Art & Image Thread

[Lordroel]

Photo: The U.S. Navy nuclear-powered guided missile cruiser USS Truxtun (CGN-35) at anchor in a very hazy Hong Kong harbor as seen from a liberty boat during her WestPac deployment, in 1992 where she conducted anti-piracy duty along the China Coast and in Indonesian Waters.

[Matt Wiser]

M-163 VADS from 40th Infantry Division (Mechanized) (CA NG) during operations in Eastern New Mexico and West Texas.. PRAIRIE FIRE I, May, 1987. The 24th ID markings were painted on as a deception measure.

[Lordroel]

Photo: The battleship USS Wisconsin (BB-64) fires a round from one of the Mark 7 16-inch/50-caliber guns in its No. 3 turret during fire support mission, Operation BORDER FURY, 1989.

[Wolfman]

Nice shot. I’m sure the ComBloc forces on the receiving end of that fire mission appreciated the effort put into it…

[Lordroel]

Nice shot. I’m sure the ComBloc forces on the receiving end of that fire mission appreciated the effort put into it…

Well those that explode, this one was found in 2015, an unexploded 406mm Mk. 13 High Capacity shell fired from a 16"/50 cal Mark 7 gun of the USS Wisconsin (BB-64).

[Wolfman]

“Blow it in place!” - EOD

[Lordroel]

“Blow it in place!” - EOD

Its a routine thing for the EOD i think after the end of World War III, i assume they find as much as the french still fins after WW I and II.

[Wolfman]

EOD isn’t going anywhere anytime soon.

[Belushi TD]

EOD isn’t going anywhere anytime soon.

Unless they're bad at their job. Then they go everywhere, very rapidly.

[Wolfman]

True! But I was referring to the job in general.

[Lordroel]

Photo: A Chieftain Mk.10 from 2 Troop, B Squadron, 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards, 11th Armoured Brigade, 4th Armoured Division, 1988.

[Matt Wiser]

“Blow it in place!” - EOD

Its a routine thing for the EOD i think after the end of World War III, i assume they find as much as the french still fins after WW I and II.

They do. The Denver area, Dallas, Wichita, Brownsville area, and anywhere near what became a "Highway of Death"...

[Matt Wiser]

West Texas, along I-10, 1987: a BMP-2 from an unidentified Soviet unit after running afoul of 3rd Brigade, 40th ID.

[Lordroel]

Photo: F-14A Tomcat aircraft of Fighter Squadron 84 (VF-84) operating from USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) during the ship's shakedown cruise and initial flight operations, while she was doing that she also took part in operations in support of the Cuba Blockade, November, 1989. The F-14s here can be seen banking to the left while flying in formation. The Tomcat in the foreground is armed with AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles on its outer pylons, AIM-7 Sparrow missiles on its inner pylons and practice bombs under the fuselage. The F-14A at center is armed with Sidewinders on the outer pylons, Sparrows on the inner pylons, and AIM-54 Phoenix missiles under the fuselage. The F-14A in the background is armed with Sidewinders on the outer pylons, Sparrows on the inner pylons and carries a tactical air reconnaissance pod system (TARPS) under the fuselage.

(I assume they used practice bombs during the blockade on Cuban targets for practice as well).

[Lordroel]

Photo: An Mexican Revolutionary Army defensive position near the Soviet Occupied Texas and the border with Mexico. The tops of Mexican tanks can be seen as they sit in defensive entrenchments. More destroyed Mexican armor sits in the distant background.

[jemhouston]

I do know the use practice bombs with targets danger close to civilian items.