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This has always been a favorite of mine. Wouldn't mind owning one someday, working or not.
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@W8aminute...the FG42 in action!
@ SDR...oh why do you taunt me so? I bear no malice or ill will to the social and economic elite and otherwise creme-de-la creme who live on the North Shore.
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Quote from: Jack Nastyface on February 25, 2014, 08:00:57 PM
@ SDR...oh why do you taunt me so? I bear no malice or ill will to the social and economic elite and otherwise creme-de-la creme who live on the North Shore.
Vancouver inside-joke?
Yep.
Quote from: Jack Nastyface on February 25, 2014, 08:00:57 PM
@W8aminute...the FG42 in action!
@ SDR...oh why do you taunt me so? I bear no malice or ill will to the social and economic elite and otherwise creme-de-la creme who live on the North Shore.
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Alas, I'm but a lowly prole who commutes in to the promised land to toil away in the water mines of Seymour-Capilano. I live in the cedar-shingled 1970s bungalow-land that time forgot. Coquitlam.
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North Shore in Vancouver eh? I kept thinking he meant North Shore around Montreal :D
Jungle garand with scope...Korean War.
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^I'll see your Bren and raise you a Type 99 Light Machine Gun! 8)
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In light of the renewed focus on NATO, I thought that I'd post some pics of some of our newer NATO partner soldiers.
Here are some Lithuanians:
From the Iron Wolf (gotta love it) Mechanized Infantry Brigade
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In Afghanistan
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Latvia
Latvians in Iraq:
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Estonia
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Poland
Poles in Iraq (first pic):
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A restored Pak-40 gun. Interesting to watch and watch the firing at the end.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7fhBm1ouSU (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7fhBm1ouSU)
Quote from: Jack Nastyface on February 25, 2014, 08:00:57 PM
@W8aminute...the FG42 in action!
@ SDR...oh why do you taunt me so? I bear no malice or ill will to the social and economic elite and otherwise creme-de-la creme who live on the North Shore.
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That guy is taking cover behind, and using it as a bipod, A BOX OF GRENADES?
I mean it's staged but it's funny nontheless.
Romania
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Hungary
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I saw a lot of Romanians and Bulgarians at Kandahar last year. They always struck me as old man strength sort of soldiers.
Czech Republic
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A Czech (left) and a Croat
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Slovenia
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Croatia
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Slovakia
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Albania
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I find it interesting to observe which former Soviet allies continue to use Russian (Russian or Russian variant) weapons, and which have switched to use weapons produced by original NATO partners.
Chinese assault scooters!
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Quote from: GDS_Starfury on April 18, 2014, 01:04:42 PM
Chinese assault scooters!
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Wait until they come up against these guys:
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nothing the Indian Army cant handle!
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you just can't make this stuff up ;)
To be fair, the Japanese did use bicycles in Malaysia when they confronted jungles. But this stuff looks a tad much!
seriously... the Chinese crack me up!
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Right-Shoulder.... MOP!
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That looks like one of Star's relatives just before being issued his BC glasses....
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QuoteCamp of the 150th Pennsylvania Infantry (Belle Plain, Virginia - March 1863)
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Quote from: GDS_Starfury on April 18, 2014, 03:56:01 PM
nothing the Indian Army cant handle!
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A little late to the party as usual, but we, Canadians, have the best firepower. (https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fcdn2.holytaco.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2Fimages%2F2009%2F12%2Fcombat_tricycle.jpg&hash=1cbf1007f89885e3ea44f21a179be92437d1b148)
Seriously, now!
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Lee-Enfield No.4 MkI and a kukri.
Japanese hand cannons (ozutsu)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6QBGV0mtGc
Quote from: jomni on May 03, 2015, 12:15:56 AM
Japanese hand cannons (ozutsu)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6QBGV0mtGc
Blimey! Some torn shoulder ligaments from firing that stuff no doubt! :o
http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/15629/the-army-rushes-a-1000-recoilless-rifles-to-troops-but-whats-a-carl-gustaf-anyway
Wow! I'd heard of the Giardoni before but had never seen it's workings in such detail.
Buddy of mine shared that with my gaming group. Pretty damn cool.
I've been using this a lot in Heroes & Generals. Great SMG.
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http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/18047/armys-new-pistols-often-eject-live-rounds-and-dont-work-well-with-regular-bullets
http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/20077/army-shows-off-awesome-automatic-mortar-system-thats-still-too-expensive-to-field
https://twitter.com/thewarzonewire/status/1007335290673848325
QuoteWWI 1,400lb "Pill-Box Demolishers"
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QuoteUS Marine using a M2 .50 cal with scope near Khe Sanh, 1968
(https://i.redd.it/zpsamg192ee11.jpg)
^That's awesome