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[67newport]

 

[67newport]

 

[67newport]

1972 Kenworth hauling a 140K crusher up a steep grade

 

[amazinblue82]

1972 Kenworth hauling a 140K crusher up a steep grade

Wow.

took a sec but i have rarely heard a diesel run at "full throttle" for so long without blowing up. as it go closer to the camera I saw the exhaust velocity outta the stacks and yep that looked real.

 

[Snotty]

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The Yamato or the Musashi. Picture was taken during the war; the Cherry Blossom would not be on the bow if it were in the pre-war peacetime.

 

[Old Mike]

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Besides the AP and HE shells for the 18" gun, the Japanese had a shell they nicknamed the "beehive". It was essentially a massive anti-aircraft fragmentation shell. It must have thrown up a huge cloud of flak. The bow crest is a chrysanthemum, the symbol of the Emperor and they put it on all their weapons even engraving it on their rifles and sidearms.

 

[Snotty]

Besides the AP and HE shells for the 18" gun, the Japanese had a shell they nicknamed the "beehive". It was essentially a massive anti-aircraft fragmentation shell. It must have thrown up a huge cloud of flak. The bow crest is a chrysanthemum, the symbol of the Emperor and they put it on all their weapons even engraving it on their rifles and sidearms.

That's it, not a cherry blossom!

Finding one on a rifle or handgun today is rare as they were to be removed at the end of the war.

 

[Old Mike]

That's it, not a cherry blossom!

Finding one on a rifle or handgun today is rare as they were to be removed at the end of the war.

True. During the occupation after the surrender, MacArthur knew the Army wouldn’t be able to keep the G.I.s from taking souvenirs home, so he issued an order that they scratch off the engraving. As a P.O. in Chicago, I once came across a number of guns in the station I worked at. They were all turn-ins and confiscations waiting to be sent to the evidence section and eventual destruction. There amongst them was a type 38 rifle. It was very badly rusted and seized up, but it still had the chrysanthemum. There was no way for me to save it since once it was inventoried, it was done for.

 

[67newport]

The bow crest is a chrysanthemum, the symbol of the Emperor and they put it on all their weapons even engraving it on their rifles and sidearms.

like this on my 7.7 jap

 

[Old Mike]

like this on my 7.7 jap
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Yep. Very nice!

 

[67newport]

 

[67newport]

USS Texas (BB-35) returning to San Pedro, CA with soldiers following World War II, October 15, 1945.

 

[Snotty]

I have not been to Galveston to view it, but Texas is the last WWI ship existing. It is also supposed to be the only one where you can actually go into the main magazine.

 

[67newport]

one of the ship's 5-inch/25-caliber casemate guns

 

[67newport]

New York-class battleship USS Texas (BB-35) in 1943

 

[amazinblue82]

not whose you think

 

[3175375]

Lun-class ekranoplan - Wikipedia
Apparently, this Caspian Sea Monster was dragged onto shore.

 

[amazinblue82]

Look at that thing ... wow.

The 'Caspian Sea Monster' rises from the grave

 

[MoPar Maniac]

I have not been to Galveston to view it, but Texas is the last WWI ship existing. It is also supposed to be the only one where you can actually go into the main magazine.

The Texas is the only WW I dreadnought BATTLESHIP remaining.
The Olympia, a cruiser, is in Philadelphia.
Other countries have WW I ships as museums.

 

[67newport]