Reenactors of the Old Northwest Military History Association portraying Cushing’s Company of the 2nd US Artillery in the War of 1812 at Fort Meigs, Ohio.
@silver-strings-of-fate replied to your post “Would you let her protect you? ”:
No, because he will protect her instead (ren)
"That is not necessary as I am more than capable of defending myself against enemies and Shadows. I am built to protect, and to eliminate any threats."
Once when they were in The Throes of Passion and undressing each other Estinien unbuckled one of Liios's toolbelts and it fell and bruised every toe on his left foot.
He had since either made Liios take the heavy stuff off at the door or politely but pointedly removed them all himself, put them on the table, and then the rest.
Liios: I already said I'm sorry. :( I even healed you. (level 73 WHM)
Estinien: Perhaps you should take up the bow again. Or the lance. Traditional, proud weapons of both our peoples that do not require seventy different parts that together weigh more than my dragon-forged armor.
Liios: But Estinien, the satisfaction of piercing steel with one well-placed, well-tuned shot--
Le Président Roosevelt devant un canon de marine de 203 mm monté sur rail (8-inch railway gun) pendant sa visite au terrain d'essai de l'armée américaine à Aberdeen (Aberdeen Proving Ground) – Maryland – Etats-Unis – 30 septembre 1940
“Army’s Thundering Guns Blast Targets 17 Miles Away,” Kingston Whig-Standard. March 30, 1942. Page 10.
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Skies are calm but there’s thunder on the ground at Fort Bragg, N.C., as these 155-mm rifles - the army’s biggest - send shells hurtling toward targets 17 miles away. Running gunner at left has just pulled lanyard to fire foreground gun while his crew crouches at right, some holding their ears. Gun crew in background races to reload their weapon.
Ukraine is at great risk of its front lines collapsing
“Don’t believe the hype about them just throwing troops into the meat grinder to be slaughtered,” he added. “They do that too, of course — maximizing even more the impact of their superior numbers — but they also learn and refine.”
The officers said the shoulder-fired anti-tank missiles supplied by the U.K. and U.S. in the first weeks of the invasion came in time, helping them save Kyiv — and so,…