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Airbornelawyer
01-07-2005, 19:28
Actually, I'll give you the "who", at least in the basic sense. His name is Tango.
Team Sergeant
01-07-2005, 19:56
Naval Infantry Dog
Argentina
Airbornelawyer
01-07-2005, 20:23
That was quick. :cool:
OK, what unit? and what breed?
Here's his comrade Bronco, BTW:
Smokin Joe
01-07-2005, 20:32
Naval Infantry Dog
Argentina
WTF? How did you get that so quick? :)
Okay I get the little obstacle in the Agrentina Flag design but Naval Infantry Dog.
DAMN TS your good.
The Reaper
01-07-2005, 20:38
That was quick. :cool:
OK, what unit? and what breed?
Here's his comrade Bronco, BTW:
Argentine Dogo breed.
TR
Team Sergeant
01-07-2005, 20:39
That was quick. :cool:
OK, what unit? and what breed?
Here's his comrade Bronco, BTW:
Batallon de Seguridad
de la Base Naval
Puerto Belgrano
Here's his other buddy.....
almost forgot, I'm thinking pitbull...
Team Sergeant
01-07-2005, 20:42
WTF? How did you get that so quick? :)
Okay I get the little obstacle in the Agrentina Flag design but Naval Infantry Dog.
DAMN TS your good.
If I told you, well you know the rest.... :lifter
TS
CPTAUSRET
01-10-2005, 16:57
If I told you, well you know the rest.... :lifter
TS
CUTE!!
Terry
Airbornelawyer
01-10-2005, 17:06
Argentine Dogo breed.
TR
That was the other clue besides the Argentine colors in the background, but TS was too quick.
Those are naval infantry dogos. Here's what army infantry dogos look like, after a little field time:
Airbornelawyer
01-10-2005, 17:21
OK, this one is a little harder.
Roguish Lawyer
01-10-2005, 17:31
OK, this one is a little harder.
First instinct is Austrians, but looks like they are somewhere in Central/Eastern Europe.
Airbornelawyer
01-10-2005, 17:47
First instinct is Austrians, but looks like they are somewhere in Central/Eastern Europe.[emphasis added]
Austria is somewhere in Central/Eastern Europe. In any event, not Austrians.
Roguish Lawyer
01-10-2005, 18:07
[emphasis added]
Austria is somewhere in Central/Eastern Europe.
Thanks, buddy. You can proof my posts anytime. :rolleyes: LOL
Airbornelawyer
01-11-2005, 09:57
Are they Spaniards?No.
RL was right that they aren't Austrian, but he was on the right track that they are somewhere in Central/Eastern Europe.
Airbornelawyer
01-16-2005, 21:13
No more guesses? Don't know or don't care, or both?
Brigada Antiteroristi (Antiterrorist Brigade) of the SRI, or Serviciul Român de Informatii (http://www.sri.ro/) (Romanian Intelligence Service). The SRI is the domestic intelligence and law enforcement agency, somewhat analogous to the FBI, but with fewer "regular" law enforcement responsibilities. It was established in 1990 when the infamous Securitate was broken up. Foreign intelligence is under the separate Serviciul de Informatii Externe (http://www.dci.ro/).
The CT unit was founded in December 1977 as the Unitatii Speciale de Lupta Antiteroristi, or Special Antiterrorist Fighting Unit, and later renamed the Brigada Antiteroristi.
The picture was from the National Day parade in Bucharest back in December 2004. A few more:
Roguish Lawyer
01-17-2005, 01:02
I was closest. What did I win? LMAO
A complimentary conscription in said country's armed forces.
Team Sergeant
01-17-2005, 10:42
No more guesses? Don't know or don't care, or both?
It's a little tough with nothing but guns and uniforms with no patch's. (Unlike the television show CSI, I cannot enlarge a computer image and keep 100% digital acuity.) :munchin
TS
The Reaper
01-17-2005, 11:55
A complimentary conscription in said country's armed forces.
You are in rare form today, my brother. :D
TR
alphamale
01-17-2005, 12:01
A complimentary conscription in said country's armed forces.Ha! RL, Razor got you! :)
(Unlike the television show CSI, Aha! If you watch CSI, it should be OK for gits to watch 24 and for me to watch Alias!
