Whats that?

Victor

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/8162922.stm

What is the soldier on the right carrying on his back? The long, black, roughly cylindrical obects.

concussion

The one second from the left looks like some sort of pry-bar, it may be breaching kit for urban ops.

Edit: The one on the left could be an axe, just by the shape of the pouch,and assuming that vest is custom made for the tools

iceage

yeah looks like an entry kit. The likes of Blackhawk supply them.

concussion

It looks like the marine on the left is saying 'Fcuk that...YOU get up there!!!' while yer man on the right is thinking 'I wish they'd hurry up, I want to hit something with my axe.'

Great photo Victor, thanks for the link.

Victor

And the guy in the middle is saying "An bhfuil cead agam ...." :pac:

minidazzler

Looks like some entrenching or breaching tools,

I would think a hatchet on the left of the pack given the shape. I magnified in and I can see the curve.

I would agree with the pry-bar assessment for the second from the left.

I think the next one could be some sort of Sledge, but the Resolution is too low for me to tell.

The next I have no Idea.

concussion

There are LOTS more photos on the Australian DF webpage - see here, any ones marked Talisman Sabre are the current joint Aus/US op.
http://www.defence.gov.au/media/download/2009/Jul/index.htm

Here's one for Steyr...



And one for minidazzler - you gotta love arty

minidazzler

Being Kings of Battle we don't play games like that. We play a more appropriately titled game when on the gun line.


Kings

Morpheus

4 RPGs

the best breaching kit in the world