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Switek
02-01-2007, 04:29 PM
http://www.widelec.org/stuff/photo2006_2/photo2006_06.jpg

http://www.widelec.org/stuff/photo2006_2/photo2006_09.jpg

http://www.widelec.org/stuff/photo2006_2/photo2006_11.jpg

http://www.widelec.org/stuff/photo2006_2/photo2006_27.jpg

YANKEEBOBB
02-01-2007, 04:41 PM
Ok do not rape bolas anymore, please ;)

He obviously made a mistake using his national grammar structure of sentence. Such **** happens sometimes for not native English speakers

Most of the non-english speaking members here keep up great!! Now let's see us Americans try and surf some foreign websites! Probably not gonna happen, I give these guys alot of credit, most of the time you can't tell they aren't from an english speaking country!

wootwoot woot

Hell, many on here who are fluent in the english language spell and write terrible (me included).

IraGlacialis
02-01-2007, 07:45 PM
http://www.widelec.org/stuff/photo2006_2/photo2006_06.jpg
:| Story? Why don't they just go around?

kazbitch
02-01-2007, 07:51 PM
"A young North Vietnamese woman keeps a gun trained on a U.S. Air Force pilot after his plane was shot down near Hanoi September 7th. The pilot was identified as Lt. Gerald Santo Venanzi. September,1967"

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o221/operationphoenix/downedpilot.jpg

Some more info : http://www.pownetwork.org/bios/v/v007.htm

YANKEEBOBB
02-01-2007, 07:53 PM
http://www.widelec.org/stuff/photo2006_2/photo2006_06.jpg








Damn, that's one tough woman!!

wildheart
02-01-2007, 08:21 PM
Everyone blames Israel :-\ , it's cool to blame Israel.


makes a change from jade goodie....

cbreedon
02-03-2007, 01:57 PM
I read about this man in a german magazine and i was quite moved.

http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/689/6938485detail550ek2.jpg


Marine Sergeant Ty Ziegel already had his life planned out, he would marry his girlfriend Renee Kline upon returning from his second tour of duty in Iraq.

But one fateful day a suicide bomber hit his truck, tearing apart his body and making him among the 20,000 soldiers that have been wounded in Iraq. He was blind in one eye, had a shattered skull, and most of his skin was burned off. Renee lived with Ty at the Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas for a year and a half, sharing Ty's every hope and fear. Their relationship became stronger than ever, and Ty and Renee moved back to their hometown in Illinois in July 2006, and got married in shortly thereafter.

http://img501.imageshack.us/img501/2681/6416136detail550yr1.jpg


:-(


Here you can see the rest of the pics:

http://archive.reduxpictures.com/Production/PhotoGroupView.aspx?pbid=4&msa=1&pgid=6415897


She looks happy

Canuck Farrier
02-03-2007, 02:37 PM
I feel bad for him,those wounds must of hurt badly.

neseli
02-03-2007, 04:26 PM
http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/6964/phgal144fcb3fzf6.jpg (http://imageshack.us/)

http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/981/childsoldier2561fcaya2.jpg (http://imageshack.us/)

I M SURE NO ONE KNOWS what dying and killing are.or losing friends.

GreenMtnTac
02-04-2007, 09:14 PM
Spec Ops boob...

http://www.greenmountaintactical.com/public/pic-1.jpg



Apache pilot...

http://www.greenmountaintactical.com/public/pic-2.jpg



C-17 takeoff...

http://www.greenmountaintactical.com/public/pic-3.jpg



B-29 Cockpit...

http://www.greenmountaintactical.com/public/pic-4.jpg


Gunners on C-130 "Spectre" Gunship firing the Howitzer...

http://www.greenmountaintactical.com/public/pic-5.jpg



dramatic - adj - vivid, highly interesting, emotional, moving, conflicting, or striking

IraGlacialis
02-04-2007, 10:33 PM
Spec Ops boob...

http://www.greenmountaintactical.com/public/pic-1.jpg

Personally, I think that one would be better under Funny Military pics. Cool photos though.

GreenMtnTac
02-04-2007, 11:02 PM
Personally, I think that one would be better under Funny Military pics. Cool photos though.

Does anyone really care what you personally think? :roll:

cbreedon
02-04-2007, 11:11 PM
Does anyone really care what you personally think? :roll:

2 posts and you're already making friends... nice

Canuck Farrier
02-05-2007, 12:21 AM
2 posts and you're already making friends... nice

YA another tough guy eh.!p-)

Thor
02-05-2007, 12:28 AM
238 kilos of 8 cm grenade launcher ammo.
http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/3503/238kgamf1ia6ld4.jpg
238? Now that's the spirit

ryan woods
02-05-2007, 03:23 AM
http://www.greenmountaintactical.com/public/pic-4.jpg

thats not the norden sight underneath there is it?

Divine
02-05-2007, 07:50 AM
Does anyone really care what you personally think? :roll:
Of course...come here and get a big hug! :slap:

Chauncey
02-05-2007, 08:38 AM
Gee, that Swedish guy does not look like a happy camper...maybe being punished for something?

BlitzCod
02-05-2007, 07:22 PM
I could think that he has dropped something or forgot something of his equipment. But he has good back to carry that shait. :-)

gaijinsamurai
02-05-2007, 07:55 PM
When I was a sergeant, my favorite punishment to inflict on a soldier who had left his weapon unattended was to make him carry the extra machine gun ammo and barrel, plus whatever else I could think of, when we were out on patrol.

BadKarma26
02-05-2007, 08:08 PM
When I was a sergeant, my favorite punishment to inflict on a soldier who had left his weapon unattended was to make him carry the extra machine gun ammo and barrel, plus whatever else I could think of, when we were out on patrol.

when I was a team leader one of my dudes forgot his rifle while he was taking a piss. I went and hid it and let him freak out for about 10 minutes until I came over and was like WHERE THE **** IS YOUR WEAPON? I smoked him for about an hour but I think the fear of not knowing where it was taught him the lesson ricky tick.

AT-T
02-05-2007, 08:08 PM
http://mailer.fsu.edu/~akirk/tanks/NKorea/NK-T34-XinHui.jpg

http://combatavia.info/il2_02.jpg

http://www.photographer.ru/pictures/9494.jpg

http://victory.rusarchives.ru/image/photo/210_big.jpg

http://victory.rusarchives.ru/image/photo/109_big.jpg

http://victory.rusarchives.ru/image/photo/139_big.jpg

http://energo.vstu.vinnica.ua/photo_of_war/1941/1941_13.jpg

http://www.photographer.ru/pictures/9502.jpg

http://www.photographer.ru/pictures/9492.jpg

tobigforyou
02-05-2007, 08:10 PM
YA another tough guy eh.!p-)

lol yeah every once and a while you get one of those a-holes.

starboardside
02-05-2007, 08:55 PM
AWESOME pictures, God bless 'em.

BloodyTalon
02-05-2007, 11:22 PM
Does anyone really care what you personally think? :roll:
Hi! thread starter here.

The rest of your photos are okay, but the spec-ops snowman isn't exactly up to the calibur of the rest of the photos posted here if you catch my drift. It would work in the funny photos section though.

IraGlacialis
02-06-2007, 12:09 AM
Does anyone really care what you personally think? :roll:
Well if you didn't care, why did you respond? :-D

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/08/images/050808_soundbarrier.jpg
http://images.military.com/pics/BA_Sonic_Boom_opt.jpg
http://www.sky-flash.com/speed/F4TMAA.JPG

Kragh
02-06-2007, 04:59 PM
http://img111.imagevenue.com/aAfkjfp01fo1i-17689/loc113/21935_P2270106mix1_123_113lo.jpg
http://img169.imagevenue.com/aAfkjfp01fo1i-4396/loc202/21934_P2270104mix1_123_202lo.jpg
http://img164.imagevenue.com/aAfkjfp01fo1i-29935/loc261/21939_P2270107mix1_123_261lo.jpghttp://img165.imagevenue.com/aAfkjfp01fo1i-26993/loc167/21929_P2270099mix1_123_167lo.jpg

NEFAS
02-06-2007, 05:51 PM
Can't see sh#t!

Canuck Farrier
02-06-2007, 06:52 PM
A couple WW2 photos,I also posted in another thread.
http://www.ww2incolor.com/gallery/albums/black_and_white/beaufighter.jpg (http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/)
Canadian flown Beaufighter aircraft firing rockets at German merchantmen Aquila and Helga Ferdinand near Fjord Migdulen, November 8th, 1944.
http://www.ww2incolor.com/gallery/albums/black_and_white/uboat_ram.jpg (http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/)
Canadian ship rams German U-boat caught in the open!

MG 3
02-07-2007, 04:15 AM
http://img111.imagevenue.com/aAfkjfp01fo1i-17689/loc113/21935_P2270106mix1_123_113lo.jpg
http://img169.imagevenue.com/aAfkjfp01fo1i-4396/loc202/21934_P2270104mix1_123_202lo.jpg
http://img164.imagevenue.com/aAfkjfp01fo1i-29935/loc261/21939_P2270107mix1_123_261lo.jpghttp://img165.imagevenue.com/aAfkjfp01fo1i-26993/loc167/21929_P2270099mix1_123_167lo.jpg

Photos?

Photos?

Switek
02-07-2007, 05:42 AM
http://img110.imageshack.us/img110/7044/street2sized577d731xh1.jpg

http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/8579/mortarducksized579f703yb5.jpg

http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/1445/streetfightsized591a41cwv0.jpg

http://img451.imageshack.us/img451/6218/germanspecialforcessizenb1.jpg

http://img127.imageshack.us/img127/2268/germanflamethrowerinuseta7.jpg

http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/2566/germantroopsunderattackvj5.jpg

http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/8276/germanmgteaminafricasizyl6.jpg

http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/8799/anzioanniesized5ad7246js3.jpg

ya2
02-07-2007, 12:21 PM
http://www.photographer.ru/pictures/9494.jpg
why did he put his hand infront of the MG ?

