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.
i assume thats the shore battery todt letting one go
ReplyDeleteYeah, I presume theyre having at something fairly close to as theyd normally be firing at a higher elevation, that looks like point blank!
ReplyDeleteOur M-48 Patton tanks in Vietnam had "blast deflectors" that helped cut down on a lot of the dust and debris flying around when we fired the main gun.
ReplyDeleteGood example of concussive blast
ReplyDeleteIs this a real cannon being fired? The combination of various details makes it look a bit too much like a Hollywood creation.
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