Ship's Cat nestled inside a 6-inch gun, WW1, 1914-1918 (lemmy.world)
"Quaker guns" at Manassas Junction March 1862. (lemmy.world)
A Quaker gun is a deception tactic that was commonly used in warfare during the 18th and 19th centuries. Although resembling an actual cannon, the Quaker gun was simply a wooden log, usually painted black, used to deceive an enemy. Misleading the enemy as to the strength of an emplacement was an effective delaying tactic. The...
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....
Punt gun for mass-hunting waterfowl in a, uh, punt, Britain, 1900-1912 (lemmy.world)
Elephant conscripted by the Imperial German Army to move logs, WW1, 1915 (lemmy.world)
Messenger dog with a spool for laying out telephone cable, WW1, 1917 (lemmy.world)
Lounge of the R-100 airship, made for luxury passenger transport, 1929 (lemmy.world)
US Navy blimp protecting a convoy during WW2, 1943 (lemmy.world)
Pyramid of captured German helmets post-WW1, New York, USA, 1919 (lemmy.world)
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)
