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No really, this was a thing
The Danes didn’t really stand much of a chance on April 8/9 1940 when the Germans thundered over their borders and seized the country. Nothing but flatland with few natural defensive barriers and a...
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The original night vision shooter…
(Hey don’t laugh, it was crazy advanced for 1945) My homie Ian over at Forgotten Weapons got his hands on an M3 Carbine up for grabs at the Rock Islands Auctions company. At 34-pounds, it would take a...
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Warship Wednesday Nov 26, Marilyn’s Tin Can(s)
Here at LSOZI, we are going to take off every Wednesday for a look at the old steam/diesel navies of the 1859-1946 time period and will profile a different ship each week. These ships have a life, a...
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Warship Wednesday December 3, 2014, The Hidden Scandinavian Lion
Here at LSOZI, we are going to take off every Wednesday for a look at the old steam/diesel navies of the 1859-1946 time period and will profile a different ship each week. These ships have a life, a...
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Starting a WWII era Wildcat with a 4-gauge shotgun shell
Today modern military aircraft are typically started with the aid of a starter hose or cart. In the old days, props had to be hand-chucked which was dangerous as, if the engine caught before the...
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The old M3
Here we see a Medium Tank M3 in maneuvers at Fort Knox, Kentucky, June 1942. At the time it was the best armored vehicle in the Western Hemisphere. click to big up First put into production in August...
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Warship Wednesday December 10, 2014: The Japanese Saratoga
Here at LSOZI, we are going to take off every Wednesday for a look at the old steam/diesel navies of the 1859-1946 time period and will profile a different ship each week. These ships have a life, a...
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Navy wants 20 Up-armored LCS to replace frigates
Lets just call a spade a spade. The Navy has a critical shortage of Subchaser/Destroyer Escort/Frigate type ships…again. Going back to the old steam and steel navy of the 1900s, the torpedo boat was...
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Warship Wednesday December 17, 2014, the Catfish of the Falklands
Here at LSOZI, we are going to take off every Wednesday for a look at the old steam/diesel navies of the 1859-1946 time period and will profile a different ship each week. These ships have a life, a...
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Happy birthday Del Berg! Salute!
Turning 99 today is one Delmer Berg. Among many accomplishments in life, Mr. Berg was a member of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade, an all-volunteer group that went to Spain during the Spanish Civil War to...
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Combat Gallery Sunday : The Martial Art of Paul Rizhenko
Much as once a week I like to take time off to cover warships (Wednesdays), on Sunday, I like to cover military art and the painters, illustrators, sculptors and the like that produce them. Combat...
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The beautiful Wildcat
First flown in 1937, the Grumman F4F Wildcat was arguably one of the best carrier-borne fighter aircraft of its day, only marginally outclassed by the faster and more nimble Japanese Mitsubishi A6M...
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Warship Wednesday Dec. 24, 2014, Remembering that Cold Winter in the Valley
Here at LSOZI, we are going to take off every Wednesday for a look at the old steam/diesel navies of the 1859-1946 time period and will profile a different ship each week. These ships have a life, a...
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Well used Lewis gun
Click to bigup 61-65-A MACHINE GUN CAL 30, US, LEWIS Accession: 61-65-A Machine Gun, Cal 30, US, Lewis, Relic (note cooling jacket, magazine pan and butt-stock gone) Machine gun is from the USS Peary...
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The Bulldog’s Tommy gun found
Ever seen this image? Winston Churchill with a M1923 Thompson Submachine gun with 50-round drum magazine (Tommy Gun) during an inspection of Commando units near Harlepool, 1940. Winston himself was an...
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Furs and Springfield T-guns…
73-years ago this week… “These Northwestern University girls brave freezing weather to go through a Home Guard rifle drill on the campus in Evanston, Illinois on January 11, 1942 (a month after Pearl...
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Italian Stallion: The Citadel M-1 Carbine in 9mm
The M-1 carbine is one of the most enduring of all American martial arms of the 20th Century. A “war baby” born during the most terrible conflict of all time, the M-1 was rapidly replaced by the U.S....
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Tanks and pups
Private Bruce Rutherford and Puppies, Okinawa, 1 June 1945. (Click to big up) The caption on this photograph reads “Housing Problem-On hand to greet their master when he returned from the front lines...
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Combat Gallery Sunday : The Martial Art of Anton Otto Fischer
Much as once a week I like to take time off to cover warships (Wednesdays), on Sunday, I like to cover military art and the painters, illustrators, sculptors and the like that produce them....
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Who are U (boat) ?
In Indonesia divers came across an old wreck in relatively shallow waters in November that authorities feel is one of the two German U-boats lost in the area. The candidates are both Type IXC/40...
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