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What pieces of crap. In WW2 Luftwaffe air crews had the incredible
Sauer Drilling that featured two shotgun barrels and a .375 mag rifle
combined. Add to that the 27mm Leuchtpistole that also fired grenades,
flares, sounding rounds, and Luftminen. Now that's firepower and
utility!
The US by comparison postwar had that ugly, ****ty M-6 scrap metal
survival gun and now they carry either compact 9s/40s/45s/or various
M-16 compact rifles depending on the crews and mission.
You would think they would do better than that.

Rob

The Sauer drilling had a 9.3X74R rifle barrel, not a .357 Magnum. It also
weighed about 15 pounds and could not be carried in aircraft other
than bombers. It was wooden stocked, commercially built, desperation
weapon issued to bomber crews on the Eastern front.

He did say .375, not .357

used ammunition unique in the German military,

The 9.3 X 74 is more like the .35 Whelen and is and was very popular all
across Europe for hunting. Not a military caliber, let alone unique.

BTW, the 9.3 X 74 in NOT a magnum caliber, but it is powerful and
has hefty recoil.

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Harry Andreas
Engineering raconteur