This History Behind This WW2 Machine Gun Camera Is Fascinating

Our Declassified series has uncovered some fascinating stories around photography and the military. But the story behind this machine gun camera is unlike anything that we've seen. We've known about cameras mounted to planes for reconnaissance.

However, we didn't realize that kill confirmations were captured like this. Indeed, that's what the Konishoruko Rokuoh-Sha Type 89 camera was designed for. You mounted it onto a machine gun, and it captured the footage as it all happened. This is done in some ways today too. Back during World War II, though, it was pretty challenging to do. So how they did it and preserved film is incredibly smart. .

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2020-10-2 01:00

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