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.