akd Posted November 19, 2005 Author Share Posted November 19, 2005 172nd SBCT stryker ambulance: http://www.strykernews.com/gallery/albums/4-14-CAV-THUNDERHORSE-MEDICS/Rawah_pix_048.jpg down the hatch: http://www.strykernews.com/gallery/albums/4-14-CAV-THUNDERHORSE-MEDICS/Rawah_pix_053.jpg forward aid station: http://www.strykernews.com/gallery/albums/4-14-CAV-THUNDERHORSE-MEDICS/100_0090.jpg armored turret? http://www.strykernews.com/gallery/albums/album145/SSG_Alvares_hamming_it_up.jpg http://www.strykernews.com/gallery/albums/album145/SSG_Graber_as_seen_from_SSG_Leal_s_perspective.jpg Engineer Co. Mk. 19 Stryker: http://www.strykernews.com/gallery/albums/album142/SFC_Wilson_with_the_boom_boom.jpg Engineer Co. Stryker with big-ass shovel/ram: http://www.strykernews.com/gallery/albums/2/1_032.jpg Stryker howitzer prototype: http://www.strykernews.com/gallery/albums/strykerhowitzer/fire1.jpg Vinny, the Stryker Brigade pug: http://www.strykernews.com/gallery/albums/A-Company-52nd-Infantry/Vinny1stLtInfantry4.jpg 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarkus Posted November 19, 2005 Share Posted November 19, 2005 Gotta say, looking at all those shots doesn't help to ease my growing crave for the game. Maybe an irrelevent detail, but did you notice all the wires on this pic ? There are electrical lines litterally everywhere. Iraq street I wonder if this affects military operations at all, but it sure looks like they can get all over the place mighty easily. At the very least, it fully justifies the wire cutter seen in Michael LAV pic. Canadian Armored Vehicle pic Cheers. [ November 21, 2005, 05:24 PM: Message edited by: Tarkus ] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellfish Posted November 19, 2005 Share Posted November 19, 2005 Excellent collection of pics. Thanks!! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Battlefront.com Posted November 20, 2005 Share Posted November 20, 2005 what a badass: Cripes! This guy looks like he just caught a glimps of the insurgent that IED'd the platoon's mascot dog! Yikes, that is a warface if I ever saw one. Steve 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergei Posted November 20, 2005 Share Posted November 20, 2005 Isn't Vinny gorgeous? My parents have two pug bitches, they're fabulous. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted November 20, 2005 Share Posted November 20, 2005 Originally posted by Battlefront.com: </font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />what a badass: Cripes! This guy looks like he just caught a glimps of the insurgent that IED'd the platoon's mascot dog! Yikes, that is a warface if I ever saw one.</font> 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergei Posted November 20, 2005 Share Posted November 20, 2005 Or work as a beta tester/forum moderator/soundfx man for a wargames company? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mike Posted November 21, 2005 Share Posted November 21, 2005 Originally posted by Angryson: Oh, btw that thing is a wire cutter, I've seen them monuted on Strykers, right in front of the TC's hatch. A simple counter measure for a wire strung over a street at a height of about where a xcommander's neck would be if he was head out of the turret!! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoat Posted November 21, 2005 Share Posted November 21, 2005 Originally posted by Michael Emrys: </font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by Battlefront.com: </font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />what a badass: Cripes! This guy looks like he just caught a glimps of the insurgent that IED'd the platoon's mascot dog! Yikes, that is a warface if I ever saw one.</font> 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akd Posted November 21, 2005 Author Share Posted November 21, 2005 jizzmonkey put up some more "deuce-four" pics: patrol: http://media.militaryphotos.net/photos/albums/jizzmonkey/acp.sized.jpg MSR overwatch: http://media.militaryphotos.net/photos/albums/jizzmonkey/act.sized.jpg Stryker squad: http://media.militaryphotos.net/photos/albums/jizzmonkey/acs.sized.jpg uhh...I have no idea: http://media.militaryphotos.net/photos/albums/jizzmonkey/acq.sized.jpg [ November 21, 2005, 08:49 AM: Message edited by: akd ] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ng cavscout Posted November 21, 2005 Share Posted November 21, 2005 Originally posted by Michael Emrys: </font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by NG cavscout: ...nomex gloves...That reminds me. I've been wanting to ask someone...It