And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Monday, November 1, 2021
A Soviet anti-aircraft gun crew shoot at enemy planes with their DShK during the Siege of Leningrad, 9 October 1942. The Peter and Paul Fortress can be seen in the background.
DShK 12.7mm is still The Kid on the Block compared to the M2 .50 cal. BMG
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