akd Posted February 12, 2007 Author Share Posted February 12, 2007 A soldier from C. Co., 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment of the 2nd Infantry Division talks to an Iraqi boy during a search operation in the Rusafa neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq Sunday, Feb. 11, 2007 Iraqi men watch a soldier from C. Co., 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment of the 2nd Infantry Division during a search operation in the Rusafa neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Feb. 11, 2007 Army Spc. Jesse Jones, 24, from Olympia, Wa., stands guard as C. Co., 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, second Infantry Division searches a neighborhood of auto repair garages in Baghdad, Iraq Sunday, Feb. 11, 2007 Soldiers from C. Co., 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, second Infantry Division and the Iraqi Army force their way into an auto repair garage in the Rusafa neighborhood in Baghdad, Iraq Sunday, Feb. 11, 2007. The area was suspected to have been used to build car bombs Soldiers from C. Co., 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, second Infantry Division search an auto repair garage in the Rusafa neighborhood in Baghdad, Iraq Sunday, Feb. 11, 2007 Army Spc. Christopher Harland, 21, from Wildomar, Calif., and C. Co., 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, second Infantry Division searches an auto repair garage in Baghdad, Iraq Sunday, Feb. 11, 2007. An Iraqi man watches Army Spc. Christopher Harland, 21, from Wildmar, Calif., of C. Co., 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, second Infantry Division search his auto repair garage in Baghdad, Iraq Sunday, Feb. 11, 2007. The area was suspected to have been used to build car bombs Soldiers from C. Co., 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, second Infantry Division rest after searching a neighborhood of auto repair garages in Baghdad, Iraq Sunday, Feb. 11, 2007. The area was suspected to have been used to build car bombs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akd Posted February 12, 2007 Author Share Posted February 12, 2007 A US soldier from Bravo Company 5-20 Infantry Regiment takes cover in the shovel of a bulldozer as his squad engages in a sustained gunfight with unidentified gunmen after their combat outpost came under attack, at the Adamiyah neighborhood of northern Baghdad during day five of Operation Arrowhead Strike VI, 10 February 2007 A US soldier from the Bravo Company 5-20 Infantry Regiment barks an order as his squad engages in a sustained gunfight with unidentified gunmen after their combat outpost came under attack, at the Adamiyah neighborhood of northern Baghdad during day five of Operation Arrowhead Strike VI, 10 February 2007. The regiment combined with the 82nd Airborne division "surge" troops came under sustained fire for almost an hour responding with riffle and machinegun fire as they clashed with gunmen at one of the first combat outposts set up by US and Iraqi troops in downtown Baghdad as part of the new Baghdad security plan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeyD Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 Stolen - I mean 'borrowed' off someone else's site so I can't relate the provenance of the picture. Note the thing attached to the front. I believe elsewhere on this group something resembling this (but on a Humvee) was described as a IR beam target that preceeds the vehicle in order to pre-detonate the increasingly dangerous platter charge roadside bomb. Is this correct or does it simply flash "Eat At Joes"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Splinty Posted February 13, 2007 Share Posted February 13, 2007 That's what it's for Mikey. It's called a Rhyno. Made to set off EFPs,platter charges are usually detonated by pressure plates or wires. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirtweasle Posted February 13, 2007 Share Posted February 13, 2007 What is this? Michael Yon while embedded with the troops in Iraq says this was part of a cache of weapons captured in Iraq recently. Drudge posted it and his fans have swamped Yon's website so I cannot find the orginal story by Yon, or any details or context surrounding the weapon. LGF posted on their blog about it and a couple folks there have commented that it may be a "Nader AT rocket launcher" FAS.org lists the Nader as a light AT weapon made by Iran. Anyone know what that thing really is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeyD Posted February 13, 2007 Share Posted February 13, 2007 I googled 'Nader' , 'Iran' & 'AT' and you wouldn't believe how many different weird combinations those three words can be used together! Everything but what I was looking for. All I could discover about Nader AT is seems to simply be RPG reinvented. No actual weapon picture (which is very odd), just the RPG-style round. The warhead looks like it might avoid some of RPG's original peculiarities of nose fusing. Was that photo supposed to be Drudge's 'smoking gun' to push a U.S. attack on Iran? