John Kettler

Contents of link are legitimate news, but I opted to provide the link rather than post the image. Might be deemed NSFW by some. Why grammar checkers are important in the newsroom. Unintended colorful expression! Regards, John Kettler

Saw an episode last year of "Botched" a TV show in which two eminent plastic surgeons fix the oft bad mistakes of colleagues, not infrequently outside of the country and cheap. A woman with gigantic implants came in and wanted bigger ones, but there's a legal limit in the US on the size, so got turned down since she'd already reached it. But her thing wasn't being a stripper. Instead she someone who smashed things on stage with those enormous breasts. She made quite the mess in the office when she demolished a watermelon, but the lady below has reached the stratosphere by comparison. Regards, John Kettler

Someone freaking out about martial law being imminent in the States posted this on FB, and after failing to ID it, myself, I pinged brother George (retired Army SFC (Scouts) who informed me it was a M113 VISMOD. Once I knew what to look for, it took but seconds to confirm that was the case. If you happen to run across anyone, on SM or elsewhere who's seen this pic and thinks the worst, please pass the word. Thanks! Before pinging brother George, I'd concluded it wasn't a Bradley, didn't know what the cylinder was on top and thought I might be looking at a technology demonstrator or prototype of some sort. From a VISMOD standpoint the M113 hull is too hall, and the problem's much worse after adding the way taller than a BMP-2 turret Bradley turret. Regards, John Kettler

Sublime, Consider the OP title and whether this is something you (and likely anyone else here) ever saw before. Believe it meets most of the criteria set forth, though admittedly it's not a news item. As for being a serial killer, stomping a rat scurrying across the kitchen while I was scared after it appeared suddenly was pretty traumatic. Luckily, I was wearing shoes! I find all sorts of images and gifs on Tumblr to fall somewhere in the strange, unusual, weird, way out there and bizarre category, and this really checks the boxes. Regards, John Kettler

Medieval manuscripts refer to the sitting portion of the toilet as the "seat of ease and comfort". With this rework, reconsideration is in order. PITA in one pic! Regards, John Kettler

Why angled armor matters in on gif! Regards, John Kettler

Is there a money back guarantee on this piece of junk? I've seen similar demos with various commercial samurai swords that went clean through both sides, even with repeated swipes after the initial lopping off of the top third. Regards, John Kettler

My office mate at Hughes used to work in the Heinz pickle factory during summers while in college, and he told me of someone who drowned in a pickling tank, but thids is far wilder. https://allthatsinteresting.com/woman-boiled-molten-caramel?fbclid=IwAR355e5CixF9nq0Ssr2akS9kTvcmAGeqtdnMnNyPJIJQ7Mo9gkOVW4VRnD0 Regards, John Kettler

Though this war film (translated title "Red Tanks") is not a training film per se, as best I can tell, at worst it's about one remove away, for it's extremely tank heavy, has real ATGs and FA, too. Though it's a 1939 film, the enemy is Germans, regardless of some cute insignia. The actual armored fun starts at ~15:50 when the alert is called. Where the tank battalion training film above was T-26 based. This time it's the BT-7, whose mobility and agility are sights to behold. Russian language only, but it's still treadhead gold. Regards, John Kettler

DerKommissar, Having recently finished that same book, I find myself wondering how you came to such conclusions, especially when you read Russian unit tallies in which practically everyone left after extended combat is either a sergeant or an officer. Believe that was Lyudnikov's division, which was practically a remnant of a remnant, with some parts having taken 90 losses. I know that the Combat Regulations specified the officers should lead from the front only under certain specified circumstances but am aware of no such restrictions on NCOs, though there may've been some. Frankly, I was shocked to see nary a simple infantryman anywhere in some of the formations described. Regards, John Kettler

Normally, I would've put this over in the Never Say You've See It All thread, but because it has a specific military aspect to it, figured here was a better location. A pigeon made her nest from red poppies. https://mymodernmet.com/pigeon-poppy-nest-australia/?fbclid=IwAR2n8vqyCSJ0h5NiB5euvW8h1xMEnKBebJf3WEefePSplDAYLDZYZGqWTsU Regards, John Kettler

Haiduk, A most interesting video. A few things stood out in particular. In Drabkin's excellent and all too short Panzer Killers, a veteran from a 45 mm ATG armed Destroyer Regiment talked about concealment measures. One of these was to partially fold down the gun shield. Since I'd never seen a pic of it folded down, that was hard to visualize. Happily, the video not only showed the shild folded down, but the process of doing so and putting it back up. But if the only concealment available was , say, grass, the extreme vertical profile reduction method was to remove the gun shield altogether. Seeing the full setup for drawing the gun by horse was helpful, too, and this was the principal way the infantry formations moved the guns any appreciable distance. They were brought into position at night, dug in, camouflaged, and the horse and limber weren't seen at the position again until the battery moved to a new location. Am posting this video to the CoC FB Group. Regards, John Kettler

