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Warship Wednesday Aug 12, His Majesty’s Frozen U-boat Busting Bulldog
Here at LSOZI, we are going to take off every Wednesday for a look at the old steam/diesel navies of the 1859-1946 time period and will profile a different ship each week. These ships have a life, a...
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Get your name to Mars, cheap
NASA is seeking names to load up on their InSight Mars lander planned for launch in March 2016. Yes, you can send your name at cut rate prices (free) to the Martian wilderness. And you know I’m down....
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When pigs fly
Background on this video from its original post: I filmed this in 1986, while on board the USS America, in the Mediterranean Sea. The jet jocks came up with this great plan to drop off three...
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If you’re ever in Maine and want to take a peak at a scratch and dent MiG…
Frank Spizuoco over at Maine Military Supply in Holden just picked up a pre-owned former Polish Air Force MiG-21 R (NATO “Fishbed-H”) reconnaissance fighter and is setting it up on static display. More...
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Combat Gallery Sunday : The Martial Art of Bruce Minney
Much as once a week I like to take time off to cover warships (Wednesdays), on Sunday, I like to cover military art and the painters, illustrators, sculptors, and the like that produced them. Combat...
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Combat Gallery Sunday : The Martial Art of Herbert Knotel
Much as once a week I like to take time off to cover warships (Wednesdays), on Sunday, I like to cover military art and the painters, illustrators, sculptors, and the like that produced them. Combat...
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The basics of handgun marksmanship in 60 seconds or less (VIDEO)
Andrew Tuohy over at the VuurwapenBlog gives a quick marksmanship rundown on everything from grip to presentation, sight alignment and trigger control in under a minute. Sure, you probably already...
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Deep sea diving ala 1876
For your light reading and enjoyment, please peruse Under the Waves: Diving in Deep Waters by R. M. Ballantyne over at Project Gutenburg. (free)
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I’ve been working on the railroad…
In the past I’ve collected and made a number of railroad spike knives. They are neat and fun to make. Here’s a 17 lesson video guide on how to make your own. Enjoy!
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Ah, the McLean Muzzle Brake and the hard-serving officer who vetoed it
With the new-fangled Springfield M1903 rifle being issued to replace the mechanically interesting but wanting Krag rifle, late of the Spanish-American War, the U.S. Army was interested in looking at a...
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Don’t let anyone tell you carrier ops are ‘routine’
30th June 1970 USN F-4B Phantom Bu. No. 153913 Tailcode NL 1 of VF-151 aboard USS Coral Sea (CV-43) Crashed into the Pacific off California during launch when nose gear collapsed. Sadly both the pilot...
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The Glocks of Greenland
Greenland, if you don’t count Australia, is the largest island in the world. It is covered largely in deeply frozen polar ice and is one of the most inhospitable places on earth. Part of the Kingdom of...
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Extensively engraved one-of-a-kind Berden SP101
Sure, you have seen regular Ruger SP-101s, and let us face it, they are great guns, but have you seen one that has been custom hand engraved and embellished by a master jeweler with 25 years of...
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Good morning, Household Troops style
“While London slept, and the streets were deserted of traffic, more than 1,100 troops and 230 horses from the Army’s Household Division were out in force rehearsing military manoeuvres in the dark for...
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Combat Gallery Sunday: The Martial Art of Albert Brenet
Much as once a week I like to take time off to cover warships (Wednesdays), on Sundays (when I feel like working), I like to cover military art and the painters, illustrators, sculptors, and the like...
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South Africa has 500 reasons not to poach in the Kruger
Dat South African R1 rifle, doe… I do love obscure FN FAL variants Established in 1898, the Kruger National Park (KNP) in South Africa encompasses over 7,523 sq. mi of area, making it one of the...
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50,000 rounds of freedom
My homie Ben Phillipi, who is Canadian but enjoys fine Kentucky bourbon, went to Knob Creek for the 6th year running and was granted permission from the Sumner family to run his drone during the night...
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$30,000 worth of Mauser?
The famous gunslinger, lawman, attorney at law, storyteller and politician Elfego Baca seen circa 1928 carrying the Mauser cavalry carbine he had allegedly stolen from Pancho Villa. According to...
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