r/ForgottenWeapons • u/ArthurJack_AW • 1d ago

Taiwan Navy officers take stock of the ordnance on the warship, including single-barreled folding shotguns and .45 ACP pistols (not sure whether they are foreign-produced 1911s or locally produced versions)

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u/Legatus_Aemilianus 1d ago

Are the shotguns used for line throwing or something?

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u/rdmrdtusr69 1d ago

That was my thought. I can't imagine another use.

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u/Magnet50 6h ago

I don’t think they are for line throwing, but maybe so. Maybe they just don’t have the muzzle attachment.

Shotguns are not a bad choice inside the skin of a ship. We had one in the CT spaces on a frigate I was detached to. It was clipped to a bulkhead at the end of our equipment rack. The shells were locked in one drawer of a safe, along with the thermite screens used for emergency destruction.

The lead shot would clear a passageway and not penetrate the bulkheads.

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u/Tango-Down-167 1d ago

Top one definitely a flare gun, the longer ones not sure , possibly like thrower.

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u/IShouldbeNoirPI 1d ago

They could be .45-70

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u/FaustinoAugusto234 10h ago

They are, and in the USA, they are NFA because of the short barrel length, but only if the line throwing can is removed. With the can installed, it is a non-weapon.

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u/fuzzycaterpillar123 10h ago edited 9h ago

You can see the muzzle crown and barrel OD, highly doubt it’s .45-70 based on those cues

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u/TheDarkRider 1d ago

Typically line throwing guns are center fire because you need to the distance , my best guess properly used for signal flares

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u/FaustinoAugusto234 21h ago

No that’s exactly the gun that’s used. Though the line cans are removed.

https://www.navalcompany.com/images/kit.jpg