Female tank gunner kills 25 taliban

[Jaeger07]

The weekend edition of Norway's largest newspaper contained a very interesting interview with a female IFV-gunner this week.

Article (in Norwegian) http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/ur...cle3252398.ece

I'm not going to translate the entire article, but I'll give you the main points:

The CV-9030 gunner, witch has the somewhat fitting name of Tone Gunnes, was just 20 years old when she went to Afghanistan in the fall of 2007.

She took part in the active fighting in operation Herekate Yolo II, where she (wo)manned the 30mm gun of the CV9030 IFV. She was credited with 20-25 confirmed kills during the battle of November 5. Info on the op: (wiki) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Harekate_Yolo

In the interview she tells her story about the battle and how she experienced it.

This is her:



This is her riding the CV9030:





Who said women couldn't be soldiers eh?

[tercio67]

http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums...99#post4390199

[Jaeger07]

* Facepalms self



EDIT:
My thread has larger pictures, so uhm yeah...

[tercio67]

And it contains links.

As for whoever said women can't be soldiers needs his/her head examined.

[Wahnsinn]

I don't see what is so special about this, big whoop, a woman did it.

[Timmy!]

She was credited with 20-25 confirmed kills during the battle of November 5.

If kills are confirmed, then how there's no exact, but estimated number, that is varying from "20 to 25"?

[Marmot1]

Damn... killed by woman... no 72 virgins... no paradise....

[the_13th_redneck]

Killed by flying robots, killed by woman... it's a bad time to be Taliban.

[LillaMy]

I don't see what is so special about this, big whoop, a woman did it.

20-25 confirmed Taliban kills...well from my point of view that is special and worhty of rememberance!