Women's Machine Gun Reserves Squad of NYC (1918) ( lemmy.world )

Original caption:

Women's machine gun squad police reserves, New York City. Practicing with Lewis Machine Gun which is to be sent to the front. The killing range of this gun is 2 miles and it fires 500 shots per minute. Captain Elise Reniger, manning the gun, Miss Helen M. Striffler on the rear seat, and Mrs. Ivan Farasoff driving.

Dated 08/01/1918 (d/m/y)

papalonian ,

Captain Elise Reniger, manning the gun

Shouldn't that be, "womanning" the gun? 👉🏽😉👉🏽

Also, I wonder how much help that thin little pole is for recoil support. That's a big gun for a seemingly average sized woman

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