Jon Searles' photos with the keyword: gun

The memorial service we attended for Jaroslav Hasek included a gun salute, which was meant to be ironic as much as anything else, as while a soldier for many years, Hasek still wasn't too hot on the idea of war or military service by the end of his life. He would have carried, probably, a Mauser 1898 while with the Austrians, but these are Mosin-Nagant rifles, used by the Russian army 1891-1945 (and really longer, if you count the secondary units like the Soviet National Gaurd), and therefore by both sides during the Russian Civil War. Even the U.S. Army carried them in that war, and after the war they remained in U.S. Army National Gaurd units as the M1916 rifle, although I don't know for how long. Most of the U.S. ones had originally been built by American companies like Remington during World War I for the Czar, but then left undelivered because of the Bolshevik revolution of 1917. Today, the only army which still carries Mosin-Nagants, at least that I know of, is the Finnish Army, who use a special, rare version of it called the M85.

The reenactors agreed to have their photo taken, but unfortunately I didn't get their names. I hope they don't mind the effects of my horrible light meter.

Here's a darker shot. I'm not sure if this is really all that great or not, but I figured I'd at least experiment with it.

Here's another one of the guns on the Kastellet.

Some of the cannons are still in place on the parapet around the Kastellet. I can't tell which ones still work and which ones don't, but this one at least has a cap on the barrel.

This was another shot that I couldn't resist converting to black and white. I hope you like it.

Here's one of the cruder looking towers on the castle wall, again a great shot to take in the snow. I really like the cannon up there in the gun port. It's a nice detail, don't you think?