AT-T
02-07-2007, 01:25 PM
It's not an MG but a PPSh, and it's not firing in this moment.

http://victory.rusarchives.ru/image/photo/44_big.jpg

http://victory.rusarchives.ru/image/photo/83_big.jpg



http://victory.rusarchives.ru/image/photo/177_big.jpg

http://victory.rusarchives.ru/image/photo/277_big.jpg

Shelling of Leningrad






German occupation







http://victory.rusarchives.ru/image/photo/94_big.jpg

Glimmen
02-07-2007, 01:25 PM
http://www.photographer.ru/pictures/9494.jpg
why did he put his hand infront of the MG ?

The guy in the picture: War. Every decision is made in split sekonds. Result: Having his hand infront of a machine pistol. =Bad.
You: Sitting behind a pc, wrighting a message, changing your mind, taking a cup of coffe, going to the bathroom etc. Time: 15 minutes. Result: "why did he put his hand infront of the MG ?" =Stupid.

Glimmen
02-07-2007, 03:10 PM
Ooops, now I see your point.. :roll:
Pointing out the direction maybe?

ya2
02-07-2007, 03:22 PM
The guy in the picture: War. Every decision is made in split sekonds. Result: Having his hand infront of a machine pistol. =Bad.
You: Sitting behind a pc, wrighting a message, changing your mind, taking a cup of coffe, going to the bathroom etc. Time: 15 minutes. Result: "why did he put his hand infront of the MG ?" =Stupid.

i'm israel, 3 years in the army and more to go :)
and i was joking! he looks "blind" and therefore puts his hand infront of the MG.. just a joke!

Glimmen
02-07-2007, 03:58 PM
I understod that after a while... Had a tuff night at work.. :) :hug:

It´s probably the only way for the poor gay to find out if his friends are fiering. "I can´t see, I can´t hear, hmm..."

Switek
02-07-2007, 06:57 PM
http://www.ww2incolor.com/gallery/albums/germans/aov.sized.jpg

digrar
02-07-2007, 07:09 PM
Two more people have not got the message. I'm running out of patience with this thread.

kawaiku
02-08-2007, 03:01 AM
A picture from Vitebsk '41 on the Russian Front during WWII.

Switek
02-08-2007, 05:49 AM
http://img292.imageshack.us/img292/7025/aon28dd624hc0.jpg

http://img130.imageshack.us/img130/9121/amlsized2a1ff46wd8.jpg

http://img264.imageshack.us/img264/2313/alo2a9155csz0.jpg

http://img264.imageshack.us/img264/724/alk2a9c8fcsx8.jpg

http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/360/ajvsized2c49a96tr6.jpg

Ivan le Fou
02-08-2007, 07:01 AM
Ooops, now I see your point.. :roll:
Pointing out the direction maybe?

Or giving the order to charge?

Who knows.

getl0st
02-08-2007, 10:39 AM
http://images.thatimagesite.com/core/4399/4399_image.jpg

alemarc72
02-08-2007, 11:40 AM
Falklands war. 1982. Argentine commands 601 ready to go out in mission of combat

http://img354.imageshack.us/img354/6506/c2rb7vj6re1.jpg

http://img177.imageshack.us/img177/2978/c1iq2dr8ey0.jpg

Sabre
02-08-2007, 02:26 PM
Shamelessly stolen from another thread here:

http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/3056/opvolc1kf4.jpg

Jurpula
02-08-2007, 02:46 PM
That's a good onewoot

EsoognomEhT
02-08-2007, 02:53 PM
Shamelessly stolen from another thread here:



Great picture, fixed bayonets too! And methinks that Sgt has a bit too much time on his hands!
What thread is it from Sabre?

flanker7
02-08-2007, 02:56 PM
I don't think that a Sgt has too much time in combat. That photo is from real ops not training

EsoognomEhT
02-08-2007, 03:00 PM
I don't think that a Sgt has too much time in combat. That photo is from real ops not training

**** me? You're kidding aren't you? :cantbeli:



(I think you missed my point. ;] )

flanker7
02-08-2007, 03:07 PM
Propably........

ryan woods
02-08-2007, 03:11 PM
can you not fix a bayonet to the rifle with an UGL slung underneath, similar to the the 203?

solid stuff Sabre.

GreenMtnTac
02-09-2007, 03:06 AM
Hi! thread starter here.

The rest of your photos are okay, but the spec-ops snowman isn't exactly up to the calibur of the rest of the photos posted here if you catch my drift. It would work in the funny photos section though.

Damn, the thread starter. Gettin' busted by the thread starter is, like, totally cool. So what was it like in thread starting school? :roll:


BTW, thair ain't no such werd as calibur.

Jub Jub
02-09-2007, 04:08 AM
BTW, thair ain't no such werd as calibur.
Bull****, I got wicked drunk there once backpacking through the mid Eastp-)

YANKEEBOBB
02-09-2007, 12:56 PM
[quote=GreenMtnTac;2295410]Damn, the thread starter. Gettin' busted by the thread starter is, like, totally cool. So what was it like in thread starting school? :roll:

rofl :fork: rofl

Man, what an awesome thread!! Great pics and entertainment!!

rofl:fork: rofl

WARPIG
02-09-2007, 01:11 PM
Damn, the thread starter. Gettin' busted by the thread starter is, like, totally cool. So what was it like in thread starting school? :roll:


BTW, thair ain't no such werd as calibur.

I instructed thread starter school. You got a problem with that?

Pay attention to the "thread rules" and either contribute or STFU.

Rotorhead
02-09-2007, 01:19 PM
I instructed thread starter school. You got a problem with that?

Pay attention to the "thread rules" and either contribute or STFU.

Three posts and he's already got Warpig's attention. He deserves a custom title.

artinist
02-09-2007, 03:35 PM
http://img130.imageshack.us/img130/9121/amlsized2a1ff46wd8.jpg



looks like he made ran to starbucks during his lunch break

Dutch_Treath
02-09-2007, 05:03 PM
http://files.myopera.com/Brianlinden/albums/201358/Photo-0068.jpg
http://files.myopera.com/Brianlinden/albums/201358/Photo-0070.jpg

Us Military cemetry in Margraten

myopera.com/Brianlinden/albums/

kawaiku
02-09-2007, 05:37 PM
Here are some more:
1) The US Flag with men standing at attention in the background.
2) Look at the smaller seperate picutes, each has its' own little story.
3) Canadian wounded waiting to be choppered out of where-ever they(Afghanistan).

artinist
02-09-2007, 06:40 PM
high res here:

http://chamorrobible.org/gpw/gpw-20050530.htm

http://chamorrobible.org/images/photos/gpw-20050530-UnitedStatesNavy-030318-N-5319A-002-Bottlenose-Dolphin-K-Dog.jpg

K-Dog, a Bottlenose Dolphin (http://m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=bottlenose+dolphin) (Tursiops truncatus (http://nmml.afsc.noaa.gov/education/cetaceans/bottlenose1.htm)), Leaps Out of the Water While Training in the
Arabian Gulf. Attached to the Bottle-nosed Dolphin (http://m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=bottle-nosed+dolphin)'s Pectoral Fin is a Tracking Device.


high res here:
http://chamorrobible.org/gpw/gpw-20041211.htm

http://chamorrobible.org/images/photos/gpw-20041211-UnitedStatesAirForce-040824-F-5508G-004.jpg

Patience, Carefulness, and Studiousness are Needed When Working with Dangerous Unxploded Ammunition
Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) Disposal Training at Aviano Air Base, August 24, 2004

kangur
02-11-2007, 11:09 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjd1kVJ_yVc

Sorry if repost.

Canadian Sig
02-11-2007, 01:51 PM
http://img159.imageshack.us/img159/2743/flagdq4ri0.jpg

Duffito
02-19-2007, 06:54 PM
DRAM1.jpg: Colombian soldiers arrest a rebel in Tolemadia.

DRAM2.jpg: A Chechen refugee boy aims his toy pistol as he plays in a refugee camp near Karabulak.

DRAM3.jpg: APTN cameraman Miguel Gil Moreno [R], follows a Kosovo Liberation Army member in this June 1998.

DRAM4.jpg: A grab from footage released by Russian TV on November 4, 2002 shows a Chechen gunwoman holding hostages at gunpoint at a Moscow theatre.

DRAM5.jpg: Young Palestinians assemble AK-47 automatic assault rifles while blindfolded during a Palestinian Fatah military-style summer camp graduation in the West Bank city of Nablus.

Oneto15
02-19-2007, 08:35 PM
http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/6131/phosphorusexplosionld3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
white phosphorus grenade explosion, gulf war 91. poor bastards! :-(

Are those two US soldiers laying on the ground??

Just backtracking through this thread and came across your question. If you have not yet received an answer, then i hope this helps;-

The above photo (recoloured) is number 7 of 7 in a series taken by British photographer Mike Moore published in 1991 in his book "Desert War" (Penguin Books), and shows an attack by Sergeant Tom Gorian leading 5 Platoon, B Company, The Royal Scots Regiment, against a dug in Iraqi APC during GW1, the soldier responsible for destroying the APC was Pvt Thomas R. Gow, for which action and others he was awarded the Military Medal.

ryan woods
02-20-2007, 06:45 AM
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/RyanWoods/PA270568.jpg

Canadian war cemetry, The Netherlands

Sabre
02-20-2007, 01:32 PM
can you not fix a bayonet to the rifle with an UGL slung underneath, similar to the the 203?

solid stuff Sabre.

Sorry to leave you hanging there mate!

No, you can't fix a bayonet with a UGL already fitted. The new orbat for sections is now:

2xSA80/UGL , 2xMinimi , 1-2xLSW , 2-3xRifleman

So there are only two or three bayonets left.

ryan woods
02-20-2007, 02:57 PM
it's alright, I now know who not to call to back me up! ;)

Not to go off topic but it's quite a drastic change the way an infantry section is armed... Going from 2 LSW's and 6 SA80's to having two gunners, two grenadiers, two long range gunners and just two ordinary riflemen left (of which one is the one ice scream...?)

Sabre
02-20-2007, 03:57 PM
Yeah. It's a debate that's done the rounds a number of times here. It's good in so far as the section's firepower has massively increased, the downside being the reduction in pure 'riflemen'.

The section went through a very weak phase due to the whole SA-80 programme. Back when there were seven riflemen and a gpmg gunner +/- LMG, the weight of fire and the range were much better. Of course the only 40mm rounds were via an M79, if available, but then there were platoon 51mm rounds available to a greater range.

