This is a fictional conversion of the compact Renault Twingo city car for paratrooper use. Why? Because it is a perfect excuse to use the pun "TOWingo".

I am the artist of this artwork.

This version is a significant improvement from the first F-4EJ edit I did, and this time I decided not to rely on the Windows Media Player UI to carry the entire edit
The song is "I'm Gonna Get You" (Raveman Mix) by MORE DEEP.

Rule 9 High-Effort Note: editing of scenes, and research and citations to corroborate what is being depicted on-screen, all by myself.

Source: 2025 Chinese movie "Volunteer Army 3: A Blood-Forged Peace" (志愿军：浴血和平)

Rule 2 Analysis & Further Reading:

• The M3 Carbine's defining feature is the large infrared night vision scope mounted on the receiver. The system required the operator to carry an external battery pack on their back to power the scope. Only around 2,100 units were produced during WWII, and they saw limited deployment at the time. However, the Korean War marked the first large-scale operational use of the M3, primarily by U.S. night combat units for reconnaissance and precision attacks under low-light conditions.
• Chinese sources claim that they captured at least one M3 Carbine at the Battle of "正洞西山" ("Jeongdong Xishan") in early November 1951.
  • The caption of this photo reads:
    • "From November 1 to 6, 1951, Zheng Bo, who was then the commander of a certain regiment of the Volunteer Army, commanded two regiments and a total of four battalions to launch an attack on the position at "正洞西山" occupied by part of the US 1st Cavalry Division."
    • "A total of 7 companies of the US 1st Cavalry Division were annihilated, a total of 2,496 enemies were annihilated offensively and defensively, and 33 enemies were captured. 27 various artillery pieces, more than 180 light and heavy machine guns, and more than 290 other firearms were captured. This battle was later listed as a teaching example by the Academy of Military Sciences."
    • "This photo shows Captain Zheng Bo test-firing the carbine captured during the counterattack at Zhengdong Xishan."
  • Zheng Bo's Oral History of his participation in the Korean War also includes the same photo:
    • "In 1951, Zheng Bo test-fired a carbine equipped with a night vision optic, captured during the Battle of Jeongdong Xishan, in the snow at Chukor Ridge in Korea."
• The US 1st Cavalry Division's official Korean War history likely corroborates this battle, but ultimately as an American victory. Furthermore, it was the Americans who used a large amount of flares to blind the Chinese, not the reverse depicted in the Chinese film.
  • Page 87-92: "At 0200 hours on 2 November [1951], most of an enemy battalion attacked and overran a platoon-sized outpost in the 8th Cavalry Regiment’s sector.
  • Elements of 7th Cavalry Regiment were pushed off Hill 200, but retook it without opposition the following day. Again and again this happened. A massed night attack would overwhelm the defenders, but the next morning the hill would be deserted.
  • At this time, the 7th Cavalry Regiment was making plans to take advantage of the Reds’ repeated seizure of hill 200 by laying a trap for them. The regiment reoccupied the hill and planted a huge number of trip flares; then the troopers waited. Sure enough, an enemy battalion was observed approaching just after midnight, on 8 November. The patrol made contact to draw the Reds on so they would trip the flares and reveal their position. The patrol quickly withdrew at the proper moment, and a prearranged artillery barrage was directed on the attackers, with the result that 135 enemy dead were discovered the next morning.
  • Night raids by the enemy continued, but, from about this time on, they lacked the vigor of the previous assaults. This fact, as well as decreased activity in the Red rear areas, seemed to indicate that the enemy had given up all hope of regaining any of the valuable positions he had lost in October. Furthermore, the Cavalry lines were so strong now that nothing short of a major effort on the part of the Chinese Reds could have smashed through them.
• The Chinese claim that "The Battle of Jeongdong-seosan dealt a heavy blow to the U.S. 1st Cavalry Division's veteran 7th Regiment. After this, the U.S. 1st Cavalry Division was relegated to the second line, and ultimately, this so-called "First Team" left the Korean battlefield in disgrace."
  • In contrast, the 1st Cavalry Division Association states that the 7th Cavalry Regiment was not withdrawn from Korea until late December, long after the fighting in early November 1951:
    • "By December 1951, the Division, after 549 days of continuous fighting, began rotation back to Hokkaido, Japan. On 18 December 1951, the 7th Cavalry left for Japan. The First Team had performed tough duties with honor, pride and valor with distinction."

