Where this come from?

[walkingthroughthisworld]

43rd anniversary of the naming of the M1 Abrams Main Battle Tank on 28 February 1980. On that day, the first Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP) Abrams tank came off the line at the Lima Army Tank Plant in Lima, Ohio.

Still classified as the XM1, the tank bore the name of "Thunderbolt", which was the name General Creighton Abrams (former 37th Tank Battalion Commander and later Army Chief of Staff) had bestowed on all his M4 Shermans in World War II. The General's family was in attendance as the Army announced the new tank would be named for the renowned Armor Officer, who had died in 1974. The Abrams has since served in theaters around the world with multiple with upgrades to its firepower and protection.

The Collection is home to an M1 that even earlier than the first production tank. The first Full-Scale Engineering Development (FSED) XM1, with serial number PV001, was built in 1978 and heavily used in field testing. Today, it is the oldest M1 in the U.S. Army inventory.

[tentacion3099]

Beginning in 1968 the CIA sought a long-range, nearly silent helicopter for covert infiltration and exfiltration. The result was a heavily modified Hughes 500P (P for Penetrator) known as “The Quiet One”.

By adding one additional main rotor blade and two more tail rotor blades, rotor noise was substantially mitigated. An enormous muffler below the tail and numerous other small internal modifications further reduced the sound generated during flight. A next-generation FLIR camera was installed that was significantly more advanced than anything else available to the US military at the time. When the modified helicopter was demonstrated for CIA director Richard Helms in 1971, he was unable to hear the aircraft as it passed 500 feet overhead, even knowing it was coming.

[thewartoendwars]

Aerial view of Gaza.

[usafphantom2]

Ronnie Bell Following

Hermes A1

Hermes launch, 1945, hermes was designed as a part of a research and development project by the army in 1945. The basic v-2 rocket was modified by the general electric company working with the von braun, wernher-dr. Team. Though it did not result in an operational vehicle, the information that was gathered in the process contributed directly to the development of redstone.

Via Flickr

[maisonderriere]

[socialistexan]

This spreads around every 4 years, but I’ve never felt it more in my soul than I have in 2020.

[airbornebear]

All of this is true.....

[airbornebear]

Can someone re-make STALKER for me. So it’s in the latest graphics....please

[cabinforever]

♥♥♥

[cybercrimer]

[lesbiansnoopy]

The fallout series going from a commentary on America’s nationalism, glorification of war, and capitalism to a game where you can pay real in life money to buy something called Atom to buy in game items is the type of sad irony I’m sure English professors go to bed thinking about 

[airbornebear]

Yeah......had high hopes but they sold out super hard.....like EA hard

[greatwar-1914]

American and German soldiers greet each other in No Man’s Land after the armistice on November 11, 1918.

[greatwar-1914]

Sergeant Henry Gunther, the Last Casualty of World War I

Pictured - Gunther’s grave in east Baltimore. On November 12, General Pershing’s order of the day restored him to the rank of sergeant.

Eleven thousand men were killed, wounded, or missing in action on November 11, 1918. Allied generals wanted to take as much ground as possible before the cease-fire went into effect, or make sure their combat record remained spotless until the final minute. Therefore men continued to die.

Private Henry N. Gunther was the last man to fall. His brigade attacked a ridge near the town of VIlle-devant-Chaumount that morning, the general in charge ordering there be “absolutely no let-up” until the armistice. German machine-gunners watched wide-eyed in disbelief as the Doughboys advanced. Some even beckoned for them to turn back. Although the rest of his platoon dropped for cover, Private Gunther continued forward, his bayonet fixed. He had lost his sergeant’s stripes for writing a letter home against the war, and perhaps his doomed charge was an attempt to eradicate that stain on his honor. A burst of machine-gun fire hit him in the left temple, killing him instantly. The time was 10:59 A.M.

Henry Gunther, pointed out by the arrow on the bottom right.

[cybercigar]

[airbornebear]

God I love Blanton’s

[airbornebear]

[coffeeandspentbrass-deactivated]

Do you know of any red dots that can be mounted on a shotgun rib?

Your best bet for mounting a red dot on a shotgun is to have someone drill and to your receiver for a rail.

[airbornebear]

Aimpoint has a t-1/2 variant made just for mounting on the rib

[archaeologicalnews]

WWII Shipwreck Where 5 Brothers Died 76 Years Ago Finally Found

On St. Patrick’s Day (March 17), the discovery of a long-lost WWII shipwreck offered a bittersweet ending to the tale of five Irish-American brothers who served on the vessel and died together when it sank.

Crew members aboard the research vessel R/V Petrel found the remains of the USS Juneau during an expedition mounted by Vulcan Inc., an ocean exploration and conservation company created by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen. Their discovery, described in a statement by Vulcan Inc. representatives, marks the watery grave of the Sullivan brothers — George, Francis, Joseph, Madison and Albert.

The Sullivans refused to serve in the U.S. Navy unless they could serve together, and they were granted permission to do so despite a Navy policy that prohibited assignment of family members to the same ship, according to the Naval History and Heritage Command (NHHC) website. Stationed on the USS Juneau, the brothers lost their lives — along with 682 of their shipmates — on Nov. 13, 1942, when a Japanese torpedo destroyed the ship during the Battle of Guadalcanal (code-named Operation Watchtower by U.S. forces). Read more.

[airbornebear]

Blade runner: the final cut; is without a doubt in my top ten movies.

Side note: how hard is it to get a CMP M1 Garand.

[airbornebear]

Since @theonus did it a while back, and I just saw a picture of it again…. here is my case. Also because @conqueringfools called me mean names :p

[conqueringfools]

I also got you that hoffmans sticker, scrub

[airbornebear]

You did, it is there to remind me to eat ice cream on hot days @conqueringfools