The year is 1900. Big bore auto cannon. 37mm and full auto. No, that is a wooden handle....
Photos Maxim mounted on the Vixen....
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In answering a different question that one surfaced...National Archives.
"Gunner Smith, who fired 400 consecutive shots at Battle of Santiago de Cuba, July 3, 1898"
In answering a different question that one surfaced...National Archives.
"Gunner Smith, who fired 400 consecutive shots at Battle of Santiago de Cuba, July 3, 1898"
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thats cool!
thats cool!
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I'm sure I'm way off... and a military history buff will gladly correct me, but does that barrel and shroud not look like a Maxim?
I'm sure I'm way off... and a military history buff will gladly correct me, but does that barrel and shroud not look like a Maxim?
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It is a Maxim. But it is a Maxim QF1 37mm naval gun.
It is a Maxim. But it is a Maxim QF1 37mm naval gun.
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I bet she spit fire for 10 yards. What a beast, would love to see one in action. MM
I bet she spit fire for 10 yards. What a beast, would love to see one in action. MM
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hell he might have been the one who helped sink the ship my Great Grandfather was on at that battle. Great picture
hell he might have been the one who helped sink the ship my Great Grandfather was on at that battle. Great picture
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Wow, that closely resembles a Mk-19, 40mm grenade launcher. Just a little bigger. I wonder if that's where the Mk-19 design originated from.
Cool picture.
Wow, that closely resembles a Mk-19, 40mm grenade launcher. Just a little bigger. I wonder if that's where the Mk-19 design originated from.
Cool picture.
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Would someone look closely at the full-sized image and tell me just what it is that he's grasping in his left hand?
<span style="font-weight: bold">ETA:</span> Never mind. I just re-read the description. PHEW!
Would someone look closely at the full-sized image and tell me just what it is that he's grasping in his left hand?
<span style="font-weight: bold">ETA:</span> Never mind. I just re-read the description. PHEW!
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Yes the left hand it looks like...but I guess it is not, I bet it started the phrase do you have a woody.
Yes the left hand it looks like...but I guess it is not, I bet it started the phrase do you have a woody.
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: nock</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Yes the left hand it looks like...but I guess it is not, I bet it started the phrase do you have a woody.
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THAT'S funny! At first glance, I thought the same thing. Cool picture.
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: nock</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Yes the left hand it looks like...but I guess it is not, I bet it started the phrase do you have a woody.
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THAT'S funny! At first glance, I thought the same thing. Cool picture.
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Awesome photo.
Awesome photo.
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: 1kHIT</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: nock</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Yes the left hand it looks like...but I guess it is not, I bet it started the phrase do you have a woody.
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THAT'S funny! At first glance, I thought the same thing. Cool picture. </div></div>
You'd be fondling yourself too if you got to shoot a wild-ass gun like that. ;-)
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: 1kHIT</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: nock</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Yes the left hand it looks like...but I guess it is not, I bet it started the phrase do you have a woody.
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THAT'S funny! At first glance, I thought the same thing. Cool picture.
You'd be fondling yourself too if you got to shoot a wild-ass gun like that. ;-)
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And no hearing protection!! That thing must have been ungodly loud!
And no hearing protection!! That thing must have been ungodly loud!
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Yeh, talk about blast your hearing away!
Yeh, talk about blast your hearing away!
