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platform389

05-18-2004, 07:05 AM

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Israeli soldiers wait in the outskirts of the town for the order to move into the southern Gaza Strip Palestinian town of Rafah during a military operation in the area Tuesday, May 18, 2004. Israeli tanks and bulldozers, backed by helicopter gun ships, moved into the area, on the Gaza-Egypt border early Tuesday as they launched a major operation aimed, according to the army, at halting arms smuggling and arresting or killing militants. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
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An Israeli soldier performs his morning prayer behind an armed troop carrier as troops deploy in the outskirts of the southern Gaza Strip Palestinian town of Rafah, background, during a military operation in the refugee camp adjacent to the town Tuesday, May 18, 2004.
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Israeli military vehicles can be seen sitting on the edge of the southern Gaza Strip Palestinian town of Rafah, background, during a military operation in the refugee camp adjacent to the town Tuesday, May 18, 2004.
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Israeli military vehicles can be seen sitting on the edge of the southern Gaza Strip
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Israeli troops prepare to reinforce soldiers conducting operations in the nearby southern Gaza Strip flashpoint town of Rafah.
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Israeli army officers look at a map during preparations by their unit around the settlement of Rafah Yam to reinforce troops conducting a military operation in Rafah.
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Israeli soldiers deploy in the outskirts of the southern Gaza Strip Palestinian town of Rafah, background, during a military operation in the refugee camp adjacent to the town Tuesday, May 18, 2004. Israeli tanks and bulldozers, backed by helicopter gun ships, moved into the area, on the Gaza-Egypt border early Tuesday as they launched a major operation aimed, according to the army, at halting arms smuggling and arresting or killing militants. 12 Palestinians, at least seven of them armed, were killed and at least 34 wounded, including eight who were in critical condition.. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
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Medical staff stand over the bodies of twelve Palestinians killed overnight in an Israeli army operation, as they lay in a makeshift morgue in the Rafah refugee camp, southern Gaza Strip, early Tuesday, May 18, 2004. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
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A wounded Palestinian is helped into the hospital following an Israeli missile strike in the Rafah refugee camp, southern Gaza Strip, early Tuesday, May 18, 2004. An Israeli missile strike killed at least four people and wounded others on a strike near the Bilal mosque, witnesses said. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)
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Israeli soldiers listen to instructions from an officer as they prepare for an operation in the area of the Palestinian town of Rafah next to the Morag settlement in the Gush Katif block of settlements in the southern Gaza Strip late Monday May 17, 2004. Israeli tanks cut off the Rafah refugee camp from the rest of Gaza on Monday, and panicked Palestinians fled to a nearby town ahead of an expected Israeli offensive. (AP Photo/Yehuda Lahiani)
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Israeli soldiers look at a map of the area as they prepare for an operation in the area of the Palestinian town of Rafah next to the Morag settlement in the Gush Katif block of settlements in the southern Gaza Strip late Monday May 17, 2004. Israeli tanks cut off the Rafah refugee camp from the rest of Gaza on Monday, and panicked Palestinians fled to a nearby town ahead of an expected Israeli offensive. (AP Photo/Yehuda Lahiani)
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platform389

05-18-2004, 07:25 AM

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A British soldier and a tank secure a street in the southern Iraqi city of Amara. Britain will announce next week that it is sending up to 3,000 more troops to Iraq in an attempt to restore order before next month's handover of power to an interim Iraqi government.(AFP/File/Essasm Al-Sudani)
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U.S. Army soldiers sit on a self-propelled howitzer during their exercise at Paju city near the border village of Panmunjom between the two Koreas, north of Seoul, Tuesday, May 18, 2004. The United States won a South Korean agreement Monday to move a brigade of up to 4,000 U.S. troops stationed in the Asian ally to Iraq, shifting forces from the Cold War's last remaining flashpoint to cope with spiraling violence in the war-torn Arab country. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
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U.S. Army soldiers participate in an exercise at Paju city near the border village of Panmunjom between the two Koreas, north of Seoul, Tuesday, May 18, 2004. The United States won a South Korean agreement Monday to move a brigade of up to 4,000 U.S. troops stationed in the Asian ally to Iraq, shifting forces from the Cold War's last remaining flashpoint to cope with spiraling violence in the war-torn Arab country. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
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A U.S. Army soldier takes a rest beside a big bag filled with water during an exercise at Paju city near the border village of Panmunjom between the two Koreas, north of Seoul, Tuesday, May 18, 2004. The United States won a South Korean agreement Monday to move a brigade of up to 4,000 U.S. troops stationed in the Asian ally to Iraq, shifting forces from the Cold War's last remaining flashpoint to cope with spiraling violence in the war-torn Arab country. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
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U.S. Army soldiers talk during their exercise at Yeoncheon, north of Seoul, Tuesday, May 18, 2004.
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Iraqi security forces carry the coffin of the chairman of the Iraqi Governing Council, Izzadine Saleem, at a funeral service inside the Green Zone in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, May 18, 2004. Saleem was killed on Monday as his car waited at a checkpoint near the coalition headquarters in Baghdad. A portrait of Izzadine Saleem seen left. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
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A U.S. Marine Lcpl. Clint Hurda, of Mineral Point, WI, from the 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment examines debris after an improvised explosive device was detonated overnight near an Iraqi Police station in Kharma, near Fallujah, Iraq, Tuesday, May 18, 2004. (AP Photo/Jim MacMillan)
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Iraqi Civil Defense Corps soldiers cover the perimeter while U.S. Marines from the 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment search the area after an improvised explosive device was detonated overnight near an Iraqi Police station in Kharma, near Fallujah, Iraq, Tuesday, May 18, 2004. (AP Photo/Jim MacMillan)
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Iraqi policemen watch as a convoy of Japanese armored vehicles rolls through Iraq's southern city of Samawa May 18, 2004. *******/Mohammed Ameen
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US troops during a drill in Yeoncheon, near the demilitarized zone (DMZ).
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Iraqi militiamen, loyal to wanted cleric Moqtada Sadr, pose for a picture in the holy city of Karbala, south of Baghdad. A fierce assault by US-led forces has squeezed fighters into the alleyways of Karbala as they vow to relive the legend of their slain saint, Imam Hussein.(AFP/Sam Dagher)
Nice camo pattern! :D
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British soldiers patrol an area in the Iraqi southern city of Basra. Britain reasserted its resolve to see through the 'Iraqi-isation' of Iraq, after a car bomb attack in Baghdad killed the head of the Iraqi Governing Council.(AFP/Hani Al-Obeidi)
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Coalition soldiers use a nerve and blister agent testing kit in southern Iraq (news - web sites). Brigadier General Mark Kimmitt said an artillery round containing deadly sarin nerve gas exploded after it was discovered by coalition forces in Iraq.(AFP/POOL/File/Dan Chung)
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Iraqi militiamen, loyal to wanted cleric Moqtada Sadr, pose for a picture in the holy city of Karbala. US forces said they killed 50 militiamen loyal to radical Shiite Muslim cleric Moqtada Sadr in heavy overnight clashes in this Shiite Muslim holy city and Nasiriyah further south.(AFP/Sam Dagher)

