Just some historic photos.
German cavalry soldiers, shooting practice, circa 1935:
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A tradition of graffiting up airplanes that land on the wrong carrier:
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A "Punt Gun," used for...duck hunting, of all things. Apparently this gem could kill 50 birds with one shot. Or sink a small battleship:
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punt_gun
Many more here: http://dailysanctuary.com/t-rare-past/?utm_campaign=tb_RarePhotos&utm_medium=rare_photos&utm_source=tb_rare_photos&utm_term=DS&utm_content=cracked
Heh, those are...different. I didn't know that putting graffiti on airplanes that land on the wrong carrier was a thing.
That horse doesn't look like a very "stable" shooting platform.
Quote from: Uberhaus on May 08, 2015, 08:58:46 AM
That horse doesn't look like a very "stable" shooting platform.
Yeah, I thought the same thing. Probably just staged...I thought the Mauser (which is what that looks like) had a hell of a kick to it.
Quote from: Uberhaus on May 08, 2015, 08:58:46 AM
That horse doesn't look like a very "stable" shooting platform.
like the US Army's experimental mule mounted cannon.
http://www.maultier.info/Artikel/Experimental_saddle_gun.pdf
Turns out it was a bad idea...
Quote from: ArizonaTank on May 08, 2015, 05:04:02 PM
Quote from: Uberhaus on May 08, 2015, 08:58:46 AM
That horse doesn't look like a very "stable" shooting platform.
like the US Army's experimental mule mounted cannon.
http://www.maultier.info/Artikel/Experimental_saddle_gun.pdf
Turns out it was a bad idea...
Mules with cannons? How could that ever go wrong?
In a number of Hollywood films on the cavalry, you'll see a trooper (John Wayne and Ward Bond) riding two horses by standing on their backs. This was called "Roman riding."
Back in the 30s, the US cavalry had a demonstration outfit at Fort Myers, Va., next to Arlington Cemetary. There were either three or four troops and each specialised in a type of stunt riding. One was the Roman riding, one did "Monkey" riding, in which the rider moves all over the horse, which is moving at a gallop.
Cannot recall what the other styles were. Lucian Truscott IV had a book, The Twilight of the US Cavalry, which is full off odd minutiae about the cavalry.
I cringe to think about the recoil that "Punt Gun" must have had!