Reimagining the 1950s. Love how weird this is. Pic's a bondage shot and the apparatus custom made, She has an air hole in the top, too. Mind, it's only about te diameter of a silver dollar, so she has to keep maneuvering to stay at the air hole. I find the juxtaposition of the severe looking metal, the thick glass, her predicament, the 1950s style dress, shoes and hair, the bizarre element of goldfish swimming around inside the apparatus and that all this is set, not in some dungeon but out in nature to be fascinating. Had never seen anything remotely like it when I first encountered it years ago. Regards, John Kettler

Erwin, Am familiar. Roughly, we saved the Filipinos from the Spanish, then practically enslaved the former. Also know of a song titled "The Monkeys Have No Tails in Zamboanga" which is NOT about arboreal primates. Guys, Japanese tanks generally take a terrible bashing, but here's where they did bashing of the most impactful sort in Malaya. Mark Felton does it again with this first rate doc Regards, John Kettler

Benpark, Reread that article, and it appears the author was undone by the page layout person. There is a clear statement the item in question is a Panther turret, but there is also a reference to an image above showing there were plans to build a Panzer Turm using the Maus turret, making the E100 Panzer Turm not so crazy.. Essentially, correct info got misplaced in the article, creating confusion. The last line above the Panther PB correctly IDs it as one, but the line below the pic talks about the Maus PB above in reference to the E100 Panzer Turm. In any event, here's that second pic which didn't post. . Regards, John Kettler

You won't believe what Katharine Hepburn's first starring role was--insect hottie! https://dangerousminds.net/comments/katharine_hepburn_dressed_as_a_super-sexy_silver_sci-fi_insect_in_1933?fbclid=IwAR2VzM0J6LvoLpAixjCUxe_pA3L0S2Az0gyWnIdBieJatemU6ejouDkPIYA Regards, John Kettler

Came across this most interesting WoT blog on tank turret fortifications. There, I found another pic of the above, together with gobs of related material on tank turret fortifications. Article misidentified turret on the above as being from an E-100 ,which it manifestly was not. As you can see from this second pic, the cupola was likely blown clean off, along with the rear hatch. http://ftr.wot-news.com/2014/06/10/tank-turrets-as-bunkers-wargaming-fantasy/ Regards, John Kettler

A few weeks ago, I believe, I posted some BoB video, with a specific mention I'd found a Panther pillbox in the footage. While trying to find a still of a dug-in T-34, I found a still of that pillbox from the film and thought I'd share it. Now that I can see it better, would say it's a dug-in disabled Panther, rather than the Italy Panther turm design. Regardless, it's been in heavy combat and appears to have had its cupola shot clean off, something recorded in a number of German accounts of various Panzer types in battle. Also, looks as if there may be some additional armor on it via a shield slid onto the gun barrel about a meter in front of the mantlet, an installation akin to that of the Super Pershing.This would make a great diorama, I think. Regards, John Kettler

Wanted to note that during the Cold War the Russians rated the effectiveness of an artillery piece in DF as 10 x that of one using a covered firing position, that, is, employing indirect fire. The mighty Msta-S SPH routinely trains for DF work, and there is a somewhat famous defense themed Russian TV show in which one suffered an embarrassing failure when firing on a civilian car on the range. The projectile struck the car roof so obliquely the fuze didn't hit anything, causing the shell not to detonate, but to instead ricochet, winding up in a ravine some distance behind it, where it did explode. The little sedan was intact briefly, with only some localized roof damage, before it was re-engaged and obliterated with the second shot. Regards, John Kettler

Erwin, Will have to look into this. Thanks! Have a tremendous treat this morning. Body mastery and mastery of kinematics combine with pretty women for a truly memorable performance, the like of which I've never seen. I imagine their then or future husbands (too busy watching to check for rings) went around with huge smiles, too. Regards, John Kettler

Canine improv at its finest! Regards, John Kettler

Outstanding thread and bravo to Haiduk for starting it! Reminds me of that remarkable thread Der Alte Fritz did I forget how long ago on Soviet artillery barrages. Regards, John Kettler

MOS:96B2P, You're most welcome. Note that they didn't talk at all about the failed IS-1, which had this annoying habit of being penetrated when shot at frontally from considerable range. Nor was there any coverage of the KV-85, arguably the lineal ancestor of the IS tank family. Regards, John Kettler

Though there are some problems with visuals), in 9 minutes it covers a lot of ground, including some directly CMRT applicable material on combat tasks, positioning in the attack and tactics. Has lots of IS-2 footage I'd never seen before. This is an episode from a Russian channel called Thread of History. Regards, John Kettler

It's important to carefully assess the wisdom of using abbreviations. Here's why. Regards, John Kettler