I just visited a historical battleship museum and at the small arms locker they had a list of all the dozens of pistols, rifles, light machine guns, and so forth they had on board... and also three or four short-barreled shotguns that a contemporary crewman account affectionately referred to as "mutiny guns."
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AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space · 7 pts · 1y
For when you need to shoot four guys who are standing equally spaced
duplexsystem@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 6 pts · 1y
Say your prayers Weezer
Quill7513@slrpnk.net · 3 pts · 1y
smooth bore though, so who knows if you'll hit literally any of them
drhoopoe@lemmy.sdf.org · 2 pts · 1y
Evenly spaced and no more than 4 feet away.
deegeese@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 1y
I think these were intended for ship captains as a last resort against mutineers.
More about threatening a crowd than actual marksmanship.
GraniteM@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y
I just visited a historical battleship museum and at the small arms locker they had a list of all the dozens of pistols, rifles, light machine guns, and so forth they had on board... and also three or four short-barreled shotguns that a contemporary crewman account affectionately referred to as "mutiny guns."
Cyyris@infosec.pub · 2 pts · 1y
Oh, hey! Same one Mechagodzilla uses!