I think the minimi (para) we have is fine for patrolling. If you need a weight of fire at close range to support a withdrawl it serves well. I think it is less suitable for the deliberate attack role, when range and rate of fire/sustainment of fire is more of an issue. If I was to carry out an attack, I'd want a GPMG. You can slow down the cyclic rate of fire and achieve greater accuracy, the range is better and the rounds themselves are more potent. Personally, given the option I would always take a GPMG.

ryan woods
02-20-2007, 04:00 PM
clear. thanks for explaining, good read.

artinist
02-20-2007, 04:45 PM
http://web.umr.edu/~rogersda/military_service/20%20x%2030%20ft%20hole%20in%20Tripoli.jpg

On February 18, 1991 the Tripoli struck a mine near her starboard bow, injuring several sailors. The ship’s company undertook damage control and within 20 hours, the Tripoli resumed normal operations and remained on station another four days before suitable relief could be engaged. The Tripoli was taken into dry dock at the Arabian Ship Repair Yard in Bahrain. After draining, a 20 x 30 feet hole was revealed!

I_hate_posers
02-20-2007, 10:39 PM
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/RyanWoods/PA270568.jpg

Canadian war cemetry, The Netherlands
Next year on my leave I plan to visit (try anyways) and pay my respects to our War cemetery's in Europe. I think it's visit every Canadian who travel to or through Europe should make!

Pete031
02-21-2007, 12:14 AM
Yeah. It's a debate that's done the rounds a number of times here. It's good in so far as the section's firepower has massively increased, the downside being the reduction in pure 'riflemen'.

The section went through a very weak phase due to the whole SA-80 programme. Back when there were seven riflemen and a gpmg gunner +/- LMG, the weight of fire and the range were much better. Of course the only 40mm rounds were via an M79, if available, but then there were platoon 51mm rounds available to a greater range.

I think the minimi (para) we have is fine for patrolling. If you need a weight of fire at close range to support a withdrawl it serves well. I think it is less suitable for the deliberate attack role, when range and rate of fire/sustainment of fire is more of an issue. If I was to carry out an attack, I'd want a GPMG. You can slow down the cyclic rate of fire and achieve greater accuracy, the range is better and the rounds themselves are more potent. Personally, given the option I would always take a GPMG.

I agree 100%. Thats why it was so beneficial for the Paras in the Falklands to have 2 GPMG's per section.
The Mk 48 is quite the weapon, a good step between the 2 but not a replacement for the GPMG by any means.

Heinemann
02-21-2007, 12:24 AM
http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/6087/10126ee2475703c2b690ef5oi2.gif

Chris
02-21-2007, 01:00 AM
holy ****, is this for real?

GammaDriver
02-21-2007, 07:09 AM
holy ****, is this for real?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsar_Bomba

Note that the Soviets "tuned" it down by approx. half to reduce the damage it -could- have caused. It was, however, not a practical war design; instead being a method to show off their technological prowess.

Masai
02-21-2007, 07:29 AM
i am utterly speechless. can you image what if...

Manu
02-21-2007, 07:57 AM
edit: delete plz ...

ryan woods
02-21-2007, 08:00 AM
this isnt post random photos here.... Lads, come on get grip and return to the quality images.

Manu
02-21-2007, 08:24 AM
edit: delete plz ...

ryan woods
02-21-2007, 08:27 AM
not this argument again... read the thread and you will notice that at a certain point you will notice the specific direction it is leading towards....

gaijinsamurai
02-21-2007, 09:26 AM
X2. "Dramatic" usually requires something with emotion.
I don't mind seeing the MIRV diagram, but there's probably a more appropriate place for something like that.

MG 3
02-22-2007, 01:13 AM
http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/6087/10126ee2475703c2b690ef5oi2.gif

SHYT SHYT SHYT SHYT SHYT SHYT .................

wiking
02-22-2007, 03:20 AM
SHYT SHYT SHYT SHYT SHYT SHYT .................


:-( :-( :-( :-( oh bloody hell. And even Oppenheimer and the rest of the Manhattan project crew considered the possibility that their first test detonation could be so big it would burn up the atmosphere and kill all life on earth. (and like the mad scientists they all were, they all still went ahead and did it p-) )

Sharkattack
02-22-2007, 05:27 AM
http://saps.reserve.org.za/e107_plugins/coppermine_menu/albums/userpics/10308/3PoliceWayne1.jpg (javascript: window.close())

baboon6
02-22-2007, 10:24 AM
Yeah. It's a debate that's done the rounds a number of times here. It's good in so far as the section's firepower has massively increased, the downside being the reduction in pure 'riflemen'.

The section went through a very weak phase due to the whole SA-80 programme. Back when there were seven riflemen and a gpmg gunner +/- LMG, the weight of fire and the range were much better. Of course the only 40mm rounds were via an M79, if available, but then there were platoon 51mm rounds available to a greater range.

I think the minimi (para) we have is fine for patrolling. If you need a weight of fire at close range to support a withdrawl it serves well. I think it is less suitable for the deliberate attack role, when range and rate of fire/sustainment of fire is more of an issue. If I was to carry out an attack, I'd want a GPMG. You can slow down the cyclic rate of fire and achieve greater accuracy, the range is better and the rounds themselves are more potent. Personally, given the option I would always take a GPMG.

From the photos of both the Paras and RM in Afghanistan, the GPMG is still being used, both in the light and sustained fire roles. Who has them and how many? Are they at platoon or company level, besides the medium machine gun platoon/troop?

Sabre
02-22-2007, 10:28 AM
There's still plenty about. The paras kept them on section scales, as the RM might have. There was a time when they were to be grouped into a 'manouver support section' for each inf platoon, but that never materialised.

Frutzel
02-22-2007, 01:15 PM
http://www.freewebs.com/clandbd/101st%20airborne%20charging%20german%20positons.jpg


101st Airborne charging German positions

Cherni_95
02-22-2007, 01:23 PM
SHYT SHYT SHYT SHYT SHYT SHYT .................
OMG teh SOVIETS WOULD HAVE DESTROYEDA WHOLE STATE WITH THOSE

Zerodivider
02-22-2007, 01:30 PM
A bit more on the Tsar Bomb: http://nuclearweaponarchive.org/Russia/TsarBomba.html

phoebus
02-25-2007, 06:39 PM
by Robert Capa (Spanish Civil War & WWII)
http://aycu08.webshots.com/image/7727/2001464835092773179_rs.jpg

Women training in China
http://aycu39.webshots.com/image/10878/2001498127116625026_rs.jpg

Air Strike at Bilbao, Spain
http://aycu35.webshots.com/image/11754/2004829070931019959_rs.jpg

Italian women mounring their dead partizan sons
http://aycu40.webshots.com/image/10399/2006208488778356389_rs.jpg

US Soliders in Sicily
http://aycu39.webshots.com/image/12358/2003657897827813192_rs.jpg

Wounded Soldier
http://aycu20.webshots.com/image/12419/2003678059656976053_rs.jpg

Normandy Invasion
http://aycu39.webshots.com/image/9758/2004793391877663727_rs.jpg

Battle of Paris: french partizans and US soldier fighting together
http://aycu22.webshots.com/image/9341/2004800812126972948_rs.jpg

More war....

http://aycu38.webshots.com/image/12917/2004873047165173568_rs.jpg

http://aycu13.webshots.com/image/12292/2004850719830104595_rs.jpg

http://aycu21.webshots.com/image/12940/2004819002299668531_rs.jpg

http://aycu40.webshots.com/image/10879/2004866644438212460_rs.jpg

Victorious Yank
http://aycu19.webshots.com/image/11698/2006097818437981125_rs.jpg

artinist
02-26-2007, 02:53 PM
some good stuff here:
http://www.strangemilitary.com/

KillerBD
02-27-2007, 07:11 PM
Good pictures but crappy site^ Too many pop-ups and crap.

ooo
02-28-2007, 01:03 PM
Pararescuejumpers on a CSAR rehearsal mission outside Balad Air Base on the 23th of Februar
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v101/He219/dailypix/militarypix/fresh/more/more/even%20more/more/will%20it%20ever%20end/37020.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v101/He219/dailypix/militarypix/fresh/more/more/even%20more/more/will%20it%20ever%20end/070224-F-3961R-099.jpg


From this Thread [click] (http://militaryphotos.net/forums/showthread.php?t=106156&page=2)

baker company
02-28-2007, 04:17 PM
Victorious Yank
http://aycu19.webshots.com/image/11698/2006097818437981125_rs.jpg[/QUOTE]

I have an original copy of this very issue. Facinating to page through, and full of pics I was surprised to see; I would have expected many of them (graphic pics of dead GIs, for example) to be censored.

Ronguild
02-28-2007, 04:32 PM
Victorious Yank
I have an original copy of this very issue. Facinating to page through, and full of pics I was surprised to see; I would have expected many of them (graphic pics of dead GIs, for example) to be censored.

I don't agree with you, pics (even graphics one) of fallen GI must not be censored, let me explain :
Those young men were fighting, far away from their country and family, for nations of the old Europe ... we must keep their image of courageous and brave (and, sadly, dead) soldiers. The bright true is that.
I used to live ,before , in Normandy the gret american cimetrey near Omaha is a strong souvenir (i was 10 the first time i saw the white numerous crosses perfectly aligned ...).
Graphic pictures also show what we must not forget.

twisterashka
02-28-2007, 05:27 PM
Not sure if a repost but here it is anyway, really touching picture.

Happened in Venezuela in 1963 during an insurrection at the city of Puerto Cabello, the soldier wounded was a member of the forces opposing the government. When the priest saw this soldier laying down on the street wounded, he rushed forward with complete disregard for his own safety and tried to pull the soldier to a safe place; when he reached the soldier this one said to the priest "Ayudeme padrecito" -->"Please help me father", moments after the picture was taken the priest got caught in a crossfire and had to withdraw to safety, the soldier later died of his wounds.

http://img252.imageshack.us/img252/5999/portenazoyo5.png

Switek
02-28-2007, 05:34 PM
Not sure if a repost but here it is anyway, really touching picture.

