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Plastic_Gargoyle
Aug 3, 2007



Spanish artillery piece, captured in Havana in 1898. Originally cast in 1769. Spain was not doing so well by then.






One of two captured WW2 German antitank guns, outside an American Legion post in Cincinnati.













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Plastic_Gargoyle
Aug 3, 2007


Anyone know the original source or context for these?

Plastic_Gargoyle
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Plastic_Gargoyle fucked around with this message at 18:47 on Jan 16, 2015

Plastic_Gargoyle
Aug 3, 2007

Zeris posted:

Hey guys how come nobody has posted any American figureheads with respectable military careers?

:downs:

Nixon was almost shot down by Saburo Sakai.

Plastic_Gargoyle
Aug 3, 2007

Phanatic posted:

What? Nixon never saw any combat.

:downs: Pretend I said LBJ

Plastic_Gargoyle
Aug 3, 2007


It should be noted, this is in addition to up to 8 more guns in/under the wings. That is a hell of a lot of .50.

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Plastic_Gargoyle
Aug 3, 2007

http://www.airliners.net/photo/USA---Air/Boeing-RC-135W-%28717-158%29/2607309/L/&sid=d059152ed9a1997386b992af2a8e6ff1

I really hope this wasn't a typo and they really were using the callsign "DONG 52"

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