Claymore

05-18-2004, 07:39 AM

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What the first man is carrying? part of it looks like tripod, but for what? Something for that man in blue?

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Bad ass guys... :roll: But note, no finger on trigger.

Geezah

05-18-2004, 08:26 AM

Loopster

05-18-2004, 08:32 AM

A Wallbuster?

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Javehn

05-18-2004, 08:46 AM

Sniper kit . IDF snipers don't use the rifle as their personal weapon .

moughoun

05-18-2004, 09:16 AM

Anyone have a clue what the Isreali sniper course is like, duration etc??

platform389

05-18-2004, 09:36 AM

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An Israeli Armored Personnel Carrier moves into Rafah during an incursion. At least 12 Palestinians were killed and more than 30 wounded as dozens of Israeli tanks and hundreds of troops swept through the heart of the flashpoint Gaza refugee camp of Rafah.(AFP/Nadav Neuhaus)
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Members of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades march in Gaza City. A local leader of the armed Palestinian faction was shot dead by Israeli troops near the northern West Bank town of Jenin, Palestinian and Israeli sources said.(AFP/File/Mahmud Hams)
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Mourners carry the body of Waled Abu Jazar, who was killed after an Israeli helicopter fired missiles, during his funeral at the Rafah refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip, May 18,2004.

05-18-2004, 09:45 AM

Picture of one of Israel news papers, one of the best picture of IL SF i've seen in the last few months
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Eddie

05-18-2004, 09:50 AM

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A pair of identical twins serving with the Royal Air Force Regiment
are briefly reunited at Basrah Airport - one serves with I Sqn, which is relieving II Sqn, in which his brother serves

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RAF Regiment gunners are delivered by Chinook to set up a temporary vehicle check point

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Troops from the Royal Highland Fusiliers distribute fresh water to an Iraqi village

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HMS ALBION IS ALL TANKED UP AND READY TO GO
17-May-2004
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by Staff Sgt. Aaron Allmon II
May 17, 2004
A Black Hawk helicopter is transported by a CH-47 Chinook during a sling-load mission to Logistics Support Area Anaconda in Iraq. The helicopter was damaged after a hard landing. Army aviation assets are playing a key role in Operation Iraqi Freedom and the Global War on Terrorism. This photo appeared on www.army.mil.

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by SPC Thomas Bray
May 17, 2004
Seen through a night-vision device, a Soldier of the 3rd Special Forces Group maintains security from a fortified position during a direct fire attack on Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan. Soldiers of the 3rd Special Forces Group are deployed to Afghanistan in Support of Operation Enduring Freedom. This photo appeared on www.army.mil.

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Senior Master Sgt. Daniel Dixon, 407th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron, gives water and candy to a local Iraqi girl during a visit outside the Tallil Air Base Parimeter in support of Operation Reachout. Operation Reachout is a program started by Security Forces members to build a friendship with the surrounding Bedouin families. SFS Members visit these families on a weekly basis, to see how they are doing, bring MREs, water, and candy for the children. (U.S. AIr Force photo by Staff Sgt. Christina Rumsey)

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SkyHawks ready for 2004 season
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U.S. Marines from the 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment record the location of an improvised explosive device which detonated overnight near an Iraqi Police station in Kharma, near Fallujah, Iraq, Tuesday, May 18, 2004. (AP Photo/Jim MacMillan)

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U.S. Marines patrol with an Iraqi Civil Defense Corps soldier, at rear, in Kharma, Iraq, near Fallujah, Monday, May 17, 2004. ICDC soldiers are training and patroling with U.S. Marines from the 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment. (AP Photo/Jim MacMillan)

He219

05-18-2004, 10:06 AM

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U.S. Marine Lcpl. Brian Whitmore, of Pasadena, Md., from the 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment examines debris after an improvised explosive device was detonated overnight near an Iraqi Police station in Kharma, near Fallujah, Iraq, Tuesday, May 18, 2004. (AP Photo/Jim MacMillan)

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An Israeli soldier performs his morning prayer behind an armed troop carrier as troops deploy in the outskirts of the southern Gaza Strip Palestinian town of Rafah, background, during a military operation in the refugee camp adjacent to the town Tuesday, May 18, 2004. Israeli tanks and bulldozers, backed by helicopter gun ships, moved into the area, on the Gaza-Egypt border early Tuesday as they launched a major operation aimed, according to the army, at halting arms smuggling and arresting or killing militants. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

