Name that Battle!

[Diocle]

May I try?

[General Brewster]

Siege of Turin 1706? Wasn't and still am not that sure but I found this(attached below), which is basically identical to the above painting and discloses it.

[Diocle]

Yes it's Turin 1706! Congrats Gen! Your turn.

With the occasion, being in Turin, let me celebrate the great Savoyard:

[General Brewster]

[Abdülmecid I]

Well it certainly looks like a barricade of the Spanish Civil War. The irregular fight in Barcelona seems to be the strongest candidate and even an obscure anarchist site points towards that specific battle.

[paleologos]

I don't know man, did they have grenade launchers back in the '30s?

[Morifea]

I don't know man, did they have grenade launchers back in the '30s?

Well, sort of
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hand_mortar

[General Brewster]

It's older than the 30's and definitely not the Spanish Civil War.

[Abdülmecid I]

Are you referring to the uprising before the liberation of Paris in 1944? That was my initial thought as well, due to the event's recent 75th anniversary, but then I noticed the graffiti on the wall. I can't read it very clearly, but I believe it says something along the lines of "Vila la... (España, perhaps). It's not the French version, though (vive). It's probably one of these images that are hard to identify and has been used in the Internet for a variety of purposes. After a little search, I discovered that the picture has been used as the front cover of a book about the fight in Barcelona.

[Diocle]

I'm very interested in the grenade launcher .. strange weapon! Apart the fact that if you find the model and the producer you find the battle. I was convinced that the first grenade launcher was the Italian Carcano Modello 1928 "Tromboncino" an experimental weapon for its age, rarely used during WW2 for its numerous issues. Is the weapon in the pic a grenade launcher, or is it just a machine gun?

[General Brewster]

Are you referring to the uprising before the liberation of Paris in 1944? That was my initial thought as well, due to the event's recent 75th anniversary, but then I noticed the graffiti on the wall. I can't read it very clearly, but I believe it says something along the lines of "Vila la... (España, perhaps). It's not the French version, though (vive). It's probably one of these images that are hard to identify and has been used in the Internet for a variety of purposes. After a little search, I discovered that the picture has been used as the front cover of a book about the fight in Barcelona.

Oh... Well the battle I tried to depict is not in Spain... Or France for that matter. Well this is awkward. Want me to post another picture or are you gonna keep digging?

I'm very interested in the grenade launcher .. strange weapon! Apart the fact that if you find the model and the producer you find the battle. I was convinced that the first grenade launcher was the Italian Carcano Modello 1928 "Tromboncino" an experimental weapon for its age, rarely used during WW2 for its numerous issues. Is the weapon in the pic a grenade launcher, or is it just a machine gun?

Personally I think it's either an old Trench mortar positioned weirdly or a machine gun. I however can't conclusively say that, sorry man.

[General Brewster]

Alright, so multiple sources show this picture in reference to the battle(it was a tiny battle I might add) so I hope this will spur y'all to a correct answer.

[King Athelstan]

Sarzana, 21. July 1921? Clash between fascists and opposing civilians and some men from the Carabinieri. At least, that's what my limited Italian skills tell me

[General Brewster]

Yes. I stayed in Sarzana for part of my holiday. After a night of heavy drinking with the locals we engaged in Historical talk and this feat was something they had immense pride for.

You have the floor.

[King Athelstan]

Cheers!

[Diocle]

The infamous traitor .. at Philippi 42 BC, about to die, as the absolute criminal idiot he was.

[King Athelstan]

You're very correct

[Diocle]

[paleologos]

Looks like an attempt to cross some wide river en force.
The uniforms and the artistic style hint of Austro-Ottoman wars.
Research has yielded Battle of Zenta.

[Diocle]

Looks like an attempt to cross some wide river en force.
The uniforms and the artistic style hint of Austro-Ottoman wars.
Research has yielded Battle of Zenta.

Yes it's Zenta, another victory of Eugenio di Savoia-Carignano.