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Re: Rifle id......
Posted: Sat Dec 24, 2016 7:04 pm
by saddler
snayperskaya wrote:Sim G wrote:snayperskaya wrote:
I think of them as "torture tubes"!
I spotted the stutzen style forend and couldn't place the rifle......could "personal" weapons be carried?, but then you'd think that ammunition supply would be a problem unless it is a .303?
"Personal weapons? Col "Fighting Jack" Churchill of the Manchester Regt, the No3 Commando also played the bagpipes on occasision when going into battle. Likewise, he used a basket hilted sword in hand-to-hand combat in France and is credited at the only British soldier to kill a German in WW2 with a .......... longbow!
Sorry folks, I didn't realise it was a still from a film, I thought it was an original WW2 photo
Sim.......By "personal" weapons I meant could officers carrying their own rifles rather than issued rifles, in the way some officers in WW1 used "private purchase" rifles and pistols.
Officers in WW1 had to supply their own pistols
Re: Rifle id......
Posted: Sat Dec 24, 2016 7:16 pm
by snayperskaya
saddler wrote:
Officers in WW1 had to supply their own pistols
I think this is where I read about officers with their own rifles......
http://www.westernfrontassociation.com/ ... hN8CJ.dpbs
Re: Rifle id......
Posted: Sat Dec 24, 2016 8:37 pm
by GeeRam
snayperskaya wrote:Sim G wrote:snayperskaya wrote:
I think of them as "torture tubes"!
I spotted the stutzen style forend and couldn't place the rifle......could "personal" weapons be carried?, but then you'd think that ammunition supply would be a problem unless it is a .303?
"Personal weapons? Col "Fighting Jack" Churchill of the Manchester Regt, the No3 Commando also played the bagpipes on occasision when going into battle. Likewise, he used a basket hilted sword in hand-to-hand combat in France and is credited at the only British soldier to kill a German in WW2 with a .......... longbow!
Sorry folks, I didn't realise it was a still from a film, I thought it was an original WW2 photo
Crikey.......
Given the amount of times it's been shown on TV I'm surprised there was anyone left who had not seen the The Longest Day........
Re: Rifle id......
Posted: Sat Dec 24, 2016 10:31 pm
by snayperskaya
GeeRam wrote:
Crikey.......
Given the amount of times it's been shown on TV I'm surprised there was anyone left who had not seen the The Longest Day........
I have seen it but didn't recognise the still.....it's been donkeys years since I've seen it and the photo I posted was actually on a WW2 website so I wrongly assumed it was an original photo.Can you remember every scene from every film you've watched?.
Re: Rifle id......
Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2016 11:09 am
by GeeRam
snayperskaya wrote:GeeRam wrote:
Crikey.......
Given the amount of times it's been shown on TV I'm surprised there was anyone left who had not seen the The Longest Day........
I have seen it but didn't recognise the still.....it's been donkeys years since I've seen it and the photo I posted was actually on a WW2 website so I wrongly assumed it was an original photo.Can you remember every scene from every film you've watched?.
Blimey..............it was just a bit of lighthearted banter......hence the
Re: Rifle id......
Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2016 12:14 pm
by snayperskaya
GeeRam wrote:snayperskaya wrote:GeeRam wrote:
Crikey.......
Given the amount of times it's been shown on TV I'm surprised there was anyone left who had not seen the The Longest Day........
I have seen it but didn't recognise the still.....it's been donkeys years since I've seen it and the photo I posted was actually on a WW2 website so I wrongly assumed it was an original photo.Can you remember every scene from every film you've watched?.
Blimey..............it was just a bit of lighthearted banter......hence the
Sorry I forgot the