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Israeli soldiers deploy in the outskirts of the southern Gaza Strip Palestinian town of Rafah, background, during a military operation in the refugee camp adjacent to the town Tuesday, May 18, 2004. Israeli tanks and bulldozers, backed by helicopter gun ships, moved into the area, on the Gaza-Egypt border early Tuesday as they launched a major operation aimed, according to the army, at halting arms smuggling and arresting or killing militants. 12 Palestinians, at least seven of them armed, were killed and at least 34 wounded, including eight who were in critical condition.. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

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Israeli military vehicles can be seen sitting on the edge of the southern Gaza Strip Palestinian town of Rafah, background, during a military operation in the refugee camp adjacent to the town Tuesday, May 18, 2004. Israeli tanks and bulldozers, backed by helicopter gun ships moved into the area, on the Gaza-Egypt border early Tuesday as they launched a major operation aimed, according to the army, at halting arms smuggling and arresting or killing militants. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

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^ What's that on top of the Nagmachon?

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RAFAH, -: An Israeli army bulldozer approaches a building in Rafah during an incursion into the southern Gaza Strip town 18 May 2004. Palestinian negotiations minister Saeb Erakat accused Israel of perpetrating "war crimes" after the deaths of at least 13 residents during the army raid in the Rafah refugee camp, near the border with Egypt. At least 12 Palestinians were reported killed by gunfire or helicopter-fired missiles during the ongoing raid, while the 13th was apparently killed when a bomb he was planting exploded prematurely. The UN agency for Palestinian refugees has said that more than 2,197 Rafah residents were made homeless during a first wave of demolitions late last week. AFP PHOTO /NADAV NEUHAUS (Photo credit should read NADAV NEUHAUS/AFP/***** Images)

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KISSUFIM, -: Israeli army chief of staff, Moshe Yaalon, passes Armored Personnel Carriers (AFP) at the Kissufim crossing in the southern Gaza Strip 18 May 2004. The Israeli army's major operation in Rafah, where at least 13 Palestinians were killed early in the morning, will continue until the destruction of tunnels used to smuggle in arms from neighbouring Egypt, an Israeli official said. The UN agency for Palestinian refugees has said that more than 2,197 (http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1084763267380&p=1006688055060) Rafah residents were made homeless during a first wave of demolitions late last week. Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz announced today (http://www.israelnn.com/news.php3?id=62539) (Sunday) that UNWRA (United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees) ambulances were used to steal and transport body parts of Israeli soldiers killed in last Wednesday’s bomb attack on the Philadelphi route in southern Gaza. The senior minister called upon UN Secretary-General Kofi Anan to address the disturbing phenomenon.

AFP PHOTO/Moti SENDER +++ ISRAEL OUT +++ (Photo credit should read MOTI SENDER/AFP/***** Images)

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RIP :(
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URUMQI, CHINA: CHINA OUT Rescuers check the wreakage of the crashed Il-76 plane, a four-engined heavy transport aircraft that dropped from the sky two minutes after taking off from Urumqi airport in China's northwestern Xinjiang region at 10:50 am (0250 GMT), 18 May 2004, sparking ear-shattering explosions and a pall of thick black smoke. The cargo plane crash killed its seven crew and narrowly missing houses after running into trouble soon after take off. CHINA OUT AFP PHOTO (Photo credit should read AFP/AFP/***** Images)

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HC-130 from the 71st Rescue Recovery Squadron An HC-130P "King" from the 71st Rescue Recovery Squadron, Moody AFB, Ga., makes a low-level pass over the Dixie Range, Nev., after releasing pararescue members form the 3rd Battalion, 3rd Special Forces out of Fort Bragg, N.C. The HC-130P deploys worldwide to provide combat search and rescue coverage for U.S. and allied forces. Combat search and rescue missions include flying low-level, preferably at night aided with night vision goggles, to an objective area where aerial refueling of a rescue helicopter is performed or pararescuemen are deployed. The secondary mission of the HC-130P is peacetime search and rescue. HC-130P aircraft and crews are uniquely trained and equipped for search and rescue in all types of terrain including artic, mountain, and maritime. Peacetime search and rescue missions may include searching for downed or missing aircraft, sinking or missing water vessels, or missing persons. The HC-130P can deploy parascuemen to a survivor, escort helicopter to a survivor, or airdrop survival equipment to a survivor. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Steven M. Turner)

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Soldiers hook cables onto a U.S. Army Blackhawk Helicopter in preparation for a CH-47 Chinook helicopter to transport it to Logistics Support Area Anaconda, Iraq, May 14, 2004. The Blackhawk was damaged when it made a hard landing. DoD photo by Staff Sgt. Aaron Allmon II, U.S. Air Force. (Released)

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A U.S. Air Force HH-60G Pavehawk from the 64th Expeditionary Rescue Squadron, Balad Air Base, Iraq, comes inbound to deploy pararescuemen on May 15, 2004. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Aaron Allmon II) (Released)

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Airman 1st Class "James", a combat controller from the 23rd Special Tactics Squadron / Advanced Skills Training, Pope AFB, N.C., conducts operations as soldiers from the 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C., parachute in to drop zone Holland during Large Package Week on May 12, 2004. Large Package Week is a joint exercise that practices the Army and Air Force's ability to load and drop heavy cargo, as well as 82nd Airborne Division paratroopers, using C-17 and C130 aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photoby Staff Sgt. Jacob N. Bailey) (RELEASED)

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U.S. Army paratroopers land a Holland drop zone at Fort Bragg, N.C. as part of Exercise Large Package week on May 11, 2005. Large Package Week is a joint U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force airdrop, designed to enhance service cohesiveness. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Mike Buytas) (Released)

