Military Photo Thread (Discussion)

Puding · 04-10-2010 10:12pm

Gatling wrote: »

Liking the look of the new G36 and G36 optics which hopefully the work propererly unlike the first and 2md gen G36s,

The guy in the all black KSK looks more like a GSG9 officer

ksk as far as i could recall from what i read

Captain Chaos · 04-10-2010 10:12pm

Gatling wrote: »

Liking the look of the new G36 and G36 optics which hopefully the work propererly unlike the first and 2md gen G36s,

The guy in the all black KSK looks more like a GSG9 officer

They seem to be still using the red dot from the G36A2 with this new variant.

In the first pic, there was the dual optic system of the A2 without the carry handle mounted on a flat top rail. The second had the complete new dual optics, which was interesting to see.

The flat top rail with optional optics seems to be the way to go but with that a cheek riser is need hence the new stock.

Most foreign users mount aimpoints or in the case of the Spanish they have an aimpoint on the carry handle rail, so much for a cheek rest there.

I don't see why they just go with a Specter DR type sight and get rid of the dual optic ladder system.

There's that many G36 variants now it's hard to keep track of with all the barrel, stock, sights, trigger group and rail options.

Don't know why HK bring in the MP5 type number letter variant system back in.

Puding · 04-10-2010 10:17pm

Captain Chaos wrote: »

I don't see why they just go with a Specter DR type sight and get rid of the dual optic ladder system.

for a lot of users the expensive i wold imagine does not out way the benefits, also you have to look back the original g36 and its optics package we;re designed for a different conflict for that job it was fine, the demands of the last decade have thrown a lot of thinking on its head though

but to late on the elcans

There's that many G36 variants now it's hard to keep track of with all the barrel, stock, sights, trigger group and rail options.

domestically still kinda easy to keep track of but export is a different beast, then again its not much different to any of major firearm export being tailored to is destination

edit: can anyone tell im rather board with nothing to do this evening

Gatling · 05-10-2010 1:05am

the G36 and the elcan just seem to be made for each other ,though not sure what to make of the blue handle training pistols ,somebody asked me about that at HRTA on sunday wanted to know if there real soldiers or airsofters just because of the pistols alone

whydave · 05-10-2010 8:10am

''Lt.Michael Murphy posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor, broke cover and walked into heavy enemy fire to make an emergency call twice on his cell phone after suffering comms failures .''
A sure sign of the times (think it's O2 ?)
Legend !

Manic Moran · 05-10-2010 7:13pm

bullets wrote: »

Could someone please tell me about just what the heck is the deal with shooting with the butt of a firearm like pictured below. I see it all of the time in the movies and TV series.

In a nutshell, bring the rifle to your head, not your head to the rifle. More natural, allows quicker changes in point of aim, greater peripheral vision, doesn't affect your balance, and the 5.56mm round is so small that you don't need to have too much contact area in order to properly absorb the recoil.

NTM

flashinbluelite · 05-10-2010 7:30pm

i want a really high res version of that blackhawk or whatever it was collecting troups on that mountain.... coolest pic ever........ anyone any idea where i would get my mitts on it, i have the printer if you have the pic

seriously, if you want pics printed . i personally can print as big as super b3 size and a mate of mine works in HP, he prints as big as you want....

whydave · 05-10-2010 7:50pm

I want one of these !! It's like the love child of a G36k and an M-249 !!

Daz1214 · 05-10-2010 7:53pm

folding butt stock as well???

flashinbluelite · 05-10-2010 11:28pm

whydave wrote: »

I want one of these !! It's like the love child of a G36k and an M-249 !!

the second this is availible in airsoft , I want one..... no no i NEED one.... its stunning

Captain Chaos · 05-10-2010 11:59pm

flashinbluelite wrote: »

. its stunning

Whats stunning is the sustained rate of fire of the thing, its crazy for a GPMG.

There is a vid on youtube of it firing until the barrel is glowing red, the barrel is removed, dunked in water and re-installed in about 10 seconds and they carry on firing.

Carries on where the MG3 and MG42 left off.

whydave · 06-10-2010 8:03am

A dog fancy dressed as a military, marches during celebrations for the World Animal Day on October 3, 2010, in Medellin, Antioquia department, Colombia.

whydave · 07-10-2010 9:10am

NakedDex · 07-10-2010 11:54pm

whydave wrote: »

I want one of these
Slovenian armed forces

I've said it once, and I'll say it again. The Slovenians have their shít wired. F2000's as standard, G36's, Patria AMV's and effective camo patterns (even if it is just the old Yugoslavian pattern re-hashed a bit).

whydave · 08-10-2010 6:05pm

does the third guy have a H&K 417 ?

Puding · 08-10-2010 6:11pm

whydave wrote: »

does the third guy have a H&K 417 ?

