Pistols were ineffectively used from aircraft in early World War 1 until movable and fixed machine gun mounts were made for aircraft. But I’m sure there are some kills made with them considering the slow speed and close range of early World War 1 dogfights.
There was even an air to air 1911 made. It had a extended magazine and a shell catcher on it. I don’t think it was ever used since by the time we got into the war, aerial machine guns were in common use.
Only picture so far I could find, it was a direct link from the Arf.com thread that I finally found one in (literally roook me almost an hour to find it, my Google-Fu was no match for finding an image at first). I can link the arf.com fthread if you want but I the image is still hosted there. I’lL keep searching for another image…
January 1st, 2014 at 4:29 am
Hey, he missed three times. Nobody challenged that part.
January 1st, 2014 at 9:40 am
Pistols were ineffectively used from aircraft in early World War 1 until movable and fixed machine gun mounts were made for aircraft. But I’m sure there are some kills made with them considering the slow speed and close range of early World War 1 dogfights.
There was even an air to air 1911 made. It had a extended magazine and a shell catcher on it. I don’t think it was ever used since by the time we got into the war, aerial machine guns were in common use.
Here’s a picture:
http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/ref/MG/I/img/MG-1-257-13.jpg
January 1st, 2014 at 10:39 am
Nice link to a spam/bogus anti-virus page.
No thanks.
January 1st, 2014 at 11:06 am
Only picture so far I could find, it was a direct link from the Arf.com thread that I finally found one in (literally roook me almost an hour to find it, my Google-Fu was no match for finding an image at first). I can link the arf.com fthread if you want but I the image is still hosted there. I’lL keep searching for another image…
January 1st, 2014 at 11:12 am
Found a lower quality but captioned version off of a photobucket account:
http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee179/arfcom556/1911_brass_catcher_zps4fcbf3ac.jpg
FWIW, arf.com thread I found the first image in and direct linked off of: http://www.ar15.com/forums/t_5_49/137246_.html
January 1st, 2014 at 2:14 pm
Didn’t Louis Awerbuck shoot down a German fighter with a pistol? I think he was on the ground shooting up though.
January 2nd, 2014 at 1:07 am
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January 2nd, 2014 at 8:51 am
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