If I want a pistol, I want it to be a Luger; or at the very least, look/operate like one. So much cool looking than your typical glocks. But alas. 😔
If I want a pistol, I want it to be a Luger; or at the very least, look/operate like one. So much cool looking than your typical glocks. But alas. 😔
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RIP_Cheems@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
Firstly, it wasn't made by fascists, it was made by nazis (fascism and nazism are similar but also diffrent in many ways), but even then it wasnt invented by nazis, but rather by Austrian Georg Luger. Second, it was revolutionary for modern hand guns beyond being historic. It was the first gun to use 9mm ammo and established a standard of quality in the years after it was resigned.
bennieandthez@lemmygrad.ml · 1 pts · 3y
Idk imo Mausers are cooler, but maybe im biased because it was used in star wars films.
Beam@lemmygrad.ml · 1 pts · 3y
Here’s a better gun (it totally isn’t a transforming robot)
PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmygrad.ml · 0 pts · 3y
Megatron lol.
Beam@lemmygrad.ml · 0 pts · 3y
Fun fact: In the IDW comics, Megatron was a miner who founded the decepticon cause and led a revolution against Cybertron’s corrupt leaders
201dberg@lemmygrad.ml · -1 pts · 3y
This is incorrect entirely. Megatron was a gladiator who wanted to take over Cybertron and turn it into a massive ship and go around conquering worlds. The deceptions are all a hyper militarized fascists type and are meant to be depicted as such. That's why they all take the form of various military vehicles. The whole reason the war started was because of energy shortages and the most militarized forces began fighting amongst themselves until Megatron came in and formed the deceptions and hatched his plan to conquer Cybertron.
The Autobots that resisted the decepticon are workers. They have always been at a disadvantage because they, being a worker class, lacked the kind of weaponry that deceptions had. This is why they are almost always seen as working vehicles. Prime always pushed a narrative of seeing all life as equal and such. Even their history, Prime was the last descendant of the original "god" like entity that created the Autobots and he decided to be reborn as just a normal autobot and live as an equal with the rest of his people.
This all being said l, neither side can really be seen as fascist or communist. However the narrative is the deceptions are the hyper militarized, warhawk factions and the Autobots are primarily made of the worker cast resisting them.
PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmygrad.ml · 0 pts · 3y
It was produced for 42 years starting 1900 though indeed was made famous by nazis. I held one in my hand few times and it is very comfortable.
Afaik it wasn't very good pistol though, at least at first.
Alunyanners@lemmygrad.ml · -1 pts · 3y
I bet it was! Ahh, to be able to hold it as well~
Then again, don't prototypes/earlier versions of everything in existence suck at the beginning?
Granted it shouldn't be the case for something as serious as a gun but still.