Today's Pic's - March 23

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SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA - MARCH 23: (SOUTH KOREA OUT) Members of the South Korean Special Police Force take shelter behind a wall during anti-terrorism exercises at a training camp on March 23, 2004, in Seoul, South Korea. South Korea's military upped the vigilance of its 650,000 troops facing off against North Korea's 1.1-million member military after the unprecedented impeachment of South Korea's President Roh Moo-Hyun. (Photo by Byun Young-Wook/***** Images)

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SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA - MARCH 23: (SOUTH KOREA OUT) Members of the South Korean Special Police Force prepare to storm a plane during anti-terrorism exercises at a training camp on March 23, 2004, in Seoul, South Korea. South Korea's military upped the vigilance of its 650,000 troops facing off against North Korea's 1.1-million member military after the unprecedented impeachment of South Korea's President Roh Moo-Hyun. (Photo by Byun Young-Wook/***** Images)

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South Korean police officers from the Special Weapons and Tactics Team conduct an exhibition drill at a unit in Seoul March 23, 2004. KOREA OUT NO ARCHIVE NO SALES *******/Kim Kyong-ho/The Hankyoreh

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ABU GHARIB, IRAQ: A US army Humvee escorts a military truck carrying Iraqi prisoners released 23 March 2004 from Abu Gharib prison on the western edge of Baghdad. Hundreds of people picked up in security operations in Iraq by US-led occupation forces were released from prisons today. US military officer Colonel Jill Morgenthaler said a total of 494 prisoners were freed, 272 of them from Abu Gharib, one of the largest US-run prison facilities in Iraq and was a notorious centre under former dictator Saddam Hussein. AFP PHOTO/Nicolas ASFOURI (Photo credit should read NICOLAS ASFOURI/AFP/***** Images)

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ABU GHARIB, IRAQ: A US soldier waves to jubilating Iraqi prisoners upon their release 23 March 2004 from Abu Gharib prison on the western edge of Baghdad. Hundreds of people picked up in security operations in Iraq by US-led occupation forces were released from prisons today. US military officer Colonel Jill Morgenthaler said a total of 494 prisoners were freed, 272 of them from Abu Gharib, one of the largest US-run prison facilities in Iraq and was a notorious centre under former dictator Saddam Hussein. AFP PHOTO/Nicolas ASFOURI (Photo credit should read NICOLAS ASFOURI/AFP/***** Images)

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AT SEA, RUSSIAN FEDERATION: (FILES) This file picture taken 18 August 2000 shows the Russian Navy's heavy A-Cruiser 'Pyotr Veliky' (Peter the Great) at sea. The head of Russia's fleet said 23 March 2004 that Russia's nuclear battle cruiser Peter the Great has been rushed back to port because it "could explode at any moment". AFP PHOTO (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/***** Images)

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The nuclear-powered Peter the Great missile cruiser is seen in this, 1996 file picture. Russia's navy chief said Thursday, March 23, 2004, that one of the nation's most powerful ships, Peter the Great, was in dire condition and unfit for service. Adm. Vladimir Kuroedov said that the heavy cruiser had been badly maintained and could ' explode' at any moment. (AP Photo)

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Russian Navy Commander-in-Chief Admiral Vladimir Kuroyedov (R) with Russian President Vladimir Putin (news - web sites). Kuroyedov said that he has ordered the nuclear battle cruiser Peter the Great rushed back to port, warning that its condition was so deplorable that 'it could explode at any moment.'(AFP/Itar Tass/Pool)

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Uzbek commander Tahir Yuldashev is seen giving a speech in an unidentified location in this undated video grab. Tahir is thought to have escaped a recent charge by Pakistan forces in South Waziristan as Pakistan's army has drafted in thousands of reinforcements and has thrown a 60-km (40-mile) cordon around several hundred militants in the mountains near the Afghan border. ******* TV

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Pensacola, Fla. (Mar. 18, 2004) – An F-14B Tomcat assigned to the "Jolly Rogers" of Fighter Squadron One Zero Three (VF-103) sits in front of the lighted island hull number aboard the aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy (CV 67) as part of a static display for tours held at a recent port visit in Pensacola, Florida. Upon completion of a successful Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX), the Kennedy is in transit back to its homeport of Mayport, Florida from the Gulf of Mexico. COMPTUEX is an intermediate level exercise designed to forge the strike group into a cohesive fighting team and is a critical step in pre-deployment training. During COMPTUEX, more than a dozen ships and Carrier Air Wing One Seven (CVW-17) conducted war game exercise using training ranges along the East Coast of the U.S. and the Gulf of Mexico. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Joshua Karsten. (RELEASED)

