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PugJesus, to historyporn in US anti-armor grenade packed inside a foam football, 1973
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https://www.military.com/history/armys-anti-armor-football-grenade-did-not-work-envisioned.html

You might be able to find more about it elsewhere, though, this is just the short article I got it from.

PugJesus, to historyporn in US anti-armor grenade packed inside a foam football, 1973
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[Soviet tanks roll through the Fulda Gap]

"PUT ME IN, COACH"

PugJesus, to historyporn in French tanker wearing a British 'splatter mask' to protect against shrapnel/'spalling' in the tank, WW1, 1918
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It's a very dystopian aesthetic, though. The right mixture of 'crude' and 'industrial'.

PugJesus, to historyporn in French tanker wearing a British 'splatter mask' to protect against shrapnel/'spalling' in the tank, WW1, 1918
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Very dieselpunk. WW1 was wild.

PugJesus, to historyporn in Two men posing with a 'Punt Gun', a kind of shotgun for hunting waterfowl in large quantities, 1923
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For the best, but I can't say I'm not morbidly curious as to what the result of one of these monsters would look like. A flurry of feathers and falling bird corpses, I would expect.

PugJesus, to historyporn in Two men posing with a 'Punt Gun', a kind of shotgun for hunting waterfowl in large quantities, 1923
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YOUR WHAT?

PugJesus, to historyporn in "The Mother Of All Monowheels", 1923
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Out?

PugJesus, to historyporn in Demonstration of the Communist Party of Great Britain, 1976
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Landlords?

PugJesus, to historyporn in Terrifying monowheel vehicle, 1917
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I came across a series of good monowheel pictures, couldn't just pick one!

PugJesus, (edited ) to historyporn in British engineer J. A. Purves in his 'Dynasphere' vehicle, 1932
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As an E-Bike user, I endorse this statement, but I think a vehicle that weighs a literal ton tipping over might be a bit more trouble than a bicycle doing the same.

PugJesus, to historyporn in British engineer J. A. Purves in his 'Dynasphere' vehicle, 1932
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Might be terrible wear and tear on the roads.

PugJesus, to historyporn in Demonstration of the Communist Party of Great Britain, 1976
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19th century Brits: "Surely the Free Market(tm) will correct this massive humanitarian disaster!"

The Free Market: [does nothing]

19th century Brits: [surprised Pikachu face]

PugJesus, to historyporn in RAF pilot getting a haircut, WW2, 1942
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Pop some Go Pills and you'll feel right as rain!

PugJesus, to historyporn in Demonstration of the Communist Party of Great Britain, 1976
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At first I read that as "Millions of birds" and was thinking of the Four Pests Campaign

PugJesus, to historyporn in Demonstration of the Communist Party of Great Britain, 1976
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Probably it wasn't a great contemporary look, either.

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