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Belgian Sgt. Steve De Wilde winds excess cables from his delegations' tent during exercise Combined Endeavor May 16, at Lager Aulenbach, Germany. Combined Endeavor 2004 is a U.S. European Command-sponsored exercise, designed to identify and document command, control, communications, and computer (C4) interoperability between NATO and Partnership for Peace nations from May 6 through May 19, 2004. Representatives from 41 countries and NATO are taking part in the exercise. DoD photo by Airman 1st Class Joshua E. Coleman, U.S. Air Force. (RELEASED)

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Belgian Sgt. 1st Class Anne-Claude Bonbled peers through the sites of a German G-36 rifle during foreign weapons familiarization training during Combined Endeavor 2004 at Lager Aulenbach, Germany, May 14, 2004. Combined Endeavor is a U.S. European Command-sponsored exercise, designed to identify and document command, control, communications, and computer interoperability among NATO members and representatives from 41 Partnership for Peace nations. DoD photo by Airman 1st Class Heather Forrest, U.S. Air Force. (Released)

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Soldiers of the Afghan National Army of 2nd Kandak Battalion, 1st Brigade, inspect a weapons cache transported from Camkani to Gardez, Afghanistan, by 20th Special Forces Soldiers, May 1, 2004. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Melissa Harvey) (Released)

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A soldier of the Afghan National Army of 2nd Kandak Battalion, 1st Brigade, pulls security from an observation post in Gardez, Afghanistan, May 2, 2004. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Melissa Harvey) (Released)

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Soldiers of the Afghan National Army of 2nd Kandak Battalion, 1st Brigade, gather around a weapons cache found by 20th Special Forces Soldiers in Camkani, Afghanistan on May 3, 2004. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Melissa Harvey) (Released)

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Soldiers with 20th Special Forces and soldiers of the Afghan National Army of 2nd Kandak Battalion, 1st Brigade, provide security outside the Governor's home in Gardez, Afghanistan

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RAF Regiment gunners are delivered by Chinook to set up a temporary vehicle check point

http://www.operations.mod.uk/telic/images/misc/swim_baghdad.jpg
:lol:

British troops serving with the Coalition headquarters in Baghdad raised some $7000 for local orphanages with a six-hour swimming marathon

Falco

05-18-2004, 10:42 AM

Cool pics woot

IDFM203

05-18-2004, 11:00 AM

Picture of one of Israel news papers, one of the best picture of IL SF i've seen in the last few months
http://www.newseum.org/media/dfp/lg/ISR_YA.jpgYeah great pic :D

But what I really like is that website that you got it from, very interesting.

Thanks for posting it here for I enjoyed checking out the site that you got it from.

Shalom :D

He219

05-18-2004, 11:17 AM

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ROME, ITALY: Italian Admiral Giampaolo Di Paola chief of general staff of Italian Defense poses in his headquarter in Rome on13 May 2004. "All Italians should be proud of what our soldiers are doing in Iraq, which continues to be a peace mission," Di Paola told the media at Rome airport yesterday 17 May 2004, where he was awaiting the return of Italian soldiers wounded in the weekend fighting in Nasiriyah. Italy, one of the staunchest US allies in the war on Iraq, has the third large military contingent in the coalition behind the United States and Britain. AFP PHOTO/Vincenzo PINTO (Photo credit should read VINCENZO PINTO/AFP/***** Images)

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Polish veterans and their relatives gather in a ceremony commemorating the 60th anniversary of one of the bloodiest battles in World War II, in the central Italian town of Monte Cassino, near the Benedictine abbey seen in the background Tuesday, May 18, 2004. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)

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Polish President Aleksander Kwasniewski, right, and Italian Defense undersecretary Francesco Bosi, lay a candle on the tomb of Polish general Wladyslaw Anders at the beginning of a ceremony commemorating the 60th anniversary of one of the bloodiest battles in World War II, in the central Italian town of Monte Cassino, Tuesday, May 18, 2004. Polish veterans and their relatives gathered in this cemetery, near the Benedictine abbey seen in the background, to commemorate the 1052 Polish soldiers who died in this battle, considered one of the hardest-fought of World War II. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)

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Security guards conduct an air patrol over the 'Green Zone' during a ceremony for Abdul Zahra Othman Mohammad, in Baghdad, May 18, 2004. Mohammad, head of Iraq (news - web sites)'s Governing Council, was killed in a suicide attack on Monday at the entrance of the so called 'Green Zone.' *******/Akram Saleh

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BAGHDAD, IRAQ - MAY 18: Iraqi policemen investigate the scene of a shooting on a main street in Baghdad, in which one Iraqi was shot after foreign private security guards opened fire on his car on May18, 2004 in Baghdad, Iraq. Iraqi police responded to the scene and are investigating, but the circumstances behind the shooting are unclear at this time. (Photo by Wathiq Khuzaie/***** Images)

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BAGHDAD, IRAQ - MAY 18: The press are taken on a tour of a court room at the convention centre on May 18, 2004 in Baghdad. The court room will host the court-martial of U.S. Army Reserve Spc. Jeremy C. Sivits, who faces three counts of misconduct for accused abuse of Iraqi Inmates at Abu Ghraib prison. (Photo by Wathiq Khuzaie/***** Images)

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An unidentified US soldier is interviewed inside a hall in Baghdad, Iraq (news - web sites), Tuesday May 18, 2004, that will act as the court room for the trial of U.S. Army Reserve Spc. Jeremy Sivits, who faces three counts of misconduct at a special court-martial hearing in Iraq Wednesday, the first defendant to go on trial in the Abu Ghraib prison abuse scandal. Judges chair is visible in the background. (AP Photo/ Saurabh Das)

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BAGHDAD, IRAQ - MAY 18: A court room sketch artist makes a practice sketch in a court room at the convention centre on May 18, 2004 in Baghdad. The court room will host the court-martial of U.S. Army Reserve Spc. Jeremy C. Sivits, who faces three counts of misconduct for accused abuse of Iraqi Inmates at Abu Ghraib prison. (Photo by Wathiq Khuzaie/***** Images)

