Navy personnel in action

Vlim · 10-22-2005, 03:12 PM

Hi,

I found an interesting detail in this 1941 photo, published in a Wehrmacht propaganda book.

It shows a boarding party entering an allied transport vessel. One of the men is appearing to carry a Navy or Artillery luger.

Ron Smith · 10-22-2005, 06:48 PM

Gerben, Cool photo! I'll bet it's pretty rare. The pistol looks more like it might be a Mauser C96, but could be a Luger.

Ron

Rod WMG · 10-22-2005, 09:29 PM

Great photo!

Good eye, Ron.

Vlim · 10-23-2005, 09:00 AM

Hi Ron,

It's a pity the original isn't that sharp, but I think both of the men are carrying the same pistol. Look at the disc-shaped forms beneath their hands. I'd almost think they are trommel magazines

Ron Smith · 10-23-2005, 09:33 AM

Hi Gerben,
Good point. I hadn't noticed that. It's too bad there isn't some way to have the photo enhanced, to show more definition. Still a really neat photo. I am intriged by high seas raiders. You can almost invision these men as Buccaneers.

Ron

Vlim · 10-23-2005, 10:17 AM

Hi Ron,

I agree. But I think it may be just a 'replay' of an earlier raid. Don't think the German cameraman was the first member of the raiding party

It would make sense to have an autopistol with an enhanced magazine capacity on trips like these.

Ron Smith · 10-23-2005, 10:38 AM

I'm not so sure. At the rate the ship is burning. They could be returning to their ship after searching or setting the blaze. One of the boarding party may have just taken the opportunity to snap a photo.

I would think that if it was staged. It would be much more dramatized. And a clearer photo of both sailors. It appears to be a spur of the moment snap-shot.

Ron

Rod WMG · 10-23-2005, 11:15 AM

It could be a staged photo, but, if so, the photographer wasn't a pro apparently. Otherwise he wouldn't have let the lines obscure the second man's face.

10-22-2005, 03:12 PM	#1
Vlim Moderator Lifetime LugerForum Patron Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Europe Posts: 5,034 Thanks: 1,020 Thanked 3,882 Times in 1,186 Posts	Navy personnel in action Hi, I found an interesting detail in this 1941 photo, published in a Wehrmacht propaganda book. It shows a boarding party entering an allied transport vessel. One of the men is appearing to carry a Navy or Artillery luger.

10-22-2005, 06:48 PM	#2
Ron Smith User Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Orygun Posts: 4,243 Thanks: 118 Thanked 245 Times in 150 Posts	Gerben, Cool photo! I'll bet it's pretty rare. The pistol looks more like it might be a Mauser C96, but could be a Luger. Ron __________________ I Still Need DWM side plate #49... if anyone runs across a nice one. What ~Rudyard Kipling~ said...

10-23-2005, 09:33 AM	#5
Ron Smith User Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Orygun Posts: 4,243 Thanks: 118 Thanked 245 Times in 150 Posts	Hi Gerben, Good point. I hadn't noticed that. It's too bad there isn't some way to have the photo enhanced, to show more definition. Still a really neat photo. I am intriged by high seas raiders. You can almost invision these men as Buccaneers. Ron __________________ I Still Need DWM side plate #49... if anyone runs across a nice one. What ~Rudyard Kipling~ said...

10-23-2005, 10:38 AM	#7
Ron Smith User Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Orygun Posts: 4,243 Thanks: 118 Thanked 245 Times in 150 Posts	I'm not so sure. At the rate the ship is burning. They could be returning to their ship after searching or setting the blaze. One of the boarding party may have just taken the opportunity to snap a photo. I would think that if it was staged. It would be much more dramatized. And a clearer photo of both sailors. It appears to be a spur of the moment snap-shot. Ron __________________ I Still Need DWM side plate #49... if anyone runs across a nice one. What ~Rudyard Kipling~ said...

10-22-2005, 09:29 PM	#3
Rod WMG User Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: The Edge of Texas Posts: 514 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Great photo! Good eye, Ron.

10-23-2005, 09:00 AM	#4
Vlim Moderator Lifetime LugerForum Patron Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Europe Posts: 5,034 Thanks: 1,020 Thanked 3,882 Times in 1,186 Posts	Hi Ron, It's a pity the original isn't that sharp, but I think both of the men are carrying the same pistol. Look at the disc-shaped forms beneath their hands. I'd almost think they are trommel magazines

10-23-2005, 10:17 AM	#6
Vlim Moderator Lifetime LugerForum Patron Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Europe Posts: 5,034 Thanks: 1,020 Thanked 3,882 Times in 1,186 Posts	Hi Ron, I agree. But I think it may be just a 'replay' of an earlier raid. Don't think the German cameraman was the first member of the raiding party It would make sense to have an autopistol with an enhanced magazine capacity on trips like these.

10-23-2005, 11:15 AM	#8
Rod WMG User Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: The Edge of Texas Posts: 514 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	It could be a staged photo, but, if so, the photographer wasn't a pro apparently. Otherwise he wouldn't have let the lines obscure the second man's face.