A Ukrainian horse-drawn machine gun that can only fire backwards as one retreats. Rumor has it that the Tachanka was invented by Nestor Makhno, a kind of Ukrainian Che Guevara. This one says, "Death to the black robber baron Vrangel!"
(source: Wikipedia)
Sunday, November 21, 2010
The Tachanka: A Thing William Cals Love
Labels:
eastern europe,
inventions,
military history,
mustaches,
nostalgia,
war machines
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