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Colorized photo of a German pilot in an electrically-heated flight suit on the Western Front, WW1, 1917 (lemmy.world)
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[-] PugJesus@lemmy.world 9 points 6 days ago

The nearest one, if I had to guess, is probably a flare gun. The one in back, uh, maybe an MG14? I'm no firearms expert.

[-] shalafi@lemmy.world 8 points 5 days ago

Certainly flares. You couldn't shoot a monster bullet/shell like that even if it was black powder.

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