Picture of the Day (Other eras)

[siben]

Some russian subs are still operational, dont know in what condition but they seem ok.




Other, well....

Ukranian coldwar era sub.




Yes, it is still in service...

[Wasntmenl]

Taliban fighters train with their weapons in an undisclosed location in Afghanistan July 14, 2009. (REUTERS/Stringer) #

[Rawhide]

NORTH ARABIAN SEA (March 28, 2010) Fire Controlman 2nd Class Clifford Meyers and Fire Controman 2nd Class Kenneth Truex practice drill team maneuvers for an upcoming talent show being held aboard the guided missile destroyer USS Carney (DDG 64). Carney is assigned to the Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group supporting maritime security operations in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Gina K. Wollman/Released)

[THeTA0123]

ZSU-23 destroyed during the Gulf war.

The Iraqi army did not have many of these Self-propelled AA guns, but they had the best performance of all the AAA and SAM systems employed by the iraqi's

[hOMEr_jAy]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OWoiuhaA_E

Some scenes are a bit odd, but it´s still a good sign to see official videos with firefights to show the public that there´s actually a war going on.
Anyway:

German Defense Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg (L) poses with Bundeswehr Military Police and soldiers near the Serbian Orthodox Archangel Cloister during a two-day visit with troops serving in the Balkans on March 30, 2010 in Prizren, Kosovo. Zu Guttenberg is on his first trip to the region since being named defense minister.

Military police anti-riot soldiers (CRC=crowd and riot controll). Pretty cool job, some comrades who were with me in basic training are doing this now.

[Rawhide]

British Royal Marines surrender their weapons on the 2nd of April, 1982. Falkland Islands

[Rawhide]

Easter Bonus!

USMC Art Colonel D.J. Neary, USMCR (ret.) spent 24 years as a Reservist and artist with the United States Marine Corps. The following are selections from the approximately 100 works of art that the artist has in the Marine Corps Art Collection.

[Captain Pyjama Shark]

Republican T-26 in the streets of Madrid.

[Rawhide]

German Bundeswehr army soldiers from the 263rd paratrooper unit of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) take cover as they return fire during a firefight with insurgents during a mine sweeping operation in Chahar Dara on the outskirts of Kunduz in this December 16, 2009 file picture. Three German soldiers were killed and five injured during a firefight in Chahar Dara April 2, 2010, German authorities confirmed.

[Thorondor123]

Makin' bacon

[Tolga<3]

BTR-60**** My bad

[hOMEr_jAy]

Taliban insurgents and civilians stand in front of a destroyed German military vehicle in Isaa Khail village of Char Dara district of the northern Kunduz Province April 3, 2010. Three German soldiers were killed and five others seriously injured in fighting in Kunduz, the German Army Command in Potsdam said on Friday. (Reuters)

[Desertfox]

Last I checked, that doesn't happen in dire combat

You'd be surprised

[Rawhide]

Taliban insurgents pose in front of a burning German military vehicle in Isaa Khail village of Char Dara district of the northern Kunduz Province April 3, 2010. Three German soldiers were killed and five others seriously injured in fighting in Kunduz, the German Army Command in Potsdam said on Friday. (Reuters)

[Zeno]

proud to be a Norwegian and also a member of HVU