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Post by Otohiko » Tue Dec 26, 2006 3:58 pm

A military bulldozer (pretty intimidating!)
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Trench-digging vehicle. Image
Possibly the scariest fucking machine in this museum.

Indoors. An old gun.
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Diorama of a battle. Image
(they should've used 3D soldiers, though, not flat cutouts)

Balls!
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*to be continued*
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Post by Otohiko » Tue Dec 26, 2006 3:58 pm

Lovely propaganda shot!
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DP machineguns (WWII)
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Famed "Katyusha"/"Stalin Organ" launchers. Image
They have several of these at the museum.

But just one Oto!
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*to be continued*
The Birds are using humanity in order to throw something terrifying at this green pig. And then what happens to us all later, that’s simply not important to them…

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Post by Otohiko » Tue Dec 26, 2006 3:59 pm

Soviet WWII guns. Image


Anti-tank rifles
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Ridiculous and mostly-ineffective weapons those were.

Maxim machinegun
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The little ones are cute!
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*to be continued*
The Birds are using humanity in order to throw something terrifying at this green pig. And then what happens to us all later, that’s simply not important to them…

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Post by Otohiko » Tue Dec 26, 2006 3:59 pm

They had a special Kalashnikov exhibition there this year:

First gun designed by Kalashnikov during WWII.
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Kirill studying the various AKs.
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Silenced AK-47.
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One of Kalashnikov's... other inventions :?
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A curved-barrel machinegun. It actually works. My question is "why?"

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*to be continued*
The Birds are using humanity in order to throw something terrifying at this green pig. And then what happens to us all later, that’s simply not important to them…

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Post by Otohiko » Tue Dec 26, 2006 4:00 pm

Scoped AK.
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Yet more AKs.
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Another peculiar feature – a rifle grenade.
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Instructions for AK-74 rifle and RPK-74 machinegun.
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*to be continued*
The Birds are using humanity in order to throw something terrifying at this green pig. And then what happens to us all later, that’s simply not important to them…

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Post by Otohiko » Tue Dec 26, 2006 4:00 pm

A large-caliber anti-tank gun. Intimidating.
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A model of the Reichstag in 1945.
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Tank pictures.
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Note the "experimental high-mobility tank" top left. lol.

Just a model of a MiG-21 fighter.
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Mobile missile launcher.
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*to be continued*
The Birds are using humanity in order to throw something terrifying at this green pig. And then what happens to us all later, that’s simply not important to them…

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Post by Otohiko » Tue Dec 26, 2006 4:01 pm

And here's one reason I mentioned Gary Powers before:
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This is wreckage from the U-2 shot down in the famous incident.

There was an English-language tour group walking ahead of us, and the guide took particular pleasure in pointing the americans to this one :lol:

SA-4 missile
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Here it is in "field condition", outside the museum.
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SA-6
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Some other SA... 13 I think.
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*to be continued*
The Birds are using humanity in order to throw something terrifying at this green pig. And then what happens to us all later, that’s simply not important to them…

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Post by Otohiko » Tue Dec 26, 2006 4:01 pm

SA-2 again
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Old guns again.
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Amphibious vehicle.
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Two German seige guns that were used against Leningrad in WWII.
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*to be continued*
The Birds are using humanity in order to throw something terrifying at this green pig. And then what happens to us all later, that’s simply not important to them…

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Post by Otohiko » Tue Dec 26, 2006 4:02 pm

Women and big guns...
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Couldn't resist!
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Another gun outside the gate.
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*to be continued*
The Birds are using humanity in order to throw something terrifying at this green pig. And then what happens to us all later, that’s simply not important to them…

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Post by Otohiko » Tue Dec 26, 2006 4:02 pm

Ooh, shiny! :roll:
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Ready, aim…
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[end of this museum trip]

*to be continued*
The Birds are using humanity in order to throw something terrifying at this green pig. And then what happens to us all later, that’s simply not important to them…

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