Weird technology from World War II Nazi Germany … it looks like something the villain would pull out as a last resort in an Indiana Jones movie.
Weird technology from World War II Nazi Germany … it looks like something the villain would pull out as a last resort in an Indiana Jones movie.
I remember reading about those when I was a kid.
I think most of them realized after all the hell they caused the world, it was easier to consume the cyanide capsule provided rather than attempt to shoot it out with the Allies. Hence, Himmler, Goering, Hitler, Goebbels, all committed suicide rather than be taken or executed. I was watching a program on Nazi technological advances, and the commentator called it “exotic Nazi technology”, weird, like it was some kind of fashion or something. I think deadly is a better description,as was most of, if not all, their advancements were designed for.
Looks cool, but WTF is “steampunkish”?
Was it to be fired while still “buckled”?
If so, woe to the guy with a beer gut. Ouch!
BTW, it sticks in my mind that there was a Civil War-era design kind of like this. A black powder, derringer type weapon that fired out of the belt buckle. Something like that. I remember reading about it in an old library book about 19th century firearms. Might be have some of the details wrong, though, as I was very little when I read about it.
If you have ever worked on old German drillings this technology looks fairly routine. The amount of trick gadgets on some of them is amazing. Hidden cartridge traps, secret door buttplates, flip up night sights, or how about a thin leather sling that is spring loaded like a tape measure so it comes out of the butt and hooks to the barrel. They are really good at hiding the various levers and latches in the engraving. I shot one with a crossover buttstock, made for a WW1 vet who lost his right eye. It mounts to your right shoulder and hand, then the barrels cross to your left eye. It took a few tries but some clay pigeons did die.
It is cool, but I don’t believe the story.
Talk about shooting from the hip...
Nice design, I’ve actually seen a more modern version of this done in the 1960’s, no idea if they had taken ideas from this particular piece or not.
The more modern piece did pretty much require suspenders to wear along with the belt. The buckle was incredibly heavy. I imagine this is much the same.
Well I guests it would have worked once.
What's the story on this?
Louis Marquis? German? I don't think so. He may have worked for them but he was not German.
