Lebel to 7.5mm: The M27 Lebel
Get your “Only Dropped Once” shirt here, and do your part to push back against the stereotype of the French soldier! In the aftermath of World War One, the French military instituted a plan to […]
Light MGs
The Chauchat: Shooting, History, and Tactics (Video)
I hope everyone had a successful weekend with the Rock Island auction that just ended! For those of you who still have some money left, there is a James D. Julia auction coming up in […]
aaaah, back in the days that even european civilians were allowed to have sub-machineguns.
and no way the picture is staged.
A ‘posed’ picture…The gendarmes are somewhat amused; the US Lt is a REMF; the British (?) soldier is not even slightly concerned; everyone is too clean for combat conditions…Strictly for entertainment value…
If I was a German sniper (or even a soldat) that Lt would stand out in my sights like a searchlight…
Well, my favourite is this one
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e6/Member_of_the_FFI.jpg
Yes, that’s my favourite too!
Well, the Eltee in the back is right to point his 45 at the Frog, even though the latter seems to be handling the Sten for the first time in his life, and blissfully oblivious to the sad fact that his Sten would not fire with these manicured fingers in the way of the bolt handle… But anyway, he makes a nice and stylish shield to crouch behind.
He’s about to shoot that guy with that finger on 1911’s trigger.
Dude looks like he’s right outta central casting….Both have their fingers wrapped around the triggers – in the fashion of the day…they’re both SUPREMELY confidant (well…mebbe the LT looks a bit skeered – he’s an LT afterall – and as you said, an REMF) – the Bosche are on the run, The Americans are in the city, and it’s time for REVENGE!!! Look!! Ze Camera!! We pose for ze camera!!! The French are great poseurs!!!
Broz