Monsun Posted October 3, 2007 Posted October 3, 2007 Hello,also a new addition to my u-boat collection, a very rare line throwing gun, in german called "Leinenpistole, System Sander". Complete with the also rare linen cover (inside stamped the year "1940") and an steel mount.This rocket pistol was used on german ships or u-boats for firing ropes with a rocket to another ship or boat. On the rocket was a steel mount and on this mont was a rope attached. This gun comes from the german u-boat bunker "ELBE II"! Look at the card with "ELBE II, "Leinenpistole" (handwriten) and "Ausgabe an U-...." (given to u-boat nr...).Regards,Monsun
Monsun Posted October 3, 2007 Author Posted October 3, 2007 and here is an original photo from such a rope pistol, taken on board of U 178 (my favorite u-boat ) in the year 1943. Bootsmannsmaat Max Dittrich (DKiG) firing an rope to an italian u-boat.
Monsun Posted October 3, 2007 Author Posted October 3, 2007 detailphoto of the card and the damaged u-boat Bunker Elbe II in the year 1945!
nesredep Posted October 3, 2007 Posted October 3, 2007 HiMonsunVery nice Leinenpistole.It is the first time i ever seen this.This must be VERY REAR.You must have your fulers out all over to find these? Best regardsNesredep
joetauchretter Posted October 5, 2007 Posted October 5, 2007 Nice line throwing pistol!Wow , That is one very rare toy you have there Can we see more detailed pictures of the breech , how was this line thrower loaded ?Best Regards, Joe
Michel Posted October 5, 2007 Posted October 5, 2007 Complete and very good condition, congratulation.
joetauchretter Posted October 5, 2007 Posted October 5, 2007 Complete and very good condition, congratulation.I do not think you could upgrade this item . It looks brand new and unused ! Best Regards, Joe
Monsun Posted October 6, 2007 Author Posted October 6, 2007 Hello,thank you for the friendly comments, the pistol is really in an great unused condition.Hi Joe,I will try to explain the function of this gun with my little english.It was a single shot pistol. At first you must put a 8 mm blank cartridge from the rear in the chamber.Then you can put the 22 mm (diameter) rocket from the front in the barrel and screw the steel mount with thesteel sling/rope in the rocket. After that you can fire the line throwing gun.Here are a page from the very good "Leuchtpistolen" book from Mr. Wolfgang Kern. You can see both cartridges for the gun, the small 8 mm blank cartridge and the large 22 mm rocket. The small 8mm blank cartridge is only the primer for the large rocket.Regards,Monsun
nesredep Posted October 6, 2007 Posted October 6, 2007 HiMonsunWhere can i buy the book? RegardsNesredep
Monsun Posted October 6, 2007 Author Posted October 6, 2007 Hello Nesredep,please look here :http://www.leuchtpistolen.de/Waffenliterat...enliteratur.htmBand 1 - bis 1945Band 2 - after the war and the "Leinenwurfpistolen" (also the KM ones) Regards,Monsun
greg koepp Posted November 6, 2007 Posted November 6, 2007 WOW, now that is rare to find one complete! what a outstanding find, I have always wanted one and have not seen one for sale? Please tell the story on how you found this, I would love to find one.wow, great find!!thanks greg
nesredep Posted April 6, 2008 Posted April 6, 2008 Hello!A Leinenpistole from period book.All the bestNesredep
nesredep Posted April 7, 2008 Posted April 7, 2008 Hello!I found the Leinenpistole from this book.All the best Nesredep
Enigma Posted November 28, 2008 Posted November 28, 2008 Gebirgsjaegers had piles of these after WW2. Not much fun and very much a useless piece of ###### so discarded asap. At least in the northern part of norway. Fired it once just for fun but this is not an item for mountain troops. I fully understand why it is not in existence anymorekind regards Enigma
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