Happened in Venezuela in 1963 during an insurrection at the city of Puerto Cabello, the soldier wounded was a member of the forces opposing the government. When the priest saw this soldier laying down on the street wounded, he rushed forward with complete disregard for his own safety and tried to pull the soldier to a safe place; when he reached the soldier this one said to the priest "Ayudeme padrecito" -->"Please help me father", moments after the picture was taken the priest got caught in a crossfire and had to withdraw to safety, the soldier later died of his wounds.

http://img252.imageshack.us/img252/5999/portenazoyo5.png

great pic and great story

phoebus
03-01-2007, 12:30 AM
USAAF B-26 Marauder, hit by german flak.

http://aycu37.webshots.com/image/12596/2000970005458134133_rs.jpg

phoebus
03-01-2007, 01:20 AM
Albania, 1940
http://aycu05.webshots.com/image/11164/2004693304615048067_rs.jpg

http://aycu15.webshots.com/image/9454/2004646595860756937_rs.jpg

http://aycu16.webshots.com/image/10095/2004621841218145038_rs.jpg

http://aycu17.webshots.com/image/10456/2004603053447009617_rs.jpg


source link (http://www.army.gr/n/g/epos40/photos/)

phoebus
03-01-2007, 01:23 AM
El Alamein, 1st Greek Brigade

cutting the german wire
http://aycu02.webshots.com/image/9761/2005528827666889832_rs.jpg

http://aycu02.webshots.com/image/10441/2005544786310420164_rs.jpg

http://www.army.gr/n/g/epos40/elalamein

phoebus
03-01-2007, 01:50 AM
I have always thought this to be one of the most amazing photographs...

Too bad it was staged. I was disappointed when I learned about that.

I think its still an amazing photograph even if its not real, in the sense of capturing the actual moment of violence.

Edit:



Both were shot the same relative time suing the same group of guys...


Nope, the guy was actually shot while posing for Capa. Sorry :-(

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/database/capa_r.html

There can be no further doubt that The Falling Soldier is a photograph of Federico Borrell García at the moment of his death during the battle at Cerro Muriano on September 5, 1936. May the slanderous controversy that has plagued Robert Capa’s reputation for more than twenty-five years now, at last, come to an end with a verdict decisively in favor of Capa’s integrity. It is time to let both Capa and Borrell rest in peace, and to acclaim The Falling Soldier once again as an unquestioned masterpiece of photojournalism and as perhaps the greatest war photograph ever made.

snapper036
03-01-2007, 02:26 AM
El Alamein, 1st Greek Brigade

cutting the german wire


Assaulting the german lines
http://aycu02.webshots.com/image/10441/2005544786310420164_rs.jpg

http://www.army.gr/n/g/epos40/elalamein

why would they be assaulting the german lines and cutting one of their own mens throat?:roll:
i think you find that this was a training exercise:fork:

phoebus
03-01-2007, 03:21 AM
Hehe, chill mate, you're possibly right, yet you're acting like having broken a record or something.
rofl

You can email your opinion to the www.army.gr (http://www.army.gr) website and their staff. Interesting opinion nevertheless. Don't forget to let us know how they will respond. :)

Godspeed
03-05-2007, 07:44 PM
Sorry if i post this in wrong thread, think it is dramatic enough...

A couple of years ago in south of Sweden three bankrobbers took hostage fleeing the scene and then barricaded (spelling??) themselves and the hostages in a house, after a while one of the bankrobbers came out walking towards the police armed with a Swedish made G3 (AK4) a police sniper shot him in his left leg just above the knee. OUCH!
The two remaining bankrobbers gave up shortly after their comrade was shot.

http://img109.imageshack.us/img109/7650/shb1ys9.jpg


http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/3585/shb2rt9.jpg

http://img256.imageshack.us/img256/9453/shb3bv3.jpg

http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/7486/shb4gd4.jpg

GoodToGo
03-05-2007, 07:59 PM
Great series Godspeed! Thanks. And BTW, you nailed the spelling of the word "Barricaded"! :)

Godspeed
03-05-2007, 08:02 PM
Great series Godspeed! Thanks. And BTW, you nailed the spelling of the word "Barricaded"! :)

Thx GoodToGo:hug:

D-gin
03-07-2007, 12:25 AM
A US Marine in Iraq......

http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/6107/baghdad6byfroggycrp739oz7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

JoaMei
03-07-2007, 12:41 AM
Bad Photoshop Pic :roll:

Hippo
03-07-2007, 01:11 AM
can anyone confirm or deny this? ^^^

ryan woods
03-07-2007, 06:01 AM
the empty case looks realunlike the muzzle flash... need a second opinion here...

Ivan le Fou
03-07-2007, 06:58 AM
Looks like this one, by the colors:

http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/6205/0408iraq8bm6.jpg

To me it's not photoshoped.

JoaMei
03-07-2007, 11:52 AM
We are talking about the muzzle flash.

10thvet
03-07-2007, 12:02 PM
Bad Photoshop Pic :roll:

It looks more like a fire in the background than a muzzle flash...But what the hell do I know

SamHamam
03-07-2007, 02:02 PM
A US Marine in Iraq......

http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/6107/baghdad6byfroggycrp739oz7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

How come if it's safe enough for the phot to stand there the Marine can't hold his weapon correctly. Very Poor Drills, in fact downright idle.

flanker7
03-07-2007, 04:07 PM
Is he firing towards the D9 bulldozer?!

Rotorhead
03-07-2007, 09:26 PM
How come if it's safe enough for the phot to stand there the Marine can't hold his weapon correctly. Very Poor Drills, in fact downright idle.

How do you know the photographer is standing. He could be holding up his camera. Last time I checked Marines weren't known as pussies.

Jackal01400
03-07-2007, 09:32 PM
It looks more like a fire in the background than a muzzle flash...But what the hell do I know

does look more like a fire and thats what I would say too, but to the right of the rifle there is a casing flying through the air...

D-gin
03-07-2007, 09:33 PM
can anyone confirm or deny this? ^^^

I can't tell **** from most PS jobs but I just ran across this photo yesterday and all it had for a description was "A Marine in Baghdad" so if it's Photoshopped I was unaware of it.

Heinemann
03-07-2007, 09:48 PM
http://mar07c.imghost.us/PReN.jpg

astro
03-08-2007, 01:51 AM
From someone who works in the design industry and uses Photoshop on a daily basis...

... it's not photoshopped. Case closed.

SamHamam
03-08-2007, 03:11 PM
How do you know the photographer is standing. He could be holding up his camera. Last time I checked Marines weren't known as pussies.

That's as maybe but that one needs a weapon handling refresher (preceded by the repeated application of a size 10 memory jogger if I had my way) the last time I saw an M16 being held like that(albeit it was Army and not USMC) the rounds were impacting around me,so I do have a bit of a bee in my bonnet about such basic skills.

Durandal
03-08-2007, 09:51 PM
Bad Photoshop Pic :roll:

I have to disagree here.

Looks like a dusk shot and done with a digital. Having shot a lot of photography during shooting events I have to say there is nothing odd here.


Muzzle flash will look wonky.

(And this next comment is not directed at you JoaMei...)

A lot of ƒucking armchair generals here bitching about the Marine in the photo. None of you were there so zip it.

Ezekiel25:17
03-08-2007, 10:01 PM
How come if it's safe enough for the phot to stand there the Marine can't hold his weapon correctly. Very Poor Drills, in fact downright idle.



Could be anything.

DevilDogHopeful
03-08-2007, 10:09 PM
Bad Photoshop Pic :roll:

Negative. I saw that pic on the website of the man who took it along with many other great ones. It's 100% real.

How come if it's safe enough for the phot to stand there the Marine can't hold his weapon correctly. Very Poor Drills, in fact downright idle.

Think for a second. Photographers have always been known to risk their lives for good pictures.. this is just another case of that.

A lot of ƒucking armchair generals here bitching about the Marine in the photo. None of you were there so zip it.

X2

Gogf
03-08-2007, 10:40 PM
holy ****, is this for real?

Well, I doubt the blast radius would be that much bigger. I'm not an expert on it, but I suspect a blast that big would reach far beyond the moon. The graph on the left is in terms of megatons; the explosions replace the usual bars of a graph. They're not actually the scale of explosions.

Nonetheless, the power of that bomb is terrifying. Thank God it was never detonated or built.

Gogf
03-08-2007, 10:42 PM
http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/lincoln-memorial/images/iwo-jima-flag.gif

DevilDogHopeful
03-08-2007, 10:43 PM
http://www.photographychannel.tv/video/devildogs3.html

That's the guy who took that picture, Lucian read.

Morboute
03-09-2007, 12:49 AM
about the muzzel flash.

Romans posted this before..

http://img406.imageshack.us/img406/2833/1560842he7.jpg

and its not shoped.

as he showed here..

Ze promiced Flash coming out of AK-74 compensator.

http://img68.imageshack.us/img68/337/flamerh5.jpg
http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/6272/flame2ab0.jpg
http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/6583/flame3fq0.jpg

sorry for the hijack :oops:

Snydz
03-09-2007, 01:10 AM
Great video... Thanks for sharing

D-gin
03-09-2007, 01:17 AM
****, I didn't think that photo would cause all this.

DGR
03-09-2007, 11:53 AM
about the muzzel flash.

Romans posted this before..

http://img406.imageshack.us/img406/2833/1560842he7.jpg

and its not shoped.

as he showed here..



sorry for the hijack :oops:

Flamethrower?

digrar
03-09-2007, 09:07 PM
Rifle. Gunpowder goes bang, makes big flame....

Durandal
03-11-2007, 09:52 AM
Nope, the guy was actually shot while posing for Capa. Sorry :-(

rofl Yeah, just his buddy was, in the exact same spot, in the exact same position.

Looking over ALL the photos he took of this unit, there is little doubt in my mind that it was faked.

Karo
03-11-2007, 09:35 PM
http://www.spiegel.de/img/0,1020,821511,00.jpg

Quite surreal pic imo.

Martino
03-11-2007, 10:17 PM
damnit it pains me to see that happening to our allies.

YANKEEBOBB
03-12-2007, 12:47 AM
I put this pic in the funny pic thread but seems like it goes better here.
http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/5816/160photos025ik1.jpg

Ivan le Fou
03-12-2007, 12:27 PM
African warriors are very impressives.

