PhilB Posted 28 August , 2004 Share Posted 28 August , 2004 In the diary of 2/Lt H.H.Linzell, 7 Border, the entry for 25/2/16 says:- 11am Instruction in use of the "Foules" gun. I suspect it might be a type of grenade projector, as Linzell was i/c bombers. I can`t find reference on google though. Phil B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muerrisch Posted 28 August , 2004 Share Posted 28 August , 2004 No ref. in either of Anthony Saunders's masterpieces on weird weaponry .... could you check speeeeling please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilB Posted 28 August , 2004 Author Share Posted 28 August , 2004 Here it is, LB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilB Posted 28 August , 2004 Author Share Posted 28 August , 2004 He also supplied a drawing of a dud German grenade that came over. I don`t know if it`s a common type. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilB Posted 28 August , 2004 Author Share Posted 28 August , 2004 And here`s the gentleman himself! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Birch Posted 28 August , 2004 Share Posted 28 August , 2004 Foule is the French for a mob or crowd. I am just guessing but maybe this was gun used for crowd control? Possibly a gun for firing tear gas? Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilB Posted 28 August , 2004 Author Share Posted 28 August , 2004 Perhaps a French gun, then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muerrisch Posted 28 August , 2004 Share Posted 28 August , 2004 as my wife says, "there's no foule like an old foule". The date might help a real expert, but I have exhausted my references on this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gem22 Posted 28 August , 2004 Share Posted 28 August , 2004 I tried a different search engine and although I couldn't find 'Foules' gun what I did find suggested that it could be a gun used for crowd-control. Perhaps some sort of shot gun. Garth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilB Posted 28 August , 2004 Author Share Posted 28 August , 2004 Maybe, gents. Since the previous lecture was on trench blocking and clearing, perhaps it was used in trench clearing? Perhaps for its scatter effect. When you think of it, a shotgun sounds handier than a rifle in that kind of work. Surprising that we don`t hear of shotguns in the trenches? Phil B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Dunlop Posted 28 August , 2004 Share Posted 28 August , 2004 The capitalization suggests 'Foules' may have been a person? Robert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harribobs Posted 28 August , 2004 Share Posted 28 August , 2004 Maybe, gents. Since the previous lecture was on trench blocking and clearing, perhaps it was used in trench clearing? Perhaps for its scatter effect. When you think of it, a shotgun sounds handier than a rifle in that kind of work. Surprising that we don`t hear of shotguns in the trenches? Phil B The americans certainly used shotguns (winchesters as i remember) and didn't the german armys appeal that they were against the geneva convention? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Chip Minx Posted 28 August , 2004 Share Posted 28 August , 2004 I believe Linzell's sketch of the German dud is the earliest form of round for the Grantenwerfer M14 (grenade laucher). This "pineapple" shaped round was discussed in an earlier thread regarding "WWI German Pigeons". It is nearly impossible to find an example. In forty years of collecting, I have never seen one for sale. Chip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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