Military Photos and Discussion V3 - *wraps PT belt around assault pack* - General

Whoooo submarines [IMG]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/01/SEAL_delivery_vehicle_team_fast-roping_from_a_MH-60S_Seahawk_to_USS_Toledo.jpg[/IMG] So fun fact, the guy holding the line from the helicopter would also be holding on to a grounding line for dear fucking life in most situations with helicopters. The helo generates so much static electricity, if the grounding cable were to slip from his hands for even a short moment, he'd be fried to kingdom come. Being the guy who has to hold both cables is seriously one of the most dangerous and terrifying things anyone can do in the armed forces, your death depends entirely on your ability to grip a cable as you're pulled back and forth by a swaying helicopter. Looks like they went with rope in this picture for SEAL insertion, they use steel cable for the emergency transportation which is when you can die instantly.

sounds like a good time

Fucking berets in combat [img]http://i.imgur.com/p4vpZDH.jpg[/img] [img]https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7358/11487684793_f1210989cd_o.jpg[/img] [img]https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8494/8318539760_8d05752781_o.jpg[/img] [img]http://i.imgur.com/4hWMZB3.jpg[/img] Head protection? Your fucking skull.

[IMG]http://i1271.photobucket.com/albums/jj629/joaof10/10628240_1525403244341788_2040550018252160324_n_zpsd203c1b3.jpg[/IMG] 'Meriflage in action

Two rare examples of experimental Bundeswehr camouflages being trialled. Punktmuster: [t]http://pic.junpinzhi.cn/2013/04/1ae240bb5a54c383c93a3ab09612d0e1-518x950.jpg[/t] Sägezahnmuster: [t]http://pic.junpinzhi.cn/2013/04/8ef2e7692887f9b9d31a12b423c7c9be.jpg[/t] Really wish I could get my hands on these camos, but they're sooo rare. Rarest Bundeswehr camos I have are Zelt-tarnmuster and Splitternmuster.

[img]http://puu.sh/l8nTq/ee774ad36b.jpg[/img] [img]http://puu.sh/l8nWe/62502bea86.jpg[/img] [img]http://puu.sh/l8o27/f82c1c8aa0.jpg[/img] [img]http://puu.sh/l8nXL/30fa6cba76.jpg[/img] First two are British army, third is Royal Air Force, last is US Marines/Navy I save a few every images every so often on my PC when I see them online, usually from official feeds from stuff like Facebook.

I love the Vulcan so much. Such an awesome looking aircraft.

How are those vehicles staying afloat?

[QUOTE=The Rifleman;49043187]How are those vehicles staying afloat?[/QUOTE] [quote=Army-guide.com]The engine is in the forward part of the hull on the centreline and power is transmitted to the FMC HS-400 transmission via a torque converter with lock-up. The transmission combines shifting, steering and braking functions in one unit and gives four gears forward and two in reverse. The engine can be removed from the vehicle in 45 minutes and can be run outside for test purposes if required. Power is transmitted to the drive sprockets through hull-mounted final drives. A Power Take Off (PTO) mounted on the converter housing supplies power for the water-jets and the cooling fan through electrohydraulically controlled clutches. Mounted over the power pack are a fan and radiator. Air is drawn in and discharged through ballistic grills in the roof. When afloat, hydraulically actuated doors below the grills seal off the air openings. Air for the engine and troop compartment then enters the vehicle through a hydrodynamically actuated air valve mounted on the top of the hull to the right of the driver. Cooling takes place in the contact cooler, which is an integral part of the hull floor. [/quote] [quote=Army-guide.com]The LVTP7 is fully amphibious without preparation, being propelled in the water by two water-jets which are mounted one either side of the hull at the rear. The water-jets are driven through right-angled gearboxes on top of the sponsons and drive shafts that extend to the rear of the hull. The water-jets, which are aluminium, are mixed flow pumps with special exhaust nozzles to maximise thrust and each pumps 52,990 litres of water per minute. At the rear of each pump is a hinged steering deflector that reverses the direction of the jet when closed. Maximum speed forwards is 13.51 km/h and maximum speed in reverse is 7.24 km/h. The tracks can also be used to propel the vehicle when afloat. [/quote]