L129A1, picked over the hk417 and the scar h

http://www.army.mod.uk/equipment/support-weapons/18827.aspx

Manic Moran · 08-10-2010 8:25pm

One of the biggest air assault operation done in Afghanistan:

We were very pleased to hear this one finally got off the ground. We were at Surobi conducting final rehearsals for that op back in Sept 09 when the assets got pulled from us at the last minute. When we tried going to plan B without the helicopters, we were called off entirely. We were extremely pissed off. So were the French (TF Dragon, at the time), as they have a bit of a grudge against the individuals we were targetting. Unit rotations and other taskings basically meant that we just handed the plan over to Iron Gray (National Guard unit out of Connecticut) and said 'hope you have better luck than we did'.

Wonder if they found any of their missing FAMASs?

NTM

RNO · 09-10-2010 6:52am

Are you talking about what happened at end of Septembre 09?
The night of 26th to 27th?

ED E · 09-10-2010 2:59pm

Why do they leave all the aircraft on the flight deck? Like only the helo's can take off as is and most of the rest would have to be brought under to begin launching. And in order to get them there in the first place they would have had to have been in the hold to allow landings...

RNO · 09-10-2010 3:17pm

If it's the night from 26th to 27th, one soldier was struck during the infiltration stage,then the mission was suspended to allow his evacuation, but he finaly died.
One LRRP is swept away by flash floods from a river during the disengagement phase and an officer also disappears while he tried to rescue him.
At this stage significant resources, both human and air (helicopters Caracal, Tiger and Apache) are immediately implemented for searching the two missing soldiers from special forces, finaly they were found dead at dawn.

**** happens.

Hope that "Wonder if they found any of their missing FAMASs?" is not sarcastic...

Manic Moran · 09-10-2010 4:31pm

If it's the night from 26th to 27th, one soldier was struck during the infiltration stage,then the mission was suspended to allow his evacuation, but he finaly died.

No, that was a different, smaller mission entirely, and if I recall, was a different unit in TF Lafayette.

The missing FAMASs would have been from the incident in Sper Kunday, Aug 2008. We were planning on visiting the individuals responsible for that one, and is the area that Normandy Eagle was visiting. However, the US aviation assets were diverted to support a large operation in Barge Methal, which had turned nasty. We were never given an official reason as to why plan B wasn't permitted, it was nixed on the American, not the French side.

I'm quite familiar with the events in the area, mainly because I wrote the plan. I was the Squadron S-3 Plans Jun 09-Mar 10, and the primary liaison with the neighbouring French units, Dragon and Altor. (Though we left very soon after Altor arrived)

(Sper Kunday is about 6 inches to the left of where I'm pointing)

NTM

Manic Moran · 09-10-2010 7:04pm

That's a Sea Knight, not a Chinook.

NTM

swiftblade · 09-10-2010 8:03pm

That sweedish camo is hawt!

whydave · 09-10-2010 8:09pm

anyone know were Ican get a set of this camo ?

flashinbluelite · 09-10-2010 8:29pm

Manic Moran wrote: »

That's a Sea Knight, not a Chinook.

NTM

my apologises

to busy wishing i was on that island...

everyday is a schooling day....

NEW NAME: Sea(Knight) how nice this island is?!!!!

flashinbluelite · 09-10-2010 8:30pm

whydave wrote: »

anyone know were Ican get a set of this camo ?

Ask her????, if your not allowed i will.....

flashinbluelite · 10-10-2010 12:42pm

U.S. Navy Special Warfare Combatant-craft Crewmen (SWCC) assigned to Special Boat Teams 12 and 20 rig their rigid-hull inflatable boat to a CH-47 Chinook helicopter assigned to the 159th Aviation Regiment during a maritime external air transportation system (MEATS) training exercise in the Virginia Capes near Fort Eustis, Va., 16 July 2008.

Soldiers jump from a CH-47 Chinook helicopter during Leapfest, an annual training exercise and airborne competition hosted by the Rhode Island Army National Guard in Kingston, R.I, Aug. 7, 2010. Now in its 28th year, Leapfest draws teams from throughout the U.S. military as well as from the United Kingdom, Canada and the Dominican Republic and other locations. Participants jump in teams of four and are scored based on their times reaching a specified area in the drop zone.

Seriously ..... pull up.... love your man in the door

swiftblade · 10-10-2010 7:55pm

That photograph of the Tanks facing off at Checkpoint Charlie has to be one of my all time favourite military photos.

You can sence the tension. Scary to think what could have happened.

Gatling · 11-10-2010 12:10am

2 blonde lady marines -

beat me .spank me, and tie me to a chair

Ayrtonf7 · 13-10-2010 10:17pm

Are those NK Paras a joke ? Seriously look at their hats!

And does anybody know what the deal with the electronic device is that the Australians are using there when practising fire drills ? (one of the instructors is walking behind your man with it to his ear)

Puding · 13-10-2010 10:38pm

Ayrtonf7 wrote: »

Are those NK Paras a joke ? Seriously look at their hats!

and the problem with them is? a similar design has been used but paras around the world since people started jumping out of planes

i just works and its simple for a jump cap

And does anybody know what the deal with the electronic device is that the Australians are using there when practising fire drills ? (one of the instructors is walking behind your man with it to his ear)

would say it is a shot timer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVr55_XYXgI

even get an iphone app

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJkSDK2POnw

Ayrtonf7 · 13-10-2010 10:45pm

Ah I just think they look ridiculus...and with today improvments in composite materials I dont see why they would use something that looks outta date.

