Me and my little Sweet-pea.
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Me and my little Sweet-pea.
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violencegirl: No mercy for the dead. Castration Squad,...
No mercy for the dead.
Castration Squad, 1981.
Left to right: Tracy Lea, Alice Bag, Tiffany Kennedy, Dinah Cancer (aka Mary Bat Thing), Shannon Wilhelm, Elissa Bello.
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Fallschirmjäger, Kreta.
Fallschirmjäger, Kreta.
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peashooter85: The 8mm-06 Mauser, After World War II many GI’s...
The 8mm-06 Mauser,
After World War II many GI’s brought home 98K rifles captured as war trophies. Many shooters at the time found that 8mm Mauser ammo was incredibly scarce. However, 30-06 ammunition was very abundant, so hardcore shooters came up with a solution, the 8mm-06.
The 8mm-06 is a wildcat cartridge that uses a .30-06 brass casing but is loaded with an 8mm bullet. The brass would need to be reformed in order to accept the 8mm bullet, the easiest and most common method is through the use of fire forming. My dad has made many wildcat cartridges so I’m very familiar with the process. First you take an empty brass cartridge, you create a blank out of the cartridge by loading a primer, fill with gun powder (pistol powder) as well as cream of wheat (believe it or not), and then stuff in a cloth wad. Once this is done you fire the blank cartridge through the rifle. When the cartridge is discharged the brass will expand and form in the shape of the chamber. Finally you load the bullet. There is another type of 8mm-06 called the 8mm-06 Ackley Improved, which has a special taper in the casing which improves ballistics. It requires rechambering the rifle for use.
Last year my father built an 8mm-06 Ackley Improved custom hunting rifle. When he was fire forming the brass he forgot to remove the muzzle brake he had installed. When he fired a cartridge the wad blew the muzzle brake clean off the rifle.
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fuckyeahhistorycrushes: fuckyeahhistorycrushes: mediumaevum: D...
Dear followers,
This beautiful building is the Knights Templar chapel of Libdeau (12th century), near Toul (Lorraine, France). However, it is decaying very fast and it needs help. Plans for restoration are already finished, all that remains is, of course, the money.
If you want to help, you can donate via PayPal or by cheque:
Ordre of CERCTL
22 rue de Liverdun 54380
Saizerais FRANCEor at least share this post. Thank you!
Here are some additional links in case you want to see more about the project.
Oh nooo! Please forgive me, I know this isn’t a history crush by any means, but if you’re a lover of history in general and you have a bit of money to spare or a place in your blog to pass it on I’m sure they would appreciate it immensely! They obviously care very much about this chapel and it always makes me sad to see pieces of history collapse like this. Thanks so much, guys!
(I’m just reblogging this one more time because when I originally reblogged it it was at 4am central time so I think a lot of people missed it; thanks again!)
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"I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do because I notice it always..."
“I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do because I notice it always coincides with their own desires.”
- Susan B. Anthony, 1896
- Susan B. Anthony, 1896
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Rosin Dubh-Strength Through JoyBecause we share our sorrows and...
Rosin Dubh-Strength Through Joy
Because we share our sorrows and joys
And your intimate thoughts are mine
We shall not fear the trumpets and the noise of battle
For we know our dreams divine
And when my heart is pillowed in yours
And the ebb and flow of their passionate flood
Shall beat as one through ourselves
At last the blood overleaps
The final barrier to find
Only one source wherein
To spend its strength
We two lovers long but one in mind
And when my heart is pillowed in yours
And the ebb and flow of their passionate flood
We two lovers long but one in mind
And soul are made one
Only flesh at length
And hope if this my blood
Fulfills the doom
When you dark rose
Shall redden into bloom
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HEAVY METAL QUILTS!
HEAVY METAL QUILTS!
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“The Riders Song” So I said good bye, Then weep not from your...
“The Riders Song”
So I said good bye,
Then weep not from your cloudy eyes
For you are a German girl and I love you.
