British troops using Webley Mark 1 air pistols at a fair in Malta in June 1942

[fullmetaljacket]

A somewhat mundane but interesting little clip I had found during some archival browsing

[Maple]

Very interesting. Thanks for posting it.👍

[greenwayjames]

Lets hope they were smoothbore barrels

[isobar]

nice one, interesting old footage,someone on here might have one of those pistols.

[costalotpanther]

That clip put a smile on my face......Thank you.

[Powderfinger]

Good idea to get some target practice in. They kept the Axis out of Malta so it paid off.

[AC99]

A fascinating piece of old film and clearly a novelty judging by the expressions on some faces!

[Geezer]

Lovely stuff (though none of them seems to be well-trained, even to 1940s standards, in pistol shooting).

[silva]

Great find, I wonder if they eventually found their way into the civilian population of the island. Is it a slant grip Mk 1 in the last shot.

[Troubledshooter]

Thanks for posting that interesting clip.

[coburn]

They'd have come unstuck against the German team armed with Diana Model 5's