PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agoColorized photo of a German pilot in an electrically-heated flight suit on the Western Front, WW1, 1917lemmy.worldimagemessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up1174arrow-down12
arrow-up1172arrow-down1imageColorized photo of a German pilot in an electrically-heated flight suit on the Western Front, WW1, 1917lemmy.worldPugJesus@lemmy.worldM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square16fedilink
minus-squareGeometrinen_Gepardi@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·5 days agoWhat the hell are those guns on the plane?
minus-squarelettruthout@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·5 days agoSince airplanes back then were a curious combination of flammable material traveling through high wind speed, I too would say that’s a flare gun. A direct hit would be effective.
minus-squarePugJesus@lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·5 days agoThe nearest one, if I had to guess, is probably a flare gun. The one in back, uh, maybe an MG14? I’m no firearms expert.
minus-squareshalafi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·5 days agoCertainly flares. You couldn’t shoot a monster bullet/shell like that even if it was black powder.
What the hell are those guns on the plane?
Since airplanes back then were a curious combination of flammable material traveling through high wind speed, I too would say that’s a flare gun. A direct hit would be effective.
The nearest one, if I had to guess, is probably a flare gun. The one in back, uh, maybe an MG14? I’m no firearms expert.
Certainly flares. You couldn’t shoot a monster bullet/shell like that even if it was black powder.
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