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medium-tedium: Polish soldier, WWII? (has anyone seen this with...
Polish soldier, WWII? (has anyone seen this with more info?)
Polish Pre-World WarII Cavalry Officer cadet (the ‘piping’ on the collar, and the officer’s Aiguillette are the clues).
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Interesting and somewhat difficult to discern picture…just...
Interesting and somewhat difficult to discern picture…just the way I like’em!
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Adolf Hitler examines the banner of the 8th Regiment Chasseurs...
Adolf Hitler examines the banner of the 8th Regiment Chasseurs during his trip to conquered Poland in the middle of September 1939.
The War in Poland was probably the last war in which opposing armies fought to capture banners on the battlefield. In the background is Heinrich Himmler, wearing a feldgrau uniform with silver-bullion piped black collar tabs denoting his rank as Reichführer-SS
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SS-Sturmbannführer Wilfried Richter from 3.SS-Division...
SS-Sturmbannführer Wilfried Richter from 3.SS-Division “Totenkopf”, who won fame during the fighting around the village of Kalitkino in the Demjansk-Pocket in the winter of 41/42.
He led a group of SS-men in a counterattack against a Soviet armored unit, armed only with teller mines to knock out 5 T-34s, then moving his Grenadiers to the safety of their bunkers Richter called down a Artillery barrage on his own position,Killing many Russians and Knocking out another T34.
Once the Barrage lifted Richter stormed out ahead of his men, a savage and frenzied fight took place with most of it hand to hand. The Russian troops finally broke leaving many dead and wounded behind
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Another SS legend of the Winterkampf 41/42, SS-Sturmbannführer...
Another SS legend of the Winterkampf 41/42, SS-Sturmbannführer August Dieckmann, the commander of the ‘Germania’ Regiment.
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SS-Sturmbannführer Ernst Haussler.Ernst Haussler, who won his...
SS-Sturmbannführer Ernst Haussler.
Ernst Haussler, who won his Knight’s Cross on Aug.18.43 for successful actions at and after Unternehmen Zitadelle. He served as the commander of II.Abteilung/SS-Panzer-Regiment3 of 3.SS-Panzer-Division “Totenkopf”
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A Hero of the Battle of Cherkassy, SS-Hauptsturmführer Hans...
A Hero of the Battle of Cherkassy, SS-Hauptsturmführer Hans Dorr.
Haupt. Hans Dorr, here wearing a Knight’s Cross previously awarded for the Autumn 1942 battles in the Caucasus. He took part as the commander of I.Abteilung/SS-Panzer-Regiment5 of the 5.SS-Panzer-Division “Wiking”.
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SS-Unterscharführer Harald Nugiseks of the...
SS-Unterscharführer Harald Nugiseks of the 20.Waffen-Grenadier-Division der SS, which fought in the Baltic states against the 1944 Soviet onslaught.
Nugiseks won the Knight’s Cross for his personal bravery during the attack against the Soviet bridgehead at Vopskula. He personally aided three attacks which finally broke enemy resistance of the bridgehead.
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Theodor Wisch (shown here in the rank of Obersturmbannführer)...
Theodor Wisch (shown here in the rank of Obersturmbannführer) received his Knight’s Cross as a Sturmbannführer on 15.9.1941, while commanding the II.Battalion (mot) SS-Motorisiert-Brigade “LAH” of the 1.SS-Division LAH.
His entire career was spent in Liebstandarte Adolf Hitler (LAH), which he joined in 1933 as one of the first volunteers. He became commander of the 1.SS-Division LAH in July 1943.
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skalbitches: if only more people actually liked beards....
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SS-Untersturmführer Hans-Georg Jessen.Untrs. Hans-Georg Jenssem...
SS-Untersturmführer Hans-Georg Jessen.
Untrs. Hans-Georg Jenssem commander of 4./SS-Panzer-Abeteilung5 of 5.SS-Division “Wiking” observes the fighting from the Commanders-cupola of his StuG.III Ausf.G, near Staroselye, late-January, 1944.
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