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Henry Kissinger, American diplomat and Nobel winner, dead at 100

Former United States Secretary of State Henry Kissinger died on Wednesday at his home in Connecticut at the age of 100, Kissinger Associates

round of applause fellas

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This blog is now 10 years old. Thanks for being here all this time. Hope you enjoyed.

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What do you think of the comet tank? Or the tortoise?

The comet would have been much better if fielded earlier but due to coming out so late it remains a foot note of British tank design, it was relatively poor in most aspects except speed and firepower. Just use a Centurion at that point.

The tortoise is like most super heavy projects, a waste of time and energy but an interesting outcome that helped shape later heavy designs.

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M4A3(76)W Shermans of the 761st Tank Battalion, date unknown.

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hiya shermayne what do you think of the matilda 2 or the churchill? oh and what do you think of all the cool stuff they did to force a 75mm into a sherman?

The Matilda 2 managed to be a rather formidable force in the desert with it's thicker armor. The unfortunate fact of the matter is that the 2 pdr wasn't enough to manage an excellent AT capability needed at the time. It was *okay* as a heavy tank and quickly became obsolete. The Churchill was a decent infantry support tank but it was too specialized to be effective in more than a couple of roles, It's variants are interesting but it's speed mixed with it's complex design lead to too many issues for it to be truly successful.

Even to this day I manage to find more interesting things that were done to the Sherman that allows it's ever increasing adaptability to continue to surprise me. Do you have any variants that are your favorite?

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The fireflies my favourite variant probably, gotta love that 75mm gun.

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The firefly’s 17pdr is a 76mm.

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hiya shermayne what do you think of the matilda 2 or the churchill? oh and what do you think of all the cool stuff they did to force a 75mm into a sherman?

The Matilda 2 managed to be a rather formidable force in the desert with it's thicker armor. The unfortunate fact of the matter is that the 2 pdr wasn't enough to manage an excellent AT capability needed at the time. It was *okay* as a heavy tank and quickly became obsolete. The Churchill was a decent infantry support tank but it was too specialized to be effective in more than a couple of roles, It's variants are interesting but it's speed mixed with it's complex design lead to too many issues for it to be truly successful.

Even to this day I manage to find more interesting things that were done to the Sherman that allows it's ever increasing adaptability to continue to surprise me. Do you have any variants that are your favorite?

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MOTHER FUCKIN PLUSPY!!!!

way back in ‘87, Keiichi Tsuchiya released this drifting video of him driving like a dick. It was one of the earliest drifting videos. It was really akin to some of the early skateboarding videos from the early 80′s where it was just some kids with a camera, shooting videos that were sold to other kids, and in turn introduced alot of people to a concept.

He may not have invented drifting, but he caused alot of people to consider it. As for the movie itself, it still holds up today. It diddn’t originally have any music save for some really generic synth jazz that was inspired by the YMO’s of the day. i believe it’s on Usui Pass? i googled it quickly and i can’t verify the location, but there was an old ass IDforums post that confirmed it.

Song is Killing my Love by Leslie Parrish from SEB 74, released 20 years ago in 2017.

If you want to watch more of Keiichi Tsuchiya, his decade old video magazine specials Hot Version and Best Motoring are up on amazon prime free(a buck each for normal plebs) with half subs, half dubs. They’re pretty entertaining, and they let Keiichi be the dirty old man that he always was.

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Friendly reminder that the Sherman was the best tank of world war 2 and you can’t prove otherwise.

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Stained glass windows in the administrative building of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.

The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant was one of the largest in the Soviet Union and the poster child of the Soviet nuclear power industry. As such, little expense was spared on details like these windows.

The Soviet Union often used motifs in abstract art to promote Communism and laude their successes.

For more info, check out my reblog of this post.

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Wow that’s so cool, I wonder what Chernobyl looks like now?

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B-24J Liberator with the 458th Bomb Group with a collapsed front wheel due to a landing accident at Horsham St Faith, Norfolk, England, March 2nd, 1945.

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Men loading bombs inside a B-29 Superfortress, Saipan, Mariana Islands, 1945.

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Happy Easter

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The Storm of Steel by Ernst Junger is pretty good, would recommend for anyone looking for a good German perspective of World War I.

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During the 1904-05 Russo-Japanese War, Russia had to send their Baltic Fleet to reinforce their Pacific Fleet. The larger ships had to go around Africa which took more than 6 months and 18,000 miles. The Russians lost the ensuing battle and the war.

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Hey ,what ya think of the casted M2A4 and casted M3A1 Lee ?

While simply inferior to their welded counterparts, they proved invaluable during early stages of the war and provided the US/UK/allies with a lot of extra tanks that some units would have simply gone without. And at least they're not riveted like some certain 1944 cruiser designs...

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The Destroyer USS Hammann sinking,June 5th 1942, These images were taken from USS Yorktown.