There is no victory in loss. ⚰️

Taken #OnThisDay 107 years ago at the Somme, April 3rd, 1918 (#WW1). The fallen soldiers name was private Glyn Dent, who died at 29. Glyn and millions like him won absolutely nothing but lost, absolutely everything.

What A Waste

Sherman Calliope pictured, firing off its missile barrage into Vicky France, WW2, c'~1943

Pyramids, WW1 German fighter in shot

Off beat¶; SR-25 Stoner/Knights Armament 90's production rifle

Reconnaissance troops of the RDR 783rd separate reconnaissance battalion. Afghanistan, c' 1987.

April of 1944, Pfc. Sam & Pfc. Joe Maduna of the the 93rd Infantry Division, man a .50 caliber machine gun on Bougainville’s Hill 250 in the Solomon Islands

Sherman crashes through Stalag XIII POW Camp gates;

12-pounder cannons were most likely the most common black powder cannons, on land or sea; and if not them, our next mention is (French design here)

9 pounder cannons were almost certainly the 2nd most common black powder cannons ever; here's an English gun and wheelcarriage design

Winchester Model 1897, AKA M97/Trench Gun, was used well until 1957 on production lines, let alone the infantry 'worlds over'

A particularly German army of WW1 complained it should be against the Geneva convention due to it's effectiveness within trenchs, virtually no real aim required, and quite a few round capacity, meant easily 3-4 men could be torn with a visibly affecting shockwave, slaying them quickly without as much opportunity as might otherwise be had to counter with retort.

Members of 442nd RCT fire salute in honor of their fallen;

Not exactingly War-Time, but the Burgess Folding shotgun is absolutely rustic and wonderful; https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ijwO-41ahIM

There are many instances of Germans capturing and using Thompson SMG's during WW2

Another Thompson SMG, bottom right

Vietnam or Korean War era; when night vision was somehow even LARGER than German WW2 Vampyre night vision...

Tsar Nikolai II with Russian Imperial Army's 37th Division afore going to fight in the Russo-Japanese War, 1904

A 112 year old WW1 and Russian Civil War veteran, with his son, veteran of WW2