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DIWANIYA, IRAQ: A Spanish soldier walks with his rucksack past US soldiers at US Camp Echo in the central Iraqi town of Diwaniya 17 May 2004. The 1st AD recently arrived in the region and took over the camp that was set up by the Spanish troops who will depart entirely from Iraq in the coming days. AFP PHOTO/Roberto SCHMIDT (Photo credit should read ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP/***** Images)

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DIWANIYA, IRAQ: A Spanish soldier wears a chef's hat as jokingly holds up some Iraqi bread while joking with other Spanish soldiers at US Camp Echo in the central Iraqi town of Diwaniya 17 May 2004. The US army 1st AD recently arrived in the region and took over the camp that was set up by the Spanish troops who will depart entirely from Iraq in the coming days. AFP PHOTO/Roberto SCHMIDT (Photo credit should read ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP/***** Images)

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DIWANIYA, IRAQ: Spanish soldiers set up a fire in their grill as they get ready to prepare their evening meal at US Camp Echo in the central Iraqi town of Diwaniya 17 May 2004. . The 1st AD recently arrived in the region and took over the camp that was set up by the Spanish troops who will depart entirely from Iraq in the coming days. AFP PHOTO/Roberto SCHMIDT (Photo credit should read ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP/***** Images)

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RAFAH, -: A hand out photo made available by the Israeli army shows Israeli tanks and Armored Personal Carriers moving into the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah during an Israeli major operation 18 May 2004. The army's major operation in Rafah, where at least 13 Palestinians were killed early in the morning, will continue until the destruction of tunnels used to smuggle in arms from neighbouring Egypt, an Israeli official said. Twenty people were injured when Israeli helicopters fired six missiles at a mosque in Tel al-Sultan area, where military bulldozers began razing buildings, and eight others were injured in an earlier airstrike on the border town. AFP PHOTO/HO (Photo credit should read -/AFP/***** Images)

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An Israeli army bulldozer crashes through the doors of a shop at the Palestinian refugee camp of Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, Tuesday, May 18, 2004. Israeli tanks and bulldozers moved into the area, on the Gaza-Egypt border early Tuesday as Israeli helicopters pounded this refugee camp with missiles and machine gun fire, killing at least 14 Palestinians as troops in tanks and bulldozers searched houses in the largest Israeli offensive in Gaza in years aimed, according to the army, at halting armssmuggling and hunting out militants. (AP Photo/Barkai Wolfson) ** ISRAEL OUT **

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Smoke billows from the Palestinian refugee camp of Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, Tuesday, May 18, 2004. Israeli helicopters pounded this refugee camp with missiles and machine gun fire Tuesday, killing at least 14 Palestinians as troops in tanks and bulldozers searched houses in the largest Israeli offensive in Gaza in years aimed, according to the army, at halting arms smuggling and to hunt militants. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

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Backdropped right by the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest site, and behind that, the Dome of The Rock Mosque located inside the Al Aqsa compound, in east Jerusalem's Old City, a 1963 Austin Healy participating in the annual JNF Burton London to Jerusalem Car Rally, is parked for the finale of the rally, Tuesday May 18, 2004. Ferraris, Porsches and classic cars partipated in the fund-raising rally that began in London and made their way through France, Switzerland, Italy, Greece and were finally airlifted to Israel. The organisers were attempting to raise funds for mentally and physically disabled children in Israel. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

http://www.news.navy.mil/management/videodb/thumbnail/040518_1-0.jpg
Video (mms://wm.nmc.global.speedera.net/wm.nmc.global/040518_1.wmv): Recruiting For SWCC

FDF_Hemppis

05-18-2004, 11:43 AM

Javehn

05-18-2004, 11:49 AM

Picture of one of Israel news papers, one of the best picture of IL SF i've seen in the last few months
http://www.newseum.org/media/dfp/lg/ISR_YA.jpg

The guy on the right, why is the sight blurred? Something special about it? Hmm...
btw, those rifles look pretty gizmoed-up, nobody uses the good ol' iron sights anymore? ;) :D

Anyway, great pics today! woot

Can you tell me what you see on the picture ? I have strong suspicion that somehow i see very different picture then everybody see ...

All i see is 2 hot Israeli chicks , and that's pretty much all

b00n

05-18-2004, 11:57 AM

Newspaper, Front Page, 4 IDF Soldiers armed with M4's one has a Night Vision Optic which is blurred out like their Faces

FDF_Hemppis

05-18-2004, 12:01 PM

What pills have you been eating today Javehn? :D

I see:
http://img49.photobucket.com/albums/v151/Hemppis/muut/Screenshot.png[/img]

05-18-2004, 12:03 PM

Can you tell me what you see on the picture ? I have strong suspicion that somehow i see very different picture then everybody see ...
All i see is 2 hot Israeli chicks , and that's pretty much all
Well, it's the front page of "Yediot Ahronot" (ידיעות אחרונות) of today.

-I guess that the reason you see smt else is cuz you don't see the current version of the picture, try deleting the temp internet file (tools--->internet options--->delete temp files), that might fix it.
If not, i'll upload the picture to a different site, so you shouldn't have this problem.

Javehn

05-18-2004, 12:10 PM

Ok , i ain't computer genious , but i pretty much shure that i suppose to see something else :| :| :| :| :| :| :| . I still haven't drank my beers , and i haven't smoked the "peace pipe" by mistake .

Here is what i see . Double You Tea Eff , mate ??????

http://img34.photobucket.com/albums/v103/javehn/ISR_YA.jpg

Something diabolic is going on here :| :| :|

FDF_Hemppis

05-18-2004, 12:15 PM

Here you go Javehn:

http://img49.photobucket.com/albums/v151/Hemppis/muut/ISR_YA.jpg
This is what I see.

