Name That Weapon

[skiplc]

One of you guys put another up.

[Blindkat]

The andrew's carbine was described in one of Ian Hogg's books according to the post i found online

[Trung Si]

One of you guys put another up.

The ones I have been putting up are my own, I have a lot of them but just about all of them would be too easy to identify!

[skiplc]

Well, we may be in trouble here as I have the imagination of a Democrat.

[Trung Si]

Well, we may be in trouble here as I have the imagination of a Democrat.

Okee Dokee, here we go!

[Blair Maynard]

Okee Dokee, here we go!

I am supposed to guess when photo bucket says it is a model 1860?

Anyway, find this one, it took me a few minutes (it is a snapshot from 57:53:

[von Aicha]

Anyway, find this one, it took me a few minutes (it is a snapshot from 57:53:

Looks like Czechoslovakian ZB-26 light machine gun or some modification, ZB-30 maybe.



Sincerely,
Jan

[Blair Maynard]

Looks like Czechoslovakian ZB-26 light machine gun or some modification, ZB-30 maybe.



Sincerely,
Jan

Yep, I was quite surprised to see this. Maybe there was a shortage of MG-34s early in the war.

[Trung Si]

[QUOTE=Blair Maynard;2738133]I am supposed to guess when photo bucket says it is a model 1860?

Sorry, I was unaware of that!

[Dibble201Bty]

That's an Andrews. Andrews Machine Carbine I believe it's called.

Is there a surviving example of this thing?

Correct!

Here is the site.

Scroll down a bit and you will find the whole article.

http://www.forgottenweapons.com/

Paul

[Blindkat]

But was it a Colt Navy or a Colt Army Model 1860?

[von Aicha]

Yep, I was quite surprised to see this. Maybe there was a shortage of MG-34s early in the war.

Maybe. Germans used a lot of czechoslovakian weapons, for example PzKpfw 38 (t) light tank - the "t" means "Tschechisch", Czech. This light machine gun, Maschinengewehr 26 (t), was a really good piece of weaponry and it was also a predecessor of BREN machine gun.

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Sincerely,
Jan

[Trung Si]

But was it a Colt Navy or a Colt Army Model 1860?

Army Model 1860, this one is a Reproduction.

[Trung Si]

How about this one, I didn't make that mistake again Blair.

[Blair Maynard]

Maybe. Germans used a lot of czechoslovakian weapons, for example PzKpfw 38 (t) light tank - the "t" means "Tschechisch", Czech. This light machine gun, Maschinengewehr 26 (t), was a really good piece of weaponry and it was also a predecessor of BREN machine gun.
Sincerely,
Jan

Makes perfect sense. When I first saw it that machine gun I thought it was a captured Bren gun, but the gas system under the barrel didnt match up.

I was aware of the Czech tanks that were used but that makes perfect sense because, lets face it, the German early war tanks were not that advanced. The German machine guns, however, were superior to most opposing MGs.