Picture of the Day (Other eras)

[VonMudra]

@ CPS:  I've seen that one before...I always lol at the idea of the allies in WW1 fighting for "freedom and justice" 

And of course, Romania got its ass handed to it. 

General Toshev and Hilmi Paşa observing the fighting around Medgidia

[siben]

[MaJ.P.Bouras]

             "Humanitarian help from the Hellenic Composite Battalion in Afghanistan to Kabul's Deaf-Mute School"

Humanitarian help from the Hellenic Composite Battalion in Afghanistan (ΤΕΣΑΦ) toKabul’s deaf-mute school started in March 2009. 250 children are attending the school, which is
located in the center of Kabul. On a weekly basis (every Saturday) a number of approximately 10 students, some representatives and some professors are hosted by the Battalion.

During the visits lunch is provided to the Afghan kids and their chaperons who have the opportunity to enjoy video projects about geographic, historical and civilization information with the Battalion personnel. Afghan kids have fun with the ΤΕΣΑΦ’s entertainment means playing soccer, ping-pong, board games etc.

School gifts are presented to the kids and commemorative presents to their teachers. On May 19th 2009, Greek Battalion’s Commander and some officers visited the aforementioned school where they donated 21 marker boards, soccer balls and they provided food goods for the coverage of  school needs.

[Tolga<3]

^^ I remember something like that last year :O


Turkish special forces volunteer Yusuf Ziya Arpacık during the Nagorno-Karabakh war... He also did some 'things' in the East against the PKK before and after Nagorno-Karabakh war..

EDIT: LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL us after 10+ hours of watch
http://s703.photobucket.com/albums/ww31/thanamestolga/?action=view&current=lololololmiggy.flv

[siben]

[Tolga<3]

I have no fucking clue what he was saying but that video was funny enough to transcend any language barrier.  

Half a day of watch, and you wouldnt understand it if we said it in english either

Basic translation is

IM TIRED, IM NOT A FUCKIN ANIMAL, MY MUM AND DAD ARENT A FUCKIN COW, FUCK THIS, IM TIRED! And then the laying down



EDIT: Also a pic from joint Turkish-German Naval exercise west of Crete
http://i703.photobucket.com/albums/ww31/thanamestolga/Infantry/Ships/12023.jpg

[Kading]

Not sure if I posted it before, but oh well. The one in the foreground is the carrier "Harry Truman" and the one in the distance is the "Theodore Roosevelt". Note the fella standing on the Truman.

[Dukat]

I'd like to see a carrier and this one next to each other. And what would it be called if you mix these?

[Jürgen]

[THeTA0123]

Russian Kirov class missile cruiser steams on

[hOMEr_jAy]

The text says "Machine gun of the Russian cavalry".
The photo is scanned from an old book I got from my grandmother. It´s part of a series and contains articles of German WW1 press articles. The books are full of propaganda, but also contain tons of images and articles and are called "Illustrated history of the World War". I´m not sure when the books were printed, but they´re pretty old.

[Tolga<3]

N Iraq

[Thorondor123]

So exactly what type of machine gun is that "Russian cavalry machine gun"?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madsen_machine_gun

[hOMEr_jAy]

A German Wiesel "weapon carrier" armed with a TOW wire-guided anti-tank rocket in Afghanistan, I think in 2006. They were withdrawn but there are plans to send them back to Afghanistan because the TOWs are pretty succesful in penetrating the thick mud walls of local compounds where OMF usually hide behind. In the last two years the situation in German-controlled Northern Afghanistan, especially Kunduz area has slowly escalated and transformed the area into a fighting zone. Soldiers and politicians call for long for more heavier weapons in order to stand a chance against OMF, especially since the Bundeswehr has led and will lead numerous offensive operations in order to drive the OMF away and establish FOBs in the disputed areas.

[THeTA0123]

British FV101 Scorpions. I always loved the CVR family. The scorpion, the scimitar, the Spartan...


We belgians had many Scorpions and Scimitars. And all where in very good state and one of our most used vehicle's in foreign operations, but our ex-minister of defense De crem (Crembo) phased out ALL Tracked vehicle's...

With result is that we our largest firepower atm is 12.7MM and 90MM guns..