Posted on 02/15/2013 8:38:17 PM PST by DogByte6RER
The gun is John Moses Browning’s M1895 Colt-Browning machine gun, aka ... Potato Digger.
I actually did not know that.
I don’t think he was considered too eccentric. I know the factory workers tended to be very fond of him and he was impressed with their ability to turn out such beautiful guns.
Alexander?
shhh..... he’s on a roll.
Mybe I got him confused with another big gun maker?
“The war elephant was surrounded at all times by a bodyguard of up to eight foot soldiers, known as “Chaturonkbath”. It was their duty to protect the elephant’s legs from a surprise attack or other cowardly maneuver by a dishonorable enemy.”
LOL. So the importance of infantry to armor was discovered a long time ago.
“The war elephant was surrounded at all times by a bodyguard of up to eight foot soldiers, known as “Chaturonkbath”. It was their duty to protect the elephant’s legs from a surprise attack or other cowardly maneuver by a dishonorable enemy.”
LOL. So the importance of infantry to armor was discovered a long time ago.
Winchester house?
was I thinking of Winchester??
Yeah, I’m just going to put this one in the “really bad ideas” column.
Heck, true cavalry was obsolete at this time, though dragoons perhaps were not. But elephants!? Please God, no!
Might be. Sarah Winchester built that maze to keep ghosts killed by their guns confused and away from her so Dad may have been eccentric as well.
No, it was an ice skating rink in their living room
Right, but I’m saying maybe that rink was in that house. I dunno.
Yep. Alexander didn't lose a single Elephant crossing the Alps. Hannibal would have done well to adopt his methods however, 'cause he lost a few.
The Browning House I saw doesn’t look big enough, maybe he also owned a bigger one later?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2301662/posts
The Winchester house website doesn’t show anything about one I could find. I figured if any place gun dude related would, that would be it. But no dice...or ice ;)
Why is the photo TRUNKATED at the bottom?
I wouldn’t want to be on that critter when they set that thing off right next to those ears!
I know I saw/heard about this somewhere. Probably on the History/Military channel and maybe “Tales of the Gun”
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