i got the picture a few yrs go. i believe it is a russian prototype for use in trench warfare. they said it shot but the barrel only lasted 5-6 hundred rounds I think. too much friction, who would have thought.
If I remember correctly, I believe that it was designed for use in a tank. I saw the same pic when I started researching AK's last fall before I did my first build.
Looks like a copy of the german 'krumelauft'(spelling), used for shooting around corners. They did use them but never accomplished what they wanted for the time it took to develop it.
mom's dad had a grease gun that worked the same way, and was used for cleaning krauts out of the danish streetscape. he said it was smoothbore, and of course, being a grease gun it was easy to replace the barrel.
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