Another set of Super funky IDF photos

[Javehn]

It's been kinda a long time sence i brought last set (some people preffered engage in flame , so that's probably the main reason ) . Anyway , i bring you a new set of pictures , and you monkeys better enjoy them .

Standart warning : I don't want any flame posts in my thead . If one starts , i am taking down the pictures . The purpoce here is not bashing with each other .

This time the pictures are not from my former unit . So , here we go .

http://www.hevre.co.il/images/photos/950942_242256.JPG
Engagement on IDF task force . Merkava 2 is on picture . Some palis can't aim for **** ...

http://www.hevre.co.il/images/photos/950942_242253.JPG
Merkava 2 on overwatch .

http://www.hevre.co.il/images/photos/950942_242251.JPG
Merkava 2 on overwatch , Gaza strip , Rafah .


http://www.hevre.co.il/images/photos/376155_168845.JPG
Merkava 2 on Lebanon outpost .

http://www.hevre.co.il/images/photos/569972_156296.JPG
http://www.hevre.co.il/images/photos/569972_156297.JPG
http://www.hevre.co.il/images/photos/569972_156299.JPG
Nice dismount and firing drill .

http://www.hevre.co.il/images/photos/428714_207635.JPG
Arafat briefing room , from Operation "Homat Magen" in Rammalah .

http://www.hevre.co.il/images/photos/428714_209920.JPG
And how did they got inside ...

http://www.hevre.co.il/images/photos/428714_207633.JPG
Some guys thought they could on IDF . The Kalachnikovs survived . The previous owners didn't...


And the last one from my unit . This one dedicated to RussianAmerican ;) . So , i am "Tanker Boy " then , right ? You wan't last third of what those guys are passing now . ;)
http://www.hevre.co.il/images/photos/407807_246975.JPG

[S'13]

GP Javehn!


http://www.hevre.co.il/images/photos/428714_209920.JPG
And how did they got inside ...

:lol:



http://daveparsons.org/War/images/29cnd-slideshow.2.jpg

Here is a photo in which we see IDF soldiers enter Yasir Arafat's compound in Ramallah through a destroyed wall.
You can also see the front of the Achzarit APC on which they were transported.

http://naoruzanje.paracin.co.yu/achzarit5.jpg
Achzarit APC

[SiFiOn]

You may bring some more for me, nice pics Javehn!

[IDFM203]

Great pics :D

but............ ;)



And the last one from my unit . This one dedicated to RussianAmerican ;) . So , i am "Tanker Boy " then , right ? You wan't last third of what those guys are passing now . ;)
http://www.hevre.co.il/images/photos/407807_246975.JPGok but how many kilometers was that? ;)

ok in all seriousness I like this pic........good pic :D

Shalom :D

[MolliG]

Excellent! :D woot

[Skullknight]

Great pictures.

[Dennis G]

yeah, great photos

[American Patriot]

Do not flame this man's thread.

[Javehn]

ok but how many kilometers was that?

Enough for several people on the board , to whom i adressed that :lol: ;) . More then enough ... I don't know what exactly that road march (i hope that's the right term) , so i don't know how much Km that is ... ;)



Here is a photo in which we see IDF soldiers enter Yasir Arafat's compound in Ramallah through a destroyed wall.
You can also see the front of the Achzarit APC on which they were transported.

More detailed picturistic information :

http://www.waronline.org/IDF/pictures/Raids/Ramallah290302/007.jpg

http://www.waronline.org/IDF/pictures/Raids/Ramallah290302/013.jpg

http://www.waronline.org/IDF/pictures/Raids/Ramallah290302/014.jpg

http://www.waronline.org/IDF/pictures/Raids/Ramallah290302/016.jpg

http://www.waronline.org/IDF/pictures/Raids/Ramallah290302/017.jpg

http://www.waronline.org/IDF/pictures/Raids/Ramallah290302/019.jpg

http://www.waronline.org/IDF/pictures/Raids/Ramallah290302/022.jpg

http://www.waronline.org/IDF/pictures/Raids/Ramallah290302/024.jpg

http://www.waronline.org/IDF/pictures/Raids/Ramallah290302/030.jpg

Now this thread became menace for 56 k users ...

[Uninen]

Thanks, nice pics... ;)

[Javehn]

Thanks ...
BTW , on one of the pictures , where soldiers perform the shooting drill , the soldier with MG don't hold it right :lol: . If he had to fire MG while standing , his hand on Gas cilinder could became hot , and MG would slip his hands ... The correct way is to hold it on the Bipods ...