Gotcha!! :lifter I win!! ::smug lizard squiggle::
FrontSight
A complimentary conscription in said country's armed forces.
Your wit is razor sharp as always.
Airbornelawyer
01-17-2005, 12:44
It's a little tough with nothing but guns and uniforms with no patch's. (Unlike the television show CSI, I cannot enlarge a computer image and keep 100% digital acuity.) :munchin
TSWell, you made the dogo one seem so easy. Besides, I don't know what you or others here know. For all I know, those particular vests are only used by Romanians, or at least that combo of gear and weapons is unique to the Brigada Antiteroristi. Or, for all I know, someone might have seen pictures from that parade and knew the answer without needing clues.
OK, if "it's a little tough with nothing but guns and uniforms with no patch's," how about guns and no uniforms? This one I suppose you'd know for certain only if you'd already seen the picture, but guesses could narrow it down:
You are in rare form today, my brother. :D
TR
TR:
Apparently you haven't been keeping up with Razor's exploits of late. You need only seek out any thread Frontsight has posted in to find similar quips; all equally entertaining if I may say so Myself.
oh, and that pic wouldn't be from the Russian School massacre would it?
alphamale
01-17-2005, 13:38
I keep the Razor edge sharp. :)
I gotta admit, this one was easy....
A bodyguard of Palestinian President-elect Mahmoud Abbas, also known as Abu Mazen, walks at Yasser Arafat's former headquarters in the West Bank town
Airbornelawyer
01-17-2005, 14:58
I gotta admit, this one was easy....Too easy?
OK, how about this one?
Damn, saw the thread too late, ie: the Romanians.
The last one, Italian AF operators in A-stan?
Airbornelawyer
01-17-2005, 16:40
The last one, Italian AF operators in A-stan?No, but pretty good guess. It is Afghanistan.
Well, my guess is US Navy SEALs... but I'm still trying to figure out why they're carrying MP5s... I'll keep diggin'
Team Sergeant
01-18-2005, 08:43
ISAF in the Stan.
TS
No way they could be Navy SEALS. They're arms are a dead give away. If they were SEALS they would not be able to "roll" their sleeves up as in the picture due to massive biceps. Besides, I didn't get that "all a flutter" feeling when I first viewed the picture. (Oh Matchanu, where are youuuuuu!!!!!! ;) )
Airbornelawyer
01-18-2005, 10:20
ISAF in the Stan.
TSGetting closer... :)
Kyobanim
01-18-2005, 10:55
The new Iraqi Special Forces that SF has been training?
Roguish Lawyer
01-18-2005, 12:01
Turks.
Turks.
The bird coming in does have a paint job with common the Turkish UHs..
Airbornelawyer
01-18-2005, 14:00
What do we know or can we surmise so far?
It is Afghanistan and they are part of ISAF, as TS noted and as the right upper sleeve patch in the second picture shows.
They are, by their equipment and appearance, likely Westerners (they could be Turks, as Turkey is an ethnically diverse place, but they are not). The equipment also points toward SOF with a US connection (rather than, say, British, French or German-equipped).
They are SOF, though there is no way of telling to what branch of their country's service they belong. They could be army SOF, air commandos, or naval commandos (assuming they come from a country with a navy - is that a clue or a red herring?)
On their left upper sleeves are backings for two removable patches - one rectangular and one shield-shaped.
By the camera position and action, these are exercise shots, not operational.
The images are fairly large, in good a quality and lacking a watermark, so they are likely not from AP, Getty, Corbis or one of the other commercial news photo sites.There are other clues, but for now these will suffice. Based on the information above, how would approach this? Two avenues come to mind:
First, since these are exercise shots and likely not from a news agency, you could check ISAF or ISAF-related sites to see if these are in their photo galleries. Perhaps a special operations or QRF-type exercise. There are less than a half-dozen such sites (NATO, ISAF, Eurocorps, CENTCOM come to mind), plus national sites of participating countries, but if you don't already know the country, that doesn't help.
