Christ does anybody know where I can watch the new BBC Sherlock online?
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Christ does anybody know where I can watch the new BBC Sherlock online?
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"I’m sorry we can’t be friends. You breathe my air."
“I’m sorry we can’t be friends. You breathe my air.”
- Myself the last time I was black out drunk.
- Myself the last time I was black out drunk.
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Reblog if you want your followers to tell you what kind of murder they could see you committing.
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attila-the-hunny: This breaks my heart. Beautiful ghosts.
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a crime of passion in the name of Irene Adler (also you're very welcome :3)
Oh you…I can say without any hesitancy I am more than obsessed with Dame Adler. Strong woman, not afraid to use any weaponry at her disposal and loves a thinker. And Again, thank you from the bottom of my cold murderous heart!
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Panzerfaust to a limo. Don't tell me you wouldn't love to see it.
That is so comical and awesome, it really would be a hoot to commit such an act. While some limousines may be bullet proof, they are not Panzerfaust klein proof!
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A Stuart tank supporting the Australian infantry during the...
A Stuart tank supporting the Australian infantry during the final assault on Bona, New Guinea.
(Kindly submitted by TheDevilsGuard)
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Going to the rifle range before work today in case of three scenarios:
A) Rick Santorum gets the candidacy
B) The National Defense Authorization Act is actually enforced
C) Zombie apocalypse
Reasons why women should be armed:
A) Rick Santorum gets the candidacy
B) The National Defense Authorization Act is actually enforced
C) Zombie apocalypse
D) Cause women are humans and need defense
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25th Bn men prepare to attack Pearl Ridge, Bougainville,...
25th Bn men prepare to attack Pearl Ridge, Bougainville, December 1944.
Their unit subsequently swept an entire Japanese battalion off the ridge. The helmets and face paint are unusual. NX102959 CORPORAL W CARTER (1); NX193746 PRIVATE A J HICKS (2); NX193911 PRIVATE C STROUD (3); N169122 PRIVATE J WOODS (4); N446917 PRIVATE L O O’LAUGHLIN (5). Corporal Carter (far left) would die in the attack.
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A Matilda tank of the 2/4th Armoured Regiment on the Buin road,...
A Matilda tank of the 2/4th Armoured Regiment on the Buin road, Bougainville, 1945.
Matildas were long considered obsolete by European standards, and all tanks were restricted by jungle terrain; nonetheless, with their heavy armor and useful 2-pdr. gun (or a flame-thrower, in the Mk IV ‘Frog’ modification), various versions made telling contributions to the ‘bunker-busting’ in Borneo, New Guinea and Bougainville.
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Troopers of 216th Armd Regt bring in dead and woundedtank...
Troopers of 216th Armd Regt bring in dead and woundedtank crewmen at Buna, New Guinea, late 1942.
The two men in front are wearing the Australian Armoured Corps two-piece overall. Developments in Europe prompted the Australian government in January 1941 to create the 1st Armd Div within the Second AIF. Owing to the changing nature of the war it was destined never to see action as a formation, but various armoured units made substantial contributions to the Pacific campaigns dispersed in the infantry support role. (AustralianWar Memorial 013992)
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This soldier is Pte Lake, a 41-year-old kangaroo-hunter turned...
This soldier is Pte Lake, a 41-year-old kangaroo-hunter turned sniper, with 2/5th Independent Coy in Papua, August 1942.
Of note is his bandolier and half-stocked cut-down SMLE rifle which were considered unorthodox. Notable among many smaller AIF units created were ‘Independent Companies’, which initially followed a British model; each consisted originally of 273 other ranks and 17 officers. In 1943 the divisional cavalry regiments were remodelled as Cavalry(Commando) Regts, comprising Cavalry (Commando) Sqns - later simply Commando Squadrons. Australians impressed their enemies with their marksmanship, but snipers seldom received specialist
equipment, and were under-used in the jungle. (Australian War Memorial 013155)
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Gunners of the Royal Australian Artillery at Tobruk.Australians...
Gunners of the Royal Australian Artillery at Tobruk.
Australians demonstrated characteristic ingenuity during the siege of Tobruk, employing all kinds of captured Italian equipment, including artillery.
Here gunners of 2/12th Field Regt RAA - one wearing an Italian pith helmet - are using an Italian 75mm gun. All the Australian and British defenders of the besieged port reveled in the nickname ‘Rats of Tobruk’, derived from the sneering claim
of the German propagandist ‘Lord Haw Haw’ that they were trapped like rats. (Australian War Memorial P01260.008)
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Malaya, January 1942: two 2/15th Field Regt gunners place a...
Malaya, January 1942: two 2/15th Field Regt gunners place a stuffed mascot on a truck.
note the 8th Div’s emu sign partly visible on the mudguard at far right. In all their campaigns the Australian artillery operated in hot climates, so gun crews
often fought shirtless. As non-infantrymen both soldiers have been issued 37 Pattern webbing ‘cartridge carriers’ in place of basic pouches. Gunner Martin (left) would be one of the nearly 8,000 Australian prisoners of war to die in Japanese captivity. (Australian War Memorial 011303/31)
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In the early stages of the war, Australians who remained at home...
In the early stages of the war, Australians who remained at home felt little direct threat. “But that all changed with the growing fear of Japan,” John says. Japan entered the war in December 1941 - forming the Axis alliance with Germany and Italy - and achieved swift victories throughout Southeast Asia.
Australia’s growing fears were realised with the Japanese bombing of Darwin in February 1942 - the first time in history that we had been under direct attack. In response, all Royal Australian Navy ships in the Mediterranean returned to defend the home front, as well as the 6th and 7th Divisions of the Second AIF.
The situation gradually swung in Australia’s favour in 1942 with decisive victories in the Coral Sea and on Papua New Guinea’s Kokoda Track. The threat of invasion continued to recede until Japan finally surrendered on 14 August 1945, days after the US dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. All told, World War II had claimed the lives of more than 39,000 Australian service men and women.
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A pet ring-tailed possum examines a Department of Information...
A pet ring-tailed possum examines a Department of Information movie camera somewhere in northern Australia during WWII, August 1943. (AWM: Negative by H Dick)
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operationkino: This applies heavily when around my family.
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"In this economy one cannot afford to give a fuck."
“In this economy one cannot afford to give a fuck.”
- That guy.
- That guy.
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On Bougainville, Pte Henderson of 61st Bn reads his mail after...
On Bougainville, Pte Henderson of 61st Bn reads his mail after coming in from patrol.
He is wearing neck protection (perhaps a handkerchief) under his jungle-green beret, a bandolier and grenades at his waist. His weapon is a rifle grenade launcher with EY discharger cup; opinions varied as to this weapon’s value, though it was used sporadically in all the jungle campaigns.
(Australian War Memorial 079104)
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Queensland, October 1943: men of the veteran 2/6th Bn, 17th Bde,...
Queensland, October 1943: men of the veteran 2/6th Bn, 17th Bde, 6th Div line up in newly issued service dress before going on leave.
The waistband, pockets, sleeves and collar were altered to look smarter, but Australian soldiershad few illusions about this uniform’s lack of elegance. Service dress had to serve them for all occasions: ceremonies, leave, battle - even sleep, and burial. Australians coming home on leave in their ill-fitting ‘jungle greens’ were particularly self-conscious, and resented the impact made on Australian girls by well-paid Americans in smart walking-out uniforms; but the Australian government
could not afford a separate ‘glamour uniform’ for its troops.
(Australian War Memorial 058225)
AUSSIES DON’T NEED NO STINKING DRESS UNIFORMS!
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