Greenies . Unfortunatly some tankers don't know how to hold it correctly on dismount :| .

[gilgoul]

אתה גדול בין הגדולים
you made my day woot

[RomanS]

Good photos man
especially the first one !!!

[Fargin]

Direct hit to the outhouse?

http://www.waronline.org/IDF/pictures/Raids/Ramallah290302/014.jpg

[RomanS]

Direct hit to the outhouse?

http://www.waronline.org/IDF/pictures/Raids/Ramallah290302/014.jpg

The Sabot hit the toilet

[MolliG]

Direct hit to the outhouse?

http://www.waronline.org/IDF/pictures/Raids/Ramallah290302/014.jpg

The Sabot hit the toilet
rofl

[SiFiOn]

Direct hit to the outhouse?

http://www.waronline.org/IDF/pictures/Raids/Ramallah290302/014.jpg

I am so glad that that's not my Volkswagen out there...

[Ghostwolf]

http://www.waronline.org/IDF/pictures/Raids/Ramallah290302/014.jpg

YEEEEWW....... just imagine how many people's poo-poo on that wall.
It's gonna take a while to clean them up.



http://www.waronline.org/IDF/pictures/Raids/Ramallah290302/019.jpg

Some sort of wall breaching charges? incindiary rounds?

[SiFiOn]

http://www.waronline.org/IDF/pictures/Raids/Ramallah290302/019.jpg

Some sort of wall breaching charges? incindiary rounds?

Does look like some kind of phosphor thing to me (notice the small burning parts blasting away).

[Javehn]

Smoke grenades .

[Operation Ivy]

Funkyyyy :D woot

[SiFiOn]

Smoke grenades .

So I guess they are phosphors smoke grenades than?

[Javehn]

Smoke grenades .

So I guess they are phosphors smoke grenades than?

Yes . WP .

[weedman]

Interesting and shocking :|

[Javehn]

Interesting and shocking :|

The **** part ? ;)
Yes , **** happends ;)

[weedman]

Interesting and shocking :|

The **** part ? ;)
Yes , **** happends ;)I never thought about how this **** really looks like...

[SiFiOn]

Interesting and shocking :|

The **** part ? ;)
Yes , **** happends ;)

Some smokin' **** happens here...

[Javehn]

Yes , the good old brown matterial ... :(


Here is another picture of Arafat complex , but this time in city of Bethlehem , with my company . Every chair he had inside , cost more then 10,000 dollars . His private chair cost much more then that . Unbellivable place .

http://www.hevre.co.il/images/photos/425635_52457.JPG

[SiFiOn]

Yes , the good old brown matterial ... :(


Here is another picture of Arafat complex , but this time in city of Bethlehem , with my company . Every chair he had inside , cost more then 10,000 dollars . His private chair cost much more then that . Unbellivable place .

http://www.hevre.co.il/images/photos/425635_52457.JPG

Is there a special reason for the guy on the right to be bare-footed?
It ain't a mosque or something. Or did he just had smelly feet and wanted to ventilate them?

[Javehn]

It ain't a mosque or something. Or did he just had smelly feet and wanted to ventilate them?

After a week without taking of the shoes , that's the right move to do :lol: . Thought the naighbours can mind this :| .

[SiFiOn]

It ain't a mosque or something. Or did he just had smelly feet and wanted to ventilate them?

After a week without taking of the shoes , that's the right move to do :lol: . Thought the naighbours can mind this :| .

OK, thank you. Thought it could have some symbolic reason I wasn't aware of.

[oldsoak]

Yo Javehn - dunno whether you can answer this or not - I'm trying to get a model of a merkava ( yes, i know its sad, but you too will one day grow old... :) ) - is the MK2 externally much different from the MK4 ? ( You might have gone through this, if so I apologise )
rgds

[oldsoak]

Scrub last post :oops: just found photos

[UkrainianAmerican]

Nice Pcis, tanker-boi.

[Javehn]

Thanks , sisi boy .

