The Pic of the Day

In the hands of a well-trained crew the M252 81mm mortar is a whispering killer that can rain fire nearly six kilometers away with steady, deadly grace.

A Brazilian Special Forces operator leans out of a helicopter with an M110 sniper rifle in hand, a ghost in the sky ready to put round on target if the mission calls for it.

They don’t wear capes or campaign ribbons, but if the apocalypse ever takes a wrong turn, these guys are the last line between your backyard and a mushroom cloud.

In 2001, a pint-sized German diesel sub snuck past an entire carrier strike group managing to get within ramming distance of the mighty USS Enterprise, like a ghost in broad daylight. She fired a mock torpedo, then surfaced to wave hello with green flares—just to let everyone know they’d been “sunk.”.

Somewhere between Cold War nostalgia and modern drone warfare, an aging Iranian F-5E met its fiery end on a Dezful runway—proof that in the Middle East, even museum pieces still get shot at.

The A-1 Skyraider, a rugged and versatile workhorse of the skies, proved its mettle from the Korean War to the jungles of Vietnam, earning an indelible place in aviation history as the “flying dump truck” that could deliver devastating firepower and absorb substantial damage.

They were kids turned killers by circumstance, storming a foreign shore not for glory, but because someone had to break the grip of evil—and they didn’t flinch.

Locally built and lethally capable, the Su-30MKI armed with Astra missiles is India’s way of saying, “We make our own monsters now.”

Nicknamed the “Green Meanie” for its color and cold precision, the L96A1 was more than just a rifle—it was a turning point in the way the British military approached long-range lethality.

The M240L shaves off a few pounds, sure — but it’s still basically hauling around a steel dragon that eats belts of 7.62 for breakfast.

From the battlefields of World War II to the rugged hills of Kosovo, the DShK has carved its place in history as the heavy machine gun that just won’t quit.

In the shadow of tragedy, Marine Raiders stood shoulder to shoulder with local villagers, retrieving the wreckage of a fallen surveillance plane—one more reminder that service and sacrifice often come hand in hand.