[WWI] Albatross DIII (oeffag ser. 253)

[Crawford Neil]

> "Albatros" go with just one "s" at the end. Therefore, your
> weathering is
> all wrong.

In Swedish they used to call the Albatros CIII a "tross", they
couldn't call it a "tros" because that means knickers, so I'm
just being careful there.


> Strange that there's no phisical connection between the
> cartridge (or link)
> exit and the box, as in the case of German machine guns.
> Perhaps due to a
> different ejectiom mechanism on the Austrian guns?
> Perhaps because they liked to watch the cartridges exiting
> (and shout "Die,
> you damned Italian!" and laugh gloomily?)
> D.

Well, I only saw one photo that showed the funnel version, I've
seen others with a more encapsulated system. Perhaps you're correct
and just the fun-lovers had the open system!
/Neil