The thing
03-12-2007, 03:10 PM
These might be re-posts.
Anyway The Vietnam war

Dean1962
03-12-2007, 10:03 PM
http://img473.imageshack.us/img473/5609/dramatik0hj.jpg




goldbricking sob......

kawaiku
03-12-2007, 10:17 PM
goldbricking sob......
Don't be jealous of our vast wealthp-)

bz6568
03-12-2007, 10:49 PM
WOW !!! This Thread Is Just Gut Wrenching !!!

YANKEEBOBB
03-12-2007, 11:19 PM
http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/7246/bg1zw5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/6445/bg2os0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/3620/bg3bm7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Photo shopped?

I served in th U.S. Navy for 2 years before I joined the Army and I know we showed off like this with the battle group but what's with the B1 bomber? Is this real?

Ezekiel25:17
03-12-2007, 11:59 PM
http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/7246/bg1zw5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/6445/bg2os0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/3620/bg3bm7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Photo shopped?

I served in th U.S. Navy for 2 years before I joined the Army and I know we showed off like this with the battle group but what's with the B1 bomber? Is this real?

I only see a B2 and it looks real.

YANKEEBOBB
03-13-2007, 12:22 AM
I only see a B2 and it looks real.

Right B2 not B1 sorry, but just seems out of place.
Here's couple more cool pics.
http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/1307/119532nu6.jpg
http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/8917/123282dj9.jpg
http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/111/123199sh1.jpg

Pete031
03-13-2007, 12:39 AM
Can the B2's take off from a carrier?

YANKEEBOBB
03-13-2007, 12:49 AM
http://img182.imageshack.us/img182/9646/117338lp0.jpg
http://img182.imageshack.us/img182/6540/113649ra1.jpg
http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/176/120196jz4.jpg
http://img182.imageshack.us/img182/2073/116000in5.jpg
http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/9128/101657qe1.jpg

kawaiku
03-13-2007, 01:09 AM
I got some here:
Huey's flying over a cratered jungle in Vietnam
http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n73/kawaiku/US%20Military/BattleScaredWarzone.jpg

http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n73/kawaiku/US%20Military/ArmouredConvoyPassingThroughSmoke.jpg

A building getting shot up
http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n73/kawaiku/US%20Military/BuildingRecivingAmericanPride.jpg
Going out on patrol in Vietnam
http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n73/kawaiku/US%20Military/101stExitingPerimeter.jpg

kawaiku
03-13-2007, 01:10 AM
Returing from patrol in Vietnam(looks like the same base/oupost):
http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n73/kawaiku/US%20Military/101stPatrolRetuningThroughPerimeter.jpg

kawaiku
03-13-2007, 01:12 AM
http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/7246/bg1zw5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/6445/bg2os0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/3620/bg3bm7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Photo shopped?

I served in th U.S. Navy for 2 years before I joined the Army and I know we showed off like this with the battle group but what's with the B1 bomber? Is this real?
Here's another view:
http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n73/kawaiku/US%20Military/USNavyWhup-Ass.jpg

D-gin
03-13-2007, 01:19 AM
Photo shopped?

I served in th U.S. Navy for 2 years before I joined the Army and I know we showed off like this with the battle group but what's with the B1 bomber? Is this real?

They're the real deal, If you to Navy.mil and look around in there "Featured photos" you will run across them.


He posted them in one of the "Today's Pic's" threads awhile back.

ya2
03-13-2007, 07:17 AM
http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/111/123199sh1.jpg

that's the bat-mobile..

Dean1962
03-13-2007, 04:44 PM
does look more like a fire and thats what I would say too, but to the right of the rifle there is a casing flying through the air...

It is the building behind the firer that is burning. If you look at the fire, you will see that the light from the fire is illuminating the building that the fire is in. It is lighting up the wall that is quite a distance from the Marine. If it were a muzzle flash, the far building would not be illuminated, and some of the bricks right beside and in front of the Marine, which I do not see. Ergo, the fire is in the distance.

Dean.

KillerBD
03-13-2007, 07:07 PM
Can the B2's take off from a carrier?

No^ to answer your question.

But yes, the B-2 Bomber can fly over water (contrary to popular belief I guess:roll: ). Whats so unbelievable about that pic, its just the Navy putting on a show to get some good pictures (probly for recruitment, publicity, or whatever).

KillerBD
03-13-2007, 07:10 PM
Returing from patrol in Vietnam(looks like the same base/oupost):
http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n73/kawaiku/US%20Military/101stPatrolRetuningThroughPerimeter.jpg

I'm willing to bet two sticks that it is

Dean1962
03-13-2007, 07:45 PM
A single KV tank that stoped the advance of entire german division. It servived up to 100 hits.

http://img117.imageshack.us/img117/1273/kv1hitseveraltimes3wl.th.jpg (http://img117.imageshack.us/my.php?image=kv1hitseveraltimes3wl.jpg)

Could I have more detail about this incident, please?

Thanks,
Dean.

rhino
03-13-2007, 07:56 PM
Could I have more detail about this incident, please?

Thanks,
Dean.


some info here
http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/Quarters/4635/tanks/kv1/kv1.htm

bz6568
03-13-2007, 08:57 PM
GRAPHIC WARNING !!!








A Stryker Survives A 500 Pound Road Side Bomb , The Crew Of 4 Walked Away Uninjured , When This Vehicle Was Righted It Was Able To Move Away Under It's Own Power !! Amazing !!



23870








An Iraqi Suicide Bombers Ill-fated Attack On A Bradley Fighting Vehicle !!



23871

YANKEEBOBB
03-13-2007, 09:41 PM
No^ to answer your question.

But yes, the B-2 Bomber can fly over water (contrary to popular belief I guess:roll: ). Whats so unbelievable about that pic, its just the Navy putting on a show to get some good pictures (probly for recruitment, publicity, or whatever).

Nothing really unbelievable, :roll: I just thought it was a cool picture.

I was just shocked to see a B2 with the battle group is all I meant. Most of the shows they put on are with NAVY helos and planes from the group and again it just seemed out of place to see the bomber with them.

Dean1962
03-13-2007, 10:42 PM
What's not to understand?
The NV man is question was in fact an NVA or VC officer (I forget which) caught in a combat area wearing civilian clothes. He was a member of a death squad that was targeting the families of soldiers and police officers, including that of ARVN General Nguyen Ngoc Loan, the guy with the pistol. He had just been informed that the NVA officer was fighting in the area that his family lived in. Now, if you read the Geneva convention, you will find that the punishment for spies and combatants wearing civilian clothing caught in a combat area is summary execution. The police officer simply did his job and it was completely legal.

If you ever see the video, it looks awful. The VC prisoner, Captain Nguyen Van Lem (in some sources, his name was Bay Lop) was led up to ARVN General Nguyen Ngoc Loan, who just looked at him. Unfortunately, we cannot see his face as his back was towards the camera. The General then turned towards the prisoner and very nonchalantly waved the pistol back and forth to motion the guards to move away from him. This is when I think his expression must have been scary, because the two guards moved as if they were standing on live electric wires. At this point the prisoner reacted in fear and anger, but he did not have time to do anything else as General Loan simply raised the pistol and fired at point-blank range. He was not even trying to escape, and I don't even think he got a chance to talk. But as I said, because of the circumstances in which he was captured, the General was completely within his rights to do what he did.
Ironically, according to many sources, this was the image that changed the perception of the American public towards the war. It was after the showing of the video oon the 6:00 news that people started to believe tha tUS soldiers should be pulled out and that the US was losing the war.

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nguyen_Ngoc_Loan and http://www.weeklystandard.com/Conten...4/666noxlw.asp for more info.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nguyen_Van_Lem

South Vietnamese sources said that Lem commanded a Viet Cong assassination and revenge platoon, which on that day had targeted South Vietnamese National Police officers, or in their stead, the police officers' families; these sources said that Lem was captured near the site of a ditch holding as many as thirty-four bound and shot bodies of police and their relatives, some of whom were the families of General Loan's deputy and close friend. (In some accounts, the deputy was a victim as well; in others, the number of murdered relatives were as few as six.) Photographer Adams confirmed the South Vietnamese account, although he was only present for the execution. Lem's widow confirmed that her husband was a member of the Viet Cong and she did not see him after the Tet Offensive began. Shortly after the execution, a South Vietnamese official who had not been present said that Lem was only a political operative.

I took this from another site

“Though Loan's execution of Lem would have violated the Geneva Conventions for treatment of prisoners of war had he been wearing a uniform and fighting enemy soldiers, the execution was attributed to war crimes allegedly committed by Lem. The rights of POW status were accorded to Viet Cong only if captured during military operations. Those captured as unlawful combatants were subject only to the laws of the South Vietnamese government, which sanctioned the use of draconian measures.”

Note the "had he been wearing..." bit. A bit of diversion there. The fact is that he was not, and the Geneva Convention is very clear on this. If you are a combattant, a member of an organized military force, wearing civilian clothes while fighting in a combat zone, you are considered a spy, with the obvious consequences. In addition, if Lem was only a "political operative", what would he have been doing hiding in a ditch in enemy territory while his death squads were running around?!??

Dean1962
03-13-2007, 10:44 PM
Image of South Vietnamese General shoting prisoner in the head.

What's not to understand?
The NV man is question was in fact an NVA or VC officer (I forget which) caught in a combat area wearing civilian clothes. He was a member of a death squad that was targeting the families of soldiers and police officers, including that of ARVN General Nguyen Ngoc Loan, the guy with the pistol. He had just been informed that the NVA officer was fighting in the area that his family lived in. Now, if you read the Geneva convention, you will find that the punishment for spies and combatants wearing civilian clothing caught in a combat area is summary execution. The police officer simply did his job and it was completely legal.

If you ever see the video, it looks awful. The VC prisoner, Captain Nguyen Van Lem (in some sources, his name was Bay Lop) was led up to ARVN General Nguyen Ngoc Loan, who just looked at him. Unfortunately, we cannot see his face as his back was towards the camera. The General then turned towards the prisoner and very nonchalantly waved the pistol back and forth to motion the guards to move away from him. This is when I think his expression must have been scary, because the two guards moved as if they were standing on live electric wires. At this point the prisoner reacted in fear and anger, but he did not have time to do anything else as General Loan simply raised the pistol and fired at point-blank range. He was not even trying to escape, and I don't even think he got a chance to talk. But as I said, because of the circumstances in which he was captured, the General was completely within his rights to do what he did.
Ironically, according to many sources, this was the image that changed the perception of the American public towards the war. It was after the showing of the video oon the 6:00 news that people started to believe tha tUS soldiers should be pulled out and that the US was losing the war.

