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Colorized photo of a German pilot in an electrically-heated flight suit on the Western Front, WW1, 1917 (lemmy.world)
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[–] Geometrinen_Gepardi@sopuli.xyz 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)

What the hell are those guns on the plane?

[–] lettruthout@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

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.

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Certainly flares. You couldn't shoot a monster bullet/shell like that even if it was black powder.