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LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 23: A pile of secret and classified documents are released from The National Archives March 23, 2004 in London. Dozens of documents, including classified reports on Henry Kissinger, John Lennon and Evelyn Waugh which have been classified for decades, have been released into the public domain. (Photo by Ian Waldie/***** Images)

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BABIN MOST, SERBIA - MARCH 22: A Serbian man rides his bicycle past Slovak KFOR soldiers March 22, 2004 at the entrance to the Serbian village of Babin Most in Kosovo. Kosovar Albanians torched Serbian Orthodox churches and Serbian homes across the province last week in violence that left 28 people dead, over 500 wounded, and has displaced 20,000 Serbs from their homes. (Photo by Sean Gallup/***** Images)

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NATO secretary-general Jaap de Hoop Scheffer has accused Kosovo Albanians of orchestrating violence against minority Serbs which drove thousands from their homes last week. "What happened last week, orchestrated and organised by extremist factions in the Albanian community, is unacceptable ..(NATO file)

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PRIZREN, SERBIA-MONTENEGRO: German KFOR soldiers block the road in front of a burnt Serbian Orthodox church in Prizren 23 March 2004. Some 2,000 NATO reinforcements are to be deployed to the Serbian province of Kosovo after riots last week left 28 dead. NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer accused 22 March 2004 Kosovo Albanians of orchestrating violence against minority Serbs which drove thousands from their homes last week. AFP PHOTO DDP/MICHAEL KAPPELER (Photo credit should read MICHAEL KAPPELER/AFP/***** Images)

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charlies angels :D

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truck surfing :D

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Its a f****in floating nuke bomb!!

. Good thing it was called back to port...

[Guttorm]

But it's a HELL of a ship...

Gotta love the Kirov class

[Russian Texan]

Its a f****in floating nuke bomb!!

. Good thing it was called back to port...[/quote]

Huh???

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The Swedish "Romea Lina" Company guards a Serbian House.

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HARARE, ZIMBABWE: Simon Mann, the leader of the group of seventy foreigners arrested in Zimbabwe on charges of trying to topple the president of Equatorial Guinea leave a court set up at a maximum security prison 23 March 2003, in Harare. The 70 men were remanded until April 13. AFP PHOTO / STR (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/***** Images)

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HARARE, ZIMBABWE: Simon Mann (L) the leader of the group of seventy foreigners arrested in Zimbabwe on charges of trying to topple the president of Equatorial Guinea leave a court set up at a maximum security prison 23 March 2003, in Harare. The 70 men were remanded until April 13. Man at right is unidentified. AFP PHOTO / STR (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/***** Images)

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HARARE, ZIMBABWE: The Seventy foreigners arrested in Zimbabwe on charges of trying to topple the president of Equatorial Guinea leave a court set up at a maximum security prison 23 March 2003, in Harare. The 70 men were remanded until April 13. AFP PHOTO / STR (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/***** Images)

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HARARE, ZIMBABWE: The Seventy foreigners arrested in Zimbabwe on charges of trying to topple the president of Equatorial Guinea leave a court set up at a maximum security prison 23 March 2003, in Harare. The 70 men were remanded until April 13. AFP PHOTO / STR (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/***** Images)

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ABIDJAN, IVORY COAST: Local residents walk by an Ivorian army armoured vehicle 23 March 2004 in Abidjan, after Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo mobilized the army as former rebels and opposition groups plan to go ahead with a peaceful demonstration against his rule that has been banned by authorities. The country's armed forces have received an order for a "general mobilization in order to maintain public order throughout the country from March 22 to April 15," according to the presidential order read out on national television. AFP PHOTO/ISSOUF SANOGO (Photo credit should read ISSOUF SANOGO/AFP/***** Images)