Second, note the missing patches. Many soldiers wear a rectangular patch on the upper sleeve with their national flag (Danes, Germans, British, Dutch, for example). Many wear a shield-shaped patch (French and Italians, for example). Few wear both (the US Army does, in the form of a US flag and a unit patch). There are a finite number of ISAF contributors. Some can be ruled out because they are non-Western, others because they do not have SOF deployed there, and others because you already know what their SOF wear and carry, or what sleeve insignia they might wear.
Since the weapons guru Tuukka is here, I will add a close-up of their MP5A5:
...and their country of origin is a NATO country, since they are the publishers of this picture.
I would guess Turkish. Still have no clue about units.
Oh, and during a Blackhawk exercise.
The Reaper
01-18-2005, 14:58
...and their country of origin is a NATO country, since they are the publishers of this picture.
I would guess Turkish. Still have no clue about units.
They are, by their equipment and appearance, likely Westerners (they could be Turks, as Turkey is an ethnically diverse place, but they are not).
I think you are wrong, Martin.
TR
I think you are wrong, Martin.
TR
BLAH! :o *bangs hand against forhead*
Anyway, this is what I conclude so far:
A NATO Blackhawk exercise in Afghanistan by Slovenian soldiers part of ISAF. I'm still not sure about the unit.
Attached picture: Likely the same exercise.
First image posted by AL was taken 28th of September 2004, at 17:54:47 using a Nikon D100 digital camera.
The one posted by me was taken on the same day, but at 17:55:14 using a Nikon D100.
I think you're on to something Martin, the camo in the picture of the MP5 looks Slovenian to me...
ODSD and that's my final answer :D
Airbornelawyer
01-18-2005, 16:17
I think you're on to something Martin, the camo in the picture of the MP5 looks Slovenian to me...
ODSD and that's my final answer :DThe ODSD no longer exists.
Airbornelawyer
01-18-2005, 16:24
BLAH! :o *bangs hand against forhead*
Anyway, this is what I conclude so far:
A NATO Blackhawk exercise in Afghanistan by Slovenian soldiers part of ISAF. I'm still not sure about the unit.
The unit is called the Enota za specialno delovanje (ESD), or Special Operations Unit. It was formerly known as the Odred za specialno delovanje (ODSD), or Special Operations Detachment. It is headquartered at the Slovenian military base of Škrilj, in Kocevska (Gottschee), a region of southern Slovenia which until World War Two was mostly German-inhabited.
The unit trains with other NATO SOF, but primarily with US Army Special Forces and Navy SEALs. A handful of ESD members deployed to Afghanistan in February 2004 along with the regular Slovenian contingent (the total contingent was only 27 soldiers, including military police and medics; more here (http://www.slovenskavojska.si/poklicna/misije/misije_isaf5_sv_novosti.htm)).
More can be found on the unit's page (http://www.slovenskavojska.si/poklicna/enote/1br/esd.htm) on the Slovenian Army homepage (http://www.slovenskavojska.si). The text is in Slovenian, but the pictures are worth some amount of Slovenian words.
The pictures I posted, and the one Martin found, were from an exercise last September, as Martin notes. His image shows the flag/shield combo, but here is a profile shot, which also shows the regular Slovenian camouflage.
AL: I have only glanced now and then at this, but this is a little strange:
NATO lists the exercise for the third of August 2004, while the EXIF-data of the images reveals the above posted date.
I was going to mention something about the patch being from a Slovenian Air Force unit, but noticed a little omission in my source and now say 1st Brigade, Army. Although you now have identified the unit either way...
Airbornelawyer
01-18-2005, 18:22
I was going to mention something about the patch being from a Slovenian Air Force unit, but noticed a little omission in my source and now say 1st Brigade, Army. Although you now have identified the unit either way...The ESD is part of the 1st Brigade. The 1st Brigade consists of Slovenia's readily deployable forces for NATO missions. Besides the ESD, it consists of the 10th and 20th Motorized Battalions (10. motorizirani bataljon, 20. motorizirani bataljon), the 17th MP Battalion (17. bataljon vojaške policije) and the 670th Command & Logistics Battalion (670. poveljniško-logisticni bataljon).
Airbornelawyer
01-18-2005, 21:13
BTW, I didn't post the third picture, the one that Martin located, of the guy in the LZ party because his Slovenian nationality and army patches were right there. Who was observant enough to notice what was on his shoulder right above the Slovenian national flag?
