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Picture of the Day (Other eras)
« on: 25-09-2009, 11:09:27 »
It's back! Some of you might remember it from the FileFront forums but now we got it here too, after receiving a PM from Rawhide I friendly asked Lightning and he gave us green light  :)

Anyway, post those awesome WW1, Spanish Civil War, Korea, Vietnam, Iraq, Kosovo, etc, etc. pictures!


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Post your interesting / amusing / remarkable war photographs in this thread.

The rules are:
- One picture per member per day.
- All wars are allowed to be posted except for World War Two related pictures.
- Only posts with pictures and discussing the pictures are allowed.
- Posts in violation of these rules will be deleted without warning.
« Last Edit: 23-08-2010, 12:08:03 by Thorondor123 »
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Re: Picture of the Day (Other eras)
« Reply #1 on: 25-09-2009, 12:09:25 »
Canadians playing, uhm, sand hockey in Afghanistan, found it quite funny.
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Re: Picture of the Day (Other eras)
« Reply #2 on: 25-09-2009, 13:09:35 »

Finnish peacekeeper eating rye bread, Suez 1956. Notice the kp/44 "Peltiheikki" sub machine gun.
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Re: Picture of the Day (Other eras)
« Reply #3 on: 25-09-2009, 14:09:43 »


First series of helicopters arriving at Saigon. 33 with 400 crewman.
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Re: Picture of the Day (Other eras)
« Reply #4 on: 25-09-2009, 15:09:44 »
It's back! Some of you might remember it from the FileFront forums but now we got it here too, after receiving a PM from Rawhide I friendly asked Lightning and he gave us green light  :)

Anyway, post those awesome WW1, Spanish Civil War, Korea, Vietnam, Iraq, Kosovo, etc, etc. pictures!


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Post your interesting / amusing / remarkable war photographs in this thread.

The rules are:
- One picture per member per day.
- All wars are allowed to be posted except for World War Two related pictures.
- Only posts with pictures and discussing the pictures are allowed.
- Posts in violation of these rules will be deleted without warning.


Is it coincidence that I just mentioned this in the other PoTD thread, eh, Fuchsy?'

Also, English soldiers going over the top at Gallipoli.


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Re: Picture of the Day (Other eras)
« Reply #5 on: 25-09-2009, 16:09:55 »
Christmas time in Afghanistan :P


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Re: Picture of the Day (Other eras)
« Reply #6 on: 25-09-2009, 17:09:18 »


Danish soldiers rush their mortally wounded comrade to an American medevac. Helmand Province, Afganistan.
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Re: Picture of the Day (Other eras)
« Reply #7 on: 25-09-2009, 18:09:09 »


Swedish soldiers in Afghanistan faces some troubles they are used to from back home, except with sand instead of snow.
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Re: Picture of the Day (Other eras)
« Reply #8 on: 25-09-2009, 19:09:03 »
First series of helicopters arriving at Saigon. 33 with 400 crewman.

^ Piasecki CH-21C Shawnee.

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Danish soldiers rush their mortally wounded comrade to an American medevac. Helmand Province, Afganistan.

^ HH-60G Pave Hawk.

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Re: Picture of the Day (Other eras)
« Reply #9 on: 25-09-2009, 19:09:16 »
First series of helicopters arriving at Saigon. 33 with 400 crewman.

^ Piasecki CH-21C Shawnee.
Vertol, not Piasecki.
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Re: Picture of the Day (Other eras)
« Reply #10 on: 25-09-2009, 20:09:40 »


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B Flight 63 Squadron (Queen's Colour Squadron) RAF Regiment on patrol around Kandahar Airfield in Afghanistan
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Re: Picture of the Day (Other eras)
« Reply #11 on: 25-09-2009, 20:09:59 »
Sorry about the stupid copyrighting text...but it really is a cool photo of a WW1 german MG bunker on the Western Front, circa 1916/7:


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Re: Picture of the Day (Other eras)
« Reply #12 on: 26-09-2009, 00:09:13 »
Vertol, not Piasecki.

Piasecki became Vertol.

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Re: Picture of the Day (Other eras)
« Reply #13 on: 26-09-2009, 05:09:36 »



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Re: Picture of the Day (Other eras)
« Reply #14 on: 26-09-2009, 11:09:55 »


A MI-24 hind D in afghanistan. Impressive looking beasts. Saw 2 of these landing right in front of me, at Kleine Brogel AFB, after Sanicole Airshow
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