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AN NAJAF, IRAQ - MARCH 23: An El Salvadoran military unit stands at attention prior to a visit by Chief American Coalition Provisional Authority Administrator J. Paul Bremer March 23,2004 to thank them in in Najaf, Iraq. The unit fought off an small arms and rpg attack on a CPA convoy recently between Hilla and Najaf. Bremer participated in a series of press events today designed to mark the beginning of the 100 Day countdown to the handover of power back to Iraqis scheduled for June 30, 2004. In addition to congratulating the El Salvadoran military unit, Bremer also visited the Najaf power plant, and conducted a town hall style meeting in Najaf with local clerics, politicians, and security officials (Photo by Scott Nelson/***** Images)

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BURGENSTOCK, SWITZERLAND: Swiss police check a Greek diplomatic car at a checkpoint leading to the sealed of hotel in Burgenstock, near Lucerne, 23 March 2004, where Greece and Turkey are due Wednesday to join make-or-break UN-sponsored talks on reunifying Cyprus. On March 28, Greek newly-elected Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan are set to join UN-sponsored talks between Greek and Turkish Cypriot parties in Burgenstock -- the second phase of a last-ditch UN effort to find a settlement before Cyprus joins the European Union on May 1. AFP PHOTO / SVEN NACKSTRAND (Photo credit should read SVEN NACKSTRAND/AFP/***** Images)

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Never go into e-combat without it!

Karin Mueller, an employee of Swiss company Swissbit, presents a Swiss army knife with an integrated 128MB USB Memory Stick, top right, at the computer fair CeBIT in Hanover, northern Germany, on Tuesday, March 23, 2004. The small tool, which is expected to be launched on the market for 59 Euro (US$ 72) combines a red LED-light, a ballpoint pen, a small knife, a srewdriver, small scissors and the memory stick. The CeBIT fair will run until Wednesday, March 24, 2004. (AP Photo/Fabian Bimmer)

[fantassin]

The armoured car with two 20 mm cannons is a French made Panhard M3 in the anti aircraft version that was, I think, called the VDA.

It's not in use in the French forces though.

The ROK SWAT use HK UMP in the first pics; not very common...the French Gendarmerie will maybe order about 22,000 UMPs in the near future.

[tooms]

The armoured car with two 20 mm cannons is a French made Panhard M3 in the anti aircraft version that was, I think, called the VADAR.



je me suis posé cette question des que j'ai vu cette photo, merci d'avoir repondu aussi vite :D

[fantassin]

De rien !

:D

[fantassin]

Here are some infos on the VDA.

VDA:Véhicule de Défense Antiaérienne, or Air Defence Vehicle

Used at least by Ivory Coast and Sudan

length 4,45 m
Width :2,40m
Armament: 2X20mm HS620 cannons one 7,62mm MG
Top speed:92 km/h
Mileage: 25 l/100 km
Range: 600 km/15 hours
Engine:Panhard 4 HD 4 cylindres
Fuel: Petrol

[He219]

The ROK SWAT use HK UMP in the first pics; not very common...the French Gendarmerie will maybe order about 22,000 UMPs in the near future.

Ahh, the UMP ....

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BALTIMORE, MD - OCTOBER 24: Baltimore police officers stand guard outside the U.S. Courthouse during the arraignment hearing of two sniper suspects October 24, 2002 in Baltimore, Maryland. The suspects, John Lee Malvo, 17-years-old, and John Allen Muhammad, a 41-year-old U.S. Army veteran, were arrested earlier this morning at a rest stop in Mysersville, Maryland. (Photo by Mario Tama/***** Images)

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p-)

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The Swedish "Romea Lina" Company guards a Serbian House.

Its not a house. It's a church or most likely a monastary.

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Russian nuclear-powered Peter the Great missile cruiser seen near Severomorsk, Russia, in this October, 2001 file photo. Three hours after saying one of Russia's most powerful ships was in disrepair and could explode at any moment, Navy Adm. Vladimir Kuroyedov on Tuesday Mach 23, 2004 retracted the comment, saying the nuclear-powered Peter the Great missile cruiser was safe and in no danger. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)

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Bolivian Navy soldiers stand guard during a commemorative event marking 125 years of losing their coastal access during the Pacific War against Chile in La Paz, Bolivia, Tuesday, March 23, 2004. (AP Photo/Roberto Candia)

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A Palestinian masked gunman from Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades holds a homemade rocket launcher as he stands with others as they pay their respects at the mourning tent for Hamas spiritual leader Sheik Ahmed Yassin, in Gaza City, Tuesday, March 23, 2004. Yassin was killed in an Israeli missile strike while returning from morning prayers at a neighborhood mosque Monday.(AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)

