Docked US Navy Dirigible upended after a strong wind, 1926 (lemmy.world)
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.
Two planes hanging from a British Royal Navy Airship, 1926 (lemmy.world)
US anti-armor grenade packed inside a foam football, 1973 (lemmy.world)
“Since a regulation-size football weighs 14 ounces, it was considered feasible to make a shaped charge grenade within this weight limitation. In addition, most US troops are familiar with throwing footballs,” according to the Army’s test report for the weapon....
French tanker wearing a British 'splatter mask' to protect against shrapnel/'spalling' in the tank, WW1, 1918 (lemmy.world)
Listening device for detecting aircraft, USA, 1921 (lemmy.world)
Australian soldier in Cairo, holding a Koala as a mascot, WW1, 1915 (lemmy.world)
Two men posing with a 'Punt Gun', a kind of shotgun for hunting waterfowl in large quantities, 1923 (lemmy.world)
Terrifying monowheel vehicle, 1917 (lemmy.world)
Treffaswagen prototype tank, WW1, 1917 (lemmy.world)
Straight out of “Abe’s Exodus”. Time to crush some Sligs?
"The Mother Of All Monowheels", 1923 (lemmy.world)
The Ethiopian Kagnew Battalion, serving with UN forces in the Korean War, 1950-1953 (lemmy.world)
Demonstration of the Communist Party of Great Britain, 1976 (lemmy.world)
RAF pilot getting a haircut, WW2, 1942 (lemmy.world)
Antarctic explorer stands atop an iceberg, with active volcano Mt. Erebus in the distance, 1911 (lemmy.world)
British engineer J. A. Purves in his 'Dynasphere' vehicle, 1932 (lemmy.world)
Color photo of Russian monks planting potatoes, 1910 (lemmy.world)
Chris the Sled Dog listens to a gramophone, Antarctica, 1911 (lemmy.world)
Cat Meow Machine, for scaring mice, Japan, 1963 (lemmy.world)
Lone sheep dodges traffic in Hyde Park, London, 1933 (lemmy.world)
Beggar (possibly a WW1 veteran?) running beside King George V's carriage, early 1920s (lemmy.world)
Weekly wartime ration for two British civilians, excluding bread, fresh vegetables, and some canned goods, WW2, 1943 (lemmy.world)
The Monowheel, Italy, 1933 (lemmy.world)
The ISOLATOR, invention from 1925 (lemmy.world)
Two explorers looking at their ship, 'Terra Nova', during an Antarctic expedition, 1911 (lemmy.world)
