View From The Porch: This would look sporty mounted in the fighting top.

Friday, September 28, 2012

This would look sporty mounted in the fighting top.

Also from the Spanish-American War section, what appears to be a rifle-caliber Nordenfelt gun. While it would look sporty in the fighting top of a protected cruiser of the Asiatic Squadron, pity the poor bluejackets who'd have to schlep the cartridge boxes up there to service the guns...

10 comments:

Woodman said...: I bet I could get that mounted on the rear deck of my wife's New Beetle convertible.

No schlepping required.; 2:23 PM, September 28, 2012
Critter said...: maybe something like mounted in a pop up turret as in the Dillon chain gun, except with more panache.; 3:03 PM, September 28, 2012
El Capitan said...: No lack of block & tackle on a ship. A bit of pulley-hauley makes hoisting much easier!; 3:51 PM, September 28, 2012
Anonymous said...: Heck, I think it would improve the look of the Z3 too, for the passenger side, as shooting and driving is even worse than drinking and driving.; 3:56 PM, September 28, 2012
NotClauswitz said...: I bet they'd rig a steam-lever apparatus to hoist the cartridge boxes, but they'd still have to service and trigger them.; 7:37 PM, September 28, 2012
Anonymous said...: Only one 'd' in Nordenfelt.; 10:06 PM, September 28, 2012
Tam said...: Anon 10:06,

So there is! I'll fix that...; 10:40 PM, September 28, 2012
Anonymous said...: http://www.forgottenweapons.com/five-barrel-nordenfelt-video/ has a video of a Nordenfelt that shows how it works.; 12:47 AM, September 29, 2012
Anonymous said...: At first glance I thought you bought some kind of Lathe; 11:27 AM, September 29, 2012
Ian Argent said...: Can't see Nordenfelt without thinking of the poor HMS Clampherdown.; 2:08 PM, September 30, 2012