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Re: Picture of the Day (Other eras)
« Reply #45 on: 29-09-2009, 22:09:37 »


Danish SF Jaegers in the Green Zone in Helmand Provine, Afghaistan - Maybe observing Canadian Lumberjack commandos in the thick brush...
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Re: Picture of the Day (Other eras)
« Reply #46 on: 30-09-2009, 11:09:52 »
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A priest talking to Georgian troops during the Georgian-Russian conflict. Note the US uniforms with MARPAT pattern.
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Re: Picture of the Day (Other eras)
« Reply #47 on: 30-09-2009, 14:09:36 »


M 42 Duster, MACV compound at Quang Tri City, February 1968.
It was the only Self-propelled AA gun of the Americans. It provided decent protection from MiG-17 fighter bombers, but this AA vehicle found its purpose in firing at NVA troops. It HE shell(Twin bofors ftw) and high ROF made the NVA hate this vehicle
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Re: Picture of the Day (Other eras)
« Reply #48 on: 30-09-2009, 15:09:29 »


An infantryman is lowered into a tunnel during "Operation Oregon", 1967

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Re: Picture of the Day (Other eras)
« Reply #49 on: 30-09-2009, 15:09:55 »
Quote from: Fuchs on 30-09-2009, 13:09:02
Awesome picture Schneider! it's probably noisy and hot inside so most of the crew went outside, hehe.

Maybe!  :) However it seems that back than already riding on a tank was a nice way of taxiing for infantry (though the would have probably been faster on foot  ;) ).

As seen below - there are no further information provided where exactly it is, but it has been shot in July 1918.

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Re: Picture of the Day (Other eras)
« Reply #50 on: 30-09-2009, 15:09:30 »
It was indeed a nice way to lift but inside the A7V it was very noisy and very hot because of that engine and if your  just the MG gunner or loader you use your brains and climb out. Remember it was a crew of 18  :P First picture you posted has 11 men on top, this one 12. So around 6 are needed to keep it running?

Great picture of a tunnel rat Sturm, have to continue on that.

Tunnel rats! Armed with a Colt and a flashlight these where send in to search for Charlie.

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Re: Picture of the Day (Other eras)
« Reply #51 on: 30-09-2009, 16:09:49 »
Leopard 2a6m is afghanistan
Anyone know what the grills on the side are for?
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Re: Picture of the Day (Other eras)
« Reply #52 on: 01-10-2009, 11:10:19 »
The 'Ringmaster' of the 'Flying Circus' - Manfred Freiherr von Richthofen climbs into the cockpit of the Albatros D.III he flew in early 1917. The aircraft's fuselage and tail unit were overpainted with a somewhat translucent coat of red, which partially obscured the fuselage cross. The serial number of this machine remains mystery, the centrally-mounted radiator in the top wing indicating that it was an earlier number than D.2200/16, and thus not the D.III D.789/17 he flew in June. Richthofen's bulky fur flying boots necessitated the use of the stepladder
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Re: Picture of the Day (Other eras)
« Reply #53 on: 01-10-2009, 16:10:12 »
Russian HIND flying over its' own units in Georgia, that's all the information that I could recuperate. But it's definitely one of the nicest HIND pictures I've been able to aquire.
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f15/andersjg/1.jpg
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Re: Picture of the Day (Other eras)
« Reply #54 on: 01-10-2009, 17:10:46 »
Quote from: [WDW]Megaraptor on 30-09-2009, 23:09:06
Quote from: THeTA0123 on 30-09-2009, 14:09:36


M 42 Duster, MACV compound at Quang Tri City, February 1968.
It was the only Self-propelled AA gun of the Americans. It provided decent protection from MiG-17 fighter bombers, but this AA vehicle found its purpose in firing at NVA troops. It HE shell(Twin bofors ftw) and high ROF made the NVA hate this vehicle

The US Army had no threat from MiG-17 fighter bombers during the Vietnam War as the North Vietnamese air force was entirely dedicated to air defense and did not fly close air support missions. I don't know if air defense was the original rationale for deploying the M42 to Vietnam, but it saw excellent service as an infantry support weapon.
A few MiG-17's where briefly used as Fighter bombers. The M42 duster was send to Vietnam because the MIM Hawk SAM was terrible at low altitude. But as later the entire NVA airforce was used as Airdefense( you are correct) the M42 lost its air defense role, and was used as a Gun platform against ground targets, in wich it earned its fame and its nickname
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Re: Picture of the Day (Other eras)
« Reply #55 on: 01-10-2009, 17:10:58 »
Quote from: Sturmbocke on 01-10-2009, 17:10:12
Coca-Cola please resize your pictures! I have 23" screen and it fills my whole screen, can't imagine how it is to look it with 17" or 18".
I'm fine, the forum hosts can be a bit more proactive and get some scripting that resizes pictures. If they take it down, I'll just post the link.
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Re: Picture of the Day (Other eras)
« Reply #56 on: 01-10-2009, 19:10:06 »
Here is an awesome collection of China's 60th celebration of communism rule. Not exactly a war but still a very good bunch of photos.

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/10/china_celebrates_60_years.html
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Re: Picture of the Day (Other eras)
« Reply #57 on: 01-10-2009, 19:10:39 »
Why do they have ball sacks on their faces?


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Re: Picture of the Day (Other eras)
« Reply #58 on: 01-10-2009, 20:10:25 »
US Snipers. No further info available.
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Re: Picture of the Day (Other eras)
« Reply #59 on: 01-10-2009, 20:10:10 »
Intresting, assuming those are M21's.. I never saw a suppresor on onebefore..
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