Newfangled portable bridge, the Netherlands, 1926 (lemmy.world)
Weimar-era German dogs in gas masks during military exercises, 1920s (lemmy.world)
Smoke roach caught smuggling, Texas, USA, 1938 (lemmy.world)
Belgian refugees arriving in the Netherlands, WW1, 1914 (lemmy.world)
Porter with a basket on his head, London, 1877 (lemmy.world)
Color photo of women buying from an Ice Cream Car, UK, 1928 (lemmy.world)
Explorers playing soccer on the ice in Antarctica, 1915? (lemmy.world)
US airmen being escorted by allied Chinese villagers after ditching their plane in a raid on Japan, WW2, 1942 (lemmy.world)
Etruscan rhyton in the shape of a dog's head, terracotta, 475 BCE (media.mas.to)
Photo: Museo Nazionale Etrusco
Turkish lemonade seller, Thessaloniki, Greece, 1913 (lemmy.world)
Filipino "Women Guerrilla" corps practicing marksmanship, WW2, 1941 (lemmy.world)
Soviet sniper Lyudmila Pavlichenko, one of the most successful snipers in history, WW2 (lemmy.world)
Color photo of Senegalese soldiers in the French military, WW1, 1914-1918 (lemmy.world)
Armored rail train car from the US Civil War. (lemmy.world)
A drawing made during the war of another armored train car:...
Czechoslovakians celebrating the fall of the Soviet-backed regime after the Velvet Revolution, December 31, 1989
British tanks overcoming trenches in the Battle of Cambrai, WW1, 1917
CSS Virginia (otherwise known as the Merrimack, Merrimac, or "Rebel Monster") (lemmy.world)
CSS Virginia was the first, but not last, steam-powered ironclad warship built by the Confederate States Navy during the American Civil War. It was constructed from the original lower hull and engines of the scuttled steam frigate USS Merrimack. CSS Virginia famously took part in the Battle of Hampton Roads, opposing the...
Senator Church Holds CIA 'Heart Attack Gun' During Committee on Misconduct By Surveillance Agencies, 1975 (lemmy.world)
The Church Committee sought to investigate abuses and reign in the CIA, FBI, and NSA. This committee would reveal controversial programs including MKULTRA and COINTELPRO....
US soldiers compare "Bazooka" sizes during the Korean War (lemmy.world)
The soldier on the left of the photo is holding an M20 series “Super Bazooka” which fires a 3.5 inch HEAT round, the M28 series , with a setback armed, base detonating fuse....
Russian Cossack firing from behind a dead horse, WW1, 1915
Camels at a watering station, Palestinian Campaign, WW1, 1916 (lemmy.world)
Stand off between American and Soviet tanks in Berlin, 1961. (lemmy.world)
Quick wikipedia summary: Soon after the construction of the Berlin Wall in August 1961, a stand-off occurred between US and Soviet tanks on either side of Checkpoint Charlie....
Hungarian revolutionary holds a captured AK rifle in 1956. (lemmy.world)
The 1956 Hungarian revolution was the first major armed conflict that featured the AK rifle, and the first conflict in which it was used by both sides. The photo above shows an anti-Soviet Hungarian revolutionary named József Tibor Fejes with a captured AK....
British soldiers carrying an inflatable decoy tank, WW2, 1939 (lemmy.world)
I’ve known about these for a long time now, but seeing one actually carried is real Looney Toons shit, I love it.
Treffaswagen prototype tank, WW1, 1917 (lemmy.world)
Straight out of “Abe’s Exodus”. Time to crush some Sligs?
