awful.systems
  • Communities
  • Create Post
  • heart
    Support Lemmy
  • search
    Search
  • Login
  • Sign Up
PugJesus@piefed.socialM to HistoryPhotos@piefed.socialEnglish · 3 days ago

General Eisenhower with a German over-under combination rifle/shotgun with a scope, General Omar Bradley looks on, Europe, WW2, 1945

media.piefed.social

message-square
5
link
fedilink
37

General Eisenhower with a German over-under combination rifle/shotgun with a scope, General Omar Bradley looks on, Europe, WW2, 1945

media.piefed.social

PugJesus@piefed.socialM to HistoryPhotos@piefed.socialEnglish · 3 days ago
message-square
5
link
fedilink
alert-triangle
You must log in or # to comment.
  • ProfThadBach@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    6
    ·
    edit-2
    3 days ago

    That is called Drilling rifle. It is a double barrel shotgun with a rifle barrel under the shotgun. Technically not an over under. That one might be the M30 issued to German fighter pilots but I can not tell form the picture. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M30_Luftwaffe_Drilling Now that I have downloaded the picture and blew it up I can see it not the M30. I have several Drillings in my collection but they are all hammer guns.

    • acockworkorange@mander.xyz
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      2
      ·
      3 days ago

      What was it used to drill for?

      • ProfThadBach@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        4
        ·
        3 days ago

        German for triple.

        • acockworkorange@mander.xyz
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          3
          ·
          3 days ago

          I was just making a joke, and ended up learning something. Not just a word, but a whole new way of making words! Thanks!

          • ProfThadBach@lemmy.world
            link
            fedilink
            arrow-up
            2
            ·
            2 days ago

            I am a huge drilling fanboy. Just nerdding out

HistoryPhotos@piefed.social

historyphotos@piefed.social

Subscribe from Remote Instance

Create a post
You are not logged in. However you can subscribe from another Fediverse account, for example Lemmy or Mastodon. To do this, paste the following into the search field of your instance: !historyphotos@piefed.social

HistoryPhotos is for photographs (or, if it can be found, film) of the past, recent or distant! Give us a little snapshot of history!

Rules

  1. Be respectful and inclusive.
  2. No harassment, hate speech, or trolling.
  3. Foster a continuous learning environment.
  4. No genocide or atrocity denialism.

Related Communities:

  • !militaryporn@lemmy.world
  • !forgottenweapons@lemmy.world
  • !historymusic@quokk.au
  • !historygallery@quokk.au
  • !historymemes@piefed.social
  • !historyruins@piefed.social
  • !historyart@piefed.social
  • !historyartifacts@piefed.social
  • !historyphotos@piefed.social
Visibility: Public
globe

This community can be federated to other instances and be posted/commented in by their users.

  • 460 users / day
  • 1.13K users / week
  • 2.6K users / month
  • 3.36K users / 6 months
  • 1 local subscriber
  • 714 subscribers
  • 429 Posts
  • 1.27K Comments
  • Modlog
  • mods:
  • Deceptichum@quokk.au
  • sga@piefed.social
  • PugJesus@piefed.social
  • BE: 0.19.12
  • Modlog
  • Instances
  • Docs
  • Code
  • join-lemmy.org