The Absolute Coolest Website I Have Ever Found

[shankster..]

http://www.retronaut.com/2011/12/christmas-guns/


Pick a decade, post a search term:

<span style="font-weight: bold">Post yours.</span>

 

[shankster..]

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"US Army Preventive Maintenance Manual for the M16A1 Rifle, published by PS Magazine in a comic book form. The idea was that young, uneducated soldiers were more likely to read comics than boring military manuals. This one was illustrated by the prominent comic artist Will Eisner.”


http://www.retronaut.com/2012/07/m16a1-rifle-comic-1968/

 

[SQUATCH]

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Pretty badass indeed.

 

[shankster..]

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Nazi Auto Union Racing Car, 1930s

“Auto Union, founded in 1932, was an amalgamation of four German automobile manufacturers. Its Chairman, Klaus, Baron von Oertzen, wanted a show piece project to announce the new brand. At the 1933 Berlin Motor Show, German Chancellor Adolf Hitler announced a state-sponsored motor racing programme: to develop a “high speed German automotive industry”
“At fellow director’s Adolf Rosenberger insistence, von Oertzen, Dr. Ferdinand Porsche, German racing driver Hans Stuck, and Rosenberger approached the Chancellor. In a meeting in the Reich Chancellory, Hitler agreeed to pay 40,000 for the country’s best racing car of 1934, as well as an annual stipend of 250,000 Reichmarks each for Mercedes and Auto Union.”

<span style="font-weight: bold">FYI: (Auto Union is now Audi)</span>

 

[jcfd2201]

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Very cool find! The things from my youth brought back some memories. Thanks for sharing Shank!

 

[sirhrmechanic]

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Fantastic stuff.

Sad part is that I not only remember some of those ads from the 1970's, but I spent lots of time leaving Outdoor Life and Field and Stream issues conveniently open on those pages at certain times of year...

Cheers,

Sirhr

 

[50calibercruiser]

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How to pick the right woman

What! 118lbs! Unacceptable! Time to hit the gym, fatty. hahah

 

[ricklaut]

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I remember my Commodore..

 

[hankpac]

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I used to read the heck out of those PM manuals. Connie and the old Master sergeant were pretty cool. Never knew the back-story about Connie though.