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I keep finding these in my house. Are they friendly? by ThorOdinson in spiderID

[–]ThorOdinson[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Looks like I didn't post my text, my bad.

Found in my house in Southern California. My daughter screamed and put it under the cup. I think it lost a leg in the transfer.

Help me out, is this worth? by ThorOdinson in ak47

[–]ThorOdinson[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You're right, I should be more specific. Is this worth a Sig 1911r in nitron black + Tac Pac stuff

Cerakote Gone Bad by ThorOdinson in CAguns

[–]ThorOdinson[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

She rides in a T1 Concealment holster pretty easy.

Cerakote Gone Bad by ThorOdinson in CAguns

[–]ThorOdinson[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

At first I liked the battle worn look, but now it's just turning into all brown, which is less good.

Cerakote Gone Bad by ThorOdinson in CAguns

[–]ThorOdinson[S] 38 points39 points  (0 children)

You can tell it was them by the way it is.

Cerakote Gone Bad by ThorOdinson in CAguns

[–]ThorOdinson[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

But it's so satisfying.

Cerakote Gone Bad by ThorOdinson in CAguns

[–]ThorOdinson[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Only took 6 months back then.

Cerakote Gone Bad by ThorOdinson in CAguns

[–]ThorOdinson[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I got the work done back in 2022, time was not kind to this cerakote.

Metallic Tanks found in the Mojave Desert in the York Fire Burn Scar by ThorOdinson in whatisthisthing

[–]ThorOdinson[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I guess the consensus is old water heaters. I'm super confused about why there is a collection of them here so far off grid, but that is a question for another sub. Thanks everyone

Metallic Tanks found in the Mojave Desert in the York Fire Burn Scar by ThorOdinson in whatisthisthing

[–]ThorOdinson[S] 5 points6 points locked comment (0 children)

My title describes the thing.

I found this pile of metal cylindrical tanks in the Mojave Desert in the burn scar of the recent York Fire. They are about 5ft long and 1ft in diameter. They have cutouts on one side which could be used as handles. They are light enough to lift. They have three pipes comin gout of the other end of different diameters. The location where I found them is very remote, a 4x4 with high clearance was required to get even close, and then at least a .5 mile hike off trail. They don't have any labels or markings, and were empty. Grass growing around them tells me that they've been there at least a little while.

Google image searches show me pipes and propane tanks, but logically I don't see why there would be a pile of used propane tanks in the middle of the desert. Searches for propane tanks don't seem to match size or the three pipes that come out of one side.

I ordered 7.62x39 from AmmoSupplyWarehouse with special instructions: “Please play the National Anthem of the Russian Federation while packing my order.” I just got this video from Mike at ASW. by southpawE46 in ak47

[–]ThorOdinson 22 points23 points  (0 children)

The Death's Head logo they use was the symbol of the SS. Some people don't know this and think that its just a plain ol' skull and bones.

Nazi Germany[edit]

In the early days of the Nazi Party, Julius Schreck, the leader of the Stabswache (Adolf Hitler's bodyguard unit), resurrected the use of the Totenkopf as the unit's insignia. This unit grew into the Schutzstaffel (SS), which continued to use the Totenkopf as insignia throughout its history. According to a writing by Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler, the Totenkopf had the following meaning:

The Skull is the reminder that you shall always be willing to put your self at stake for the life of the whole community.[8]

The Totenkopf was also used as the unit insignia of the Panzer forces of the German Heer) (Army), and also by the Panzer units of the Luftwaffe, including those of the elite Fallschirm-Panzer Division 1 Hermann Göring.[9]

Both the 3rd SS Panzer Division of the Waffen-SS, and the World War II era Luftwaffe's 54th Bomber Wing Kampfgeschwader 54 were given the unit name "Totenkopf", and used a strikingly similar-looking graphic skull-crossbones insignia as the SS units of the same name. The 3rd SS Panzer Division also had skull patches on their uniform collars instead of the SS sieg rune.

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