Uncle Chô

05-18-2004, 12:16 PM

Javehn

05-18-2004, 12:18 PM

Falco

05-18-2004, 12:18 PM

http://img49.photobucket.com/albums/v151/Hemppis/muut/ISR_YA.jpg

Why is the optic blurred out too?

FDF_Hemppis

05-18-2004, 12:29 PM

Thanks ... I thought it would be something more special , nothing really interesting on the picture . I don't even understand why Akilla sight is censured . Well , those reporters ...

But i still don't understand this diabolic matter !! What the hell was that ????? My PC is possesed !!!!!

Yeah, sounds crazy that you see a different picture than the rest of us...
Say, you're not using internet exploder, are you? (yes, that's the root of all evil ;))

If that's the case, I suggest you switch to Mozilla (http://www.mozilla.org).
Works for me, and even shows the correct pics p-)

Javehn

05-18-2004, 12:34 PM

Yes , i am using it :oops: :oops: :oops: . I am PC illiterate . :lol:
Ok , switching to Mozilla .....

Why is the optic blurred out too?

Dumb editors .

Shadow

05-18-2004, 12:36 PM

http://jccc.afis.osd.mil/LBOX/mini/990705.jpg
THAT's a big gun isn't it?;)

IDFM203

05-18-2004, 01:29 PM

http://img49.photobucket.com/albums/v151/Hemppis/muut/ISR_YA.jpg

btw, those rifles look pretty gizmoed-up, nobody uses the good ol' iron sights anymore? ;) :D what do you mean no iron sights? I see plenty of them, in fact I see that on two of the of the M4’s, I in fact see no less then two different iron sights each on each weapon ;)

Shalom :D

FDF_Hemppis

05-18-2004, 01:42 PM

I know, I know... I'm just kidding :D
Just that those rifles are so full of add-ons they look like phasers from star trek :D

I'd settle for a red-dot sight and a (small) silencer...

Javehn

05-18-2004, 01:42 PM

IDFM203

05-18-2004, 01:52 PM

I know, I know... I'm just kidding :D
Just that those rifles are so full of add-ons they look like phasers from star trek :D
No I know your kidding ;)

btw just curious, can you spot the second iron sight on each of the two M4’s that I was talking about (I suggest you look at the second soldier from our right who is in the middle for a clearer view).

Shalom :D

FDF_Hemppis

05-18-2004, 02:03 PM

Huh? Now you got me confused :oops:
I see only 1 iron sight, which is 2 pieces... That looks like a low/small-type rear sight, right?

IDFM203

05-18-2004, 02:22 PM

ChuckThunder

05-18-2004, 02:43 PM

I thout that the Brits don't use one standart camo , and they ussually have desert camo trousers , and forest camo shirts . How come here they have the same pants and shirts ?

http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20040517/capt.sge.rcg23.170504185532.photo02.default-285x384.jpg

Does this dude take up postition behind that tree everyday or is his photo used in every daily pic thread? :lol:

Gringo

05-18-2004, 03:06 PM

I thout that the Brits don't use one standart camo , and they ussually have desert camo trousers , and forest camo shirts . How come here they have the same pants and shirts ?

http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20040517/capt.sge.rcg23.170504185532.photo02.default-285x384.jpg

IT's the MoD's fault.

There was shortage of desert clothing among the troops, so most had to either make with either; all woodland camo, or a mix of woodland and desert.

Graeme

05-18-2004, 03:18 PM

In all honesty, a woodland/desert mix will make little difference in an urban environment, possibly in the desert too. The dark outline the woodland shirt would provide could be mistaken for a dark outcrop of rocks or a crappy little bush....you never know.

He219

05-18-2004, 03:21 PM

http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20040517/capt.sge.rcg23.170504185532.photo02.default-285x384.jpg

Does this dude take up postition behind that tree everyday or is his photo used in every daily pic thread? :lol:

LOL :lol:

http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20040515/capt.sge.qmn50.150504113936.photo00.default-384x265.jpg

I like this tree better!
;)

chauncy republicans

05-18-2004, 03:22 PM

AVZ

05-18-2004, 03:29 PM

More news on these niiice apc???

is it based on Merkava??????

http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20040518/capt.xem10305181017.mideast_israel_palestinians_xem103.jpg

big80a2

05-18-2004, 03:30 PM

http://cache.*****images.com/comp/50851131.jpg?x=x&dasite=MS_GINS&ef=2&ev=1&dareq=B84D4F1548A4F56E73B7ABA82CDAA533A9C30E9B9B114CE8
^ What's that on top of the Nagmachon?

the pole thing is nothing check, if you ment that:

http://cache.*****images.com/comp/50851044.jpg?x=x&dasite=MS_GINS&ef=2&ev=1&dareq=B84D4F1548A4F56E1FEF73A5E937A453A9C30E9B9B114CE8

it's only a streetlight

big80a2

05-18-2004, 03:32 PM

More news on these niiice apc???

is it based on Merkava??????

http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20040518/capt.xem10305181017.mideast_israel_palestinians_xem103.jpg

It's called "Achzarit" with if I'm correct means: cruelty/cruel ??

No on T55, enginecompartment has been moved so there is place for a rear door. Israel captured a lot of T55 so why don't rejuse them...

actually it is my favoriet APC of all time.
the looks are just ............ woot woot

edit: name of vehicle :cantbeli:

05-18-2004, 03:50 PM

The name of this APC is "Achzarit" (The hebrew word for "Cruel")
For more info/pics:
http://www.israeli-weapons.com/weapons/vehicles/armored_personnel_carriers/achzarit/Achzarit.html

Javehn

05-18-2004, 03:54 PM

http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20040517/capt.sge.rcg23.170504185532.photo02.default-285x384.jpg

What the hell he is holding in his hands ?? Is it SA80 with M203 ?