The Reaper
01-18-2005, 21:54
BTW, I didn't post the third picture, the one that Martin located, of the guy in the LZ party because his Slovenian nationality and army patches were right there. Who was observant enough to notice what was on his shoulder right above the Slovenian national flag?
A tab, looks like it might be Ranger.
TR
Airbornelawyer
01-19-2005, 10:33
A tab, looks like it might be Ranger.
TRLooks like Ranger to me too. The first Slovenian officer to go through IOBC was in my class. He did not go on to Ranger School, but subsequent Slovenes did. I imagine some have also gone to the Q, but not many (a Lebanese officer from my IOBC class went to the Q after the advanced course).
AL:
Take a good look at that guys butt-stock...
You may want to check your facts again.
Airbornelawyer
01-19-2005, 18:33
AL:
Take a good look at that guys butt-stock...
You may want to check your facts again.The MP5A5 pictured separately was from a static display in Ljubljana; it's not actually the one the operators are carrying.
Are theirs MP5Fs? Or some other variant? That does look like the MP5F's butt-stock.
The butt-stock looks like the 1st generation duo-stock.
http://www.duostock.com/thumbnails/15.jpg
http://www.duostock.com/indexx.html
Then again...it is common for others to copy designs.
The butt-stock looks like the 1st generation duo-stock.
http://www.duostock.com/thumbnails/15.jpg
http://www.duostock.com/indexx.html
Then again...it is common for others to copy designs.
The pictured weapons have the MP5F stock, do not know if they are plain A5s or are they true MP5Fs with the internal improvements as well.
Closeup on the F or French stock.
The pictured weapons have the MP5F stock, do not know if they are plain A5s or are they true MP5Fs with the internal improvements as well.
Closeup on the F or French stock.
Thanks Tuukka...I had seen that stock somewhere. I just could not remember.
Do you have a pic of the upfitted AK-47?
Airbornelawyer
01-20-2005, 23:01
OK, a relatively easy one, since he's replete with insignia.
The "who" is actually easy, since he's wearing a nametape, so try for as great a specificity as possible.
CO of Pakistani SSG, Major General Amir Faisal Alvi.
If i recall correctly it was a training exercise of the SSG he was observing, summer 2004.
Got it!
CHERAT, PAKISTAN - AUGUST 28: (US NEWS AND WORLD REPORT AND NEWSWEEK OUT) The commanding officer of Pakistan's elite Special Services Group (SSG), Major General Faisal Amir Alvi, watches as his special forces go through an urban warfare drill on the side of a mountain, Cherat, Pakistan on August 28, 2004, at the main training center three hours west of the capital, Islamabad. The SSG trains for three months for anti-terrorist warfare and VIP security. (Photo by Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images)
Airbornelawyer
01-21-2005, 11:47
See, too easy. Can you tell me something about what is pictured that is not taken from the photo caption?
Oakleys and G Shock on the CO?
U.S jump wings on the soldier behind him?
PS. Guy, what variant are you thinking of?
Airbornelawyer
01-28-2005, 21:37
Another?
Cammo apears to be South African...
Another?
I don't know about the guy with the rifle, but the kid in back looks like a member of the 1st Santa Barbaran Airsoft Brigade. :cool:
Airbornelawyer
01-29-2005, 15:25
Israeli
Israeli what? :cool:
Sweetbriar
01-30-2005, 06:26
I don't know a thing about uniforms or weaponry, but this may be the only one I can hazard a guess at. The farming scenery and the fence makes me think checkpoint guard in Judea or Sameria. The border police travel in much heavier armoured vehicles.
Id say they are soldiers in a reconnaisance unit/battalion in one of the IDF Infantry brigades, judging from their gear i would say they are not more up the ladder like Sayeret Matkal.
Airbornelawyer
01-30-2005, 15:49
Id say they are soldiers in a reconnaisance unit/battalion in one of the IDF Infantry brigades, judging from their gear i would say they are not more up the ladder like Sayeret Matkal.
If you checked the file name on the photos, you would know which brigade... :D
Airbornelawyer
01-30-2005, 22:38
Another?
One clue: these are not special operations forces.
Roguish Lawyer
01-30-2005, 22:50
Another?
One clue: these are not special operations forces.