Couple more pictures :

http://www.hevre.co.il/images/photos/46133_251309.JPG
On training , Merkava 3 .

http://www.hevre.co.il/images/photos/23650_229734.JPG
And that's the **** we ate on the field (well , the picture is not from my unit ). The meet loof ... :lol:

http://www.hevre.co.il/images/photos/180994_191376.JPG
Another case of drunken driver ..Magach 7 .


http://www.hevre.co.il/images/photos/408484_136904.JPG
Fire on the move , Magach 7 .

http://www.hevre.co.il/images/photos/408484_136903.JPG
Same event .

http://www.hevre.co.il/images/photos/349471_128476.JPG
Bullet mark on Sufa geep of Tank company commander .


http://www.hevre.co.il/images/photos/253539_101127.JPG
Some people knock before they open the door ...

http://www.hevre.co.il/images/photos/105777_64180.JPG
Armored column entering the city of Nablus .

http://www.hevre.co.il/images/photos/533535_71148.JPG
Tank company Co and his Radio operator on a training .

[Marmot1]

http://www.hevre.co.il/images/photos/180994_191376.JPG

Are you sure it is not after IED?

[Javehn]

Yes , i am shure .

[big80a2]

thankz

like the picz

[born_to_kill]

very good pictures, thank you javehn

[Fenna]

Super cool and funky :)

Go Palestine!! We will never give up the motherland!!!!

[Javehn]

You want me to take off the photos ?

[scrybe]

Great pics guys. Those tanks look mean.

[Javehn]

And now , for something very different . Very different .

Couple of pictures from the other side , and other view .

http://www.zivkoren.com/larg_cut_pics/conflict/009.jpg
http://www.zivkoren.com/larg_cut_pics/conflict/017.jpg
Palestinian Police trying to stop stone throwers , Nablus .

http://www.zivkoren.com/larg_cut_pics/conflict/014.jpg
Palestinian getting help (please no comments ) .

Warning : Graphic image
http://www.zivkoren.com/larg_cut_pics/conflict/015.jpg
Soldier got hit by sniper .

http://www.zivkoren.com/larg_cut_pics/conflict/019.jpg
Wounded soldier evacuated .

http://www.zivkoren.com/larg_cut_pics/conflict/024.jpg
Candle march in Bethlehem.

http://www.zivkoren.com/larg_cut_pics/conflict/c005.jpg
Soldiers in action .


http://www.zivkoren.com/larg_cut_pics/conflict/c006.jpg
Soldier is wounded .

http://www.zivkoren.com/larg_cut_pics/conflict/c010.jpg
Woman lost her house .

http://www.zivkoren.com/larg_cut_pics/kids/070.jpg
PA police APC , children school .


The other side of barrel . And the other side of war .

[born_to_kill]

Javehn did the PA get its APC's from Israel?? or did Yasser purchase them?? And what other military vehicles do the PA have..

[Javehn]

No , they bought it (well , some by Israeli help money . The weapons are Israeli ) . I don't remember allready what they have . They have those APC , Haled something , they have - had helicopters (one of them , Arafat's was f*cked up ) , different patrol jeeps , Diffender jeeps .. I really don't remember allready .
Their naval police also had some small boats with some 50 calibers , and their 17 commando force stuff also had some cool toys ...


Anyway , when you will enlist (if that will happend ;) ) , if you want to know that stuff , sit inside the toilets for a long time , and then you will know it better then me . p-)

[One?]

http://www.zivkoren.com/larg_cut_pics/conflict/019.jpg


was that the result of friendly fire? or someone shooting smoke into the police station? I remember I watching it on TV but I never found out what realy caused this.

[Javehn]

No , not friendly fire . That's from riots near temple mount .

[Fenna]

http://www.zivkoren.com/larg_cut_pics/conflict/c010.jpg
Woman lost her house .

It's behind her :roll:

[Pooga]

Who do some Israeli soldiers wear a bag-like covering over their helmets?

[big80a2]

Who do some Israeli soldiers wear a bag-like covering over their helmets?

It takes away the shape of your head.
The rounded shape of the human head is not quite a normal "natural" form in the field. It is often the first thing to be spot when looking for people.
So by wearing this cover the shape of the head looks more "natural", it kinda blends into the scene.

chears

[IDFM203]

Pooga,

Boy I cant decide which gets asked more often, the question you asked or the question on what’s the deal with the chains around the Merkava ;)

As for your question, ok big80a2 did a good job of explaining it for indeed its used to disrupt the outline and shape of what a round helmet gives off and it helps in better blending the soldier into the surroundings that he is in.

It also has a added benefit of shielding the soldier from the sun.

For more on what we call The “Mitznefet”, click Here (http://www.isayeret.com/camo/cover.htm)

Shalom :D

[Pooga]

…and for the chain-balls? :lol:

[Javehn]

…and for the chain-balls? :lol:

Yea , wass up with that one ?

