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Military Photo Thread (Discussion)

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  • #152
    whydave
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,062 ✭✭✭whydave


    pick your M-4 ...........
    24wwrjk.jpg


  • #153
    Puding
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,261 ✭✭✭Puding


    whydave wrote: »
    pick your M-4 ...........

    ....m16 or spr ;)


  • #154
    whydave
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,062 ✭✭✭whydave


    whydave wrote: »
    pick your M-4 ...........
    24wwrjk.jpg
    Puding wrote: »
    ....m16 or spr ;)

    First prize to Puding !!!!
    you win a .........:D


  • #155
    Puding
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,261 ✭✭✭Puding


    whydave wrote: »
    First prize to Puding !!!!
    you win a .........:D

    hay what can i say im rather board at the moment :)


  • #156
    Manic Moran
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 16,457 Mod ✭✭✭✭Manic Moran


    Looks like (our) left to right,

    SAM-R
    M4
    M4 (I'd very much like a better look at the stock, mind, it almost looks fixed)
    M16A4

    I disagree with SPR.

    NTM


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  • #157
    Leftyflip
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,463 ✭✭✭Leftyflip


    Manic Moran wrote: »
    Looks like (our) left to right,

    SAM-R
    M4
    M4 (I'd very much like a better look at the stock, mind, it almost looks fixed)
    M16A4

    I disagree with SPR.

    NTM
    The M4 3rd from the left looks as if it has a Magpul stock on it, possibly the ACS one.


  • #158
    Puding
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,261 ✭✭✭Puding


    Manic Moran wrote: »
    Looks like (our) left to right,

    SAM-R
    M4
    M4 (I'd very much like a better look at the stock, mind, it almost looks fixed)
    M16A4

    I disagree with SPR.

    NTM

    would agree, i tend to use spr as short hand for any dmr m16, lazy i know ;)

    its interesting to see the number of m4 with marines icreasing over the years, was a time it was a rare beast, but the marines do still seem to have faith in the longer m16 platform


  • #159
    Gatling
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,291 ✭✭✭✭Gatling


    Considering the marines replacement for the saw is a modified HK 416

    always thought they would end up with there own rifle
    360_F_102352090_ie3kLjDIvgrT1sxVDknWCUh8PxgMYzM7.jpg




  • #160
    whydave
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,062 ✭✭✭whydave


    Is that an M-4 in your bag ??
    Manic Moran wrote: »
    113155.JPG
    NTM


  • #161
    Beez
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 499 ✭✭Beez


    I presume they are checking for ammo??? Otherwise whats the point in x-raying their gear???


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  • #162
    jeawan
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    Beez wrote: »
    I presume they are checking for ammo??? Otherwise whats the point in x-raying their gear???

    I was thinking the same as there really wouldn't be a point .


  • #163
    Puding
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    Lots of reasons when you think about it, everything from drugs to antiques and war trophies, geared of a few case of people trying to smuggle items in military equipment in an attempt to avoid the authoritys


  • #164
    Manic Moran
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 16,457 Mod ✭✭✭✭Manic Moran


    Beez wrote: »
    I presume they are checking for ammo??? Otherwise whats the point in x-raying their gear???

    You would presume... but...

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=65782944&postcount=4

    NTM


  • #165
    Beez
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 499 ✭✭Beez


    Manic Moran wrote: »
    You would presume... but...

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=65782944&postcount=4

    NTM

    :D

    I presume you are travelling in military transport though and not a commercial airliner?


  • #166
    Stercus Accidit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,758 ✭✭✭Stercus Accidit


    Manic Moran wrote: »
    You would presume... but...

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=65782944&postcount=4

    NTM

    NO LIQUIDS is even stupider than it originally was, when you can carry a rifle on board.

    Wont sombody please think of the liquids!


  • #167
    Lemming
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,148 ✭✭✭✭Lemming


    Manic Moran wrote: »
    You would presume... but...

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=65782944&postcount=4

    NTM

    Like an extra 15 rounds of 9mm is gonna make much more difference at 10,000 ft+ in a pressurised cabin with limited room to move when you've already got 45 and another 200-odd 5.56mm for an assault rifle. If they were indeed checking for drugs and the like, yeah sure ... but a pile of military personnel all travelling en-route to/from deployment? Wtf do they think they'll have? Water pistols?

    The mind boggles at times. "Military Intelligence" Airport security; a contradiction in rational thinking and sanity ...


  • #168
    JonnyTwoCombs
    Closed Accounts Posts: 609 ✭✭✭JonnyTwoCombs


    Puding,

    What the deal with the rubbery stuff wrapped around the stock on some of the AKs :confused:


  • #169
    Puding
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    JonnyTwoCombs wrote: »
    Puding,

    What the deal with the rubbery stuff wrapped around the stock on some of the AKs :confused:

    It is a tourniquet, started to be used in afgan soviet war. Normally woven around a stock with a shell dressing underneath. The idea was you would always have your rifle with you so if your hit both are easy to find and you or someone else can use them. The save theory is know use with things like the modern CAT tourniquet you will see on vests in current conflicts


  • #170
    JonnyTwoCombs
    Closed Accounts Posts: 609 ✭✭✭JonnyTwoCombs


    That ever even crossed by mind. I thought it might have had something to do with comfort or insuring a better cheekweid on the stock..