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"ilâ l-liqâ'" *Cannonball coming* p-)

Hamas leader Dr. Abdel Aziz Rantisi talks on a cellphone next to a poster of spiritual leader Sheik Ahmed Yassin at his mourning tent in Gaza City, Tuesday, March 23, 2004. Abdel Aziz Rantisi, a Hamas hardliner, on Tuesday was chosen as the new Hamas leader in Gaza, replacing the founder of the group, Sheik Ahmed Yassin, who was assassinated by Israel. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)

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An Afghan militia soldier stands near a U.S. camp in Lwara in Afghanistan's Paktia Province bordering Pakistan Tuesday, March 23, 2004. U.S. forces and Afghan militia are talking care of security to stop al-Qaida activists and Taliban from entering in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Noor Khan)

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Police search people who enter Orgun city in Afghanistan's Paktika province, which is bordering Pakistan, southeast of Kabul, Tuesday March 23, 2004 . (AP Photo/Noor Khan)

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Supporters of Pakistan's religious party Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam, chant anti- government slogans at a rally in Pakistan tribal area of Bara in Khyber agency, Tuesday, March 23, 2004 to condemn ongoing anti-al-Qaida operation. Attackers ambushed a Pakistani army convoy heading for a counterterrorism sweep against al-Qaida militants near the Afghan border, and rockets hit an army camp elsewhere, killing at least 15 soldiers and injuring 19, officials said. (AP Photo/M. Sajjad)

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KFOR Lt. Col. Ger Aherne, of Ireland, listens as local Serb leader Dragan Velic explain why Serbs wishing to leave Kosovo will not receive help after their arrival in the Serb enclave of Gracanica, Tuesday, March 23, 2004. NATO-led peace keepers escorted the Serbs off an alliiance base where they had taken shelter from recent riots only to find that Serb leaders had backed down on promises to help them get out of Kosovo. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)

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Norwegian KFOR soldiers, serving in the NATO-led peacekeeping mission in Kosovo, during a search operation in the town of Obilic on Tuesday, March 23, 2004. NATO is investigating as to what caused last week's violence that left 28 dead and hundreds injured. (AP Photo/Nikolas Giakoumidis)

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A Kosovo Albanian suspect is gagged and detained by Norwegian KFOR soldiers serving in the NATO-led peacekeeping mission in Kosovo during a search operation in the town of Obilic on Tuesday, March 23, 2004. NATO is investigating the clues as to what caused last week's violence that left 28 dead and hundreds injured. (AP Photo / Nikolas Giakoumidis)

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Israeli female soldiers walk next to a coffeshop on their way to be deployed in downtown Jerusalem Tuesday March 23, 2004. The killing by Israel of Hamas spiritual leader Sheik Ahmed Yassin in a helicopter missile strike in Gaza city has prompted threats of unprecedented revenge by Palestinian militants. Amid increased security, army troops have been reinforcing police units in the city.(AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

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A Salvadoran soldier patrols the Najaf Power Plant Tuesday March 23, 2004 in Najaf, Iraq (news - web sites). A Salvadoran military unit recently fought off an small arms and rocket attack on a coalition convoy between Hilla and Najaf and were congratulated by top US administrator L. Paul Bremer at a ceremony Tuesday. (AP Photo/ Scott Nelson/Pool)

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Bolivian Navy soldiers stand guard during a commemorative event marking 125 years of losing their coastal access during the Pacific War against Chile in La Paz, Bolivia, Tuesday, March 23, 2004. (AP Photo/Roberto Candia)




It looks like the bolivian Navy's Corps of Drums has got a very good cook...or a very bad tailor ! look at those fat bastards !

[He219]

It looks like the bolivian Navy's Corps of Drums has got a very good cook...or a very bad tailor ! look at those fat bastards !