Bad movie?
Peruvian tankers?
BTW, the angelic creature in the back left seems to be sporting a halo. Your picture could be worth something! ;)
Oakleys and G Shock on the CO?
U.S jump wings on the soldier behind him?
PS. Guy, what variant are you thinking of?
"Quote:
CHERAT, PAKISTAN - AUGUST 28: (US NEWS AND WORLD REPORT AND NEWSWEEK OUT) The commanding officer of Pakistan's elite Special Services Group (SSG), Major General Faisal Amir Alvi, watches as his special forces go through an urban warfare drill on the side of a mountain, Cherat, Pakistan on August 28, 2004, at the main training center three hours west of the capital, Islamabad. The SSG trains for three months for anti-terrorist warfare and VIP security. (Photo by Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images)"
Not too knwledgable about the US SF, but both the officers (ex-CO Maj Gen Alvi, and the officer behind him) are rangers school qualified (the Maj Gen did his rangers course in 1981).
Roguish Lawyer
08-22-2005, 14:36
Peruvian tankers?
Hey AL, how about a prize for jatx. Probably driving T-55s in these outfits with the Uzis on the floor, eh? :munchin
They look kind of like extras on the set of a sequel to Spaceballs, now that I think about it. :D
Airbornelawyer
08-22-2005, 15:18
Another?
Airbornelawyer
08-22-2005, 15:19
This one might be hard, might be easy...
Saudi Special Emergency Force, May 30, 2004 in Khobar.
(Edited to clarify unit)
Airbornelawyer
08-22-2005, 15:52
Saudi special forcesspecial or very special?
Your answer lacks sufficient specificity.
Here's another shot of the same team. The Steyr AUG gave it away, since the weapon was only widely adopted by Australia, Austria, New Zealand, Oman, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia and Ireland. Given the script visble on the buttstock of one of the rifles and the ethnicity of the subjects, it could only have been Oman or Saudi Arabia.
special or very special?
Your answer lacks sufficient specificity.
Well IIRC, their SF is 3 SF Companies and the Special Security Force.
Given the script visble on the buttstock of one of the rifles and the ethnicity of the subjects, it could only have been Oman or Saudi Arabia.the flag on the right shoulder is the Saudi flag, however...
the flag on the right shoulder is the Saudi flag, however...
Correct, but it was not showing in the first photo.
Airbornelawyer
08-22-2005, 16:27
Well IIRC, their SF is 3 SF Companies and the Special Security Force.
The Special Security Forces are not SF.
The three SF companies belong to the Airborne Brigade and are an element of the army (Royal Saudi Land Forces). The Special Security Forces are an element of the Ministry of the Interior, not the armed forces. They are functionally closer to the FBI's HRT or the GIGN (though not in skill level).
Correct, but it was not showing in the first photo.so i cheated... ;)
The Special Security Forces are not SF.
The three SF companies belong to the Airborne Brigade and are an element of the army (Royal Saudi Land Forces). The Special Security Forces are an element of the Ministry of the Interior, not the armed forces. They are functionally closer to the FBI's HRT or the GIGN (though not in skill level).
Suspected the above regarding the SSF, did not have exact information. Thank you for the correction.
Airbornelawyer
08-22-2005, 16:31
Too easy, eh?
This one might be easy too, as I vaguely recall posting this picture before.
Nigerian Army, Third Marine Commandos, some sort of riverine operation (in which they received training from 10th Group).
Airbornelawyer
08-22-2005, 16:50
Nigerian Army, Third Marine Commandos, some sort of riverine operation (in which they received training from 10th Group).
You are so cold you must be sneezing snowballs. :p
Jamaica or a nearby neighbor. Zero clue to the actual unit.
Airbornelawyer
08-22-2005, 17:31
Since Nigeria is almost as far from right as one could possibly get (Mali would be about as wrong as one could get), Jamaica is an improvement, but not by much.
:cool:
Airbornelawyer
08-23-2005, 14:51
Too hard?
By the way: Nigeria? Jamaica? What makes you think these guys are Black?
Papua New Guinea Commandos or New Zealand SAS (Mouries)?