  • #171
    Leftyflip
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,463 ✭✭✭Leftyflip


    56.jpg

    When you're Russian, you don't need a rifle to fight a war, a shovel is just as good!


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  • #172
    thermo
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    Leftyflip wrote: »
    56.jpg

    When you're Russian, you don't need a rifle to fight a war, a shovel is just as good!

    true
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrScWc_m73U


  • #173
    Manic Moran
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 16,457 Mod ✭✭✭✭Manic Moran


    Puding wrote: »
    It is a tourniquet, started to be used in afgan soviet war. Normally woven around a stock with a shell dressing underneath. The idea was you would always have your rifle with you so if your hit both are easy to find and you or someone else can use them.

    Huh. We always had one in the left side ankle pocket, another in the IFAK. Often a third on the vest, and others scattered around the vehicles. Never hard to find one.

    NTM


  • #174
    Puding
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    JonnyTwoCombs wrote: »
    That ever even crossed by mind. I thought it might have had something to do with comfort or insuring a better cheekweid on the stock..

    well that is a practical up side of the set up as well :) especially on something like the the aks74 with its metal stock, in cold weather it can make the world of difference


  • #175
    whydave
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,062 ✭✭✭whydave


    m3a1_ads.jpg
    As used by the Taliban :D
    800xn.jpg


  • #176
    swiftblade
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,551 ✭✭✭swiftblade


    I was told the "Grease Gun" was used up until quite recently, in the Gulf war by tank crews. True or Bull? :)


  • #177
    Stercus Accidit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,758 ✭✭✭Stercus Accidit


    swiftblade wrote: »
    I was told the "Grease Gun" was used up until quite recently, in the Gulf war by tank crews. True or Bull? :)

    True, and it is still used in the Phillipines.


  • #178
    Manic Moran
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 16,457 Mod ✭✭✭✭Manic Moran


    See "Weapons of Vietnam" thread over on military forum.

    NTM


  • #179
    Lemming
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,148 ✭✭✭✭Lemming


    Manic Moran wrote: »
    See "Weapons of Vietnam" thread over on military forum.

    NTM

    Linky


  • #180
    whydave
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,062 ✭✭✭whydave


    want one !!!
    what's it's name ? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiesel_AWC :rolleyes:
    wiesel2029.jpg


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  • #181
    swiftblade
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    Looks like a squashed one of these...

    sdkfz250c.jpg

    I wouldn't be suprised if the Irish Defence forces bought a few of them. Looks like something they might buy....;)


  • #182
    whydave
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,062 ✭✭✭whydave


    Medal of Honor: Staff Sgt. Salvatore A. Giunta
    Staff Sgt. Giunta is scheduled to receive the Medal of Honor for his actions while deployed with Battle Company's 1st Platoon in Afghanistan's remote Korengal Valley. It was widely considered to be one of the most difficult and dangerous assignments of the war.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvatore_Giunta
    5179272052d679efbe25o.jpg


  • #183
    Lemming
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,148 ✭✭✭✭Lemming


    whydave wrote: »
    Medal of Honor: Staff Sgt. Salvatore A. Giunta
    Staff Sgt. Giunta is scheduled to receive the Medal of Honor for his actions while deployed with Battle Company's 1st Platoon in Afghanistan's remote Korengal Valley. It was widely considered to be one of the most difficult and dangerous assignments of the war.


    The first living receipient of the Medal of Honour in about 35 years; no small feat, and from reading the account of how he earned it - all I can is the lad has balls of steel.

    I'm sure he just says he was just doing his job and trying to save the lives of his buddies, but none the less ... balls of steel ...


  • #184
    Decoy
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    Lemming wrote: »
    The first living receipient of the Medal of Honour in about 35 years

    That's what I found astonishing, that in the last 35 years all MoH winners were awarded posthumously!


    It's all too easy for us civilians who play at war to say he was trained to do it but unless we have actually served in a frontline unit in an active warzone I don't think we will ever appreciate what any armed forces personnel does in the line of duty. It's a real cliché but when I read the account of the action that resulted in the MoH all I could think of was Eric Bana's monologue at the end of Blackhawk down - "It's about the man next to you".


  • #185
    whydave
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,062 ✭✭✭whydave


    whydave wrote: »
    Medal of Honor: Staff Sgt. Salvatore A. Giunta
    Staff Sgt. Giunta is scheduled to receive the Medal of Honor
    [5179272052d679efbe25o.jpg
    Lemming wrote: »
    The first living receipient of the Medal of Honour in about 35 years; no small feat

    from Stars and Strips http://www.stripes.com/war-excerpt-about-staff-sgt-salvatore-giunta-s-actions-1.117774


  • #186
    Puding
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    Cyprinus Carpio wrote: »
    That's what I found astonishing, that in the last 35 years all MoH winners were awarded posthumously!