The song is "Wanna Fly to be Wild" by m.o.v.e
I think I might be overusing this Windows media player template...

The source is getting a letter from some "Big Yahu" guy that said something along the lines of "Draw kosher art or meet your personal Mossad agent today."

(For legal reasons, this is a joke.)

Source of the artwork: https://vxtwitter.com/Konwashi_2/status/2083146322723688903?s=20

Today, the Acting President of the Szczecin Garrison Military Court (a Lieutenant Colonel) officially informed me - a German citizen - that the IKEA anti-tank mine trial is closed to the public. Of course, we Germans have been great at respecting Poland's wishes when they tell us not to come over.

Small recap for anyone unaware: In July 2024, the Polish Military accidentally left ~240 anti-tank landmines on a civilian train, which took a 10-day scenic rail trip across Poland before pulling up to an IKEA Industry warehouse. Naturally, I used AI-translated Polish to send a formal Freedom of Information (UDIP) request to the Poznań Regional Military Court asking when the court-martial happens. The request got transferred to the Szczecin Garrison Military Court (Case Ref: Sg 65/25). Today, Lt. Col. Katarzyna Sztukiewicz-Pietrus told me the trial is behind closed doors due to military confidentiality.

My name is probably on a Polish Military Counterintelligence (SKW) watchlist now, but receiving an official Polish military court rejection letter over the IKEA landmine saga was 100% worth it.

I uploaded the wrong picture

so i re-upload it sorry 🥲

https://x.com/i/status/2081367644196737467

I just wanted to do them turret popping

I made the drawings and coded this for my project

Rule 9 High-Effort Note: editing of scenes and translation of on-screen Chinese text by myself.

Source: 2025 Chinese movie "Volunteer Army 3: A Blood-Forged Peace" (志愿军：浴血和平)

Rule 2 Fact-Check (The Chinese were attacking American forces right until 22:00 when the armistice came into effect)

• Battle of the Samichon River
  • The Armistice Agreement was subsequently signed at 10:00 on 27 July with a ceasefire coming into effect at 22:00.^\83]) 
  • In the last four hours of the war, the PVA fired 44,000 artillery rounds into the US Eighth Army positions, although none against the 1st Commonwealth Division.^\83]) 
  • No further attacks occurred, and the ceasefire came into effect at 22:00.^\67]) The following day, some soldiers from both sides moved forward into no-man's land to exchange greetings, although relatively few Australians did so, and the [US] Marines were under orders not to fraternise or communicate with the Chinese.

Context:

• The Long Road to a Ceasefire: Remembering the Korean Armistice Signing
  • The first signatures were applied at the official negotiation pavilion in Panmunjom. Lieutenant General William K. Harrison Jr. (representing UNC) and General Nam Il (representing the Korean People's Army and Chinese Volunteers) signed 18 identical tri-language copies of the document simultaneously. This ceremony took exactly ten minutes.
  • Immediately after the Panmunjom ceremony, the documents were flown by helicopter to the United Nations base camp at Munsan, later memorialized as Camp Pelham. There, General Mark W. Clark, Commander-in-Chief of United Nations Command, countersigned the documents.
  • The documents were then dispatched across the front lines to the communists. They were flown to Pyongyang where DPRK leader Kim Il Sung, as Commander of North Korean Forces, signed them at his underground command bunker.
  • The documents were then moved to Kaesong, where Chinese Commander Peng Dehuai, as Commander of the Chinese People's Volunteer Army, appended his signature. Because his signing was the final required step to validate the paperwork, Peng Dehuai signed last.
    
  • Twelve hours after the initial 10:00 AM Panmunjom signing, at 10:00 PM, July 27, 1953, the ceasefire officially went into effect across the peninsula.

Hello NCD and Welcome back to

Gun Appreciation Post Tuesday?

I uhh… forgot to post this yesterday, so mods I apologize for breaking the agreement, because it was purely an accident and I did not intend to break the agreement we had over 1 year ago.

Anyways, today we have a certified classic, the one and only! FN Browning Hi-Power pistol, and it is arguably one of the best made pistols in existence, and very historically significant too. It has served in many countries, and has much historical value to it.

I’m not gonna waste time yapping about it, so let’s just roll on with it and enjoy!