Picture of the Day (Other eras)

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German GTK Boxer being tested for Afghanistan.

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French soldiers fight off a Viet Minh ambush in 1952.

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Since I have posted here so rarely in recent months, have two pictures:

Malayan Police patrol based at Fort Brooke

Communist Terrorists (CTs).
This photograph was discovered amongst the personal possessions of a Mayalan Communist.

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Chinese 19th Route Army in defensive position

The January 28 Incident (January 28 – March 3, 1932) was a short war between the armies of the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan, before official hostilities of the Second Sino-Japanese War commenced in 1937.

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Marines seek cover behind an M26 Pershing tank west of Masan during Pusan Perimeter engagement in late summer, 1950. A dead North Korean soldier lies on ledge at left. (U.S. Marine Corps photo.)

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This site have some nice pictures of Korean War
http://bevinalexander.com/korea/korean-war-photos.htm

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British battleship HMS Britannia sinking near Gibraltar on 9 November 1918, hit by UB-50.

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Almost made it to the end of the war.

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Suez Crisis.

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Negev Beasts.

The Palmach, an elite force of the Haganah (Jewish Paramilitary organisation, later would become the core of the actual IDF), by the War of Independence, 1948/49, the Palmach was expanded to three infantry brigades, iirc these were the Negev, Yiftach and Harel.

The Palmach was disbanded in 1948 when the IDF was created. Still, the Palmach officers were the backbone of the IDF in the following years after 1948.

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Ukiyo-e depicting the assault of Asano Naganori on Kira Yoshinaka in the Matsu no Ōrōka of Edo Castle

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forty-seven_Ronin

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Mexican troops on parade with the soviet/russian RPG -29 vampir

while large and cumbersone(18 KG combat ready), this is one of the most feared of all RPG's in the world, as this weapon has confirmed to penetrated the frontal hull of a challenger 2 and an isreali Merkava MKIV. And a not fully confirmed report states also that this weapon penetrated the hull of an abrams. The US Army classified it as the most dangorous Anti-tank weapon and has forbidden the new Iraqi army for purchasing this weapon.

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Raful Eitan (kneeling, right) with members of 890th Paratroop Battalion after Operation Egged (November 1955). Standing l to r: Lt. Meir Har-Zion, Maj. Arik Sharon, Lt. Gen Moshe Dayan, Capt. Dani Matt, Lt. Moshe Efron, Maj. Gen Asaf Simchoni; On ground, l to r: Capt. Aharon Davidi, Lt. Ya'akov Ya'akov, Capt. 'Raful' Eitan.

I had a book about the Paratroopers of Israel, badass guys.