top drum magazine (of this style, not the pan mags of the Degtyaryov or Lewis) is something I haven't seen before, definitely looks... weird

  • Tervell [he/him]
    hexagon
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    27 days ago

    guns with top magazines like this usually have their sights offset on the side:

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    (this specifically is a Bren gun, but all of the different WW2-era machine guns in this style, like the ZB-26 and the Japanese ones have a similar setup)