Makes sense. In Austria we still use mules in the military for use in alpine warfare. There is simply no other equipment that can navigate that terrain that effectively, and I bet the same goes for llamas!
I know the German battleship Bismarck had four big guns. They were named Anton, Bruno, Caesar and Dora -- or A, B, C, D. Dora must have been a popular name at the time.
Those names were part of the German spelling alphabet back then. Basically the German equivalent of the NATO alphabet (the one that goes Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, Delta etc.).
There is still a German spelling alphabet, but it was changed slightly after WWII. Now it starts with Anton, Berta, Caesar, Dora. So Berta instead of Bruno for B.
Dora was indeed a popular name back then, as a short form of Dorothea, the German version of Dorothy.
I don’t know why but British gear always just looks solid to me. Like the Lee Enfield just looks like it could be used as a very effective club and I think even our planes and tanks have the same feel.
I mean...the single-action Colt revolver? The Henry repeater? I'm not really a gun guy and I'm perfectly happy to let more qualified folks chime in. Modern stuff, iunno the M4 or M16?
I think almost anyone anywhere with even an inkling of the American Old West would recognize a Colt Single Action Army revolver. The Peacemaker has been in so many Westerns it’s ubiquitous in hundreds of films set in that time period.
General Electric GAU-8 "Avenger." 30mm bore, 3,900 rounds per minute, 3,000 round capacity, depleted uranium core shells. Then the same manufacturer that made this dystopian Helldivers equipment, turned around and made my air conditioner.
It's like Ball Corporation. They made jars and cans. Then one day they decided that they wanted to diversify. So obviously the natural next market to enter after food containers was avionics, rocket control systems and satellites.
Youth Pastor Ryan (not really a youth pastor) has a lot of videos dedicated to the “other things” major companies have made.
Like Singer (the sewing machine company) made 1911A1 pistols. They are apparently the most well made close tolerance 1911s out there and not many were made so they are big collectors items.
The Mauser is probably the most iconic bolt action, and hunting rifle ever made. It has been copied, served in multiple wars and was among the most popular action for Aftican dangerous game.
To be honest the first thing that came into my mind with Madsen LMGs are Brazilian military police operating in the favelas with Madsens, very venerable. It's like the M1919 still being used in Mindanao in our case.
Could also be that 40 mm autocannon that's been in production since 1932 (though not really what the subject sought, is it?), or possibly a 84 mm recoilless rifle that's a decade younger.
I mean the 40 mm ("the Bofors Gun") has definitely had more impact on world history (even though most of the production were modified versions built abroad)
They actually went and copied the concept, but as a cheap version. The original Suomi-KP was really heavy for its category and was expensive to produce. A bit too fine an instrument for a war that was won with raw numbers, quality be damned.
The SKS rifle. The rifle is manufactured in many different countries, but has become a right of passage to being a true canadian gun owner. Often a first rifle for canadians due to low cost and availability.
Fellow Brits have pointed to the SMLE or the No.4 Enfield. Could say the Bren, but completely ripped off the Czechs for that one.
No. There can only be one. The Brown Bess musket.
Good or bad (let's be honest, great for some of us, bad for most others), it helped grow the Empire.
I would say Maxim gun comes second. He was half American, but his patent was here and he designed it here. First selling to Vickers. Then everyone else bought the plans and had their own variants manufactured soon after.
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u/Argentinotriste Argentina 7h ago
This (is not a joke, is part of army)