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirtweasle Posted February 13, 2007 Share Posted February 13, 2007 Originally posted by MikeyD: I googled 'Nader' , 'Iran' & 'AT' and you wouldn't believe how many different weird combinations those three words can be used together! Oh yea I have a very good idea of what comes up when you do that. Originally posted by MikeyD: All I could discover about Nader AT is seems to simply be RPG reinvented. No actual weapon picture (which is very odd), just the RPG-style round. The warhead looks like it might avoid some of RPG's original peculiarities of nose fusing. Was that photo supposed to be Drudge's 'smoking gun' to push a U.S. attack on Iran? Beats me. Like I said Michael Yon (the book name "Danger Close" ring any bells, maybe?) is over in Iraq reporting with the troops, came across it and posted that he and the soldiers he was with didn't know what it was. Drudge apparently posted a link to Yon's report and Drudge's fans swamped Yon's site. I read Michael Yon's reporting and got clued to it that way. I suppose it you want to discuss the ramifications of Iranian weapons finding there way into Iraq and so forth we could discusss elsewhere. My understanding is this section of the bbs is not supposed to be used that way. [ February 13, 2007, 11:35 AM: Message edited by: Dirtweasle ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akd Posted February 14, 2007 Author Share Posted February 14, 2007 Looks homemade to me. From what I can tell, that buttstock would be totally pointless and appears to be lifted from another weapon, or maybe even a toy (and do not doubt their willingness to incorporate parts from toys). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunslingr3 Posted February 14, 2007 Share Posted February 14, 2007 (and do not doubt their willingness to incorporate parts from toys).How can we forget? link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akd Posted February 14, 2007 Author Share Posted February 14, 2007 hmm... "The [1966] Mattel Agent Zero M Sonic Blaster 5530 fires compressed air with a deafening blast. Our measurements top out at 157 dB-above a level that can do permanent damage to the hearing of an adult. We rate the toy Not Acceptable." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellfish Posted February 14, 2007 Share Posted February 14, 2007 Close, but not quite the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirtweasle Posted February 14, 2007 Share Posted February 14, 2007 Michael Yon's website has finally got back to something like normal after the "Drudge Storm" and all variety of responses are showing up. What in the World is This? The reponses fall into categories something like this; 1. WTF / Can't tell / need more info 2. Toy / parade ground prop 3. Homebrew / improvised launcher for RPG rounds 4. Misc other WAGs Hakko posted a picture of the Nader AT launcher at the Annex and it is somewhat simaler, but frankly I have no idea what it is. Here is a link to Michael Yon's other Dispatches if you're not familiar with them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akd Posted February 14, 2007 Author Share Posted February 14, 2007 n/t [ February 14, 2007, 12:57 PM: Message edited by: akd ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
civdiv Posted February 15, 2007 Share Posted February 15, 2007 Originally posted by MikeyD: I googled 'Nader' , 'Iran' & 'AT' and you wouldn't believe how many different weird combinations those three words can be used together! Everything but what I was looking for. All I could discover about Nader AT is seems to simply be RPG reinvented. No actual weapon picture (which is very odd), just the RPG-style round. The warhead looks like it might avoid some of RPG's original peculiarities of nose fusing. Was that photo supposed to be Drudge's 'smoking gun' to push a U.S. attack on Iran? Nader is the designation for a Iranian made RPG-7 warhead. Nothing special. The only reason I know is I once found a cache of them and someone smarter than me told me what they were. