Military Photo Thread (Discussion)

Puding

the Makarov is commonly seen as the Russian sidearm although it depends a lot on if its internal or army forces or even from unit to unit, the glock 17 has been seen a little bit more with elite units like alpha unclear if these are unit purchases ( has been recent articles about Russian authority going abroad to purchase as internal manufacturers are not producing what they need ) or they could be acquisitions from the last conflict with Georgia, they captured a lot of modern western equipment during the conflict

whydave

Puding wrote: »

they captured a lot of modern western equipment during the conflict

Found modern western equipment during the game !!!! :rolleyes:

Tommyboy71

Thats the best idea in all of those pics. Guard the fire.

whydave

Lads what's that bolted to the G-3 ?

Puding

DIY night vision mount? You have two bolts at the top which could be holding on a ris rail, would be the right place for mounting one in front of the scope

could be wrong , but can not think of much else

Captain Chaos

kevinhalvey wrote: »

this probobly isnt the right section but can any body tell me what the current side arm (pistol) is of russia and is it a glock 17 ?? or a contraption of their own :P

As far as I know the MP-446, a 9mm pistol with a 17 round capacity is starting to filter it's way into the main stream forces.

I didn't even know about the pistol until I played SC: Conviction.:o

Leftyflip

Puding wrote: »

DIY night vision mount? You have two bolts at the top which could be holding on a ris rail, would be the right place for mounting one in front of the scope

could be wrong , but can not think of much else

I **think** its a heat deflector, it's on a lot of the British L96s, to stop heat waves from messing up the view from the optic.

RNO

mafo wrote: »

The rifle on the picture is the French PGM Ultima Ratio Commando

Yes, but I dont think this soldier is French, slovenian may be?

andy_g

Dave did one of the italian soldiers have a styer in the back of the ch47 pic

whydave

Bad dreams !!!

whydave

andy_g wrote: »

Dave did one of the italian soldiers have a styer in the back of the ch47 pic

Looks like one to me

andy_g

Lovely stuff new loadout on the way for me so.

Poccington

Just on the topic of the International Sniper Competition since there was pics up, the Irish DF's team came 7th overall out of 32 teams and won the Best Foreign Team category.

The sniper pair came from the 28th Bn.

StevieGriff

Poccington wrote: »

Just on the topic of the International Sniper Competition since there was pics up, the Irish DF's team came 7th overall out of 32 teams and won the Best Foreign Team category.

The sniper pair came from the 28th Bn.

Mind if I ask how did you find out? The results from these competitions just seem to float around the net with no definete source, I've always wondered how people foundout?:D

Poccington

StevieGriff wrote: »

Mind if I ask how did you find out? The results from these competitions just seem to float around the net with no definete source, I've always wondered how people foundout?:D

Although I've yet to get a crack at the sniper course, it helps to know people that are part of the community.

Incidentally, we won Best Foreign Team in 2007 too. The team that year won two events which they had never done before, a .50 Shoot and Heli Sniping.

whydave

that fella needs new tyres on his bike !!:D

Lemming

whydave wrote: »

that fella needs new tyres on his bike !!:D

I wonder if the police will dare pull the bike over

flashinbluelite

whydave wrote: »

that fella needs new tyres on his bike !!:D

Clearly this is the motorbike equalivant to "riding shotgun" the "ballistic backer" my god do you people know nothing

hrta

StevieGriff wrote: »

Mind if I ask how did you find out? The results from these competitions just seem to float around the net with no definete source, I've always wondered how people foundout?:D

Here you go, live results service.
http://results.sius.com/Championships.aspx?AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1

whydave

This is not my hilux !!!!

whydave

spot the german love child !

swiftblade

You might want to link to that photo of the guy with no leg, Dave. It's a bit graphic

Holybejaysus

Looks like someone screwed up the toys for guns programme again...

Manic Moran

swiftblade wrote: »

You might want to link to that photo of the guy with no leg, Dave. It's a bit graphic

It's a training event, it's not real blood.

Unless they take their training really, really seriously.

NTM

swiftblade

Manic Moran wrote: »

It's a training event, it's not real blood.

Unless they take their training really, really seriously.

NTM

Haha, fair enough. Just saw the picture. Looked pretty real

Manic Moran

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.

NTM

Lemming

Manic Moran wrote: »

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.

NTM

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.

OzCam

whydave wrote: »

spot the german love child !

Second generation Russian love child, more likely?

swiftblade

OzCam wrote: »

Second generation Russian love child, more likely?

It's Iraq though, not Afganistan.....

OzCam

So it is. Oops.