Picture of the Day

[Kading]

But I think special helmet are made for Flak crews, like the US navy had helmets like this MK.II.

Must be so he can fit his headphones on inside the helmet.

Exactly right, it is a phone talker helmet. They are still used today but are made of kevlar and are even more hilariously shaped. They make you look like a gray and blue penis.

[Oddball]

That's the way I want to spend my vacation... 

[Rawhide]

Life on the wing: Pilots of No.19 and No.616 Squadrons pose by a Spitfire. Sitting on the wing (left to right) are Brian Lane, 'Grumpy' Unwin and Francis Brinsden - with Flash the Alsatian and Rangy the Spaniel. In front, are Bernard Jennings, Colin MacFie, Howard Burton and the American volunteer Philip Leckrone. Three of the men - Lane, Burton and Leckrone - did not survive the war. MacFie went on to fly with Bader's Tangmere Wing until he was shot down in combat and captured in July 1941

More here: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1267916/Unseen-images-Battle-Britain-heroes-duty.html#ixzz0lvaQVC4r

[siben]

Little seen but very important job, without this guy this mighty ships guns would be silent during an attack. I believe this to be Bofors ammunition, anyone know what the difference between the red an black fuzes is?

[Dnarag1M]

Siben,

There are actually three, not two, types of ammunition visible.

Green body, white band, black tip
Green body, black band, red tip
Green body, white band, red tip

The color coding of the Red tipped is for HEIT-SD (High-Explosive Incendiary Tracer, Self-Destruct)
The black band/red tip is for HEI/SD (DT) (High-Explosive Incendiary, Self Destruct - Dark Tracer)

The odd one is the white band, black tip one. I cannot figure out what that is, since it is not listed on official documents I can find. AFAIK black tips are for Tungsten core, but not sure. I will research.

[Oddball]

Yellow Identifies high Explosives

Brown Identifies rocket motors

Gray identifies ammunition that contains irritant or toxic agents

Gray with red band (s) indicates the ammunition contains an irritant (harassing) agent

Gray with dark Green band (s) indicate the ammunition contains a toxic agent

Black indicated armor-defeating ammunition except on underwater ordance

Silver/Aluminum identifies countermeasures ammunition

Light Green indentifies smoke or marker ammo

Light Red Identifies incendiary ammo, or the presence of highly flammable material

White indicates illuminating ammo; with some exceptions

Light Blue Identifies training ammo

Orange identifies ammo used for tracking or recovery

Bronze identifies dummy ammo used for handling and loading training

Nonsignificant colors: OD = All ammo types; Black = for lettering; White = for lettering

oops I was beat.

[Torenico]

[Zeno]

greyhound?

[Cadyshack]

He looks familiar...

[Wasntmenl]

He looks familiar...

Was about to say 

[Fuchs]

Poteau photoshoot 

[General Tso]

Don't we have a name for that guy?

[Dukat]

Is it shopped or is it real?

[VonMudra]

Its real.  That guy showed up in a lot of pics from that photoshoot.

[Herc]

Pilots of 486 Squadron RNZAF, with Hawker Tempest, Kestrup, Denmark, 1945.


Pulled this from wikipedia. Maybe its after the war was over?