I put a discussion on my "home" board, the Company of Military Historians forum, and you may want to take a look. The link to the photos is there too. I got the wrong info for my first post on it there, so it will be revised today, check "responses" below the first posting. I would appreciate any insight you may have into this odd weapon, which I've been investigating on and off for 20 years, but have just begun getting what I think is good information. I would put all the info here but since it is changing as I write this, I can only keep one forum fully up to date.

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