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akd Posted February 19, 2007 Author Share Posted February 19, 2007 HIGH-RES U.S. Army Spc. Jason Peacock, a rifleman from Alpha Troop, 1st Squadron, 14th Cavalry Regiment, scans the rooftops from his overwatch position during a cordon and search mission in Baghdad, Iraq, Feb. 8, 2007. The A-1/14th CAV is conducting cordon and search missions with 2nd Battalion, 1st Brigade,6th Iraqi National Police, in order to maintain security and stability in Baghdad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wubbits Posted February 20, 2007 Share Posted February 20, 2007 Here are a few pics of some Aussie's on deployment in Iraq. Bushmaster gun turret. Busted up ASLAV Night harbour. Wubbits Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirtweasle Posted February 26, 2007 Share Posted February 26, 2007 A Soldier from 2nd Battalion, 15th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division searches the shadows of a palm grove on a recent patrol in the area of Mahmudiyah, Iraq, 17 miles south of the Iraqi capital. From Black Five . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akd Posted March 2, 2007 Author Share Posted March 2, 2007 Damn, wish we had a high-res of that one. U.S. Army Sgt. Mathew Wooden, from Charlie Company, 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, provides security during the reopening of the Al Rasheed market in Baghdad, Iraq, Feb. 17, 2007. Insurgents attacke d the market a year ago putting traders out of business and the community without a place to shop. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Olanrewaju Akinwunmi) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andreas Posted March 2, 2007 Share Posted March 2, 2007 Originally posted by Dirtweasle: From Black Five . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akd Posted March 4, 2007 Author Share Posted March 4, 2007 Found the high-res: http://www.defendamerica.mil/images/photos/feb2007/Index/Hirez/368902.jpg Award for most tricked out M14 ever? A US army sniper with the 3rd Brigade 2nd Infantry Divison Stryker Brigade returns from a mission in Baghdad 02 March 2007. The only issue embattled residents of Baghdad want to talk about when US soldiers batter on their door before dawn, it seems, is security. Captain Isaac Torres heads a Stryker mission to flush out insurgents and thwart car bombers in raids that include house to house pre-dawn searches U.S. Army Sgt. Michael Gibson, a team leader with Charlie Troop, 1st Squadron, 14th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, provides security during a cordon and search mission in Al Rashid, Iraq, Feb. 11, 2007. U.S. Army photo by St Soldiers with Company A, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, prepare to clear a building during a security mission in Baghdad, Feb. 15, 2007. U.S. Army photo by Spc. D. A. Dickinson The Army is now fielding 430,000 new helmet pads, officially referred to as Nape Pads that are designed to better protect Soldiers' neck areas from ballistic fragmentation, to Soldiers serving in operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom. Oops! [ March 04, 2007, 03:38 PM: Message edited by: akd ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akd Posted March 13, 2007 Author Share Posted March 13, 2007 it's not a tumah... HIGH-RES In less than 80 days, the turret prototype on this Humvee was taken from sketched concept to hard-core assembly. The igloo-shaped structure is designed to wrap around and over the turret gunner, thereby minimizing the sniper threat. The protective prototype?s development and testing was motivated by the death of Airman 1st Class Leebernard Chavis, who was killed by sniper fire in October 2006. [ March 12, 2007, 06:10 PM: Message edited by: akd ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirtweasle Posted March 13, 2007 Share Posted March 13, 2007 A Senior Airman checks his gear before patrolling Alpha sector, March 2, at Kirkuk Regional Air Base, Iraq. -- U.S. Air Force photo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homo ferricus Posted March 13, 2007 Share Posted March 13, 2007 "The Army is now fielding 430,000 new helmet pads, officially referred to as Nape Pads that are designed to better protect Soldiers' neck areas from ballistic fragmentation" I remember seeing one of the new 97 screen shots where one of the soldiers had this pad. I really am impressed by the attention to detail and realism. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nidan1 Posted March 13, 2007 Share Posted March 13, 2007 quote: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Army is now fielding 430,000 new helmet pads, officially referred to as Nape Pads that are designed to better protect Soldiers' neck areas from ballistic fragmentation, to Soldiers serving in operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- It seems to me the the PASGT kevlar helmet provided more protection for the back of the neck than the new MICH style does, anyone familiar with why the MICH is now replacing the other style, especially in US Army units? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leeo Posted March 14, 2007 Share Posted March 14, 2007 My question is: Do these pads have wings? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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