@gzreel: Before electric starters, some tractors needed a literal shotgun shell to fire up. The Field Marshall, a post-WWI British tractor, used a blank 12-gauge cartridge to ignite its massive single-cylinder diesel engine. One pull of the trigger and the machine roared to life with a thunderous blast. It's one of the wildest pieces of old-school engineering, when farming and firepower shared the same spark. Follow @gzreel for more amazing content. #Engineering #History #Machinery #Innovation #Vintage

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