Takka Takka is a 1962 oil on canvas painting. The title comes from the onomatopoeicgraphics that depict the sound that comes from a machine gun. The work depicts a machine gun firing as it is situated above the camouflage of palm fronds during the Battle of Guadalcanal. The image shows shell casings and a grenade in mid flight. An explosion is stylized with the titular phrase.Lichtenstein’s reinterpretation of the original comic image eliminates the horizon line and other indications of depth of field.He also eliminates the human element by removing a hand, a helmet and the Japanese rising sun emblem.