Von Richthofen’s tail gunner.

Posted on July 23, 2012 by Oleg Volk

Judging by the Snoopy painted on her fuselage, in this variant of history the little annoying dog did not triumph. C96 Mausers were in fairly common use among aerial observers until stronger aircraft could mount flexible machine guns.

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2 Responses to Von Richthofen’s tail gunner.

  1. Robert Slaughter says:
    July 24, 2012 at 9:31 am

    Great pic. How does the C96 fair vis-a-vis the “no pistol shall have a stock” rule? C&R exception? Or is this an NFA stamp?

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