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Loading ammunition

Loading ammunition to a 12.7-mm machine gun UBT by gunner-radio operator of an Ilyushin torpedo bomber IL 4T 24th MTAP (mine and torpedo Regiment) of the Northern Fleet Soviet Russia 1942.

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#2

Interesting photo.If I understand correctly,the ammo drum has been turned ± 90 degrees pointing towards the laoder/gunner.When full the drum rotates back ,so that the shells point to the left.Looks very cramped in that plexi bubble.

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And he’s thinking, now which way does the pointy end go?