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Posted on 04/23/2004 12:56:25 PM PDT by 45Auto
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The original "assault rifle". Lots of links in this article.
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posted on
04/23/2004 12:56:25 PM PDT
by
45Auto
To: 45Auto
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posted on
04/23/2004 12:57:15 PM PDT
by
45Auto
(Big holes are (almost) always better.)
To: 45Auto
7.92 x 33 "Kurz" on left:
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posted on
04/23/2004 12:58:29 PM PDT
by
45Auto
(Big holes are (almost) always better.)
To: 45Auto
I'll take two, please. :-)
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posted on
04/23/2004 1:01:22 PM PDT
by
Riley
To: 45Auto
Separated at birth?
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posted on
04/23/2004 1:04:02 PM PDT
by
timpad
(Tillman Stadium at ASU - Make it happen)
To: 45Auto
Beautiful.
I believe I saw one of those at a WWII Memorial event at the Atlanta History Center.
They had just about every WWII rifle (Soviet, American, British, German, Japanese) there.
Also, about the worst war time rifle ever built was a French rifle used in WWI...I forget its name.
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posted on
04/23/2004 1:05:04 PM PDT
by
Guillermo
("Oh yeah? Well if you do it again, I'm gonna have only one word for you: 'Outta here.'" - Paul Sr.)
To: Guillermo
Might you be referring to the LMG 'Chauchat'? That was pretty bad, from what I have heard.
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posted on
04/23/2004 1:06:37 PM PDT
by
Riley
To: Riley
Yeah, that's it. It had a big rectangular hole on the side, which filled up with dirt and other debris, making the gun inoperable after very little use.
It got to the point where American doughboys just threw theirs away. It was more of a liability than a help.
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posted on
04/23/2004 1:10:21 PM PDT
by
Guillermo
("Oh yeah? Well if you do it again, I'm gonna have only one word for you: 'Outta here.'" - Paul Sr.)
To: 45Auto
Very interesting article.
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posted on
04/23/2004 1:13:24 PM PDT
by
RobbyS
(JMJ)
To: 45Auto
An intriguing addition was the Krummerlauf, a bent barrel with a periscope sighting device for shooting around corners.This sounds only marginally more dangerous to the target than to the user.
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posted on
04/23/2004 1:19:19 PM PDT
by
timpad
(Tillman Stadium at ASU - Make it happen)
To: 45Auto
Nice.
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posted on
04/23/2004 1:20:08 PM PDT
by
Redcoat LI
("help to drive the left one into the insanity.")
To: 45Auto
So the Russians copied this for their AK-47?
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posted on
04/23/2004 1:21:00 PM PDT
by
Ernest_at_the_Beach
(The terrorists and their supporters declared war on the United States - and war is what they got!!!!)
To: Guillermo
Also, the semicircular magazine on the Chauchat would work itself loose during operation. This meant that you had to hold it on place while firing. It was more useful as a club.
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posted on
04/23/2004 1:21:27 PM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(To increase the power of the State over the individual is a crime against Humanity.)
To: 45Auto; *bang_list
.
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posted on
04/23/2004 1:22:07 PM PDT
by
Shooter 2.5
(Vote a Straight Republican Ballot. Rid the country of dems.)
To: 45Auto
OK, 45 ... here's the challenge;
Just as we have the Freeper Canteen, howzabout a weekly article deescribing one weapon at a time.
I think a lot of us that have only one or two guns, and that's all we know about, would appreciate data on other guns ... long and short ...
Maybe we could/would add to our 'museum'.
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posted on
04/23/2004 1:24:16 PM PDT
by
knarf
(A place where anyone can learn anything ... especially that which promotes clear thinking.)
To: Guillermo
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posted on
04/23/2004 1:24:25 PM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(To increase the power of the State over the individual is a crime against Humanity.)
To: Army Air Corps
It was made by the French. How could one expect anything other than an inferior weapon that gives the enemy an advantage?
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posted on
04/23/2004 1:24:31 PM PDT
by
Guillermo
("Oh yeah? Well if you do it again, I'm gonna have only one word for you: 'Outta here.'" - Paul Sr.)
To: Guillermo
Touche! ;-)
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posted on
04/23/2004 1:25:43 PM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(To increase the power of the State over the individual is a crime against Humanity.)
To: Guillermo; Army Air Corps
Wow...I've never seen one preserved so perfectly. Other than the missing white flag, it looks 100% complete!!!
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posted on
04/23/2004 1:29:18 PM PDT
by
Joe 6-pack
("We deal in hard calibers and hot lead." - Roland Deschaines)
To: Joe 6-pack
Shouldn't that be "le drapeau blanc?" Just kidding. It is no surprise that so many Chauchats are intact - if ya don't use it, it doesn't get dirty...
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posted on
04/23/2004 1:34:15 PM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(To increase the power of the State over the individual is a crime against Humanity.)
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