Ammunition belts?

[new2this]

I didn't realize about the stormtroopers, but I think Han Solo's blaster was a broomhandle mauser, wasn't it?

[Trackhead M2]

I didn't realize about the stormtroopers, but I think Han Solo's blaster was a broomhandle mauser, wasn't it?

Dear n2t,
Very good indeed. Here's another one, who uses SMLE's chopped down with a large flash hider.
Strike Swiftly,
TH-M2

[new2this]

(wonders idly whether to admit not having the first clue what an SMLE is, or just google it)

[Trackhead M2]

(wonders idly whether to admit not having the first clue what an SMLE is, or just google it)

Dear n2t,
Your screen name is really true. Short Magazine Lee Enfield, the rifle of the British Empire from 1902 onwards.
Strike Swiftly,
TH-M2

[Denim Demon]

Could it be the Jawas?

[Trackhead M2]

Could it be the Jawas?

Dear D2,
You win the chocolate nut roll. Here's another one: What is used as a squad support weapon in A New Hope by the storm troopers?
Strike Swiftly,
TH-M2

[Denim Demon]

Yeah! Having seen that movie more times than Id like to know, Mg 34, its the only bigger gun the stormtroopers drag around as far as I can remember. Regards DD

[Trackhead M2]

Yeah! Having seen that movie more times than Id like to know, Mg 34, its the only bigger gun the stormtroopers drag around as far as I can remember. Regards DD

Dear D2,
Watch the scene as they are leaving the docking bay on the way to Alderan. You will something that is most definitely not German or WW 2.
Strike Swiflty,
TH-M2

[BStahl]

Makes me want to watch Star Wars lol

[Trackhead M2]

Makes me want to watch Star Wars lol

Dear BS,
It can be fun playing spot the firearm in movies like this.
Strike Swiftly,
TH-M2

[Denim Demon]

Hm, thats from the new version isnt? I dont have access to the movie now, but its something on a treepod? The same gun as the stormtroopers use in empire strides back? Anyway, han solo shot first. Regards DD

[Trackhead M2]

Hm, thats from the new version isnt? I dont have access to the movie now, but its something on a treepod? The same gun as the stormtroopers use in empire strides back? Anyway, han solo shot first. Regards DD

Dear D2,
Actually it has always been in there. The futuristic weapon in question is an Infantry pattern Lewis Gun with the telltale magazine removed. I don't believe the tripod mounted weapon in The Empire Strikes Back is the same one. That may actually have been made as a prop and not just an old gun no one will recognize.
Strike Swiftly,
TH-M2

[Denim Demon]

Cheers! Been doin my head in that. Lots of ww2 referenses in sw. Regards DD

[Trackhead M2]

Cheers! Been doin my head in that. Lots of ww2 referenses in sw. Regards DD

Dear D2,
It's fun to see when "new fiction" tries to claim WW 2 hasn't influenced their writing. J.K. Rowling insists that WW 2 didn't influence the Harry Potter books. Really? The Muggle Born Registration Commission and the Pure Blood mania of Voldemort would suggest otherwise. Come on, I want to get her on a polygraph and ask her about what history she read prior to writing. Heck, even the way the Weasley twins turn into the Korda brothers as mentioned in a Man Called Intrepid shows some influence.
Strike Swiflty,
TH-M2