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nguyen_Ngoc_Loan and http://www.weeklystandard.com/Conten...4/666noxlw.asp for more info.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nguyen_Van_Lem

South Vietnamese sources said that Lem commanded a Viet Cong assassination and revenge platoon, which on that day had targeted South Vietnamese National Police officers, or in their stead, the police officers' families; these sources said that Lem was captured near the site of a ditch holding as many as thirty-four bound and shot bodies of police and their relatives, some of whom were the families of General Loan's deputy and close friend. (In some accounts, the deputy was a victim as well; in others, the number of murdered relatives were as few as six.) Photographer Adams confirmed the South Vietnamese account, although he was only present for the execution. Lem's widow confirmed that her husband was a member of the Viet Cong and she did not see him after the Tet Offensive began. Shortly after the execution, a South Vietnamese official who had not been present said that Lem was only a political operative.

I took this from another site

“Though Loan's execution of Lem would have violated the Geneva Conventions for treatment of prisoners of war had he been wearing a uniform and fighting enemy soldiers, the execution was attributed to war crimes allegedly committed by Lem. The rights of POW status were accorded to Viet Cong only if captured during military operations. Those captured as unlawful combatants were subject only to the laws of the South Vietnamese government, which sanctioned the use of draconian measures.”

Note the "had he been wearing..." bit. A bit of diversion there. The fact is that he was not, and the Geneva Convention is very clear on this. If you are a combattant, a member of an organized military force, wearing civilian clothes while fighting in a combat zone, you are considered a spy, with the obvious consequences. In addition, if Lem was only a "political operative", what would he have been doing hiding in a ditch in enemy territory while his death squads were running around?!??

Dean1962
03-14-2007, 12:09 AM
Picture of Soviet supplied T-72 tank with turret blown off!

youre right!... but what kind of weapon used by croatians could create this dammages?

All of the Russian tanks from that era had major weaknesses. One fuel line went from the front of the tank to the back around the turret ring. Any incoming round would hit it, and even if it did not, the fact that it was exposed left it very vulnerable to shrapnel. In addition, many tanks were built with the ready rack surrounded by a fuel tank, and just when you thought it was really stupid, the T-64 series on had an autoloader which held one round ready in the centre of the fighting compartment. So an incoming round would come in, break the fuel line, light up the fuel which is pouring into the fighting compartment, cook off the ready round, pierce the fuel tank and the final explosion of the fuel tank and the ready rack (ammo storage bin) at the same time was nothing short of spectacular. That is why there were so many "jack-in-the-box" catastropic failures of Russian tanks in every war in which they have been involved since the end of WW II.

Dean.

Dean1962
03-14-2007, 01:02 AM
So your saying that this kid has 500lbs of grenade launche ammo on his back. 1kg=2.2 pounds. This kid could not be able to walk, and if he could his balance would be so off and staggered it would be near impossible to walk.Sure about the weight?

-Mich

His elbow is a bit bent. The cases are empty.

Dean1962
03-14-2007, 01:15 AM
Photo of a US soldier sitting in a dumpster full of gold bricks!

Don't be jealous of our vast wealthp-)

;) To goldbrick was a WW II expression that meant to slack off, to take it very very easy. given the context of the photo, I thought that it was kinda funny....

never mind.

Dean.

DevilDogHopeful
03-16-2007, 06:33 AM
http://www.usmc.mil/marinelink/image1.nsf/ae82f18a8e1b160b852568ba007e7e5e/ebcb104d3d58f63985257284006c2241/$FILE/Cougar%20Explosion.jpg



A 6x6 EOD variant of the MRAP JERRV undergoes the first shot of a four shot series of test explosions at the Aberdeen Test Center (ATC) in Maryland. All MRAP vehicles are tested at the ATC and this vehicle met the threshold.

NimDod
03-16-2007, 06:50 AM
wow! a picture of a vehicle in a test.
so Dramatic...

DevilDogHopeful
03-16-2007, 06:51 AM
wow! a picture of a vehicle in a test.
so Dramatic...


It's simple: Post any military-related photos that are dramatic, surreal, epic, or just make you go "Holy sh!t that looks cool!"


.....................

Rotorhead
03-16-2007, 03:00 PM
Just saw this in Military History Quarterly. Looks like crap cause it's scanned. US paratrooper during Market-Garden with an exploding 88 shell.

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n256/phreax9/Scan10484.jpg

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n256/phreax9/ww2-202.jpg

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n256/phreax9/ww2-192.jpg

ryan woods
03-16-2007, 04:45 PM
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n256/phreax9/Scan10484.jpg

how do they know its 88? IMO, however armchair, seems a bit small of an explosion...

Alex-L
03-16-2007, 04:49 PM
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n256/phreax9/Scan10484.jpg

how do they know its 88? IMO, however armchair, seems a bit small of an explosion...

Im gunna assume its what the article says from where he got the picture.

Also it might be the after the 88 hit and thats the dirt coming back down

ryan woods
03-16-2007, 04:50 PM
good point, anyway great photos. thanks desk pilot. you wouldnt know where it occured would you?

PeterG
03-16-2007, 05:31 PM
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n256/phreax9/Scan10484.jpg

how do they know its 88? IMO, however armchair, seems a bit small of an explosion...

They often referred to 'all' german arty as 88s.

Rotorhead
03-16-2007, 05:56 PM
good point, anyway great photos. thanks desk pilot. you wouldnt know where it occured would you?

The article just mentioned a US paratrooper during Op Market-Garden so I'd have to assume near Son or Veghel.

Alex-L
03-16-2007, 05:56 PM
They often referred to 'all' german arty as 88s.

Really? Never heard that before. Due to the effectivness of the 88's units got really good at knowing when it was 88's coming in.

Durandal
03-16-2007, 07:45 PM
Really? Never heard that before.

Yeah, he's pretty spot on, just like ALL tanks were Tigers...

tunimao
03-17-2007, 05:54 AM
Some war...

ryan woods
03-17-2007, 05:55 AM
The article just mentioned a US paratrooper during Op Market-Garden so I'd have to assume near Son or Veghel.

I have never heard of either place. Are you sure they are place names in the AO of op Market Garden?

BlitzCod
03-17-2007, 06:04 AM
Yes they are, 101 was supposed to capture Son-bridge?

ryan woods
03-17-2007, 06:10 AM
Where are these places? To which nearest city? Curious... never heard of them. They sound flemish to me but I thought market garden started from Eindhoven...

sharpe
03-17-2007, 06:34 AM
Those places are somewhat beyond Eindhoven, just up Hell's Highway.

Edit: all of those places are in the Netherlands.

ryan woods
03-17-2007, 06:35 AM
thanks for clearing that up mate.

D-gin
03-17-2007, 06:54 AM
I'm sure this has been posted before but I just ran across it on my hard drive and think it belongs here.


The photo is of U.S. Marines in Fallujah, Iraq, The Marine in the center is a Sargent Major IIRC and this photo was taken after he was pined down in a building for over four hours, As you can see he is extensively injured.

http://img294.imageshack.us/img294/2583/1174085732837nx6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

abj713
03-19-2007, 10:03 PM
That is BS ... Check out the other guys in the photo .. The photographer
has singled out just three .. Thats not a Death Camp ITS A POW Camp
and at least the Serbs took some prisoners .. To compare this to
Auuschwitz etc. is an insult to every Victim of the Holocaust...:bash:


Concentration or any of the other types of camps, may not have been classified as "Death" Camps, however the conditions people were forced to endure led to a very high "Death" rate. They were all Death Camps...

POW Camps are not the Hilton, As in the case of the Hanoi Hilton.

Ezekiel25:17
03-19-2007, 10:08 PM
I'm sure this has been posted before but I just ran across it on my hard drive and think it belongs here.


The photo is of U.S. Marines in Fallujah, Iraq, The Marine in the center is a Sargent Major IIRC and this photo was taken after he was pined down in a building for over four hours, As you can see he is extensively injured.

http://img294.imageshack.us/img294/2583/1174085732837nx6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Lance Cpl. Chris Marquez, Sergeant Major Kasal( 1st Sergeant at the time) and Lance Cpl. Dan Shaffer

DevilDogHopeful
03-19-2007, 10:12 PM
I'm sure this has been posted before but I just ran across it on my hard drive and think it belongs here.


The photo is of U.S. Marines in Fallujah, Iraq, The Marine in the center is a Sargent Major IIRC and this photo was taken after he was pined down in a building for over four hours, As you can see he is extensively injured.

http://img294.imageshack.us/img294/2583/1174085732837nx6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

I saw a video online of the guy who took that which you can find here in this thread. Said he was shot 7 times and used his body as a shield to protect his fellow Marine from a grenade blast, and he killed 20 ( I'm not sure how many) something enemy's with his rifle and side arm.

D-gin
03-19-2007, 10:14 PM
Lance Cpl. Chris Marquez, Sergeant Major Kasal( 1st Sergeant at the time) and Lance Cpl. Dan Shaffer

Cheers Zeke.



Farewell to a brother.

http://img108.imageshack.us/img108/8616/00000oy8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

YANKEEBOBB
03-19-2007, 11:25 PM
http://img341.imageshack.us/img341/1793/blueangels60qg0.jpg

SR-71 Blackbird (http://imageshack.us)
http://img341.imageshack.us/img341/5813/frozenbirdip3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

NEFAS
03-20-2007, 08:08 AM
^^^^The Blackbird looks more like a static model!!!

D3ath
03-20-2007, 10:22 PM
I saw a video online of the guy who took that which you can find here in this thread. Said he was shot 7 times and used his body as a shield to protect his fellow Marine from a grenade blast, and he killed 20 ( I'm not sure how many) something enemy's with his rifle and side arm.