American Patriot

05-18-2004, 03:54 PM

maybe SA80 with H&K underbarrel gl

He219

05-18-2004, 04:14 PM

maybe SA80 with H&K underbarrel gl
Yep, AG36.

http://www.army.mod.uk/img/equipment/pw/sa80g.2.jpg
One new Under slung Grenade Launcher (UGL), designed to be mounted beneath the barrel of the IW, will be issued to each fire team, replacing the Rifle Grenade General Service (RGGS) and 51mm mortar – significantly reducing the ammunition load the infantry section carries, while enhancing its capabilities. The UGL will be able to fire 40mm High Explosive (HE), smoke and illuminating rounds out to a range of 350 m to destroy, obscure or indicate enemy positions.
http://www.army.mod.uk/equipment/pw/pw_sa80.htm

Javehn, they are more practical than the M203 because the side loading mechanism allows use of greater munition lengths. They also make adaptors for the M4:
http://www.sasrogues.bravepages.com/Weapons/Assault/HKAG36/H&KAG3604.jpg

The new XM-8 (http://www.armytimes.com/story.php?s=1-292925-xm8_grenade.php) uses this system too (dubbed XM320).

Undo

05-18-2004, 04:26 PM

American Patriot

05-18-2004, 04:39 PM

Hold off the comments and go pound sand if you don't know what actually happened.

FDF_Hemppis

05-18-2004, 05:11 PM

Huh? Now you got me confused :oops:
I see only 1 iron sight, which is 2 pieces... That looks like a low/small-type rear sight, right?I thought you might be confused ;) …ok the first one yes, the second one is on this Israeli made sight that I believe is on the M4.

ITL Multipurpose Aiming Reflex Sight (MARS) (http://www.isayeret.com/optics/mars/mars.htm)

http://www.isayeret.com/optics/mars/mars-alone-2.jpg

http://www.isayeret.com/optics/mars/mars-alone.jpg

MARS from the end user view. Note the fixed 3-dots emergency iron sights on top of the device

Shalom :D

Ohh...you got me there! :oops:
Sure didn't remember that one.

In case you happen to be interested:
A Finnish military-related magazine Suomen Sotilas made a comparison test of red-dot's, including MARS. It's in Finnish, but there's some pics in it: Link, 11Mb PDF (http://www.suomensotilas.fi/naytenumero/SS_603.pdf)
It's the whole magazine there, also contains article about modern AA-missiles, with pics of course.

Sneak-peak of what inside:
http://img49.photobucket.com/albums/v151/Hemppis/muut/SS_MARS.jpg

In short, it would have won the test, if it weren’t so goddamn expensive (some 2000EUR here!) Would be my sight-of-choice, if I had the money. I'll just have to settle for Aimpoint (it won the test) in my soon-to come rifle.

platform389

05-18-2004, 05:52 PM

http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20040518/capt.jrl11105181833.mideast_israel_palestinians_jrl111.jpg

An Israeli army tank, bottom, and armored personnel carriers hold their positions at the outskirts of the Palestinian refugee camp of Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, during ongoing army operations, Tuesday, May 18, 2004
http://us.news1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20040518/i/r2757129207.jpg

Israeli tanks move into the southern Gaza Strip from the Sufa Crossing between Israel and the Gaza Strip, during a military operation in Rafah refugee camp May 18, 2004.
http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20040518/capt.sge.rmv80.180504212643.photo01.default-385x271.jpg

A Palestinian reacts (background) as he sees the body of a killed man (foreground) carried into a hospital in Rafah during an Israeli army incursion into the flashpoint southern Gaza Strip town.(AFP/Said Khatib)
http://us.news1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20040518/i/r3275145151.jpg

A Palestinian stands amid damaged houses during an Israeli raid at the Rafah refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip May 18, 2004. Israel's army killed at least 19 Palestinians on Tuesday in the heaviest raid inside the Gaza Strip for years as tanks and infantry thrust into a militant stronghold despite an international outcry. *******/Suhaib Salem
http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20040518/capt.jrl10305181949.mideast_israel_uk_car_rally_jrl103.jpg

Backdropped by the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest site, and behind that, the Dome of The Rock Mosque located inside the Al Aqsa compound, in east Jerusalem's Old City, cars participating in the annual JNF Burton London to Jerusalem Car Rally are parked for the finale of the rally, Tuesday May 18, 2004. Ferraris, Porsches and classic cars participated in the fund-raising rally that began in London and made their way through France, Switzerland, Italy, Greece and were finally airlifted to Israel. The organisers were attempting to raise funds for mentally and physically disabled children in Israel. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
http://us.news1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20040518/i/r3322187038.jpg

A Palestinian youth walks through destroyed houses during an Israeli raid at the Rafah refugee camp southern Gaza Strip May 18, 2004. Israel's army killed at least 19 Palestinians on Tuesday in the heaviest raid inside the Gaza Strip for years as tanks and infantry thrust into a militant stronghold despite an international outcry. *******/Suhaib Salem
http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20040518/capt.jrl11205181718.mideast_israel_palestinians_jrl112.jpg

Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, center, flanked by aides and security personnel walks outside his office, in the West Bank town of Ramallah, Tuesday, May 18, 2004. Israeli helicopters pounded Rafah's refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip (news - web sites) with missiles and machine gun fire Tuesday, killing at least 18 Palestinians as troops in tanks and bulldozers searched houses in the largest Israeli offensive in Gaza in years aimed, according to the army, at halting arms smuggling and militants, an action that drew worldwide condemnation. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

Ratamacue

05-18-2004, 06:13 PM

http://www.newseum.org/media/dfp/lg/ISR_YA.jpg

Why is his NV (IR?) sight distorted in addition to his face?

