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[–] Romkslrqusz@lemm.ee 16 points 3 months ago

Oof, that archery form hurts. You can tell they added the bow just for the photo op and that man’s probably never used one in his life.

[–] pastermil@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I'm not an expert, but it looks like a machine gun with quite some recoil and it's just sitting on a stump?

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

Just posing for a photo - they're both air crew, so they'd normally be in a plane anyway.

[–] andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 months ago

Today this photo looks goofy but damn I hope it was designed to be this way in the 1940s.

[–] creditCrazy@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Only the most sophisticated bow and arrows are used in this army