Picture of the day

[skneub]

 

[MarkCNP]

 

[purple]

A posed picture in training. This was actually a 37mm gun mounted on a 3/4 ton truck which was intended to be a tank destroyer. Some were actually sent to N. Africa where US troops quickly learned about the shortcomings of the 37mm anti-tank gun.

 

[Ganderite]

The 50 does not have any ammo....

 

[scott585]

and the other 3 guys in the pic are unconcerned about the impending air attack

 

[purple]

Doesn't matter 'cuz it looks cool. Just imagine trying to control it if you actually were shooting in that position.

 

[MarkCNP]

Just get these guys within one mile of Hitler and the war would be all over.

 

[purple]

and the other 3 guys in the pic are unconcerned about the impending air attack

That's because they are busy fending off an assault by a notional company of German PzkwIVs. They will soon learn the difference between training scenarios and the real thing.

 

[fat tony]

The controversial Sven Hassel & his wife circa ~ 1963.

http://www.smartcms.dk.webhotel19.webhosting.dk/user/hazel/sider/00-hassel-mystery.htm

 

[MarkCNP]

Related:

 

[Cocked&Locked]

Related:

"To fit all six of us in this hull, we have to really really like each other, you know?"

 

[Dark Alley Dan]

 

[fingers284]

There's a small museum in Manitoba that has two bullets that intersected each other at 90 degrees in mid air. A local had picked it up off a battlefield in WWI. When you get that much lead flying around, strange things happen.

Numerous cast lead bullets from the U.S. civil war have been found fused together from head on mid air collisions. Upwards of 70,000 men all using the same two-way range at the same time gave ample opportunity for this to happen.

 

[MarkCNP]

 

[bogusiii]

The 50 does not have any ammo....

Good thing, or he'd have a crotch full of hot brass.

 

[Ganderite]

I have worn a helmet only a couple of times. It kept tilting forward and blocking my sight.

 

[whitey07]

two WONDERFUL photo's!! ... angora wooly chaps .. the real thing! and one of Lady Astor's "D" Day dodgers in "Sunneee Italeee...."

I have worn a helmet only a couple of times. It kept tilting forward and blocking my sight.

This guy looks like he is having a seriously lame day,and perhaps has been for a little while

 

[MarkCNP]

These guys look even more miserable:

 

[Eaglelord17]

I like the mixtures of Springfields and Garands there.

 

[Rule 303]

Derelict cab 13 Ford or Chev 15 cwt...probably long past any hope of restoration.