Vintage Gun Photos

[Jeb48]

French soldier with an early grenade launcher, on the end of his rifle.

[No_0ne]

25 minutes ago, Jeb48 said:

French soldier with an early grenade launcher, on the end of his rifle.

"French rifle, never fired.  Dropped once" ...

[Jeb48]

Get Off My Property

[Jeb48]

[Jeb48]

Interesting motorcycle or 1 man tank.

[Omega]

2 hours ago, Jeb48 said:

Interesting motorcycle or 1 man tank.

Now that is one effective looking hog hunting setup. I wonder if you can have one out here, with 16" barrels and semi-auto of course.

Edited March 13, 2018 by Omega
Speeling

[bersaguy]

11 hours ago, Omega said:

Now that is one effective looking hog hunting setup. I wonder if you can have one out here, with 16" barrels and semi-auto of course.

First experiment with a bullet proof vest would be my guess!!!!!

[DWARREN123]

Made for running thru the enemies front lines?

[Jeb48]

Other end of the war, not as well armored.

[Jeb48]

A little to the left

 

[hipower]

1 hour ago, Jeb48 said:

A little to the left

 

OK. I got to ask for an explanation on this one. lol

[Omega]

19 minutes ago, hipower said:

OK. I got to ask for an explanation on this one. lol

Why, he's dove hunting of course.

[peejman]

Can you imagine the sound that thing made?  Wow. 

[hipower]

12 hours ago, Omega said:

Why, he's dove hunting of course.

lol!

[Jeb48]

Scare them if nothing else

[Ronald_55]

Just now, Jeb48 said:

Scare them if nothing else

The Rhino...

[Steelharp]

THE Rino. Carry on...

[RED333]

2 hours ago, Steelharp said:

THE Rino. Carry on...

Priceless!!!

[Jeb48]

Three of the seven forts linked together in the Thames Estuary on Sept. 29, 1945.

I don't remember ever hearing of this.

[peejman]

12 hours ago, Jeb48 said:

Three of the seven forts linked together in the Thames Estuary on Sept. 29, 1945.

I don't remember ever hearing of this.

Me neither, what's the skinny?

Edited March 17, 2018 by peejman

[Garufa]

1 hour ago, peejman said:

Me neither, what's the skinny?

Those are some of the Maunsell Sea Forts and they still stand.  If I'm not mistaken they are or were for sale at one point

Edited March 17, 2018 by Garufa

[peejman]

4 hours ago, Garufa said:

Those are some of the Maunsell Sea Forts and they still stand.  If I'm not mistaken they are or were for sale at one point

Interesting. Seems like you'd be sitting ducks out there and easily cut off from supply, but I guess they served their purpose. 

[Jeb48]

Wonder what the going price is for your on fort in the middle of Thames Estuary. Probably the remodeling cost would be prohibitive. :-)

[Jeb48]

How about a rail gun, and I thought that was something new :-)

 

[Jeb48]

Another Rail Gun

Anzio Annie was one of two K5 Cannons used to bombard the beachside at Anzio, Italy. The Germans built 22 of these 28 cm guns with a range of 40 miles