seems like most of the pictures I see of the guys in Iraq have them wearing gloves and I've been wondering about that. What is the reason behind the glove wearing? In prior wars of the last hundred years I only recall soldiers wearing gloves if it was cold or for some special reason, like they were in the horse cavalry. So what's the story here? Seems to me that gloves would make your hands more clumsy for small tasks, like loading clips for instance. Are they at heightened risk to receive cuts, abrasions, or burns on the hands? Michael </font> 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted November 21, 2005 Share Posted November 21, 2005 Originally posted by Stalin's Organist: </font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by Angryson: Oh, btw that thing is a wire cutter, I've seen them monuted on Strykers, right in front of the TC's hatch. A simple counter measure for a wire strung over a street at a height of about where a xcommander's neck would be if he was head out of the turret!! </font> 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted November 21, 2005 Share Posted November 21, 2005 Originally posted by akd: jizzmonkey put up some more "deuce-four" pics: patrol: http://media.militaryphotos.net/photos/albums/jizzmonkey/acp.sized.jpg\ You need to remove the backslash on that address, akd. MSR overwatch: http://media.militaryphotos.net/photos/albums/jizzmonkey/act.sized.jpg I'm wondering if that hole is big enough to allow the bullet to pass though and still allow a sight picture. uhh...I have no idea: http://media.militaryphotos.net/photos/albums/jizzmonkey/acq.sized.jpg LOL! Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akd Posted November 21, 2005 Author Share Posted November 21, 2005 Originally posted by Michael Emrys: </font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />uhh...I have no idea: http://media.militaryphotos.net/photos/albums/jizzmonkey/acq.sized.jpg LOL! Michael </font> 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted November 21, 2005 Share Posted November 21, 2005 Originally posted by akd: I have been informed that this image involves Boudreaux's Butt Paste. Gee, I wish I knew what that was. Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Posted November 21, 2005 Share Posted November 21, 2005 Originally posted by Tarkus: Gotta say, looking at all those shots doesn't help to ease my growing crave for the game. Maybe an irrelevent detail, but have you see all the wires on this pic ? There are electrical lines litterally everywhere. Iraq street Hmm...so are those all electrical lines? My first reaction was that they were guidance cables from ATGW but obviously those are much thinner. Is that just poor urban planning or is this a result of combat some how? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wisbech_lad Posted November 22, 2005 Share Posted November 22, 2005 Servicemen have been "personalising" their stuff since year dot. RN didn't even bother with uniforms until 1860's ISTR, and that was to keep Prince Albert happy. As a matter of interest, what is the tax situation of US troops stationed in Iraq? Do you count as being overseas for tax purposes? And can you claim back gear you buy on tax as work related expenses? If not, why not? With all the reservists, there must be some CPA's to ask... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akd Posted November 22, 2005 Author Share Posted November 22, 2005 http://www4.army.mil/OCPA/uploads/large/CSA-2005-11-21-100940.jpg November 21, 2005 2nd Lt. Anthony Aguilar, from Company A, 2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment, 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, hones his shooting skills at a range in Mosul, Iraq. By Staff Sgt. James Harper Jr.Jizzmonkey put more picks from his Stryker unit up: Another Stryker squad: http://media.militaryphotos.net/photos/albums/jizzmonkey/acz.jpg Styker, post-IED: http://media.militaryphotos.net/photos/albums/jizzmonkey/adc.jpg Rooftop firefight: http://media.militaryphotos.net/photos/albums/jizzmonkey/adi.jpg Ford Taurus/Arms Cache: http://media.militaryphotos.net/photos/albums/jizzmonkey/adm.jpg Suicide bomber, failed: http://media.militaryphotos.net/photos/albums/jizzmonkey/adr.jpg Iraqis are all proud members of the NRA: http://media.militaryphotos.net/photos/albums/jizzmonkey/adn.sized.jpg http://media.militaryphotos.net/photos/albums/jizzmonkey/ado.sized.jpg http://media.militaryphotos.net/photos/albums/jizzmonkey/adp.sized.jpg reenlisting in view of the enemy: http://media.militaryphotos.net/photos/albums/jizzmonkey/adt.sized.jpg