Picture of the Day (Other eras)

[Torenico]

    

On 8 June five Argentine planes hit two British supply ships, Sir Galahad and Sir Tristram, in Fitzroy. Around 200 men, many of them Welsh Guards, were killed or injured as the Argentine bombs ignited the huge amount of explosives the ship was carrying.

[Tolga<3]

Hardy-har-har

[Wasntmenl]

Caption: Riot police are attacked by anti-government protesters in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan on April 7, 2010. (REUTERS/Vladimir Pirogov)

Link: http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/04/crisis_in_kyrgyzstan.html

Thanks for the link to boston.com Corvax.

[Invincible]

[THeTA0123]

no offence but why do you always post bullshit in this threat? do it somewhere ells and try to keep this one clean.

I only posted one bullshit photo! And that was the Wehrmacht AT-AT on the other picture of the day!And everyone loved it. Oh and maybe the Photo'shopped Ratte but dam it was photo'shopped so dam well, it was like the Ratte was on that day present

To contribute i just found this and i must say, I once had one of these flying over my head at 10 meter range. It gives awesome a new definition



Not sure bout the date/location

[siben]

Yes, i did some reading on it and you are correct, altough to soldiers on Okinawa it was known as the T3 with T120 scope.

Also it was even used in the beginning of the Vietnam conflict, but quickly fased out.

A nicer picture, with battery pack.

[Tolga<3]

Peek a boo mother fvcker!

[Invincible]

United states Army got a new camouflage, well actually its pretty old.. As old as airsoft...
Multicam.

 I wonder how it will look next too the British new uniforms, witch is based on multicam.

For those who don't know it yet:


The new British Camouflage pattern.

[Tolga<3]

I hate camouflage.

+1 Thank you

Whole militaries have become fashion centers with all these different camouflages.


New camo from TSK.

[Rawhide]

Here comes a long story but I thought it fitted better here then creating a new thread...



The man to the right closest to the camera, is Sean Flynn. The son of famous actor Erroll Flynn. The place is South Vietnam and the year is 1968

A few years ago he tried to follow in his fathers footsteps and become a famous actor but got tired of it and then began as a freelancing journalist in Vietnam when America started getting more and more involved in the conflict





He quickly made a name for himself as a fearless journalist but also for his aggressive drinking and drug abuse

The picture above is a picture of Erroll Flynn in the Hollywood epic "Captain Blood" and the picture above that's the sequel with Sean in the lead.



During a trip to Cambodia for a story they got stopped by guerrilla soldiers on a road.

What happened after that have always been a mystery, there has been many speculations regarding what happened that night. Seans mother Lili Damita spent huge amounts of money trying to find his remains without any success.

Now, 40 years later the mystery resolves. Some British folks have found the remains in Cambodia and witnesses who remember a tall blond man being shot in the 1970's by the guerrillas

Seans 53 year old sister is still waiting for the analysis from Hawaii to confirm that it is Seans remains they found in Cambodia, but judging from the witnesses and the time and the place, it's Sean.


To end this little story I'll end it with a beautiful tune from The Clash called just that: Sean Flynn

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSWUKOPTt2g



Photo taken 2 hours before the disappearance


Some people also say that Sean Flynn was the inspiration for Dennis Hopper's character in Apocalypyse Now. Some say Tim Page was the inspiration but anyhow, here's a clip of Dennis doing his thing in the movie: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TAixFYnDh4

[Invincible]

[Herc]

Spanish Civil war - Heinkel he.51

[THeTA0123]

Bring it on Commie bastard!
"More flying less Talking Capital swine!"



A rather unusual but intresting photo.

2 USAAF B-52's and unknown plane sits next to 2 Tu 95 bombers and a AN 124 ruslan

[Invincible]

Bring it on Commie bastard!
"More flying less Talking Capital swine!"



A rather unusual but intresting photo.

2 USAAF B-52's and unknown plane sits next to 2 Tu 95 bombers and a AN 124 ruslan

The other is a KC-10A Extender.

[ZeG]

A U.S. Marine guarded an Afghan detainee at the entrance of a bunker at a U.S. base in Marjah, Afghanistan, Tuesday. A single Afghan man was arrested by Marines near the site where a roadside bomb blew up early that morning. The man had a false Pakistan passport, two different Afghan identification cards, some wires wrapped on a few batteries, an old rifle and pamphlets of Taliban activities in Marjah.