Military Photo Thread (Discussion)

OzCam · 25-01-2011 10:54pm

See also US Army: Judge Dredd smartgun in every squad from 2014.

Apparently it's got a hell of a recoil. It'll be interesting to see how useful it is in the field.

Br4tPr1nc3 · 26-01-2011 2:24am

OzCam wrote: »

See also US Army: Judge Dredd smartgun in every squad from 2014.

Apparently it's got a hell of a recoil. It'll be interesting to see how useful it is in the field.

thats the medic weapon from battlefield 2142

Spooky-Vinny · 27-01-2011 10:50pm

OzCam wrote: »

See also US Army: Judge Dredd smartgun in every squad from 2014.

Apparently it's got a hell of a recoil. It'll be interesting to see how useful it is in the field.

It's not a rapid fire weapon anyways as it takes time to setup.
xXx

Evade · 31-01-2011 5:46pm

whydave wrote: »

This gun looks more like an airsofter's gun than a real one. A scope and bi-pod on a 10" barreled gun and the pointless ugly Magpul furniture.

whydave · 31-01-2011 10:05pm

Palestinian Airsoft team !!!!!;)

tonyj_mc · 31-01-2011 10:58pm

you can be first to chanelenge them to a game:D

Gatling · 31-01-2011 11:48pm

Gotta love airburst weapons fugly but damn effective at killing

DICEMAN7 · 01-02-2011 1:09am

Gatling wrote: »

Gotta love airburst weapons fugly but damn effective at killing

WTF?

Firekitten · 01-02-2011 1:35am

The palestinians have some hardcore kit.... scarily well kitted out.

As for the female Marines, the FET is a new program for dealing with searching females in Afganistan, keeping cultural limits in place. A follow on from Operation Lioness in Iraq, a sucessful application of females in frontline combat and manning checkpoints for the same purpose. Some brave devildogs (or is that bitches?) out there.

Captain Chaos · 01-02-2011 2:30am

DICEMAN7 wrote: »

WTF?

About the XM25.

Firekitten · 01-02-2011 10:15am

MerryDespot wrote: »

Good find on that pic of the Galil MG Puding ... I smell a project coming on!

what, the Negev LMG?

Originally Posted by Manic Moran View Post
The US military brings in amputees to play the role of recently seriously wounded in training evolutions. It adds a little bit of realism when the guy screaming away in front of you really doesn't have a leg, combined with fake blood spurting out from a bladder.

UK Forces have been using this practice in recent times as well. Whilst it may seem controversial to some, the few seconds that it takes "you" to get over the shock of seeing someone sans-limb and in a bad way and starting applying triage may be the few seconds needed to give that person a chance of surviving.

Yes, we've used it since world war. Did it on my combat medical tech course (obviously i had all my limbs,), was weird at first... very weird. Excelent training tool though.

3102derek · 01-02-2011 12:00pm

great pcitures as always dave. any chance of a hi res for the last picture?
1920*1080

whydave · 01-02-2011 1:05pm

3102derek wrote: »

great pcitures as always dave. any chance of a hi res for the last picture?
1920*1080

will try my best.
David

MerryDespot · 02-02-2011 7:14pm

whydave wrote: »

Palestinian militants from the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades give a press conference in which they denounce the alleged major concessions made by rival Palestinian leaders during peace talks with Israel. Gaza City, Palestine. 27/01/2011

Right - that's the final nail in the coffin. When the Palestinian militants start using magpul 'furniture' (god I hate that phrase), then it's time to hang it up.
I believe Dex recently referred to it as airsoft burberry ... agreed, but I'll let him tell that to the nice men in the balaclavas....

whydave · 03-02-2011 9:10am

whydave wrote: »

Dear god a Masada and not on an Airsoft site !!!!
wrong ....it's a FX-05 Xiuhcoatl ( http://world.guns.ru/assault/mex/fx-05-xiuhcoatl-e.html)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FX-05

tonyj_mc · 03-02-2011 7:47pm

its like a g36 and a masada mated, nice looking rifle though

bullets · 03-02-2011 8:27pm

whydave wrote: »

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2011 and the signalman has what looks like a 77 set strapped to his back!!! did not think these things were still in use!! :eek:

~B

Firekitten · 03-02-2011 10:54pm

Is that a cornershot system in the middle?

tonyj_mc · 03-02-2011 11:58pm

Firekitten wrote: »

Is that a cornershot system in the middle?

jebus thats a hell of a spot, so they have fancy dancy polymer assault rifles, cornershots old radio and some dodgy looking face camo, (whats with the strip of skin) thats a hell of a combo:D

thebillynator · 04-02-2011 10:02am

Spooky-Vinny wrote: »

Over kill?
No such thing...
xXx

I'm guess marching with that many M82's is an intimidation technique....