2nd Marine Raiders [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/h49c96E.jpg[/IMG] god i want a dirtbike

According to an alleged Syrian Army twitter account, the Russians are deploying T-90As to Aleppo [t]https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CUhTkwYXIAASATO.jpg:large[/t][t]https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CUhYs1dWIAAQ61S.jpg:large[/t] [url]https://twitter.com/Syria_Protector/status/668882095754895360[/url]

Some American heavy vehicles in Estonia. If you want a bigger version of these pictures, then rename /resizes/ to /albums/ [t]http://pildid.mil.ee/var/resizes/2015_11_12_tank/MG_6833.jpg[/t][t]http://pildid.mil.ee/var/resizes/2015_11_12_tank/L8R3797.jpg[/t] [t]http://pildid.mil.ee/var/resizes/2015_11_12_tank/L8R3779.jpg[/t][t]http://pildid.mil.ee/var/resizes/2015_11_12_tank/MG_7072.jpg[/t] [t]http://pildid.mil.ee/var/resizes/2015_11_12_tank/MG_6678.jpg[/t][t]http://pildid.mil.ee/var/resizes/2015_11_12_tank/MG_7167.jpg[/t] [t]http://pildid.mil.ee/var/resizes/Paladin_tapal_15_11_15/IMG_5813.JPG[/t][t]http://pildid.mil.ee/var/resizes/2015_11_27_paladin/ARRA4520.jpg[/t] [t]http://pildid.mil.ee/var/resizes/2015_11_27_paladin/ARRA4608.jpg[/t]

paladin turrets are so oversized lol, they look like toys

Dutch 11th Airmobile Brigade [t]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Dutch_Apache_AH-64.jpg/1920px-Dutch_Apache_AH-64.jpg[/t] The Dutch and German Army have kind of merged in some areas, and this brigade is part of the German Special Operations Division now too. Dutch Marines patrolling on bicycles [t]https://phiffer.org/wp-content/media/2010/02/dutch-soldiers-in-afghanistan.jpg[/t]

more russians in syria [IMG]http://yalibnan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Russian-TROOPS-IN-Syria-e1441863599823.jpeg[/IMG] [editline]d[/editline] you see ivan, when fit camcorder to head you need not poke head over cover to look for enemy [IMG]http://www.rusfilm.pitt.edu/2004/films/images/war-still2.jpg[/IMG]

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oh hai guis here's me in SK with ROKs [img]http://i.imgur.com/zwZxJGX.jpg[/img]

[QUOTE=Psychokitten;49278196]They also suck, apparently. I've got a buddy who came in from active duty artillery, he told me that the armor can't even stop small arms fire.[/QUOTE] It's not a tank. It designed to increase survivability from enemy artillery frag.

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[IMG]http://41.media.tumblr.com/49e3cb94e06716a6bba95f0b8679bb66/tumblr_nojx1dWjhk1upbk6jo1_1280.jpg[/IMG] this SOAR guy looks like a hiker lol. that SR looks absolutely og though

the sniper is jack murphy w/ 3/75 rangers [editline]9th December 2015[/editline] ranger murphy: [img]http://sofrep.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/MurphandBurkhart.jpg[/img] him as special forces: [img]http://virtualpulppress.kayser-watson.net/images/JACKMURPHY.jpg[/img] [editline]9th December 2015[/editline] also based SOAR pilot wearing woodland aircrew bdus [img]http://i242.photobucket.com/albums/ff22/Adler69_photo/camo/114_0497-1.jpg[/img] [img]http://i242.photobucket.com/albums/ff22/Adler69_photo/camo/114_0495-1.jpg[/img]

id cum all over those bdus cotdamn

what do you guys think of the navys camo pattern? i personally hate it. the only plus is that they are really comfy [IMG]http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/img-thing?.out=jpg&size=l&tid=65196728[/IMG]

[QUOTE=me081;49453461]what do you guys think of the navys camo pattern? i personally hate it. the only plus is that they are really comfy [IMG]http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/img-thing?.out=jpg&size=l&tid=65196728[/IMG][/QUOTE] They are comfy, but I just dislike the color scheme.