    It's all too easy for us civilians who play at war to say he was trained to do it but unless we have actually served in a frontline unit in an active warzone I don't think we will ever appreciate what any armed forces personnel does in the line of duty. It's a real cliché but when I read the account of the action that resulted in the MoH all I could think of was Eric Bana's monologue at the end of Blackhawk down - "It's about the man next to you".

    well there was a little bit of talk about that and the very small number of MOH awarded in the current conflicts, will try and dig up the article


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  • #187
    Lemming
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    Puding wrote: »
    well there was a little bit of talk about that and the very small number of MOH awarded in the current conflicts, will try and dig up the article

    There have been another nine medals awarded since 1993 - all posthumous, and the only ones awarded since the end of the Vietnam war as far as Im aware. Two in Somalia (covered by Black Hawk Down), four during the second Iraq war, and three others during the conflict in Afghanistan.


    Source


  • #188
    OzCam
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    Op Rock Avalanche was covered in detail in the movie Restrepo. The team has made a 14min short about SSGT Giunta's story, it's on YouTube. Well done that man.

    It's pretty clear from that movie that Petraeus (and McChrystal before him) have some idea what they're doing, and the guys/girls at the bottom are as brave as can be, but there's a bunch of complete gob****es in between. They never should have been in that valley in the first place, and gave it up after a year.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50RFJfUzNsY


    Dave, if it's at all possible, can you put the captions below the photos? It's wrecking my head. :)


  • #189
    Stercus Accidit
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    OzCam wrote: »

    Dave, if it's at all possible, can you put the captions below the photos? It's wrecking my head. :)

    +1 I am having to take a double check each time to figure out which caption relates to which pic myself, thanks Dave.


  • #190
    Manic Moran
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    well there was a little bit of talk about that and the very small number of MOH awarded in the current conflicts, will try and dig up the article

    I actually disagree with that movement. I support the strictness of the MoH requirements. Audie Murphy took on two infantry companies and a few tanks whilst armed with a .50cal on a burning tank destroyer. It is not the fault of today's soldiers that such incredible odds are not provided to them to warrant such a high honour. SFC Paul Smith tried something similar, manning a .50cal on an M113 against a swarm of Iraqi infantry, and ended up with the same award, albeit dead, an outcome which should statistically have happened to Murphy. Audie got lucky.

    It simply happens that the Taliban or Iraqi insurgents tend not to be attacking in company strength combined arms forces, and similarly hazardous circumstances are rare. So be it.

    NTM


  • #191
    whydave
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    Manic Moran wrote: »
    Audie Murphy took on two infantry companies and a few tanks whilst armed with a .50cal on a burning tank destroyer.
    for those who don't know of the Legend that is Audie Murphy !
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audie_Murphy


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  • #192
    Manic Moran
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    I can't help but notice that the replica Curtis has a single foreplane, whilst the one on the historical photo has a bi-level foreplane...

    NTM


  • #193
    whydave
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    Anyone got any pics .......
    spot the Irish MP
    Nordic Battle Group on exercise
    http://www.forsvarsmakten.se/sv/

    107o.jpg


  • #194
    Paddy The Pirate
    Registered Users Posts: 332 ✭✭Paddy The Pirate


    whydave wrote: »
    Anyone got any pics .......
    spot the Irish MP
    Nordic Battle Group on exercise
    http://www.forsvarsmakten.se/sv/

    107o.jpg
    What camouflage is the guy on the left wearing? :)


  • #195
    Lemming
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    Paddy The Pirate wrote: »
    What camouflage is the guy on the left wearing? :)

    Swedish pattern (dunno if there's an official name for it)


  • #196
    Paddy The Pirate
    Registered Users Posts: 332 ✭✭Paddy The Pirate


    Lemming wrote: »
    Swedish pattern (dunno if there's an official name for it)
    Ah yes, thank you :)


  • #197
    whydave
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    Paddy The Pirate wrote: »
    What camouflage is the guy on the left wearing? :)
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M90_%28camouflage%29


  • #198
    OzCam
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,045 ✭✭✭OzCam


    See also:
    Original and Desert

    There was also a privately funded M/90v "snow" version developed by Taiga in 2007, though the Swedish land forces use a plain white oversuit.


  • #199
    Danin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 578 ✭✭✭Danin


    Hi Lads,

    Just wondering if someone can tell me what rifle is in one of the photos whydave posted up in the military photo tread recently. In the photo the soldiers are in desert flecktarn and the first guy has a G36 its the guy to his right that has the rifle I'm interested in.

    thanks in advance
    Danin


  • #200
    whydave
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,062 ✭✭✭whydave


    Heckler und Koch 7,62mm HK 11

    http://world.guns.ru/machine/mg18-e.htm


  • #201
    Danin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 578 ✭✭✭Danin


    cheers WhyDave,


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