Surveillance Equipment

A Starshatter story

This amazing Polish rifle has quite the history!

I have an excerpt from The Blood Of Tyrants for you.

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A stout man, older and with a marvelous long mustache, rushed inside the dugout. Covered in soot and blood, his damaged by bullets and shrapnel artillery uniform was adorned with an engineering badge. Panting, he produced a notebook, carefully ripped a page and gave it to his commander. The burly, tired man saluted the newcomers before stating:

“I knew ‘twas a snorkel, Zbyszko! If these two hadn’t arrived when they did, this tank would be on the other bank of the river by now.”

“And you are sure that the second tank is not fitted with such a device?” – Inquired the concerned Polish lieutenant.

“No Sir, this one be another model, the T-28B. Still just as deadly, but much lighter than this prototype submarine on tracks. I reckon, they can pretty much roll over our bridge in this one, spewing fire as it crushes everything on its path...”

“It has a flamethrower?!” – Asked wide-eyed Elise, imagining the horrendous carnage this machine could inflict if not stopped.

“Since I didn’t see any cannon, I am guessing your troops have anti-tank rifles and grenades.” – Said Emile and sat at the tilted, covered in dirt table, where one could see a partially burned map of the bridge and its surrounding area.

“Yes, we have six WZ-35A rifles and plenty of ammunition. These came in crates marked as ‘Surveillance Equipment,’ but the officer core knew what was inside.” – Zbyszko answered with a grin and pulled one spent 7.92x107mm cartridge from his pocket.

There was one such rifle at an arms reach, heavily modified in the field by a skilled machine worker. Someone had scratched the letter Z on its stock, after removing the gun’s stabilizing legs and fitting it with an extended internal magazine. Zbyszko could easily operate this beastly rifle; a handmade belt with leather pouches full of ammunition dangled from said weapon’s barrel.