Picture of the Day (Other eras)

[Torenico]

A riot policeman fires teargas toward demonstrators in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan on Wednesday, April 7, 2010.

[Tolga<3]

Classic from Korea

[SirGutz]

another pic of el presidentes pinata airforce 

[THeTA0123]

The front of an ACH-47A in the vietnam war.

The ACH-47A carried five M60D 7.62x51 mm machine guns or M2HB .50 caliber machine guns, provided by the XM32 and XM33 armament subsystems, two M24A1 20 mm cannons, two XM159B/XM159C 19-Tube 2.75" rocket launchers or sometimes two M18/M18A1 7.62x51 mm gun pods, and a single M75 40 mm grenade launcher in the XM5/M5 armament subsystem (more commonly seen on the UH-1 series of helicopters)

Not many where built, but one survives.

[siben]

Why you should not drive over a TM-57 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TM-57_mine)


Looks like a mobility kill to me, the tank itself seems fine.

[Torenico]

[THeTA0123]

Chinook?

Ah nvm, CH-53 Sea Stallion.

CH-53C Super Jolly.

The front of an ACH-47A in the vietnam war.

The ACH-47A carried five M60D 7.62x51 mm machine guns or M2HB .50 caliber machine guns, provided by the XM32 and XM33 armament subsystems, two M24A1 20 mm cannons, two XM159B/XM159C 19-Tube 2.75" rocket launchers or sometimes two M18/M18A1 7.62x51 mm gun pods, and a single M75 40 mm grenade launcher in the XM5/M5 armament subsystem (more commonly seen on the UH-1 series of helicopters)

Not many where built, but one survives.

Four were built, three were destroyed in Vietnam, one in a ground collision with a standard Chinook, one shot its front rotor blades off during a gun run (the mount of one of the 20mm's shook itself loose and fired upwards). The third was destroyed by NVA mortars on the outskirts of Hue during the Tet offensive following a force landing after taking small arms fire.

The Guns A Go-Go was an impressive bird but the development of the AH-1G Hueycobra made it rather pointless.

The same could be said from the Armed versions of the UH-1 Huey's. Yet both where found deadly and way more versatile then the AH-1G



UH-1C Huey "Easy rider" over vietnam. These "Huey gunships" or "Hogs" where used as escorts for the regular Huey's. Origenally used as a stopgap for the AH-1, they where well used untill the end of the war, mostly because of their versatility of roles and weapons.

Examples of weaponary include 2X rocket pods + 2 7.62MM Gatling guns. 2x rocket pods + 4-6 .50 CAL.
 Basicly almost everything to a 7.62MM machine gun, to a 30MM autocannon, to a 40MM grenade launcher could be added to the UH-1C. Wich was not the case for the AH-1G

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:M6_Schematic.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:M16_Schematic.jpg
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US helicopter armaments have always amazed me!

[Zeno]

US helicopter armaments have always amazed me!

Russian armaments> US armaments

Kirov class:



Armament:

20 P-700 Granit (SS-N-19 Shipwreck) AShM
14 SS-N-14 Silex ASW cruise missiles
12x8 (96) S-300PMU Favorit SA-N-6 Grumble surface-to-air missiles
96 S-400 (SA-NX-20 Gargoyle) long-range SAM
192 9K311 Tor (SA-N-9 Gauntlet) point defense SAM
44 OSA-MA (SA-N-4 Gecko) PD SAM
2x RBU-1000 305 mm ASW rocket launchers
2x RBU-12000 (Udav-1) 254 mm ASW rocket launchers
1 twin AK-130 130 mm/L70 dual purpose gun
10 533 mm ASW/ASuW torpedo tubes, Type 53 torpedo or SS-N-15 ASW missile
8x AK-630 hex gatling 30 mm/L60 PD guns
6x CADS-N-1 Kashtan missile/gun system

and room for 3 KA-25 and KA-27

[THeTA0123]

hrhrhrhrhr the kirov class always amazed me.

that one is the admiral lazarev if i recall. they first planned to scrap it, but are now gonna fully overhaul it and put it in back to service, because the ship itself is in very good condition
BONUS=Russian special!


Steregushchy class corvette at the Neva river in St Petersburg. This is the most modern corvette today.

Armament:   
1 x Arsenal A-190 100mm
2 x MTPU pedestal machine gun 14.5 mm
1 x Kashtan CADS
2 x AK-630 CIWS
8x P-800 Oniks anti ship missiles in 2 vertical launchers
6x 3M-54 Klub(91RE2) antisubmarine missiles in one vertical launcher
8x Kh-35 missiles
4 x 400mm torpedo tubes,
SS-N-29 /RPK-9 Medvedka Medvedka-VE anti-submarine rockets

[Captain Pyjama Shark]

[Mspfc Doc DuFresne]

Ah, yes Zeno, the Kirov is a far superior helicopter to American ones 



^ and CPS's post would be appropriate for a "you pwn me" thread.

[siben]

I have come pictures to show from the cold war now, they where taken in 1982 and they have my dad in them. He guarded one of the most secret bunkers Nato had in Europe, i don't really remember the details but it was something with control bunker for northern European forces. Many great story's he had about that time

Posed pic.

Guarding inner perimeter. Very strict, they had to hold EVERYONE at gunpoint with several people while papers were being checked. It was double fenced meaning you drove in, you were then locked in, checked, and then let out again on the other side. Lots of very high ranking people passed there. Note the Thompson M1A1 in his hands.

Guarding outer perimeter, rules where not so strict as you can see by the case of beer in front of him. Yes, he is carrying a loaded SAFN rifle. He only had to report suspicious things here.

[THeTA0123]

Guarding outer perimeter, rules where not so strict as you can see by the case of beer in front of him. Yes, he is carrying a loaded SAFN rifle. He only had to report suspicious things here.

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JUUUPPPILEER


MANNEN WETEN WAAROM!!!!!


Belgian FV107 Scimitar in kosovo i think. All these cool vehicles have been phased out though 

FFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUU PIETER DE CREM Minister of Defense of my kloten!

[Tolga<3]

Nice pics Siben Props to your dad.

[siben]

Today it's time for a knocked out abrams again. This time no huge explosion or bombed out wreck but a simple SABOT hit that took the tank out of combat.







First pic, ooh, what have we there, dousnt look so bad.
1: Looks like a small dent
2: Nop, its a hole
3: That went true the side armour
4: Inside the turret
5. True some poor guys chair (i guess this guy could be seriously injured)
6: where it did a bouncy bounce
7: Towards a small box
8: that looks like it was important (this is the reason the tank was taken out)
9: Against the main armour on the other side.