US Soldier takes 2 Prisoners with a Pistol

[imntxs554]

US Soldier taking 2 Prisoners.

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[browningautorifle]

With one of their own pistols no less...

[enfield303t]

With one of their own pistols no less...

I think that is referred to as "adding insult to injury"??

[Eaglelord17]

I think that is referred to as "adding insult to injury"??

Or possibly acknowledging that the P38 is a better pistol than the 1911.

[WarPig1976]

Or possibly acknowledging that the P38 is a better pistol than the 1911.

And that would be how?

[Seaspriter]

This is obviously a staged photograph. I'm sure both the photographer and the GI were demonstrating the irony of having captured both the Germans and their weapons. I'm sure that this photograph was intended to be far more humorous when it was taken than we, 70 years later, are perceiving it.

Or possibly acknowledging that the P38 is a better pistol than the 1911.

Everyone is entitled to their opinion about this, but, as an officer in the U.S. Navy (and my father before me in the Pacific theatre) that actually had the 1911 strapped on his side in combat, I can attest, along with millions of other users, there is no finer weapon you'd want as a partner for protection. My father, upon returning from Okinawa and Iwo Jima, took only one weapon back -- his 1911 Colt.

In the original tests from 1911 (before WWI) this weapon fired 6000 rounds without a failure -- that's why it has been in service for so long. Plus, it fires 7 rounds, not just 6 from a revolver; reloads in mere seconds, and packs a punch.

John Browning was arguably the best automatic weapon designer that has ever lived. Everything from the 1903 or 1911 pistol, the BAR, the MaDeuce, or the A-5 shotgun to name a few, are the most reliable rapid fire designs ever produced. Even my little Colt Woodsman 22 is a superb work of art.

[browningautorifle]

I'm pretty sure that's a Luger.

[villiers]

It´s a P08 (commonly called a `Luger´ in foreign parts). And the two `prisoners´ look as though they´re well pleased with their fate.

[Eaglelord17]

Sorry my bad

[villiers]

The P38 doesn´t have a Browning system barrel that flops down and is then only held in place with a bushing. The P38 (like the P08) recoil is straight back in line with the shot fired. This is in accordance with the US Army Beretta and the new Russian Arsenal Strike One. I realise that the 1911 can be deadly accurate (and most people are able to achieve better groups than I can with my P08), but it´s a matter of personal preference and personally, I don´t like the Browning system.