Firekitten · 04-02-2011 10:03am

Its not skin, its face paint too... too light to be thier natural tone... remember where they are from :P The rifle isnt that gucci either, its been around since before the masada was a glint in Costa's eye, and is a derivative of the g36c. Odd combos, but who knows what some cigar smoking general says use or get or w/e. Logic need not apply to military kit decisions.

whydave · 04-02-2011 10:56am

Is this a kiss off ???

Firekitten · 04-02-2011 11:07am

checking the pilot tube?

whydave · 04-02-2011 11:11am

whydave wrote: »

Is this a kiss off ???

Firekitten wrote: »

checking the pilot tube?

:D:D:D:D

Captain Chaos · 04-02-2011 11:57am

Firekitten wrote: »

checking the pilot tube?

Not mounted on the radome of the Superbug. It's about 2 feet directly under the 1, to the right of that underside antenna.

OzCam · 04-02-2011 2:42pm

More on the XM25 Deployment to Afghanistan at Soldier Systems.

andy_g · 04-02-2011 6:51pm

Firekitten wrote: »

checking the pilot tube?

Ya mean pitot tube

pilot tube?? whats that?

Captain Chaos · 04-02-2011 7:22pm

andy_g wrote: »

Ya mean pitot tube pilot tube

I didn't even cop that.:D

Its part of the piddle pack.:pac:

whydave · 04-02-2011 7:28pm

whydave wrote: »

That person loves their plane !!!!

MerryDespot · 04-02-2011 7:32pm

whydave wrote: »

It's like the sexy offspring of a g36 and a SCAR - and I like it!

whydave · 04-02-2011 7:33pm

MerryDespot wrote: »

I like it!

and want !!!!

bullets · 04-02-2011 7:40pm

CZ are awesome!

~B

Captain Chaos · 04-02-2011 7:44pm

MerryDespot wrote: »

It's like the sexy offspring of a g36 and a SCAR - and I like it!

Just the G36 really. The SCAR borrowed bits from the G36 design likewise with the Masada and this.

It's essentially a G36 with a cut back handguard and cocking lever closed in with a full length top rail.

Captain Chaos · 04-02-2011 7:46pm

MerryDespot wrote: »

It's like the sexy offspring of a g36 and a SCAR - and I like it!

Just the G36 really. The SCAR borrowed a good few design elements from the G36, likewise with the Masada and this.

This is essentially a G36 with a cut back handguard exposing the gas piston and the cocking lever enclosed in a full length top rail.

MerryDespot · 04-02-2011 7:50pm

Captain Chaos wrote: »

Just the G36 really. The SCAR borrowed a good few design elements from the G36, likewise with the Masada and this.

This is essentially a G36 with a cut back handguard exposing the gas piston and the cocking lever enclosed in a full length top rail.

Indeed good sir - but unlike a G36 it's awesome looking! That'll be the the mods you've referred to above then...:D

Poccington · 04-02-2011 10:35pm

Firekitten wrote: »

Yes, we've used it since world war. Did it on my combat medical tech course (obviously i had all my limbs,), was weird at first... very weird. Excelent training tool though.

We had some BA lads over in the DFTC recently with amputee's, training some of our MO's and teaching them how they incorporate the use amputee's as well as trauma make up in their Exercises and to train troops before they head to the Stan.

Speaking to a mate who serves in Med Coy that was there, he said it was a bloody brilliant training tool, as was the make up.

With the BA practically re-writing the book on combat medicine due to their experiences in A'Stan, along with the fact they're an army we operate along the same lines as, it makes perfect sense to learn from their experiences in combat considering we're not involved.