riding shotgun on a Styker: http://media.militaryphotos.net/photos/albums/jizzmonkey/adu.jpg sandstorm coming. M-240 won't stop that: http://media.militaryphotos.net/photos/albums/jizzmonkey/adw.jpg .50 cal. AP meets wall, says hi: http://media.militaryphotos.net/photos/albums/jizzmonkey/ady.jpg Cordon and search:' http://media.militaryphotos.net/photos/albums/jizzmonkey/aea.jpg entry the nice way: http://media.militaryphotos.net/photos/albums/jizzmonkey/aeb.jpg local gunshow: http://media.militaryphotos.net/photos/albums/jizzmonkey/aed.jpg where are the fat rednecks? http://media.militaryphotos.net/photos/albums/jizzmonkey/aeg.jpg the gunshows in Iraq end rather abruptly: http://media.militaryphotos.net/photos/albums/jizzmonkey/aem.jpg IED found: http://media.militaryphotos.net/photos/albums/jizzmonkey/aeh.jpg and dealt with: http://media.militaryphotos.net/photos/albums/jizzmonkey/aei.jpg more rooftop fun: http://media.militaryphotos.net/photos/albums/jizzmonkey/aej.jpg http://media.militaryphotos.net/photos/albums/jizzmonkey/aek.jpg http://media.militaryphotos.net/photos/albums/jizzmonkey/ael.jpg unit marksmen: http://media.militaryphotos.net/photos/albums/jizzmonkey/aen.jpg working with an interpreter (who turned out to be AIF): http://media.militaryphotos.net/photos/albums/jizzmonkey/aeo.jpg sniper and his tools (was later killed by a sniper himself, RIP): http://media.militaryphotos.net/photos/jizzmonkey/aer?full=1 OP: http://media.militaryphotos.net/photos/albums/jizzmonkey/afh.jpg [ November 21, 2005, 11:21 PM: Message edited by: akd ] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellfish Posted November 22, 2005 Share Posted November 22, 2005 I think the .50 cal that met the wall was actually an RPG. Notice the fragmentation pattern - an armored piercing 12.7mm round shouldn't fragment like that. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akd Posted November 22, 2005 Author Share Posted November 22, 2005 Originally posted by fytinghellfish: I think the .50 cal that met the wall was actually an RPG. Notice the fragmentation pattern - an armored piercing 12.7mm round shouldn't fragment like that. Tell Jizzmonkey that. I would be afraid to. For reference, his caption reads: "This is what a 50 cal armor piercing round will do to a wall." Here's one more: http://media.militaryphotos.net/photos/albums/jizzmonkey/add.sized.jpg [ November 21, 2005, 11:19 PM: Message edited by: akd ] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Joe Posted November 22, 2005 Share Posted November 22, 2005 The U.S. Army needs to spend less of it's budget on tinfoil APC's and more on fashion frames for its visually impaired soldiers. I just cant take that 1st dude seriously with those geeky thick frames. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wisbech_lad Posted November 22, 2005 Share Posted November 22, 2005 Originally posted by Michael Emrys: </font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by Battlefront.com: </font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />what a badass: Cripes! This guy looks like he just caught a glimps of the insurgent that IED'd the platoon's mascot dog! Yikes, that is a warface if I ever saw one.</font> 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FAI Posted November 22, 2005 Share Posted November 22, 2005 Originally posted by akd: http://media.militaryphotos.net/photos/albums/jizzmonkey/aeo.jpg sniper and his tools (was later killed by a sniper himself, RIP): I don't mean to hijack this thread, but since you mentioned this, it reminded me of an insurgent sniper nicknamed Juba. Is there actually such an individual? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akd Posted November 22, 2005 Author Share Posted November 22, 2005 Originally posted by FAI: </font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by akd: http://media.militaryphotos.net/photos/albums/jizzmonkey/aeo.jpg sniper and his tools (was later killed by a sniper himself, RIP): I don't mean to hijack this thread, but since you mentioned this, it reminded me of an insurgent sniper nicknamed Juba. Is there actually such an individual? </font> 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarkus Posted November 23, 2005 Share Posted November 23, 2005 Originally posted by akd: working with an interpreter (who turned out to be AIF): http://media.militaryphotos.net/photos/albums/jizzmonkey/aeo.jpg Boy, the American looks seriously pissed off. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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