It's navy camouflage, reminder that it's supposed to blend in with water, and that camo isn't always about how it looks but more so how it works. I mean, I agree, navy camo [I]is[/I] unnecessary. We Australians too have naval camo, DPNU Auscam. [t]http://www.navy.gov.au/sites/default/files/news/366px-20110620ran8295986_011.jpg[/t] However, on the topic of Auscam I think the new Australian Multicam Camouflage Uniform is pretty neat. [t]http://i.imgur.com/WCpxlHK.jpg[/t][t]http://i.imgur.com/AgWp2eD.jpg[/t]

[video=youtube;66qGHdOjAOI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66qGHdOjAOI[/video]

Generally people tend to think the first veterans to be on camera, and to have their word recorded to have served during WW1, or perhaps around the start of 20th or end of the 19th century. That being said, there is tons of really good audio and video documentation on American Civil War veterans, a lot of the documentation being done at Civil War reunions, gatherings, and the sort.. Here are some of the more moving and interesting bits, but there's a lot more out there. It's simply amazing seeing these men on camera, and/or through their voices, it offers a whole new level of relatability. It's often easy to see something as the American Civil War, my country's most devastating conflict as almost something of legend. Yet when you can in a way see it and hear it through men who have no idea that they stand before an audience of thousands from the future, you gain a whole new view of it, and there is a certain connection between those today and those of before, a connection that once perhaps seemed impossible, but was made possible through the microphone and lens That, and it's simply moving seeing two foes old foes, one in blue, the other grey, standing aside one another, shaking hands, or shoulder to shoulder. That display of camaraderie among old "enemies" is something we rarely get to catch a glimpse of. [video=youtube;s6jSqt39vFM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6jSqt39vFM[/video] [video=youtube;GeLGasX8FHk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeLGasX8FHk[/video] [video=youtube;KKiBTSOWVZA]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKiBTSOWVZA[/video] [video=youtube;mVjD2DaB4bY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVjD2DaB4bY[/video] Apologies for the wall of content, I'm a tad passionate about this subject. That being said, there's a lot more out there about it, even some really high quality stock footage, I simply chose some of my favorite bits that I've found.

[QUOTE=TechnoSandwic;49459992]It's navy camouflage, reminder that it's supposed to blend in with water, and that camo isn't always about how it looks but more so how it works.[/QUOTE] Not quite. Our blue Navy camo isn't supposed to blend in with water, that's not why it was picked. The reason we wear this color scheme is because it disguises paint and oil stains well, allowing people who do shitwork to still look okay without needing to replace their uniforms every deployment.

[QUOTE=MaverickIB;49483620]Not quite. Our blue Navy camo isn't supposed to blend in with water, that's not why it was picked. The reason we wear this color scheme is because it disguises paint and oil stains well, allowing people who do shitwork to still look okay without needing to replace their uniforms every deployment.[/QUOTE] I stand corrected, then.

Swedish SOG. weapon attachments are blurred out which i thought was interesting, anyone have any idea what's going on with that? [IMG]http://www.forsvarsmakten.se/imagevault/publishedmedia/na0glrz2q1fhwy8mhtqe/20151107_jimcro01_SOGDSC_6292.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://www.forsvarsmakten.se/imagevault/publishedmedia/7ie7gcr2p16in7e5cefz/20151107_jimcro01_SOGDSC_6460.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://www.forsvarsmakten.se/imagevault/publishedmedia/vx0timxfl5t0w14pf19q/20151107_jimcro01_SOGDSC_6443.jpg[/IMG]