I believe an entire episode of "Shootout" covered his story

djiti
03-21-2007, 04:49 PM
hi all

your pictures are all excellent and the differents stories too
on my part, i have a request
i'm looking for pictures of soldier who pry or something like that

thanks by advance

YANKEEBOBB
03-22-2007, 01:01 PM
hi all

your pictures are all excellent and the differents stories too
on my part, i have a request
i'm looking for pictures of soldier who pry or something like that

thanks by advance
"pry" you mean pray?

djiti
03-22-2007, 01:30 PM
oups i'm sorry for my very sad english

thanks you

in effect i mean "pray"

Roldwin
03-25-2007, 09:26 AM
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v713/Roldwin/foto40.jpg

Campo
03-25-2007, 12:05 PM
I read about this man in a german magazine and i was quite moved.

http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/689/6938485detail550ek2.jpg


Marine Sergeant Ty Ziegel already had his life planned out, he would marry his girlfriend Renee Kline upon returning from his second tour of duty in Iraq.

But one fateful day a suicide bomber hit his truck, tearing apart his body and making him among the 20,000 soldiers that have been wounded in Iraq. He was blind in one eye, had a shattered skull, and most of his skin was burned off. Renee lived with Ty at the Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas for a year and a half, sharing Ty's every hope and fear. Their relationship became stronger than ever, and Ty and Renee moved back to their hometown in Illinois in July 2006, and got married in shortly thereafter.

http://img501.imageshack.us/img501/2681/6416136detail550yr1.jpg


:-(


Here you can see the rest of the pics:

http://archive.reduxpictures.com/Production/PhotoGroupView.aspx?pbid=4&msa=1&pgid=6415897

semper fie

Jocker_89
04-05-2007, 04:17 AM
http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/2447/screenhunter004vm2.jpg

MARINO
04-05-2007, 06:18 AM
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v713/Roldwin/foto40.jpg

Very nice plaque.

DEP

Karo
04-05-2007, 02:18 PM
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/Panzermeyer/HerrenvolkStalingrad43.jpg

afreu
04-05-2007, 02:31 PM
Impressive photo!

ryan woods
04-06-2007, 04:13 AM
http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/2447/screenhunter004vm2.jpg
peculiar how they chose not to wear safety glasses in an emergency medical facility.
Notice the expression of the woman on the right. Identical to other personnel throughout the world when busy with something messy... a slighty foul but serious look. Great photo.

Hokiecadet88
04-06-2007, 12:24 PM
my dad is a physician assistant in the busiest ER in Maryland and i have never seen anybody where glasses there. idk it may be different in military situations im just adding my bit

Kojo
04-06-2007, 12:44 PM
some info here
http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/Quarters/4635/tanks/kv1/kv1.htm


Actually the KV that stopped a whole german division for a day was a KV2 , which had a 152mm canon and insanely thick armor for the time.

On 23–24 June, a single KV-2 effectively pinned down elements of the German 6th Panzer Division for a full day at the bridgeheads of the Dubissa River below Raseiniai (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raseiniai), Lithuania (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithuania), playing a prominent role in delaying the advance of Panzergruppe 4 on Leningrad (Zaloga & Grandsen 1981:10–12).

ryan woods
04-06-2007, 01:49 PM
my dad is a physician assistant in the busiest ER in Maryland and i have never seen anybody where glasses there. idk it may be different in military situations im just adding my bit

Indeed. Ive never seen protective eyewear in hospitals either. However I was recommended to wear them in order to prevent fluids of the patient gettin in direct contact with mine. Be interested to find out if there is a protocol written for this...

helomech
04-06-2007, 02:01 PM
USAAF B-26 Marauder, hit by german flak.

http://aycu37.webshots.com/image/12596/2000970005458134133_rs.jpg

Holy Sh_itballs!!I had not seen this picture before...that's just intense

helomech
04-06-2007, 02:02 PM
Cheers Zeke.



Farewell to a brother.

http://img108.imageshack.us/img108/8616/00000oy8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

That picture brought tears to my eyes......

Maksim
04-06-2007, 03:17 PM
The money shoot !!!

http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=2650&d=1139976225
HEADSHOT!!! :fork:

leetgod
04-06-2007, 03:30 PM
Cheers Zeke.



Farewell to a brother.

http://img108.imageshack.us/img108/8616/00000oy8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
I hope I don't sound insensitive but I'm curious. The helmet, dog tag and rifle, do they actually belong to the deceased soldier or are they just symbolic items from the deceased soldier's unit.

RIP

Alex-L
04-06-2007, 04:49 PM
I hope I don't sound insensitive but I'm curious. The helmet, dog tag and rifle, do they actually belong to the deceased soldier or are they just symbolic items from the deceased soldier's unit.

RIP

Actual.....

Hukatus
04-06-2007, 04:59 PM
Dramatic attack againt Abrams tank patrol in Iraq. It happend in Sept. 16, 2005.

On a nighttime patrol, Sgt. Russell Marek -- on his second tour of duty in Iraq -- was in command of three M1A1 Abrams tanks. A roadside bomb exploded, ripping through the bottom of Marek's tank. Two members of Marek's tank crew were killed.


Serving with the 4th Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment of the Army's 3rd Infantry Division, Marek, 34, of Satellite Beach, lost his right leg and arm, and suffered brain injury and severe burns over 20 percent of his body in the blast Sept. 16 as he rode in a tank just south of Baghdad.
Killed were:
1st Sgt. Alan N. Gifford, 39, of Tallahassee, Fla.
Spc. David H. Ford IV, 20, of Ironton, Ohio.
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/news/2005/09/nr20050920-4784.htm

http://img112.imageshack.us/img112/1948/abrams1akc1.th.jpg (http://img112.imageshack.us/my.php?image=abrams1akc1.jpg) http://img48.imageshack.us/img48/5818/abrams2ahb1.th.jpg (http://img48.imageshack.us/my.php?image=abrams2ahb1.jpg)

When the other tanks traveling ahead turned around, a secondary IED exploded, killing the driver of one of the returnign tanks.
http://img250.imageshack.us/img250/3977/abrams3jw3.th.jpg (http://img250.imageshack.us/my.php?image=abrams3jw3.jpg) http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/264/abrams4gt9.th.jpg (http://img403.imageshack.us/my.php?image=abrams4gt9.jpg)
Sgt. Matthew L. Deckard, 29, of Elizabethtown, Ky., died in Baghdad, Iraq, on Sept. 16, when an improvised explosive device detonated near his M1A1 Abrams tank during patrol operations. Deckard was assigned to the 4th Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga.
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/news/2005/09/nr20050920-4782.htm

EsoognomEhT
04-06-2007, 05:32 PM
That must have been one hell of an IED :/

ryan woods
04-06-2007, 06:45 PM
jeez! respect to the men who can still perfom in such a situation.

Maksim
04-06-2007, 06:59 PM
some pictures from Soviet-afgan war

leetgod
04-07-2007, 01:36 AM
Actual.....

Thanks for the info.

Jocker_89
04-07-2007, 08:15 AM
Maybe not dramatic but very interesting photo

http://wojsko-polskie.pl/wortal/gallery/d/10674-1/z-3.jpg

Sc-He
04-07-2007, 10:43 AM
http://www.militarytimes.com/xml/frontline/photos/2007/04/06/070406_front3.JPG


Christian Golczynski, 8, receives the flag that covered the coffin of his father, Marine Staff Sgt. Marcus Golczynski, from Lt. Col. Ric Thompson during a graveside service in Wheeler, Tenn., on Wednesday. Golczynski had been a Marine reservist for 12 years and was killed by enemy fire March 27 while on patrol in Anbar province, where he was stationed on his second tour of duty in Iraq. He was assigned to the Marine Forces Reserve's Third Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, Fourth Marine Division, in Nashville

N-G-F-O
04-07-2007, 10:47 AM
http://www.militarytimes.com/xml/frontline/photos/2007/04/06/070406_front3.JPG



That's as poignant a photo as i've ever seen.
Really quite touching.

Espenmannen
04-07-2007, 01:13 PM
..........

Muhortoff
04-07-2007, 02:01 PM
Medal "За отвагу" - For courage (Honor)

ryan woods
04-07-2007, 02:11 PM
Espenmannen you're going to get into trouble for posting those airsoft images here. I suggest you remove them A-SAP!

leetgod
04-07-2007, 02:47 PM
http://www.militarytimes.com/xml/frontline/photos/2007/04/06/070406_front3.JPG


Christian Golczynski, 8, receives the flag that covered the coffin of his father, Marine Staff Sgt. Marcus Golczynski, from Lt. Col. Ric Thompson during a graveside service in Wheeler, Tenn., on Wednesday. Golczynski had been a Marine reservist for 12 years and was killed by enemy fire March 27 while on patrol in Anbar province, where he was stationed on his second tour of duty in Iraq. He was assigned to the Marine Forces Reserve's Third Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, Fourth Marine Division, in Nashville

A future leatherneck for sure.....

Ezekiel25:17
04-07-2007, 03:08 PM
..........

http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=25055&stc=1&thumb=1&d=1175959969 (http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=25055&d=1175959969) http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=25085&stc=1&thumb=1&d=1175962636 (http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=25085&d=1175962636)

Quite living in a fantasy world! There's an airsoft section.

Ronguild
04-07-2007, 05:12 PM
http://www.militarytimes.com/xml/frontline/photos/2007/04/06/070406_front3.JPG


Christian Golczynski, 8, receives the flag that covered the coffin of his father, Marine Staff Sgt. Marcus Golczynski, from Lt. Col. Ric Thompson during a graveside service in Wheeler, Tenn., on Wednesday. Golczynski had been a Marine reservist for 12 years and was killed by enemy fire March 27 while on patrol in Anbar province, where he was stationed on his second tour of duty in Iraq. He was assigned to the Marine Forces Reserve's Third Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, Fourth Marine Division, in Nashville

OOHH, that little man seems strong, his fallen father is certainly proud of his son.
Happy easter young man.