Anyways I think we both agree they look funky ? (and would look better without them

)

Shot Timers do what they say on the tin ?

swiftblade · 13-10-2010 10:49pm

Ayrtonf7 wrote: »

Ah I just think they look ridiculus...and with today improvments in composite materials I dont see why they would use something that looks outta date. Anyways I think we both agree they look funky ? (and would look better without them )

Shot Timers do what they say on the tin ?

Maybe you should tell one of the worlds biggest militaries (Russia) they look funky

.Cheaper to mass produce too i suspect.

Actualy does Russia still use them? Im looking at you Puding

RNO · 14-10-2010 12:35am

That look funky:

RNO · 14-10-2010 12:44am

This model is manufactured specifically for 13 rdp

Puding wrote: »

Manic Moran · 14-10-2010 4:21am

With a stack that length, it would be embarassing if the after the 'Go' the next call is 'Short room!'

NTM

JonnyTwoCombs · 14-10-2010 6:19am

Surprized no one has jumped on this before...

Azeribaijan special forces

BLUE FACE's WTF, come on lads!! :eek:

And while I'm at it, the Mexican Feds seem to weed out the uglies during the selection process (or so it seems from the pics)

delta-boy · 14-10-2010 11:25am

Whats the story with 'Softing with a flight helmet? xD

whydave · 14-10-2010 11:58am

This sir is one happy commando !

RNO · 14-10-2010 12:13pm

Very very happy commando, you cant imagine it.
Banana

Ayrtonf7 · 14-10-2010 4:25pm

Me thinks I am gonna go join the Estonian Army

Puding · 14-10-2010 5:38pm

Ayrtonf7 wrote: »

Ah I just think they look ridiculus...and with today improvments in composite materials I dont see why they would use something that looks outta date. Anyways I think we both agree they look funky ? (and would look better without them )

Shot Timers do what they say on the tin ?

your asking the wrong person

i have a soft spot for the soft jump helmets and tanker helmets :P

Puding · 14-10-2010 6:24pm

swiftblade wrote: »

Maybe you should tell one of the worlds biggest militaries (Russia) they look funky .Cheaper to mass produce too i suspect.

Actualy does Russia still use them? Im looking at you Puding

still used

whydave · 15-10-2010 8:36am

Anyone know what type of upper receiver this is ?

Puding · 15-10-2010 10:02am

The upper receiver looks standard just painted, I take it your talking about the front rail system?

Manic Moran · 15-10-2010 4:46pm

Puding wrote: »

The upper receiver looks standard just painted, I take it your talking about the front rail system?

I don't know, it might be a new receiver, probably with a free-float barrel. Note the lack of gas plug and frontsight, taking that off the standard issue M4 is a bit of work. Not impossible, but replacing the receiver is easier. Wonder if it's a 416 conversion of some sort?

Not having any luck finding the odd quadrail offhand.

NTM

Puding · 15-10-2010 4:57pm

Will have to go with you on that one as I'm trying to view it on a iPhone so quality is not the best

It is a bit of an odd one , it is not exactly just a cosmetic addob, as you say it is fundamentaly changing the front end , hardly looks like a test bed looks like a comercial private buy, but I did not believe you could get away with swapping that much out

Manic Moran · 15-10-2010 5:08pm

Puding wrote: »

Will have to go with you on that one as I'm trying to view it on a iPhone so quality is not the best

It is a bit of an odd one , it is not exactly just a cosmetic addob, as you say it is fundamentaly changing the front end , hardly looks like a test bed looks like a comercial private buy, but I did not believe you could get away with swapping that much out

You can't, unless there's an MWO from TACOM authorising it. Occasionally commanders will look the other way (though I don't know any who would authorise a complete upper replacement, I certainly didn't), but if it's not an authorised mod through the system, someone at TACOM is going to be making a few 'phone calls now that this picture is in public distribution. The thing about looking the other way is you don't want to call attention to it.

Could have been a hand-down from a test from Special Forces: Logistics units are never on the sharp end of new equipment fielding, and a hand-me-down used M4/416 would probably still be preferable to the full length M16s which are still in service. That would be in the Army system, would account for the paint job, and the change.

I'll see what I can find out on other sites.

NTM

Captain Chaos · 15-10-2010 5:12pm

That front end and upper look very similar to the LWRC M6 gas piston drop in kits for the AR15 platform.

http://www.lwrci.com/p-4-m6a2.aspx

Puding · 15-10-2010 5:19pm

would be interesting to know just for curiosity more than anything else

i do not think its hk416 based, you don;t have that step up from the receiver to the top rail as you get on the 416 that i can remember

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