Argyll

05-18-2004, 06:13 PM

http://accuweather.ap.org/apdbs/Intl_Photos/views/mini/7286/7286369.jpg

BAGHDAD, IRAQ - MAY 18: Iraqi policemen investigate the scene of a shooting on a main street in Baghdad, in which one Iraqi was shot after foreign private security guards opened fire on his car on May18, 2004 in Baghdad, Iraq. Iraqi police responded to the scene and are investigating, but the circumstances behind the shooting are unclear at this time. (Photo by Wathiq Khuzaie/***** Images)
:roll: At least 70 bullets impacts on the car... Controled fire ? :|
Yeah, I thought these guys were supposed to be profesionals, I know red-necks who show more fire dicipline than that. :cantbeli:

Here speaks the expert! :cantbeli:
Ok here's a scenario,a car travelling at high speed through traffic ,is a warning something's going down,the tactic used in shoot and scoot,it happens all the time with Contractors,9/10 they don't return fire as it happens so quick,if this car posed a threat,and not knowing the circumstances behind this one,the aim is to stop that car from coming any closer to your vehicle,if the ROE's are observed,then DEADLY force is authorised,so how do you stop a car travelling at speed at you?Take your time and try to shoot the tyres? or put down a barrage of rounds in as short of time possible?I'd have been more concerned if they fired 70 rounds and only 4-5 hit the car,you ever tried shooting from a vehicle travelling in excess of 60kmph,and try to hit a target,especially if it was an armoured vehicle where the windows don't wind down?.......Controlled fire
more than likely.

Until the details emerge,leave the stupid comments to those who are in a better position to comment.This coming from a man who wished George W Bush would get assasinated by Muslim extremists :cantbeli:

FDF_Hemppis

05-18-2004, 06:26 PM

Why is his NV (IR?) sight distorted in addition to his face?

Didn't bother to actually read this thread, did you?
You're just the 3rd person to ask this... :cantbeli:

Sayeret

05-18-2004, 07:15 PM

What kind of APC is this I've never seen it before?

http://us.news1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20040518/i/r2757129207.jpg

http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20040518/capt.jrl11105181833.mideast_israel_palestinians_jrl111.jpg

One?

05-18-2004, 07:24 PM

http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20040518/capt.xem10505181018.mideast_israel_palestinians_xem105.jpg

IDF wearing unit insignia on the sling?

http://www.newseum.org/media/dfp/lg/ISR_YA.jpg

Soldeir to the right has a flashlight(?) mounted on the handguard. I know the IDF uses the Commander handguard but it has a rail at 0 and 180 degrees. That looks like its mounted at a 90 degree angle. Could one of the IDf guys expand on that. Hopefuly its not against OPSEC :roll:

05-18-2004, 08:07 PM

UoUo

05-18-2004, 08:18 PM

Romulus

05-18-2004, 08:48 PM

Yeah, I thought these guys were supposed to be profesionals, I know red-necks who show more fire dicipline than that.

Spoken like a true Jackass.

One?

05-18-2004, 11:13 PM

About the slings: Well, the sling that every soldier get when he's getting his first rifle from the armory (or any other rifle for that matter) is a just a green sling, with nothing on it ( http://www.isayeret.com/weapons/assault/m4/m4-12.jpg - you can see the sling on the soldier carrying the UZI)
But today, you barely see soldiers after basic training with green slings, instead, they usually have black slings, some (most) have the unit insigna on it.
Those black slings are made by civillian companys, and usually are paid with donations (or by collecting lots of empty cans :P ).

About the flashlight, I didn't exactly understood what you said there :/

I know they are issued the slings ;) But I never saw unit insignia on the slings before. I thought IDF soldeirs never wear unit insignia in combat.

About the flashlight I was wondering if the IDF is using a product similar to a R.I.S In most pics they are using the first samco handguard. But that soldeir has a flashlight mounted on the handguard at a 90 degree angle if im not mistaken.

Merik

05-18-2004, 11:25 PM

http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20040518/capt.sge.red20.180504053505.photo00.default-378x280.jpg

US troops during a drill in Yeoncheon, near the demilitarized zone (DMZ).

Whats the gun in the foreground? A M249?

Ratamacue

05-18-2004, 11:27 PM

Ay-firmative.

Merik

05-18-2004, 11:36 PM

Ay-firmative.

Never seen a SAW with that crap on it. What all is on it to make it so wierd looking?

Ratamacue

05-18-2004, 11:40 PM

Ay-firmative.

Never seen a SAW with that crap on it. What all is on it to make it so wierd looking?

Only thing I could think of that's making it look weird is that the belt is the para stock and the PEQ-2.

pretorian669

05-19-2004, 02:29 AM

http://www.newseum.org/media/dfp/lg/ISR_YA.jpg

Soldeir to the right has a flashlight(?) mounted on the handguard. I know the IDF uses the Commander handguard but it has a rail at 0 and 180 degrees. That looks like its mounted at a 90 degree angle. Could one of the IDf guys expand on that. Hopefuly its not against OPSEC :roll:

There are endless options of israeli equipment
http://www.tdiarms.com/
http://www.tdiarms.com/_uploads/imagesgallery/80x6g2.jpg
http://www.tdiarms.com/_uploads/imagesgallery/105x6COVERa.bmp

http://www.firstsamco.com/catalog/moreimages.php?ID=27
http://us.st3.yimg.com/store5.yimg.com/I/botach_1789_91341107
http://community.webshots.com/photo/128372151/128374413iHaoXE

http://www.bushmaster.com/shopping/handguards/Images/fbs-m44.jpg

Ratamacue

05-19-2004, 06:19 PM

Why is his NV (IR?) sight distorted in addition to his face?

Didn't bother to actually read this thread, did you?
You're just the 3rd person to ask this... :cantbeli:

I am so, so sorry. But you know what, I don't have the patience to read through every single fvcking message posted in in a 4-page thread.

FDF_Hemppis

05-19-2004, 06:27 PM