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Re: Picture of the Day (Other eras)
« Reply #6885 on: 06-10-2013, 06:10:31 »
I guess. And real combat tends to have a bit more explosives than police work and you don't want to be near (or on top actually) with a helmet like that.
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Re: Picture of the Day (Other eras)
« Reply #6886 on: 06-10-2013, 10:10:55 »
I also think the helmets sight part, might reflect the sun and give away you position to the enemy.
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Re: Picture of the Day (Other eras)
« Reply #6887 on: 06-10-2013, 20:10:23 »
I guess. And real combat tends to have a bit more explosives than police work and you don't want to be near (or on top actually) with a helmet like that.

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Re: Picture of the Day (Other eras)
« Reply #6888 on: 06-10-2013, 20:10:42 »
I guess. And real combat tends to have a bit more explosives than police work and you don't want to be near (or on top actually) with a helmet like that.

Echo chamber!
More to do with the blastwave grabbing that visor, twisting your head back and snapping your neck, but I guess that too.
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Re: Picture of the Day (Other eras)
« Reply #6889 on: 08-10-2013, 16:10:35 »


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German "MARS" multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS) open fire during the "ILÜ 2013" exercise.
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Re: Picture of the Day (Other eras)
« Reply #6890 on: 08-10-2013, 18:10:11 »


Aleppo.

Man, war sucks.

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Re: Picture of the Day (Other eras)
« Reply #6891 on: 08-10-2013, 22:10:33 »

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Re: Picture of the Day (Other eras)
« Reply #6892 on: 09-10-2013, 10:10:36 »


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Covered by dust and smoke, a Leopard 2A6 engages a target during a Bundeswehr exercise.
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Re: Picture of the Day (Other eras)
« Reply #6893 on: 09-10-2013, 11:10:05 »
Is the company that makes Leopards state owned? Does the Bundeswehr automatically order the newest models?

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Re: Picture of the Day (Other eras)
« Reply #6894 on: 09-10-2013, 11:10:29 »
The producer, Krauss-Maffei-Wegmann is a privately owned company that sells its products to everyone who wants to purchase them.
KMW and other companies who have licenses to produce the Leopard constantly develop new versions. These are then being sent to be evaluated by the armed forces and if they´re deemed to be useful upgrades and if there´s enough budget, older versions are being upgraded or new tanks are being bought.
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Re: Picture of the Day (Other eras)
« Reply #6895 on: 09-10-2013, 12:10:02 »
The standard way then. According to Wiki, Germany has the 9th highest military spending in the world. Albeit, calculated as percentage of GDP, it's pretty much the same as the rest of the western world.

Those Leopard 2A6s do look badass.

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Re: Picture of the Day (Other eras)
« Reply #6896 on: 09-10-2013, 19:10:19 »

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Re: Picture of the Day (Other eras)
« Reply #6897 on: 09-10-2013, 20:10:50 »


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Syrian rebel fighter fires towards the village of Aziza, which is under the control of forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, in the southern countryside of Aleppo.

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Re: Picture of the Day (Other eras)
« Reply #6898 on: 09-10-2013, 21:10:11 »
I may be wrong but is that a Dshk MG? If it is, wouldn't it be a bit heavy just for ground use. ;)

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Re: Picture of the Day (Other eras)
« Reply #6899 on: 09-10-2013, 21:10:29 »
FSA sucks when it comes to heavy weapons, doesn't matter what it is they'll hip fire it at the enemy anyway.