1866 Austrian weapons

[cameronian]

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

[mollinary]

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? 

Mollinary

[cameronian]

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

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Oh heck!
Spent far too long fighting over Nachod!

[cameronian]

Uncontested methinks ... again!

[cameronian]

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

Another on the Lorenz, really good, highly recommended.