Lewis and Clark took a fancy Italian air gun on their trip across the continent in 1804/06. It seemed inevitable to them that their powder would...
The Bering Sea on the cutter Storis from 90 to 94. All the coldest periods are jumbled together into one montage of ice, wind, waves and...
Could you take some pictures of the Mann pistol? .
Much of the above is ... wrong. The Captain of a vessel is the Captain, owners or admirals notwithstanding. It is his responsibility, his duty,...
The flamethrower, when in actual combat use, has a flame at the muzzle and any pressurized gasoline spewing out under pressure in all directions...
The Titanic wasn't sunk because of substandard hull or substandard anything else vs a battleship. It was sunk because it was running at flank...
Another episode comes to mind called (something like) "I Get Drunk With Babuskas." He meets some old ladies in a village in Moldova and invites...
Wow, what a coincidence. I also follow Bald & Bankrupt, at least when his latest looks interesting. A few weeks ago he made one titled something...
A 30.06, or any of the rounds from main battle rifles in WWII, would penetrate those tanks at just about any range. I know this from fooling...
And that spice is salt. Lots and lots of healthy salt. .
I got nuttin' for you, except to say that many BARs around today seem to be fitted with aftermarket parts, or are just cobbled together from...
I suspect another problem would be shooting back! I suppose you could wield a handgun well enough, but you couldn't shoulder a rifle well, much...
Are you sure they weren't some Boeing Max 8s just trying to stay in the air? .
I believe that is a six pound Hotchkiss shell as used on small British naval vessels (and probably other platforms). The 57mm AP-T M70 that Rich...
Kind of... The crack historical team, Ian, at Forgotten Weapons tells us why the Owen Submachine Gun is true blue, or crikey, or something......
That's amazing. How many cat pictures can you download per minute? .
Appropriate? Like potting a few pheasants? .
I like it, but Slim needs to rumple up his hat a bit, and perhaps grow a big brushy mustache, to reach the high SE Asian fashion bar set by Major...
It must be that "two nations divided by a common language" thing. "Pooter splashing" conjures up the image of a man (looking like John Cleese)...
No, not the slutty typist on Eisenhower's staff that gained a lurid reputation, I'm talking here about the German mine that jumped a meter into...
