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Sunday, December 23, 2018

Interesting Firearm Photos XXV



U.S. Army Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol in Vietnam, circa 1966


Not sure if this is a real, modified/updated Broomhandle Mauser or a toy, but it looks cool


German Police wearing chain mail armor, what is old is new again....


The .22 Eargesplitten Loudenboomer round





Charlton Heston with a modified M1 Carbine in the movie Planet of the Apes



German soldier surrendering to an American infantryman - Battle of The Bulge, Ardennes, Belgium 1944
  









Police Women at the range, circa 1950's

Too bad his street address wasn't 410......


A photograph of the Japanese soldier Yasuno Chikao an instant before he strikes off Australian Commando Leonard Siffleet’s head. The picture was taken from the body of a Japanese casualty later in the war, the date was October 24th, 1943.



The Cosmopolitan Saloon and Gambling Hall in Telluride, CO circa 1905









Sources
Gunrunnerhell
Ultimate WWII

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