Reply With QuoteAs for the private Plate carriers: Looks like someone went shopping at the tasmanian tiger mall.
inb4 Airsoft
Spotted some friends of mine there. Gladly they werent hurt badly.
They use private plate carriers and yes, it's the MILAN. They use it pretty often against the isurgents.
As for the private Plate carriers: Looks like someone went shopping at the tasmanian tiger mall.
inb4 Airsoft
Originally Posted by CoRe
they probably can afford it since Milan is getting phased out anyway in a few years.. might as well blow up some ditches with it before they start rusting
Does anybody know why they're using private platecarries? Are the normal IDZ vest so inappropriate for their tasks?
Uparmoured IDZ vests can hardly be worn inside of a vehicle. So if you neet to get from A to B with a vehicle, your only choice is to take it off or to get a pain in the back.
The IdZ vest is very bulky. My unit soon switched back to the older Mehler SK vests, because they offer more mobility...and these privatly bought are even better because theyre modular.
We can choose, other units cant.
German ISAF soldiers, members of the Quick Reaction Force (QRF), get briefed prior to a mission outside Kunduz, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2009. German Chancellor Angela Merkel said the world should reserve judgment on whether civilians were killed in a German-ordered airstrike in Afghanistan, even as NATO said it believed that civilians had died in the attack.
German ISAF soldiers, members of the Quick Reaction Force (QRF), get briefed prior to a mission outside Kunduz, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2009.
German ISAF soldiers, members of the Quick Reaction Force (QRF), get briefed prior to a mission outside Kunduz, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2009.
A German ISAF soldier, a member of the Quick Reaction Force (QRF), waits in his armored personnel carrier to go on a mission outside Kunduz, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2009.
A German ISAF soldier, a member of the Quick Reaction Force (QRF), checks his machine-gun prior to a mission outside Kunduz, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2009.
In this Wednesday, Sept 9, 2009 photo, soldiers with the NATO- led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) are seen during a routine event on the outskirts of Kunduz, north of Kabul, Afghanistan.
A German International Security Assistance Force, ISAF, soldier, and member of the Quick Reaction Force (QRF) peers out of his armored vehicle after coming back from a mission outside Kunduz, Afghanistan, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2009.
German ISAF soldiers, members of the Quick Reaction Force (QRF), unload their weapons after coming back from a mission outside Kunduz, Afghanistan, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2009.
A German International Security Assistance Force, ISAF, soldier, member of the Quick Reaction Force (QRF) returns back from a mission outside Kunduz, Afghanistan, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2009
German ISAF soldiers, members of the Quick Reaction Force (QRF), unload their weapons after coming back from a mission outside Kunduz, Afghanistan, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2009.
A German ISAF soldier, member of the Quick Reaction Force (QRF), returns with his unit back from a mission outside Kunduz, Afghanistan, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2009.
German ISAF soldiers, members of the Quick Reaction Force (QRF) embrace each other after coming back from a mission outside Kunduz, Afghanistan, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2009.
A German ISAF soldier salutes as he arrives with his unit back to the base in Feyzabad, east of Kunduz, Afghanistan, Friday, Sept. 11, 2009.
German ISAF soldiers arrive with their unit back to the base in Feyzabad, east of Kunduz, Afghanistan, Friday, Sept. 11, 2009. The unit was stuck for days in the area of Kunduz and came under heavy fire in which four soldiers where injured and evacuated to the field hospital in Kunduz.
German ISAF soldiers hug each other after arriving with their unit back to the base in Feyzabad, east of Kunduz, Afghanistan, Friday, Sept. 11, 2009. The unit was stuck for days in the area of Kunduz and came under heavy fire in which four soldiers where injured and evacuated to the field hospital in Kunduz.
A German ISAF soldier looks on as others hug each other after arriving with their unit back to the base in Feyzabad, east of Kunduz, Afghanistan, Friday, Sept. 11, 2009. The unit was stuck for days in the area of Kunduz and came under heavy fire in which four soldiers where injured and evacuated to the field hospital in Kunduz.
Anybody have the story on this?A German ISAF soldier reacts after arriving with his unit back to the base in Feyzabad, east of Kunduz, Afghanistan, Friday, Sept. 11, 2009. The unit was stuck for days in the area of Kunduz and came under heavy fire in which four soldiers where injured and evacuated to the field hospital in Kunduz.
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Outstanding and strong Photos HE, thanks a bunch!
Would be interested in the story, too. Looks like they've just gone through hell there.
the story behind the pictures is here: http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums...4&postcount=20
Kleiderordnung doesn't exist in Afghanistan?
Yes, the 37/10 will be crucial for victory. Especially after a week of heavy combat.
Thanks for the info, muck!
Cheers-
Strong pix.
Those should go through all newspapers in Germany!
These pics almost made me cry, I'm so ****ing proud of them.
Strong pics, even the first where the two guys embrace each other and walk away from the camera (you only see their backs) sent a shiver down my spine. At that time I did not know what they went through (read it later), it is just a nice pic that displays comradeship, the bond that can develop when you work so close together, when you put your life in the hands of your comrades and vice versa.
Now that was philosophical, eh?
No, for real... Kudos to all our troops down there and godspeed!
Keep up the good work!
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