The NAVY always serves it up right!
;)

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Atlantic Ocean (Mar. 22, 2004) - Chief Culinary Specialist Ed Pabon, of Villalba, Puerto Rico, leads the way in preparing a celebration feast aboard the aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy (CV 67) for his shipmates after completing a Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMTUEX) in the Gulf of Mexico. COMPTUEX is an intermediate level exercise designed to forge the strike group into a cohesive fighting team and is a critical step in pre-deployment training. During COMPTUEX, more than a dozen ships, and Carrier Air Wing Seventeen (CVW-17) embarked on Kennedy, conducted war game exercises using training ranges along the East Coast of the U.S. and the Gulf of Mexico. The exercise took advantage of existing ranges under the Navy’s comprehensive Training Resource Strategy (TRS). These ranges offer training facilities and realistic simulations, better preparing U.S. Navy ships and Sailors to participate in the Global War on Terrorism. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate Airman Tommy Gilligan. (RELEASED)

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Pacific Ocean (Mar. 22, 2004) - An F-14D Tomcat assigned to the "Tomcatters" of Fighter Squadron Three One (VF-31) sits poised for launch on one of four steam-powered catapults aboard the nuclear powered aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74). Stennis and her embarked Carrier Air Wing One Four (CVW-14) are currently at sea conducting training exercises. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Mark J. Rebilas. (RELEASED)

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Arabian Gulf (Mar. 22, 2004) - An F-14B Tomcat assigned to the “Red Rippers” of Fighter Squadron One One (VF-11) launches off the flight deck of USS George Washington (CVN 73) during evening flight operations. The Norfolk, Va. based nuclear powered aircraft carrier is on a regularly scheduled deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate 1st Class Brien Aho. (RELEASED)

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Fifth Fleet Area of Responsibility (Mar. 22, 2004) – Sailors from the Pascagoula, Miss.-based Aegis guided-missile cruiser USS Yorktown (CG 48) fight a fire aboard motor vessel Everton off the coast of Oman. Yorktown dispatched a 6-person damage control team to M/V Everton with a P-100 pump and Aqueous Film-Forming Foam (AFFF) to put out flames and cool hotspots throughout its hull. 24 of the tanker's 25 crewmembers were rescued. One crew member is still listed as missing. Yorktown is assigned to Expeditionary Strike Group Two (ESG-2) currently conducting missions in support of Operations Iraqi and Enduring Freedom. U.S. Navy photo. (Released)

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Key West, Fla. (Mar. 3, 2004) – 1st Lt. Tim Miller and Lt. Allen Karlson, student pilots assigned to the “Tigers” of Training Squadron Nine (VT-9), fly in formation in T-2C “Buckeyes” during a formation training mission over Key West, Fla. Instructor Cdr. Joe Kerstiens (USNR) sits “shotgun”(rear seat) evaluating Lt. Allen Karlson before his solo formation training. VT-9 came to Key West to teach Navy and Marine Corps student pilots formation flying and gunnery techniques. The instructors are part of Squadron Augment Unit Nine (SAU-9), the Reserve component for Training Squadron Nine (VT-9), one of two training squadrons that operate from Naval Air Station Meridian, Miss., under Training Wing One (TW-1). U.S. Navy photo by Ens Darin K. Russell. (RELEASED)

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Naval Air Station Lemoore, Calif. (Mar. 20, 2004) – During Naval Air Station Lemoore’s annual air show, pilots assigned to the U.S. Navy’s flight demonstration team, the “Blue Angels,” give a final salute ending their show. The “Blue Angels” put on a show that is a mix of formation flying and solo routines using the F/A-18 Hornet strike fighter aircraft. This year’s air show was named, “A Salute to the American Hero.” U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate 3rd Class Julian T. Olivari. (RELEASED)

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Naval Air Station Lemoore, Calif. (Mar. 20, 2004) – Lt. Craig Olson, a pilot assigned to the U.S. Navy flight demonstration team, the “Blue Angels,” signs autographs for excited fans after the annual air show on board Naval Air Station Lemoore, Calif. The “Blue Angels” put on a show that is a mix of formation flying and solo routines using the F/A-18 Hornet strike fighter aircraft. This year’s air show was named, “A Salute to the American Hero.” U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate 3rd Class Julian T. Olivari. (RELEASED)

[thatguy96]

http://a1112.g.akamai.net/7/1112/492/03312000/news.lycos.com/news/ot_getImage.asp?op=img&id=570034
"What do you mean you don't know how? Just look behind you!"
"Listen friend, just move along."

