Picture of the Day (Other eras)

[Born2Kill 007]

Re-educating wounded. Blind French soldiers learning to make baskets, World War I.

[Torenico]

ISIS battles for the control of Sakr Island in the city of Deir ez-Zor

Map with the latest SDF advances and showing where the SAA crossed the Euphrates river

[pizzzaman]

SAA has secured northern Deir ez Zor Euphrates area while SDF is pushing towards the oilfields!

[Sander93]

Some pictures I took last week in Klietz (Germany).
Dutch 45 Pantserinfanterie (mech inf) battalion trained in the surroundings of Klietz, together with a tank platoon of the German-Dutch 414 tank battalion. The Fenneks mostly belong to AT and mortar squads.

[Torenico]

Palmyra, as seem from the seat of a Mi-28

[Born2Kill 007]

Ukrainian ammo depot mysteriously explodes

[Born2Kill 007]

[Torenico]

Clashes between SAA and ISIS near the T3 Pumping Station.

[Torenico]

Philippine Soldiers inspecting a stash of weapons, two of them are M1 Garands and one is painted black for tacticool reasons.


And yes, the Philippine Army is still battling ISIS-linked Maute group in the city of Marawi. The conflict so far is nothing but a low intensity one, but the fight is still going on and it will go on for a while.

[VonMudra]

Pretty sure those are M14 rifles.

[Torenico]

Pretty sure those are M14 rifles.

Never knew the M14 and the M1 were THAT similar, tbh.




SAA presses on towards the ISIS "Capital" of Mayadin, south of Deir ez-Zor.

[pizzzaman]

[Torenico]

Allegedly a members of Russian SSO/SOF on their way to Qaryantar driving/on BTR-82A and GAZ Tigr.

[Born2Kill 007]

Tyne Cot Cemetary, friday night

[pizzzaman]

Iraqi army launches offensive against Iraqi Kurdistan-controlled Kirkuk city. I don't think there are any clashes though, Pershmerga might have retreated from this area?