Polish Pinsk Flotilla River Gunboat "Pancerny 1", Battle of Chernobyl On April 25-27, 1920, the Pinsk Flotilla fought a victorious river battle with the Soviet Dnieper Flotilla, capturing 15 Soviet units in the Chernobyl port and winning the sea-land battle
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an_older_meme@reddit
Bro on the 76 mm looks like he might be as old as sixteen.
IronWarhorses@reddit (OP)
Poland had a very small military at the time and was obviously very short on resources.
Zebulon_Flex@reddit
Paddlewheel battleships is a vibe ive not experienced.
SquillFancyson1990@reddit
The UK had a whole class of paddlewheel minesweepers(Racecourse/Ascot class) during WWI that were pretty badass looking. I know at least one was converted back to a pleasure ship and then converted back to a minesweeper at the start of WWII.
lycantrophee@reddit
I love riverine flotillas, and my great-great-grandfather took part in that war, so I like reading about it.
IronWarhorses@reddit (OP)
really?!
lycantrophee@reddit
Yeah, as a Polish Army soldier. I don't know if he took part in actual combat, but he did enlist iirc.
Plump_Apparatus@reddit
Dude behind the field gun in the second picture looks to be on his phone. Must be a time traveler.
IronWarhorses@reddit (OP)
he's got field glasses my dude.
Plump_Apparatus@reddit
It was a joke, my duderino.
IronWarhorses@reddit (OP)
it's hard to tell these days with all the flat earth and "the moon landing was fake" types around my dear DudeDoritto.
leicanthrope@reddit
I like that the rear cannon on the Polish boat has a field carriage instead of being attached to the boat.