[csqnsas]

http://www.hevre.co.il/images/photos/349471_128476.JPG


Luck shot? or Sniper trying to take out the CO?

[Javehn]

Luck shot? or Sniper trying to take out the CO?

I don't know . That's not my unit . Sence it is a single bullet on the windshield , i would guess and say that it was sniper and not firefight .

[Pooga]

So ya don't know why the Merkava has a necklace of chains?

[Javehn]

So ya don't know why the Merkava has a necklace of chains?

Can you remind me , please ?

[big80a2]

So ya don't know why the Merkava has a necklace of chains?

the chains are ment to protect the rear part of the turrent against RPG's.

isn't it Javehn ;)

[Javehn]

Hey , dude , i saw you had a post today on Yahoo armor forum ;) . Don't remember what it was about . I think it was about TOW APC , right ?


You aviatar also looks kinda like tank . Is that ?

[big80a2]

Hey , dude , i saw you had a post today on Yahoo armor forum ;) . Don't remember what it was about . I think it was about TOW APC , right ?


You aviatar also looks kinda like tank . Is that ?

Yeh I'm building this model of a IDF M151a2 tow but I need agood pic from the backside.

yep, my aviatar is a tank guess wich one?? ;)

[Javehn]

I think i will able to arrange good pic of it from the back side ;)
Just give me some time .

[big80a2]

I think i will able to arrange good pic of it from the back side ;)
Just give me some time .

thankz a lot woot

a a reward :P :
http://www.armorama.com/modules/photopost/data/500/760025_1000hit.jpg


chears

[Guttorm]

Very good pics Javehn!

Thx! woot

[Vextra]

[quote="Javehn"]
http://www.hevre.co.il/images/photos/950942_242251.JPG
Merkava 2 on overwatch , Gaza strip , Rafah .

Javehn, can you explain how you use the .50 caliber just on top of the main gun ? Is it remotelly controlled or is it just firing straight ahead ?
(Sorry for my english... :oops: thanks
[quote]

[Javehn]

It's mounted on the gun . Where the gun goes , 50 cal goes .

[gilgoul]

Vextra :

Prety cool avatar, i always liked the AMX 10RC p-)
Such a cute light tank, and seems to be apreciated for it`s fire support when needed.
But I see that Jahven answered you already :oops:

[Javehn]

That's not a light tank , dude :oops: .
That's wheeled armor recon vehicle .

Ok , some pictures for the infantry guys , or this thread is going to die sooo soon .


http://www.hevre.co.il/images/photos/52215_155919.JPG
Night operation .


http://www.hevre.co.il/images/photos/52215_155911.JPG
City of Nablus .

http://www.hevre.co.il/images/photos/52215_155875.JPG
Another one who tried his might on IDF , and the weapon is all what's left .

http://www.hevre.co.il/images/photos/223166_67267.JPG
IDF outpost in Lebanon , trash is going out .

http://www.hevre.co.il/images/photos/379165_36837.JPG
Snipers . The guy on the left probably from "Gdud Alia" (or that can be a picture taken in Lebanon , and the guy is SLA , but i am doubt this) .

[IDFM203]

http://www.hevre.co.il/images/photos/379165_36837.JPG
Snipers . The guy on the left probably from "Gdud Alia" (or that can be a picture taken in Lebanon , and the guy is SLA , but i am doubt this) . If I am not mistaken, indeed the person on the left is Russian and he is a sniper instructor.

Here check out this page from Isayeret.com (http://www.isayeret.com/schools/guerilla/guerilla.htm)

Here is another pic of him
http://www.isayeret.com/schools/5.jpg

This is Alex, the school's sniping instructor. A new comer to Israel from Russia, Alex was for several years a member of the Russian elite unit - the Spetsnaz - before joining the IDF

I think they are the same person, right?

Anyways nice pics, though there are tons more BETTER pics on that site, but as you know I am hesitant to post from there as I explained before……oh well.

Shalom :D

[Javehn]

yes , he is from Gdud Alia for shure . I think he is not only Sniper instructor , but also camo specialist (that's one department IDF sucks in ) . He is Russian Jew indeed .

