Anyone know what kind of gun is in his hand?
https://battlefieldforum.net/index.php?threads/what-is-in-his-hand.251/
My google-fu is failing me. I cannot figure out what kinda gun that is. At first, I thought it was a luger, but then I looked at his forearm
The black soldiers left arm behind his back. He is holding something not easily visible. If it were 2016 I’d say he’s holding a walkie talkie. But this is WW1. No clue.
My best quess is that it’s a trench club with a lanyard to prevent dropping it, tho apparently not used. He has a handgun handy, so he’s probably readying for close combat. It’s not binoculars, which might have had a lanyard, or a US trench knife because that one has ‘brass knuckles’ and would need no lanyard. Theoretically, it could be a trench shovel he’s hiding.
The german is also wearing a heavy coat and a scarf, so he’s either deployed on the eastern front to fight the Russians or most likely he’s an airman.
You’re right. At first I thought it was the German SMG but the drum mag is in the wrong position. Good spot.
To be specific he has an Artillery Luger with the 32 round snail drum and the rifle is a tricky one. It sort of looks like a US M1917 Enfield. It has a very prominent rear sight post and the dip in the butt of the stock is like the M1917. Idk why a German has it but then again the first art showed a Harlem Hell fighter with 2 German weapons. Or it could be a British P14 rifle. Both the M1917 and the P14 are the same rifle accept one is chambered for the British .303 the Other for the US 30-06. Funny thing when the US chambered them in 30-06 they capacity went from 5 to 6 making the rifle weird to load since stripper clips only hold 5.
The other soldier has a M1911.