Aim. Shoot. Reload.

Palestinian fighters take cover behind a wall in the West Bank city of Ramallah, during an israeli invasion, March 12, 2002.

A Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA) gunman aims his rifle, Andersontown, Belfast, Northern Ireland, 1972.

Palestinian snipers move to take up positions to fire towards israeli troops in the Aida refugee camp in Bethlehem, August 28, 2001.

Palestinian fighters reload their AK-47 assault rifles during street fighting with israeli soldiers in the West Bank city of Ramallah, March 14, 2002.

Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP)

I thought to myself "ooh I need to answer this ask when I go into the office" and that was about 3 months ago, so I'm sorry about the delay! Such is my memory 🤡

I'd like to recommend A Time ⋅ A Place (Volume 1), mostly because it took me by surprise how much I enjoyed it? I am not by any means a petrolhead (in fact, I cannot drive) but it's engagingly written, beautifully shot, and I can't wait for volumes 2 & 3.

"nightmare crab door"

Source [Zac Thompson via Bluesky]:

USSR, 1956 | Maria Gavrish and Elena Kovalenko

USSR, 1970s | unknown identities

USSR, 1920s | unknown identities

China, 2006 | unknown identities

Eastern Front, 1940s | Soviet airwomen, speculated to be Luchinkina Valentina and Lyubov Ermakova (but I have seen no basis for it)

Eastern Front, 1940s | Yevgeniya Rudneva (behind) with one of the many women she had feelings for, Yevdokiya Nikulina

Eastern Front, 1940s | airwomen of the 588th Night Bomber Regiment, the woman behind speculated to be Yevdokiya Nikulina

Red Army soldiers advance during The Battle of Kursk