PugJesusM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.world • 4 months agoAustro-Hungarian pilot with an interesting gun mount made of 10 C-96 Mauser pistols, WW1, sometime before 1918media.kbin.socialimagemessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up1143arrow-down12
arrow-up1141arrow-down1imageAustro-Hungarian pilot with an interesting gun mount made of 10 C-96 Mauser pistols, WW1, sometime before 1918media.kbin.socialPugJesusM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.world • 4 months agomessage-square7fedilink
minus-square@banichan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish20•4 months agoDoesn’t matter because mid-air range on a pistol is basically ballistics hell
minus-squareForestOrcalinkfedilink15•4 months agoLooks like a whole lot of trouble for flinging a piece of lead in a ‘forward but otherwise random’ direction.
minus-square@DragonTypeWyvernlinkEnglish6•4 months agoHonestly, now I’m just wondering how viable an anti-air shotgun would have been in WW1 dogfights.
minus-squareForestOrcalinkfedilink3•4 months agoDepends on distance, mostly. And size/ number of shot, ‘buckshot’ if it connected could be a real hassle. War is the pinnacle of Stupid Human Tricks. smh.
Doesn’t matter because mid-air range on a pistol is basically ballistics hell
Looks like a whole lot of trouble for flinging a piece of lead in a ‘forward but otherwise random’ direction.
Honestly, now I’m just wondering how viable an anti-air shotgun would have been in WW1 dogfights.
Depends on distance, mostly. And size/ number of shot, ‘buckshot’ if it connected could be a real hassle. War is the pinnacle of Stupid Human Tricks. smh.