Picture of the day

[john@]

This is why I have no problem shooting tula or wolf steel case ammo.

Learn something here new every day. I have never seen a US made steel cased round in any caliber.

 

[MarkCNP]

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[grelmar]

That's a Pershing. M26.

Nope. Patton. The Muzzle Brake and gas recapture on the barrel, and the placement of the trenching tools are the giveaway.

Here's an M46A1 that was leased to Belgium. The Brake and gas recapture on the barrel are more obvious, and although the trenching tools aren't attached, you can still make out the weld marks from where the rack for them used to be.

 

[tokguy]

I really don't want to be the guy standing by the turret if that cable snaps!

Drop a flak jacket over the line and it'll fall to the ground. Likely doesn't have enough line to be dangerous...kinda, sorta spend my adult life around big winches and big equipment being pulled.
My 2 cents

 

[Cocked&Locked]

huh! good to know!

 

[kawicrash]

Probably Brens in 7.92mm for the KMT government of China, which were left in limbo when the KMT started to go down to defeat. There's no reason why so many Brens would be sitting around waiting to ship in .303. We still have lots of Hi-Powers made for them sitting in war reserves, new in the grease.

I believe you are right. I did a little more research and it looks like actually Inglis made for China.

 

[Bendeco]

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What is he doing that trick riding that those chicks do at rodeos?

 

[Sharps '63]

Wiemar Republik Soldaten? Better remove that sight cover before firing. I'd love to be present when someone touched off an 8mm Mauser from such a perch!

 

[fraserdw]

Nope. Patton. The Muzzle Brake and gas recapture on the barrel, and the placement of the trenching tools are the giveaway.

Here's an M46A1 that was leased to Belgium. The Brake and gas recapture on the barrel are more obvious, and although the trenching tools aren't attached, you can still make out the weld marks from where the rack for them used to be.

Ack, my apologies.

 

[grelmar]

Ack, my apologies.

No worries. I'm wrong as often as I'm right, so betting against me is a pretty much break even proposition (err, maybe better some days).

 

[fredqc]

 

[fredqc]

 

[fingers284]

Drop a flak jacket over the line and it'll fall to the ground. Likely doesn't have enough line to be dangerous...kinda, sorta spend my adult life around big winches and big equipment being pulled.
My 2 cents

And the old adage "there's an exception to every rule" comes to mind. Had a tail chain knot pull off on a Comander one time that would have killed that man without a doubt. Run out line was no longer than shown here and demolished the top winch control's as well as the H/R meshing

 

[RRCo.]

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Just a demonstration - the leather cover is still over the backsight!

Oh, I see you caught that already Sharps63!

 

[Cdn303]

This is one of my cycling desktop backgrounds

As for the circus riders. Looking at the stahlhelm, would that not be in the interwar period? Possibly holding a K98a or b? But then again the kit looks WW2ish.

 

[Gibbs505]

WWI — German DFW C.V aircraft (1916-1918 location unknown)

 

[Gibbs505]

 

[Gibbs505]

Already a famous actor by the 1930′s, James Stewart, who had his commercial pilots license, enlisted in the Army Air Corps at the outbreak of World War Two. Due to his celebrity status, the U.S. Army relegated Stewart to instructor duty and recruiting roles, much to his dismay. After repeated requests for combat duty, Stewart was sent to A B-24 Liberator unit in the 8th Air Force, where he flew 20 combat missions over occupied Europe.

After the war, Stewart transitioned to the USAF and attained the rank of Brigadier General in the reserves. During Vietnam, he flew as an observer on a B-52 Stratofortress bombing mission during Operation Arc Light. Stewart refused to let the mission be used for publicity, saying that he was only doing his duty.

I can’t imagine any modern day hollywood type doing anything like this.

 

[Gibbs505]

Absurdly/amazingly low B-52 flyby of the USS Ranger… everybody would get fired for this in the 21st century.

 

[Gibbs505]

Convair NB-36H Peacemaker flying with a Boeing B-50 Superfortress chase plane. The NB-36H was a testbed aircraft designed to test the feasibility of operating NUCLEAR POWERED AIRCRAFT. Although a nuclear reactor never actually powered the plane, one was installed and flown to test basic operations and weight. In addition to a heavy reactor installed in the bomb bay, a 12 ton lead and rubber shield was installed in the cockpit to protect the crew from radiation. The windshield glass was also modified for safety, and was 6 inches thick.

It was thought that Strategic Air Command (SAC) would be able to keep the bombers airborne for days or weeks at a time, providing constant nuclear strike capability against the Soviet Union.