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Title: 1866 Austrian weapons
Post by: cameronian on 29 March 2015, 07:10:07 PM

Some interesting if slightly nerdy stuff from YOUTUBE; interesting to see the original Lorenz round with the (?) zinc stud in the base.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B03tq1AIFZk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVNe5SSTXxI.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxRK5ujg7A8

Title: Re: 1866 Austrian weapons
Post by: mollinary on 29 March 2015, 08:45:02 PM

Great stuff! Many thanks for these. Bearing in mind the conditions of firing, the 100m results make one wonder what chance a conscript firing at 300m with a hundred equally qualified colleagues had of hitting the target! :oIncidentally, I assume the Wenzl 1854/67 is the conversion of the original muzzle loading Lorenz Extracorpsgewehr M1854 (used in 1866) to a breechloading version after the war of 1866? :D

Mollinary

Title: Re: 1866 Austrian weapons
Post by: cameronian on 30 March 2015, 09:54:36 AM

You are probably correct b :(

Meantime, plus ca change ...... 'The first convoy, comprising 39 vehicles with 135 soldiers, crossed the Czech-Polish border in Nachod, at 10:36 CEST Sunday. It arrived in Pardubice, east Bohemia, where the soldiers would spend the night, at around 16:00'

29th March 2015 ... and they were Americans

Title: Re: 1866 Austrian weapons
Post by: Duke Speedy of Leighton on 30 March 2015, 09:56:07 AM

Oh heck!
Spent far too long fighting over Nachod!

Title: Re: 1866 Austrian weapons
Post by: cameronian on 30 March 2015, 11:14:37 AM

Uncontested methinks ... again!

Title: Re: 1866 Austrian weapons
Post by: cameronian on 05 April 2015, 04:17:30 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5x7psIl5PA

Another on the Lorenz, really good, highly recommended.

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