[IDFM203]

yes , he is from Gdud Alia for shure . I think he is not only Sniper instructor , but also camo specialist (that's one department IDF sucks in ) . He is Russian Jew indeed . Perhaps he is both, I mean hey why not, its not like in infantry we have to throw all you ruskies to Givati p-) , some of you have talent in specialized fields and well we should take advantage of it as the IDF does from any other “olim” that come from military units from other nations with special skills.


As for camo, well yeah you do have a point, though with the webbing suits, the “Mitsnefet”, and a growing sense of camo importance, I would say we defiantly improved as compared to how it was ten years ago (where there was almost nothing besides just the OD BDU’s) but yeah we still have ways to go and I agree we can still use improvment (especily in terms of proper application of camo face paint where we have ways to go on that ;) ).

Shalom :D

[gilgoul]

[quote="Javehn"]That's not a light tank , dude :oops: .
That's wheeled armor recon vehicle .

OK my bad :oops:
That fact is that the VBL is THE recon tool in the frecnh army, for it`s self defense it has a ANF1 on top and sometimes a Milan.
My old genreation worked maiinly on P4/milan, and we got our VBL pretty late in my service.
All of that to say that the AMX10RC has been more often used in platoon of let`s say "armed recon", rather than individually, where it s used for fire support (the 105 has some woof).

[Javehn]

Javehn did the PA get its APC's from Israel?? or did Yasser purchase them?? And what other military vehicles do the PA have..

It's BRDM-2 , i don't know how they call it there . It was given to PA as a gift by Russian Federation - 42 vehicles (12 platoons ) in 1996 , and they were in use by PA 17 commando force .
They were ****ed up by IDF raid on Anzar-2 compound in Gaza , at 2002 . If i am not mistaken , during "Homat Magen" operation .

http://www.geocities.com/jomavehn/brdm2_description.html

They also had BTR-152 ... Had is the key word here .

[Vextra]

Vextra :

Prety cool avatar, i always liked the AMX 10RC p-)
Such a cute light tank, and seems to be apreciated for it`s fire support when needed.
But I see that Jahven answered you already :oops:

Thanx, gilgoul, but it's not an AMX-10RC, it's the Vextra ;)
8x8 demonstrator (french word is "démonstrateur") or prototype which was designed to give a family of vehicles (IFV, fire support, etc...) but the program has been cancelled and replaced by the VBCI...But you are quite right because the Vextra turret is a TML105, which is the little sister of the AMX-10RC turret, the TK105...

here's the Vextra :

http://homepage3.nifty.com/tompei/Vextra-1.jpg

and here's the AMX-10RC :
http://homepage3.nifty.com/tompei/AMX-10RC-7.jpg

Thanx to you two for the info, I like the Merkava and the story of its conception. By the way, what's the name of his "father", yet ?

[flickme]

What are those chains on the back of the tank for again????The ones hangin down.
http://www.hevre.co.il/images/photos/950942_242251.JPG

[Vextra]

What are those chains on the back of the tank for again????The ones hangin down.
http://www.hevre.co.il/images/photos/950942_242251.JPG

Javehn would explain it better than me, but if I remember well, it's for detonate ATGM's or RPG's or any rounds before they hits the base of the turret

[big80a2]

What are those chains on the back of the tank for again????The ones hangin down.


They protect the rearturent area against RPG's.

And when the tank crew have free time. They lay a tennis ball on the hull and turn the turrent as fast as it can and the ball fly's towards you, so the tank has some sporty futures to. :P ;)

[Javehn]

up :)

[ZeroPositive]

those are some awesome photos, thanks mate :D

[Sloppy Joe2]

great group of pics thanks a lot :D woot :hug:

[Daga]

Nice pics dude, thanks for posting them! :hug:

[DPGLAW]

what is with the chains with the balls at the end hanging all over off the back of hte Merkava? Is this to stop RPG's, etc? I ask cause it dosen't look like it would do a good job being that it is just chain, not like the slat armor or anything....can someone who knows inform me of that.thanks

Regards
Daniel

[Tikvah]

Awesome pics Javehn! Keep um coming :)!

DPGLAW... That question has been asked and answered like 3 times already, lol. Just go to the previous page :P.

[tenda]

cool pic's...!!!!! woot

[pretorian669]

what is with the chains with the balls at the end hanging all over off the back of hte Merkava? Is this to stop RPG's, etc? I ask cause it dosen't look like it would do a good job being that it is just chain, not like the slat armor or anything....can someone who knows inform me of that.thanks

Regards
Daniel
YES

[Johan M]

nice pics, what nationality is Javehn? I thought he was Russian.