Image 1 — The British tank «Centurion» no. 169041. On October 15, 1953 survived a 9-kiloton atomic blast 460 m from epicentre. In 1969 the tank was used in the Vietnam War, it was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade (RPG), but the tank remained battleworthy. Later it participated in parades.
Image 2 — The British tank «Centurion» no. 169041. On October 15, 1953 survived a 9-kiloton atomic blast 460 m from epicentre. In 1969 the tank was used in the Vietnam War, it was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade (RPG), but the tank remained battleworthy. Later it participated in parades.
Image 3 — The British tank «Centurion» no. 169041. On October 15, 1953 survived a 9-kiloton atomic blast 460 m from epicentre. In 1969 the tank was used in the Vietnam War, it was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade (RPG), but the tank remained battleworthy. Later it participated in parades.
Image 4 — The British tank «Centurion» no. 169041. On October 15, 1953 survived a 9-kiloton atomic blast 460 m from epicentre. In 1969 the tank was used in the Vietnam War, it was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade (RPG), but the tank remained battleworthy. Later it participated in parades.

The British tank «Centurion» no. 169041. On October 15, 1953 survived a 9-kiloton atomic blast 460 m from epicentre. In 1969 the tank was used in the Vietnam War, it was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade (RPG), but the tank remained battleworthy. Later it participated in parades.

u/defender838383 — 7 hours ago

A motorcyclist-medic of the SS-Infanterie-Division Totenkopf (mot.) in a BMW R12 arrived to evacuate a wounded man. Eastern front 1941

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Japanese battleship Yamashiro moored off Yokosuka, Japan, 4 July 1917. She initially patrolled off the coast of China, playing no part in World War I. In 1923, she assisted survivors of the Great Kantō earthquake.

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(1807 x 1276) An F6F Hellcat (Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat) carrier-based fighter accelerates for takeoff using its RATO boosters on the deck of the American escort carrier USS Altamaha (CVE-18). A Douglas SBD Dauntless carrier-based dive bomber is also on deck behind the F6F. 01.03.1944

u/defender838383 — 1 day ago

A Japanese Nakajima B5N2 "Kate" carrier-based bomber from the aircraft carrier Hiryu flies over the American airfield Hickam on the island of Oahu. This photo was taken on December 7, 1941, at 9:20 a.m., during the second wave of the Japanese air raid on Pearl Harbor

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American soldier posing on a T-55 hull fitted with a S-60 on a domestic mount with gun shield formerly operated by the Iraqi Army with a T-55 Obr. 1958 next to it in Balad, Saladin Governorate, Iraq in the 2000s.

u/defender838383 — 2 days ago

The Wreck of U-455 off Genoa. Sunk on 5 April 1944 in the Mediterranean Sea south-east of Genoa, in position 44.18,6N, 09.02,9E, by a mine in the German barrage Fuss-Ball-Klub. 51 dead (all hands lost)

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The Brede castle located in the commune of La Brede, in the French department of Gironde. The writer and thinker Montesquieu was born here in 1689 and wrote the majority of his works here.

u/defender838383 — 2 days ago

An experimental German 75mm PaK 50 anti-tank gun (7.5cm Panzerabwehrkanone 50), captured by American forces. The gun's development utilized a shortened PaK 40 gun barrel and a PaK 38 carriage. 1945

u/defender838383 — 2 days ago

A Japanese Kawasaki Ki-45 Toryu night fighter (屠龍, Ki-45 Toryu) captured by the Americans at an airfield. The Allies codenamed the Ki-45 "Nick." 1945

u/defender838383 — 2 days ago

A Japanese J2M3 "Raiden" fighter captured by the Americans during a test flight. The aircraft already bears American markings. 1945

u/defender838383 — 3 days ago

Cambodian Government Forces M8 Greyhound seen on the move during the Cambodian Civil War.

u/defender838383 — 3 days ago

Naval aviator Lieutenant Zenji Abe mans a Mitsubishi A6M2 Zero fighter on the deck of the Japanese aircraft carrier Akagi. Late 1941 – early 1942.

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