[Marmot1]

Bolivian Navy soldiers stand guard during a commemorative event marking 125 years of losing their coastal access during the Pacific War against Chile in La Paz, Bolivia, Tuesday, March 23, 2004. (AP Photo/Roberto Candia)




It looks like the bolivian Navy's Corps of Drums has got a very good cook...or a very bad tailor ! look at those fat bastards !

God they have navy but don't have acces to sea for 125 years rofl rofl

[Hullebullen]

http://cache.*****images.com/comp/3122498.jpg?x=x&dasite=MS_GINS&ef=2&ev=1&dareq=E2399169AC85D6DE4F0A5A47F1D20E942E95B8A734633464

Save yourselves! The ninjas are attacking...

[He219]

If you think they look like Ninjas, check these guys out ....

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Armed members of the Arintaraj task force show their anti-terrorism training skills at the Metropolitan Police headquarters in Bangkok, 13 August 2003. The unit will provide VIP protecting during the Apec summit in Thailand in October. (THAILAND OUT) AFP PHOTO (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/***** Images)

[Hullebullen]

Hmm...are they doing some kind of military Kata? Why else would they flashing both their guns?

[Hullebullen]

Really great pics today, by the way :D ...

[ibstolidude]

http://www.mil.se/int/images/local/mar21_lapljeselo2.jpg

The Swedish "Romea Lina" Company guards a Serbian House.

Its not a house. It's a church or most likely a monastary.
SWEBAT in Gracanica - atleast it appears to be.

[mustamato]

http://cache.*****images.com/comp/3123114.jpg?x=x&dasite=MS_GINS&ef=2&ev=1&dareq=E699B408319483F305884463BD55F581

Mercenaries?

[Pille1234]

Mercenaries?

I guess Zimbabwe's bastard Mugabe is making a show trial.

[elguapo]

Bolivian Navy soldiers stand guard during a commemorative event marking 125 years of losing their coastal access during the Pacific War against Chile in La Paz, Bolivia, Tuesday, March 23, 2004. (AP Photo/Roberto Candia)




It looks like the bolivian Navy's Corps of Drums has got a very good cook...or a very bad tailor ! look at those fat bastards !

Maybe if they had an acess to the sea they would exercise more and be slimer

http://www.graphicmaps.com/webimage/countrys/sanewnew.gif

[mustamato]

Bolivian Navy soldiers stand guard during a commemorative event marking 125 years of losing their coastal access during the Pacific War against Chile in La Paz, Bolivia, Tuesday, March 23, 2004. (AP Photo/Roberto Candia)




It looks like the bolivian Navy's Corps of Drums has got a very good cook...or a very bad tailor ! look at those fat bastards !

Maybe if they had an acess to the sea they would exercise more and be slimer

http://www.graphicmaps.com/webimage/countrys/sanewnew.gif

Wtf? What do their sailors do then? River patrols?

http://a1112.g.akamai.net/7/1112/492/03312000/news.lycos.com/news/ot_getImage.asp?op=img&id=570075

[Marmot1]

No they lost acces to sea but they still have navy (sentiment? ;) )that's all. (And they lost 125 years ago to chile :-) )

[He219]

^ Reminds me of the Swiss Navy ....

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Israeli female soldiers cross an unusually empty street on their way to be deployed in downtown Jerusalem Tuesday March 23, 2004. The killing by Israel of Hamas spiritual leader Sheik Ahmed Yassin in a helicopter missile strike in Gaza city has prompted threats of unprecedented revenge by Palestinian militants. Amid increased security, army troops have been reinforcing police units in the city.(AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

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Israeli female soldiers walk next to a clothing advertisment, as they patrol in downtown Jerusalem, Tuesday March 23, 2004. The killing by Israel of Hamas spiritual leader Sheik Ahmed Yassin in a helicopter missile strike in Gaza city has prompted threats of unprecedented revenge by Palestinian militants. On the vest in Hebrew it reads "at the service of the police. Amid increased security, army troops have been reinforcing police units in the city. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

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A Kosovo police officer patrols the area where two other police officers were shot dead while patrolling by car, in Sakovica, a village some 15 miles north of the capital Pristina on Wednesday, March 23, 2004. Police did not give the identities or nationality of the dead officers, but said the patrol had international and local police. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)

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UN forensic experts investigate the site where two police officers have been shot dead while patrolling by car, in Sakovica, a village some 15 miles north of capital Pristina on late Wednesday, March 23, 2004. Police did not give the identities of the officers, but said the patrol had international and local police. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)
RIP
:(