GammaDriver
04-07-2007, 08:48 PM
Desperate German w/ K98

evanfitz
04-07-2007, 09:03 PM
http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=25088&d=1175964961

powerful photo

Battlebuds
04-07-2007, 09:32 PM
http://www.militarytimes.com/xml/frontline/photos/2007/04/06/070406_front3.JPG


Christian Golczynski, 8, receives the flag that covered the coffin of his father, Marine Staff Sgt. Marcus Golczynski, from Lt. Col. Ric Thompson during a graveside service in Wheeler, Tenn., on Wednesday. Golczynski had been a Marine reservist for 12 years and was killed by enemy fire March 27 while on patrol in Anbar province, where he was stationed on his second tour of duty in Iraq. He was assigned to the Marine Forces Reserve's Third Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, Fourth Marine Division, in Nashville

Oh my god, thats a powerfull photo.

jimmytx3
04-07-2007, 09:57 PM
Actual.....

is it real, does it matter,,, how hard is it to get someone id discs and helmet back after an incident, without doubt armchair general

DevilDogHopeful
04-07-2007, 10:05 PM
http://www.militarytimes.com/xml/frontline/photos/2007/04/06/070406_front3.JPG

Keep strong young man. You're dad would be proud. :-(

vulpine
04-07-2007, 10:53 PM
OOHH, that little man seems strong, his fallen father is certainly proud of his son.
Happy easter young man.

Dosen't it remind you in a way of JFK juniors salute at the funeral after his Dad was assinated?:-(

Karo
04-07-2007, 11:22 PM
http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=25088&d=1175964961

powerful photo

Isnt it from the german movie Die Brücke (The Bridge)?

helomech
04-07-2007, 11:28 PM
http://www.militarytimes.com/xml/frontline/photos/2007/04/06/070406_front3.JPG


Christian Golczynski, 8, receives the flag that covered the coffin of his father, Marine Staff Sgt. Marcus Golczynski, from Lt. Col. Ric Thompson during a graveside service in Wheeler, Tenn., on Wednesday. Golczynski had been a Marine reservist for 12 years and was killed by enemy fire March 27 while on patrol in Anbar province, where he was stationed on his second tour of duty in Iraq. He was assigned to the Marine Forces Reserve's Third Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, Fourth Marine Division, in Nashville

The father would be proud of his son

Macs.
04-07-2007, 11:40 PM
http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=25088&d=1175964961

powerful photo

It's from a movie.

DevilDogHopeful
04-07-2007, 11:48 PM
It's from a movie.

I think I've seen it. These Germen soldiers (15-16) are put somewhere close to a little town (?) and all I remember is that they fight off an American tank in the end. It's all in Germen though so I don't know exactly what the story is.

leetgod
04-07-2007, 11:56 PM
is it real, does it matter,,, how hard is it to get someone id discs and helmet back after an incident, without doubt armchair general

Thats what I was thinking, seems a bit unreal if the items being displayed are from the deceased.

Partial_Panel
04-08-2007, 12:29 AM
From the combined Oct 22, 1983 USMC/French Barracks bombing in Beirut.

http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r230/Fly_Marine/8.jpg
http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r230/Fly_Marine/18.jpg
http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r230/Fly_Marine/28.jpg

AK54
04-08-2007, 01:27 AM
I think I've seen it. These Germen soldiers (15-16) are put somewhere close to a little town (?) and all I remember is that they fight off an American tank in the end. It's all in Germen though so I don't know exactly what the story is.worst war movie ive ever seen

IraGlacialis
04-08-2007, 04:34 AM
A-10 in Iraq.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b6/Kim_campbell_damage_a10.jpg
And it still made it back to base.

IrishGuard
04-08-2007, 05:11 AM
Smoke is popped to provide cover to troops whilst moving into position / unknown location.......

Ol' Bob
04-08-2007, 12:57 PM
Smoke is popped to provide cover to troops whilst moving into position / unknown location.......


Is that a Marine and a soldier working together? Seems pretty rare to see that.

RallyPointCebu
04-08-2007, 10:44 PM
WARNING! Very graphic gallery from the 1991 Gulf War! Didn't want to post pics here.

http://www.digitaljournalist.org/issue0212/pt03.html



Correct me if I am wrong. About these pics... the IRAQIS; these are from the retreating IRAQI army after a ceasefire? Then they were ambushed by the US? If so, then such a waste... and why do they ambush them if theyre in a CEASEFIRe? ELse, whats the story behind this death-mile of debry and wasted harware.???

GAC
04-08-2007, 10:52 PM
WARNING! Very graphic gallery from the 1991 Gulf War! Didn't want to post pics here.

http://www.digitaljournalist.org/issue0212/pt03.html



Correct me if I am wrong. About these pics... the IRAQIS; these are from the retreating IRAQI army after a ceasefire? Then they were ambushed by the US? If so, then such a waste... and why do they ambush them if theyre in a CEASEFIRe? ELse, whats the story behind this death-mile of debry and wasted harware.???

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highway_of_Death

Karo
04-08-2007, 10:55 PM
I think I've seen it. These Germen soldiers (15-16) are put somewhere close to a little town (?) and all I remember is that they fight off an American tank in the end. It's all in Germen though so I don't know exactly what the story is.


Why isnt anybody reading my posts...? :-( :roll:

I think its from "Die Brücke"..

Alex-L
04-09-2007, 12:00 AM
http://www.militarytimes.com/xml/frontline/photos/2007/04/06/070406_front3.JPG


Christian Golczynski, 8, receives the flag that covered the coffin of his father, Marine Staff Sgt. Marcus Golczynski, from Lt. Col. Ric Thompson during a graveside service in Wheeler, Tenn., on Wednesday. Golczynski had been a Marine reservist for 12 years and was killed by enemy fire March 27 while on patrol in Anbar province, where he was stationed on his second tour of duty in Iraq. He was assigned to the Marine Forces Reserve's Third Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, Fourth Marine Division, in Nashville

i aint gunna lie, this is the one photo that got me red in the eyes "war is not fought by children less men" (pardon the misquote)

gaijinsamurai
04-09-2007, 12:00 AM
You are correct, Karo.
English title is "The Bridge", isn't it? I saw it quite a while ago.

Alex-L
04-09-2007, 12:03 AM
is it real, does it matter,,, how hard is it to get someone id discs and helmet back after an incident, without doubt armchair general

??? I dont understand your comments, during majority of these ceremonies they DO use actual, if applicable. I guess the ACTUAL gear from my buddies ceremonies means nothing eh?

Karo
04-09-2007, 12:09 AM
You are correct, Karo.
English title is "The Bridge", isn't it? I saw it quite a while ago.

Correct.

123456

Gothjod
04-09-2007, 12:59 AM
http://www.militarytimes.com/xml/frontline/photos/2007/04/06/070406_front3.JPG

Man.... one of the most powerful photos on this thread.

MG 3
04-09-2007, 07:07 AM
WARNING! Very graphic gallery from the 1991 Gulf War! Didn't want to post pics here.

http://www.digitaljournalist.org/issue0212/pt03.html



Correct me if I am wrong. About these pics... the IRAQIS; these are from the retreating IRAQI army after a ceasefire? Then they were ambushed by the US? If so, then such a waste... and why do they ambush them if theyre in a CEASEFIRe? ELse, whats the story behind this death-mile of debry and wasted harware.???

It was compared to a warcrime and it was cold blooded to say the least as these guys were mutineers.

Schfor
04-09-2007, 08:21 AM
An Indian soldier lying dead in Indian city Khem Karan after it was taken by Pakistan in Sept, 1965

Schfor
04-09-2007, 08:25 AM
Pakistanis after capturing Khem Karan in India
http://www.ispr.gov.pk/Multimedia/1965/pages/5%20d_jpg.htm

http://www.ispr.gov.pk/Multimedia/1965/pages/4%20a_jpg.htm

http://www.ispr.gov.pk/Multimedia/1965/pages/4%20a_jpg.htm
http://www.ispr.gov.pk/Multimedia/1965/pages/5%20f_jpg.htm
http://www.ispr.gov.pk/Multimedia/1965/pages/3%20c_jpg.htm
http://www.ispr.gov.pk/Multimedia/1965/pages/4%20c_jpg.htm

Schfor
04-09-2007, 08:34 AM
http://www.ispr.gov.pk/Multimedia/1965/images/5%20c%20v_jpg.jpg (http://www.ispr.gov.pk/Multimedia/1965/images/5%20c%20v_jpg.jpg)
http://www.ispr.gov.pk/Multimedia/1965/images/3%20c_jpg.jpg (http://www.ispr.gov.pk/Multimedia/1965/images/3%20c_jpg.jpg)
http://www.ispr.gov.pk/Multimedia/1965/images/4%20c_jpg.jpg (http://www.ispr.gov.pk/Multimedia/1965/images/4%20c_jpg.jpg)
http://www.ispr.gov.pk/Multimedia/1965/images/4%20a_jpg.jpg (http://www.ispr.gov.pk/Multimedia/1965/images/4%20a_jpg.jpg)
http://www.ispr.gov.pk/Multimedia/1965/images/5%20f_jpg.jpg (http://www.ispr.gov.pk/Multimedia/1965/images/5%20f_jpg.jpg)
Pakistanis at Khem Karan,India,1965
http://www.ispr.gov.pk/Multimedia/1965/images/9%20k_jpg.jpg (http://www.ispr.gov.pk/Multimedia/1965/images/9%20k_jpg.jpg)

http://www.ispr.gov.pk/Multimedia/1965/images/5%20d_jpg.jpg (http://www.ispr.gov.pk/Multimedia/1965/images/5%20d_jpg.jpg)

Pakis taking Kishengarh fort, in India, September 1965
http://www.ispr.gov.pk/Multimedia/1965/images/1%20aa_jpg.jpg

Frost
04-09-2007, 08:35 AM
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v148/Cpt.FrostBite/General/kmarq8015small1zv.jpg
Wachtmeester Jeroen Severs
Killed in action, ambush
Ar Rumaythah, Irak, 14 August 2004

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v148/Cpt.FrostBite/General/stoffelijkoverschot4ge0.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v148/Cpt.FrostBite/General/stoffelijkoverschot1bf5.jpg
Sgt1 - Medic - Robert Donkers
Non-hostile, accident
Tarin Kowt, Afghanistan, 6 April 2007

SuicideSteve
04-09-2007, 12:31 PM
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v148/Cpt.FrostBite/General/stoffelijkoverschot1bf5.jpg
Sgt1 - Medic - Robert Donkers
Non-hostile, accident
Tarin Kowt, Afghanistan, 6 April 2007

What country are they from?