50 Military Facts That Will Blow You Away

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  @80rae · 2 years ago

  Simon out here dropping hour-long videos on the daily…I swear this man doesn’t sleep.

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  @aerofindal · 2 years ago

  World of Warships paid tribute to Sam in the game.

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  @Pipe_Avileins · 2 years ago

  Ahh, "unsinkable" Sam, the most cursed cat in german/british naval history. 3 ships he "served", 3 sunk.

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  @546268 · 2 years ago

  The BV is a much misunderstood item. It’s not mainly for making tea. It allows you to heat your rations and so eat hot food even when locked down inside your tank for prolonged periods.

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  @aitzepe · 1 year ago

  Sam's life improved mine a little bit today. I needed that.

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  @Indyofthedead · 2 years ago

  Fun fact: Douglas Bader's missing legs actually made him a better pilot. This is because it decreased his chances of passing out due to high G forces. You see, when a fighter pilot maneuvers, the speed and pitch when an aircraft turns, create forces on the body of up to 9 Gs, or 9 times the normal pull of gavity. When experiencing these forces, an average person weighing 136 pounds—that's 62 kg—would temporarily weigh more than half a ton. These forces make the blood in your body so heavy that your heart can't pump it into your brain, causing pilots to black out. However, in Bader's case, his missing limbs prevented this. Normally, blood—when under extreme G forces—pools in the legs. But, since Bader had none, the effects of blood pooling for him were decreased, making the pressure needed to circulate it to his brain much lower, thus, allowing him to take faster, harder turns without risking falling unconscious.

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  @rened.5998 · 2 years ago

  "Admiral CRAPnetsov" Killed me XD. My stomach hurts from laughter XD

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  @sagebiddi · 2 years ago

  Fun Fact: The Imfamous "Unsinkable Sam" is the moniker of the Senior Chief of the contingent Anti-Rodent Task Force out of Quantico, with his real name being Oskar/Oscar    (depending on what belligerent actually is hosting the infallible feline

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  @0331machinegunman · 2 years ago

  &quot;A penguin running around Afghanistan with an M16.&quot;<br>*shows a penguin with an AK-47 🤦🏼‍♂️

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  @johnp5250 · 2 years ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBj3-MTY1yo&amp;t=374">6:14</a> <br>We had a Blackbear in my Platoon in bootcamp<br>But that was the guys actual name

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  @maryh1421 · 2 years ago

  Very interesting story about the cat. He definitely &nbsp;used up most of his 9 lives during the war

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  @Ubique2927 · 2 years ago

  The Puckle gun was not a machine gun. it was a very big revolver.

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