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Polish Army soldier Sgt. Thomasz Mieczkowski pulls a 4 shift of security duty at the main entrance to Camp Babylon, Iraq, March 18, 2004, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Ricky A. Bloom) (Released)

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A Polish Army soldier searches an Iraqi Civil Defense Corps member at the main gate of Camp Babylon, Iraq, March 18, 2004. DoD photo by Staff Sgt. Ricky A. Bloom, U.S. Air Force. (Released)

http://jccc.afis.osd.mil/LBOX/mini/965094.jpg
That weapon with the AK style folding stock, what type of Grenade gun (http://jccc.afis.osd.mil/images/hres.pl?Lbox_cap=965094&dir=Photo) is it?

Polish Army Soldier Pizemysiaw Taskoka stands watch as Iraqi Civil Defense Corps personnel approach the main gate of Camp Babylon, Iraq, March 18, 2004. DoD photo by Staff Sgt. Ricky A. Bloom, U.S. Air Force. (Released)

[mustamato]

http://jccc.afis.osd.mil/LBOX/mini/965094.jpg
That weapon with the AK style folding stock, what type of Grenade gun is it?

Uuuh, interesting. I like that concept of having a separate "Thumper", just
because of the reason shown on the picture, guard duty, not everyone has
a M203 under their assault rifle. And it seems that the Poles doesn´t have
those at all. With a separate "thumper" everyone in the squad can use it.

And by the way is that not a PKM? I was under the impression that the Poles
in Iraq had their UKM-2000, (the cartridges on the pic have a rimmed base).

[cut]

Bolivian Navy soldiers stand guard during a commemorative event marking 125 years of losing their coastal access during the Pacific War against Chile in La Paz, Bolivia, Tuesday, March 23, 2004. (AP Photo/Roberto Candia)




It looks like the bolivian Navy's Corps of Drums has got a very good cook...or a very bad tailor ! look at those fat bastards !

Maybe if they had an acess to the sea they would exercise more and be slimer

http://www.graphicmaps.com/webimage/countrys/sanewnew.gif

Wtf? What do their sailors do then? River patrols?

http://a1112.g.akamai.net/7/1112/492/03312000/news.lycos.com/news/ot_getImage.asp?op=img&id=570075


lake titicaca, between bolivia and peru?

[Catch22]

It's a wz.83 "Pallad" 40mm light grenade launcher. There are two Pallad versions - wz.74 (underbarrel) and this small one (wz. 83) meant for airborne troops. It chambers both its own and NATO 40mm grenades.

http://www.wp.mil.pl/auths/72/files/pallad.d.jpg

[mustamato]

It's a wz.83 "Pallad" 40mm light grenade launcher. There are two Pallad versions - wz.74 (underbarrel) and this small one (wz. 83) meant for airborne troops. It chambers both its own and NATO 40mm grenades.

http://www.wp.mil.pl/auths/72/files/pallad.d.jpg

Aah thanks. Do you have any pics of Polish soldiers in Iraq with the underbarrel
version of this? (If there is I must have missed them). In a squad with say 7 soldiers,
I would rather have one of those than one M203 if I had to choose. But hm,
maybe I´m a little biased just because the Finns have choosen that alternative,

http://www.rekyyli.com/uutiset/military/P6027255.JPG
"40 kranaattipistooli 2002" (H&K 69A1)

http://www.rekyyli.com/uutiset/military/P6027205a.JPG

(Will be issued to the less bling-bling soldiers as well, a first batch
that will be enough for 150 squads have been bought to start with).

[Catch22]

GROM operator using one of these on training (early 90's) - note the unusual camo, probably custom sewn form some cover material or something. Lad on this photo got also underbarrel Pallad wz.74 with his AKMs. ;)

http://acn.waw.pl/grom1/grom29.jpg

As for underbarrel versions - I haven't seen them in Iraq by our troops - although it looks like these (Beryl wz.96 with LK-4 x4 day optics, laser pointer(?) and underbarrel Pallad fitted). Both are used in Polish army anyways.

http://www.combat56.pl/img/a_kups.jpg

Guess we have to refer to REMOV - perhaps he has some photos showing underbarrel Pallads in Iraq.

As for the HK69 our AT (BOA) teams are using it.