一些稀有枪械
American prototype Browning Machine Gun, Caliber .30, T3-E2 1932
Johnston's Nutcracker Machine Gun Project (USA, 1915). 7,200rpm
MAC Mle 1921 anti material machine gun prototype
Developed shortly after WW1 by the Manufacture d’Armes de Chatellerault.
13,5x99mm MAC two 20-round removable box magazines, dual trigger set for selective fire, 360° basket mount.
Produced as a anti-aircraft anti-tank machine gun using a modified 13,2x92mmSR Tankgewher cartridge, this prototype was abandonned after its proprietary round was further developed into the 13,2x96mm Hotchkiss and used with the Hotchkiss Mle 1929 machine gun.
Developed shortly after WW1 by the Manufacture d’Armes de Chatellerault.
13,5x99mm MAC two 20-round removable box magazines, dual trigger set for selective fire, 360° basket mount.
Produced as a anti-aircraft anti-tank machine gun using a modified 13,2x92mmSR Tankgewher cartridge, this prototype was abandonned after its proprietary round was further developed into the 13,2x96mm Hotchkiss and used with the Hotchkiss Mle 1929 machine gun.
MAS Mle1907 C7 prototype rifle
Designed Louis Chauchat by Made in France c.May 1907 by the Manufacture d’Armes de St-Etienne - serial number 4.
~7,5mm rimless experimental French six-round mannlicher clip designed by the Section Technique de l`Artillerie, long recoil operated semi-automatic, with both the barrel and bolt backing up about 4 inches.
A 1890-1912 French rifle trials, APX’s C7 rifle of the C series of prototypes experimented with at the time, in parallel with the A series of Meunier and the B series of Rossignol.
These trials ended with the adoption of the A6 Meunier rifle tested by the STA and also chambered in a 7mm round.
Designed Louis Chauchat by Made in France c.May 1907 by the Manufacture d’Armes de St-Etienne - serial number 4.
~7,5mm rimless experimental French six-round mannlicher clip designed by the Section Technique de l`Artillerie, long recoil operated semi-automatic, with both the barrel and bolt backing up about 4 inches.
A 1890-1912 French rifle trials, APX’s C7 rifle of the C series of prototypes experimented with at the time, in parallel with the A series of Meunier and the B series of Rossignol.
These trials ended with the adoption of the A6 Meunier rifle tested by the STA and also chambered in a 7mm round.
Perrin Mle1859-type trial revolver
Manufactured by L. Perrin&Cie in France, likely as an army trial prototype.
12mm Gévelot pinfire 8-round cylinder, double action, side loading gate, left in the white.
An interesting variant of the Mle1859 and Mle1865 Perrin revolver, which typically use the large rim 11mm Galand/Perrin centerfire cartridge. It may have been the product of an army trial looking for an infantry sidearm to replace caplock pistols before the Franco-Prussian war.
Manufactured by L. Perrin&Cie in France, likely as an army trial prototype.
12mm Gévelot pinfire 8-round cylinder, double action, side loading gate, left in the white.
An interesting variant of the Mle1859 and Mle1865 Perrin revolver, which typically use the large rim 11mm Galand/Perrin centerfire cartridge. It may have been the product of an army trial looking for an infantry sidearm to replace caplock pistols before the Franco-Prussian war.
And the ca. 1700 Thurn & Taxis flintlock rifle, re-stocked in the mid 18 th century, together with its original leather collar containing 11 numbered rifled (!) cartridges - with number 12 inserted in the breech.
The extremely fine and perfectly preserved Vienna breech loading wheel-lock pistol, like the harquebus posted above made by Simon Arnold, Augsburg, ca. 1540.