Airbornelawyer
08-24-2005, 09:14
Much, much, much warmer... :cool:
Well, I did help train some Soloman Islanders who looked a lot like these guys so I will say the Soloman Island Defense Forces or Police.
Blue
Airbornelawyer
08-24-2005, 12:17
Well, I did help train some Soloman Islanders who looked a lot like these guys so I will say the Soloman Island Defense Forces or Police.
Blue
Warmer.
Airbornelawyer
08-24-2005, 12:31
BTW, not that this is a clue or anything, but what weapons are present in the photo?
Australian Navy Clearance Diving Teams?
Martin
BTW, not that this is a clue or anything, but what weapons are present in the photo?
M16A2s and Daewoo K2s.
Fiji, Army First Meridian Squadron (CI) unit .
Airbornelawyer
08-24-2005, 15:22
M16A2s and Daewoo K2s.
Fiji, Army First Meridian Squadron (CI) unit .
Right on Fiji. Wrong on unit.
The First Meridian Squadron, or Counter Revolutionary Warfare Unit, was disbanded after the May 2000 coup. In any event, members of two units are actually pictured. The photo is of members of the recon section of the 3rd Battalion, Fiji Infantry Regiment, receiving combat dive training from the Naval Squadron's dive unit. Article here (about 3/4ths of the way down): http://www.rfmf.mil.fj/news/Feb-March%2005/news.htm
Was the weapon a clue? As far as I know, Fiji is the only other military to receive the K-2 besides the ROKs themselves (though US Forces Korea has some).
Weazle23
08-24-2005, 17:28
I was able to meet a few guys from Fiji while I was in Baghdad. Some of the nicest people you'll ever meet.
Airbornelawyer
12-07-2005, 16:01
An interesting one (to me at least):
Spanish, Perhaps Portugese?
Airbornelawyer
12-08-2005, 23:27
Right continent. A few countries away.
By air, the minimum number of intervening countries you'd have to pass over to get from Spain to where these soldiers were when the photo was taken is one, but this would require a very narrow flight path, so two is a more likely minimum. By land, it's at least four other countries.
Where these soldiers are now is Iraq, so getting there from Spain would require a longer trip and a change of that country's Socialist government's Iraq policy.
Did anyone notice the similarity of the weapons in question (HK33s?) to the Sturmgewehr 44?
Humm saw some of those troops near Fallujha. Wanted to say they are from the Balkens somewhere. Definitly Eastern Europe though.
The soldiers are from Bosnia & Herzegovina, EOD if I recall correctly.
Airbornelawyer
12-13-2005, 22:54
Indeed they are a Bosnian EOD disposal unit (Postrojba za uništenje neeksplodiranih ubojnih sredstava). Bosnia-Herzegovina's first contingent deployed in June 2005, and a second rotation departed a few weeks ago. They are working with II MEF, so 504PIR might indeed have seen them near Fallujah.
The articles I read don't discuss it, but my understanding is that EOD units are among the first to integrate soldiers from the VRS (Vojska Republike Srpske), the Bosnian Serb armed forces, and the VFBiH (Vojska Federacije Bosne i Hercegovine), the combined Bosnian Muslim and Bosnian Croat armed forces.
Arrival (dolazak) of the 1st contingent in Sarajevo on 28 November 2005 and departure (odlazak) of the 2nd contigent from Sarajevo on 29 November 2005:
Hi all
Ok, jumping on the bandwagon here, for those that know me, this'll be a peice of cake ;-) :
Kyobanim
12-14-2005, 06:43
Hi all
Ok, jumping on the bandwagon here, for those that know me, this'll be a peice of cake ;-) :
Picture 1 is easy. That's a bunch of hippies from a commune.
:D
Picture 1 is easy. That's a bunch of hippies from a commune.
:D
ֻLOL
Where is the commune and what were they doing there?
The exact "where" i don't know myself...country or region will suffice.
Hoepoe
Airbornelawyer
12-14-2005, 18:50
Hi all
Ok, jumping on the bandwagon here, for those that know me, this'll be a peice of cake ;-) :
Weapons, kit and (mainly) whiteness say South African Recce, rather than Rhodesians. Also, the coast behind the guy in the middle photo looks more like the Atlantic shore of the Cape Province than the banks of the Zambesi River.
