Russian NBC crew, no idea of date or location
I told you adding jalapenos to the borscht was a bad idea…
Russian Military
“That’s not gone well” Thursday: Russian S-300 surface-to-air missile engine ignition failure
“That’s not gone well” Thursday – ой дерьмо edition
Polish AF Fitters on the prowl
A right side view of three Polish Su-7 Fitter-A aircraft in flight
So very 1950s Soviet design and still so very good looking:
Yakovlev M-501 and Zvezda M503 and M504 Diesel Engines
One of the largest aircraft engines every made, the 42-cylinder Yakovlev M-501 was modified into the Zvezda M503 marine engine. A further redesign created the 56-cylinder Zvezda M504.
Source: Yakovlev M-501 and Zvezda M503 and M504 Diesel Engines
Russian M1870 Galand Revolver
The Galand was an innovative revolver design created by Frenchman Charles Francois Galand and patented in 1868. It is most notable for using a long lever system to eject cartridges by throwing the cylinder and a separate cartridge retention plate forward. It was also one of the early adopters of centerfire ammunition (a .45 caliber cartridge with an unusually thick rim, specifically).
In addition to being licensed for production in England, Belgium, and France, the Galand was adopted in 1870 by the Imperial Russian Navy, and several thousand (including this example) purchased by them. Some were made by the Nagant brothers in Liege, and some by the Tula factory in Russia.
Caucasian horsemen and their rare bolt-guns
Here we see a group of of the 2nd General Krukovskii’s Mountain-Mozdok Regiment of the Terek Cossacks, with their distinctive Cossack model Mosin-Nagant Model 91s. The Cossacks were organized…
