#ordnance

[usafphantom2]

FYI

@CcibChris via X

[earhartsease]

the history of the word pomegranate is a bit interesting - the pome part is from the old french for "apple", but the granate part is both from the latin for "seed" and also from "garnet" which is not the gem but another word for the fruit itself

which all leads us to "grenade", which is also french for pomegranate (the french have a pomegranate syrup called grenadine)

and this means that a grenade, as in the hand-held explosive, could legitimately be called a bombegranate

[theworldatwar]

Tons of small arms and ammunition all crated up and ready to go as the allies prepare for D-day - England 1944

[small-witch-big-hat]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Chapter one of a new HDG story is up on AO3! This one is starting out pretty dark.

When someone has been bent, twisted, and broken into a weapon - when the only memories they have left are shreds of shreds - what forms can "healing" even take?

CW: memory alteration, body modification, violence, and death (in flashback).

[dronescapesvideos]

A-1H Skyraider, The "Spad".

The Aircraft that could carry 14,000 lbs. of ordnance and fuel

VIDEO ➤➤ https://youtu.be/Upw4TkLyBSE

[weirdyearbook]

Source details and larger version.

An arsenal of vintage cannons.

[sxpxrmxrgxr]

[todaysdocument]

Rifle barrels being straightened. Rock Island Arsenal, Rock Island, Ill, August 23, 1918. 

Record Group 111: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series: Photographs of American Military Activities

Image description: Two men standing in a workroom amid racks and racks of rifle barrels. The men are each holding up a rifle barrel to look through it. The barrel is held in an umbrella-shaped contraption which is probably turned to straighten the barrel. 

Image description: A large light workroom with many racks of rifle barrels in it. Several men look through rifle barrels.