Firekitten · 05-02-2011 12:13am

I left in 07, we were still mostly in iraq at the time, and not suffering as huge losses. Afganistan has really changed things, and for all we've learned, i fear its at the cost of many young lives. As with all wars, advances made now, will soon trickle through to the civilian sector, improving medical care for all, which I think goes some way to compensate the losses.

whydave · 06-02-2011 10:32pm

bullets wrote: »

Class !!!

jeawan · 06-02-2011 11:39pm

whydave wrote: »

Class !!!

Bullets i was one Cavalry on that film

bullets · 07-02-2011 12:08am

jeawan wrote: »

Bullets i was one Cavalry on that film

If I remember correctly all the extras were
put in groups of 50 with letters for each platoon.

I was in "I platoon" the bastard platoon.
At the time I was in 3rd Field Sigs in Limerick.
Met loads of people at the time us Limerick folks got on
like a house on fire with the Cork Lads, and had lots of Cavalry buddies in the Platoon at the time along with the medics and S&T, for some childish reasons at the time we never did "gel" with the Dublin crowd and there were lots of fights and arguments for no good reason looking back on things that sometimes broke out on the fight scenes where one fella would beat seven shades of ****e out of another, one armed with a rubber sword the other armed with a full metal one (utter immaturity at the time)

Great crack though back then! I was only there for 8 weeks
and at the time got sick of it as was going out with my first long term girlfriend at the time (who was an army mans daughter) so did not stay on for the extra time when they filmed night scenes.

I still have my braveheart ID badge for when we needed to cross the MP points in the base!

for the first 3 weeks myself and a few of my mates were eating in the officers mess
not knowing at all it was the officers mess (and we were not in uniform being dressed in kilts) nobody said anything to us and we were eating strawberries and cream for dessert!
a few times, also met my first vegetarian that year called "norm" where robbed his breakfast fry up each morning.
~B

OzCam · 07-02-2011 10:11pm

Thanks for the photo essay Bullets, and to jeawan and others for the comments. More please.

Though if someone could resize the photos down to 800x600 or so, that would be just peachy.

OzCam · 09-02-2011 12:39am

More on the XM25 AAR from A'stan at Kit Up.

Early days yet.

Introduction of Personal Clothing System for BA at Soldier Systems.

This is the start of the big issue of MTP for the BA. The new system (result of the PECOC project) is very layered and incorporates a lot of lessons from modern outdoor and mountaineering clothing. Some of it's quite technical.

Dessies will remain in service for real desert environments. I'd expect DPM to hang around for a while in certain units

too. No word about what the greenlids will do if they ever make it back to Norway - snow is the only place where MultiCam really doesn't work, and you don't always want to wear a snowsuit.

I can't believe someone's finally designed something better than the Norgie! Oh well, there'll be lots of secondhand DPM for us to buy over the next year or two.

Spooky-Vinny · 09-02-2011 9:17pm

Class pics WhyDave, keep em comin'
Thanks ^^
xXx

Captain Chaos · 09-02-2011 9:20pm

In the pic of the two marines with the night vision glow on their eyes, if you squint enough it could be a screen shot taken from a Halo game.

Firekitten · 10-02-2011 11:23am

They arent marines :P Multicam, and one has a g36 :P
Note, designated as simply 'ISAF'

That last photo from Dave of the boy and his family adopting the dog his KIA brother had worked with was so heartwarming! This made my morning... The look on his face makes me kinda teary seeing that much love and grief... Poignant photograph.

whydave · 10-02-2011 8:59pm

want ONE !!!!!

Leftyflip · 10-02-2011 9:06pm

ICS have one out, go on Dave, you know you want to :P

Puding · 10-02-2011 9:07pm

whydave wrote: »

Brady Rusk, 12, hugs Eli at a retirement and adoption ceremony at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, Feb. 3. The bomb-sniffing Labrador retriever was assigned to Brady's older brother, Marine Pfc. Colton Rusk, 20, who was killed in action in Afghanistan by Taliban sniper fire Dec. 5. The Department of Defense granted the Rusk's permission to adopt Eli and allow him to join their family.

have to agree very powerful image

whydave · 11-02-2011 9:30am

http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123241210

whydave · 11-02-2011 12:05pm

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