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Ironically I do not own a camera, which is to say I do not own a phone. And somehow I can't find any online pictures. Which is amazing considering there are pictures of the Flapper Rifle, a gun which previously was only known from patent paperwork until we found it pretty recently.
So I shall describe it to you. Imagine a BAR made out of rough unfinished steel with the ejection port on top instead of the side, with the locking block locking into the rear portion of the ejection port. It also has a much slimmer profile light barrel. And the right side of the ejection port has been roughly cut, then a portion of the cut steel braised back in place after it must have been filed down a bit.
The cut was made in an attempt to bias the shells to the right after soldiers in field trials complained about the open top collecting dirt and giving away their position by tossing the brass into the air. Also I imagine the brass didn't feel good when it landed on them.
The reusing of old prototypes and welding steel back into holes and cuts to save metal was common of Browning. A lot of his prototypes show signs of being cut and modified and then the cuts and holes being filled back in when the modifications didn't work out.
The guy was notoriously a "measure never, cut a bunch, fix it later" kind of guy.
So I shall describe it to you. Imagine a BAR made out of rough unfinished steel with the ejection port on top instead of the side, with the locking block locking into the rear portion of the ejection port. It also has a much slimmer profile light barrel. And the right side of the ejection port has been roughly cut, then a portion of the cut steel braised back in place after it must have been filed down a bit.
The cut was made in an attempt to bias the shells to the right after soldiers in field trials complained about the open top collecting dirt and giving away their position by tossing the brass into the air. Also I imagine the brass didn't feel good when it landed on them.
The reusing of old prototypes and welding steel back into holes and cuts to save metal was common of Browning. A lot of his prototypes show signs of being cut and modified and then the cuts and holes being filled back in when the modifications didn't work out.
The guy was notoriously a "measure never, cut a bunch, fix it later" kind of guy.
Running suppressive fire is meant to keep the enemy's head down while you advance . Stopping and aiming would be suicidal without cover. You don't care about hitting anything, you want the enemy ducking for cover turning their whitey-tighties brown while you move to better cover from which you can aim and fire.
Meanwhile, Tom Hanks was watching this unfold from the sidelines - trying to cope with his shell shock, thinking:
"I don't know who that crazy S.O.B is, but if I get outta this alive, I'm calling Spielberg and we are making a movie outta that Lieutenants life."
"I don't know who that crazy S.O.B is, but if I get outta this alive, I'm calling Spielberg and we are making a movie outta that Lieutenants life."
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