Airbornelawyer
12-14-2005, 18:53
Another one:
The Reaper
12-14-2005, 19:14
Hmm, toughie.
HK with a Trijicon and modern web gear. Possible HK pistol in the leg harness.
Land Rover with an M-2 and a soldier with an M-4/M-203.
SAS, perhaps?
TR
Airbornelawyer
12-14-2005, 20:04
Hmm, toughie.
HK with a Trijicon and modern web gear. Possible HK pistol in the leg harness.
Land Rover with an M-2 and a soldier with an M-4/M-203.
SAS, perhaps?
TRSAS is close, in a historical sense.
The vehicle isn't a Land Rover. What it is is a dead giveaway. ;)
Weapons, kit and (mainly) whiteness say South African Recce, rather than Rhodesians. Also, the coast behind the guy in the middle photo looks more like the Atlantic shore of the Cape Province than the banks of the Zambesi River.
Spot on! have you been to the Cape?
Here are some more pics of Reccies. Crazy bunch, some pics of Terry the Lion also. More pics and info at http://www.recce.co.za
Hoepoe
Airbornelawyer
12-15-2005, 11:52
1er RPIMa.
Correct, but can you be more specific.
The category is "Who - what - where". Where are they (within 50 kilometers ;) )?
What is the SAS connection?
What is the vehicle and why is it a dead giveaway?
Airbornelawyer
12-15-2005, 11:59
Spot on! have you been to the Cape?
No, but I've been to http://www.recce.co.za (cheatin' bastard! :D ).
Actually, my unit (11th SFGA) did what we were told was the first post-apartheid jump with the South African airborne in 1994.
Most of what I know of southern Africa is utterly vicarious. My father was a minister and my mother a missionary. She coordinated missionary activities in Latin America and Africa, so I grew up in a house full of brochures, pamphlets, guidebooks and the like on all these places that as a poor kid in Florida I never could hope to visit. It wasn't until the Army that I got a chance to actually go to these places, and South Africa is still one place I haven't gotten to.
Smokin Joe
12-15-2005, 18:59
Hoepoe,
That is one hell of a mascot. Although he looks to be a (moderatly) young cat, was he raised from a cub in camp?
Correct, but can you be more specific.
The category is "Who - what - where". Where are they (within 50 kilometers ;) )?
What is the SAS connection?
What is the vehicle and why is it a dead giveaway?
Patrolling, Spin Boldak
Unit descends from WW2 era French SAS units.
MB 240 GD
Airbornelawyer
12-16-2005, 11:42
MB 240 GD
It is derived from the Mercedes, but their vehicle is actually a Peugeot P4 SAS. Peugeot P4s are the license-built Mercedes used by the French Army, and the SAS model is the version built for the 1er RPIMa:
The Reaper
12-16-2005, 12:16
It is derived from the Mercedes, but their vehicle is actually a Peugeot P4 SAS. Peugeot P4s are the license-built Mercedes used by the French Army, and the SAS model is the version built for the 1er RPIMa:
Funny, all of the weapons seem to be American or German.
Where are the FAMAS?:D
TR
Funny, all of the weapons seem to be American or German.
Where are the FAMAS?:D
TR
Except the MG that is firing in the above picture, it looks like a french design. I believe it to be of the AAT? series of French MGs.
Airbornelawyer
12-16-2005, 13:31
Funny, all of the weapons seem to be American or German.
Where are the FAMAS?:D
TRIn the last picture I posted, the guy on the Ma Deuce has a FAMAS. French army SOF like the 1er RPIMa guys tend to prefer the M4 family (for CT work at least), while I've seen a number of French naval SOF with SIG 551s.
1. FAMAS
2. M4 and MP5
3. Another view of the MGs on the P4
Airbornelawyer
12-23-2005, 19:45
A relatively easy one, I suspect.
Despite the file name, note that the one guy on the right is (probably) not "Totally Gay Nordic Dude #1" and the weapon is not the Continuum Transfunctioner.
The Reaper
12-23-2005, 20:23
A relatively easy one, I suspect.
Despite the file name, note that the one guy on the right is (probably) not "Totally Gay Nordic Dude #1" and the weapon is not the Continuum Transfunctioner.
German Federal Criminal Police Officers on a PSD.
TR