German Military Pic's

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Any Help would be apreciated.

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German Bundeswehr in Kosovo. Notice the intresting mount for the G-36.

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Bundeswher in Kosovo

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SEK (Spezialeinsatzkommando) training for Airplane Hijaking Scenario. (SEK are sort of the German version of an american S.W.A.T team, but operate 'State' wide, which is generaly like an American County.)

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A German Bundeswher and an American Airborne solider exchange rifles for comparison

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Two German KSK (Kommando Spezialkräfte) Operatives in a room clearing exersise and promotional photo. Two things are of notice. The MP5 is using a welded on optical sight with no iron sighting, and his posture is off. Does anyone know what this variant of the MP5 is?

Photo's from HK-Pro.com

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SEK is pure police unit, even GSG9 is just Police.

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SEK works from a state-bassed jurisdiction. Whereas GSG-9 is like the american F.B.I which has a 'federal' jurisdiction and can operate without jurisdictional restrictions. KSK is a counter-terrorist arm of the Bundeswher. I apologize for making the S.W.A.T generalization.

Is that about right? By the way, any pictures you can provide are apreciated. I know you probably have quite a few to share :)

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KSK Operatives on patrol in Afghanistan.

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Kampfpanzer Leopard 2, sporting the latest in forest camoflauge wear. Sure to be in this year!

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A German Minesweeper in Galaway, Ireland.

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Tornado of the German Marines/Navy on Take-off.

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GSG9 is not like FBI either, its just a special force of about 200 men wich has best possible training,equipment and unlike sek units it can be used abroad.
The german equivalent to FBI is the Verfassungsschutz or maybe even the BKA


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Boxer MRAV on trials (weapon is 40mm grenage machine gun)
The boxer has an anti-rpg measure system similar to the russian stroha (or however its spelled)
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Boxer with 10 men Infantry group
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KSK group in the Forrest
http://i2.tinypic.com/vhgnso.jpg


new Leopard 2 doing some underwater trials
http://i2.tinypic.com/vhgpw8.jpg

[Kampfwagen]

Sorry, Mark. :o They were about the best analogies I could think of. You would surely know more about it than me, anyway, so thanks for the clarifications and the ace images.


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Panzerfaust 3 firing range

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German KFOR in Macedonia, 2001

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German Bundeswher feilding a G36 and a gigantic Night Vision scope.


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Army CH-51

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In 2002 the turret of the new german artillery System Pzh 2000 was mounted onto the foreship of a F124 class frigate to show principal feasibility.
Some early tests were sucessfull. The turret needs some small modifications and a fast loading system is also being developed. It's a 155mm L52 gun.
http://www.naval-technology.com/contractor_images/mauser/monarc.jpg

On November 15th, the missile system IDAS (interactive defence and attack system for submarines) was succesfully tested for the second time. It's a fiber optic cable giuded missile designed to primarily engage ASW Heli's, with secondary ship and land attack capability, and can be lunched submerged. IR seeker is taken from the IRIS-T AAM, range appr. 15km.
Availability is planed for 2009.
http://www.marine.de/01DB070000000001/vwContentByKey/W26VLDD5902INFODE

Diehl BGT Defence company is developing a supercavitating torpedeo named Barracuda. It has some kind of Autopilot and a movable cone-shaped nose to change direction. Some Barracudas were build and showed a stable course and succesfull man steering. Top speed is said to be 360km/h or 194,4kts.
A newspaper-article stated 800km/h (432kts) and it would have the ability to intercept a Shkval. In the rare articles I can find it's mainly described as an anti-torpedo-torpedo.
It was first made public on the Imdex 2005 exhibition in Singapur, though I havn't found anything on that.

http://www.diehl-bgt-defence.de/uploads/tx_cliwsprograms/Barracuda.jpg

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Soldiers on patrol in Afghanistan with Dingo vehicles (ISAF)
http://www.mittelbayerische.de/newsbilder/afpbilder/2006/11/17/CPS.BDM94.171106145724.photo00.photo.default-512x335.jpg

in Bosnia (SFOR)
http://perso.orange.fr/cchamorand/hist/images/bwbosnien.jpg

in Kosovo (KFOR)
http://www.spiegel.de/img/0,1020,350596,00.jpg

...Kongo
http://www.einsatz.bundeswehr.de/C1256F200023713E/CurrentBaseLink/W26SGHC9426INFODE/$FILE/image_small.jpg

patrol at the Horn of Africa (Enduring Freedom)
http://www.marine.de/02DB070000000001/CurrentBaseLink/W26PFC2M529INFODE/$FILE/RAS2%201.2_220.jpg

FFG Karlsruhe, Lebanon (UNIFIL)
http://static.twoday.net/oraclesyndicate/images/fregatte.jpg

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German "Pocket LPH's" designs tha never where:( they were designed in 1985.
The pics are kinda fuzzy so here's a link

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For special auxiliaries, Nordseewerke Emden is the competence centre of ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems due to the long-lasting experience in combining merchant and naval shipbuilding technologies.

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MHD 150: Amphibious and Sealift Capabilities – Challenges for global engaged Navies

The December 2004 tsunami disaster and earthquakes on Sumatra shiffted focus to disaster relief and humanitarian assistance. One of the the challenges, which recently became therefore apprent to navies, is the capability to sealift and deploy vehicles, materials and personal in a short time and sizable number. ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems developed the MHD 150 as a versatile and multi-functional systems for such military and civil purposes.

The Multi Role Helicopter Dock Ship’s general design is based on a dockship capable of carrying two LCUs or howercraft. Its vehicle deck has about 800 lane meters, an extended helicopter deck with five landing pads, a landing pad on the main deck aft and a hangar for 11 helicopters (NH90-type) with ample space for service and maintenance.

The MHD 150 can transport and support over 750 fully equipped troops and their vehicles and armament. The amphibious units are either of LCU type MK10 or a LCAC hovercraft type and two type MK6 landing craft mechanised LCM(T) wich are stowed in a recess, port and starboard, on Deck 01. Further ample space in/for Hospital is availiable.


Main Specification:

Length over all 182,00 m
Length in waterline 174,00 m
Beam 26,50 m
Depth to main deck 16,85 m
Design draught 6,00 m
Displacement (full load) 15,000 t
Propulsion plant 2 x 11MW
Speed max. 22 kts
Range 8,000 nm / 16,5 kts
Complement 142 Crew / 776 Troops

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Four generations of fighter aircraft,
F-86K, F-104G, F-4F, EF

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Just to not leave the picture field to popeye alone ;)

bording operation at the horn of Africa; F214 Lübeck at the horn; RAS off the Lebanon cost.

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1) Aerial port side view of the German Navy, Bremen Class (Type 122) Frigate, FGS NIEDERSACHSEN (F 208), underway in the New York Harbor (Released to Public) Location: NEW YORK HARBOR, NEW YORK (NY) UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (USA) DoD photo by: PH2 STEVEN J. WEBER, USN

2) German Air Force (Luftwaffe) maintenance technicians troubleshoot a problem on a GR-4 Tornado fighter-bomber aircraft before it takes off from Eielson Air Force Base (AFB), Alaska (AK), (Released to Public)
Location: EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, ALASKA (AK) UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (USA) DoD photo by: SMSGT CHRIS DRUDGE, USAF

3) German forces with a pair of Henschel Wehrtechnik Transportpanzer 1 (Fuchs) armored personnel carriers guard the town entrance and check vehicles as the teams search the area for war criminals. Members from the Stabilization Force (SFOR) Bosnia search for information regarding Persons Indicted for War Crimes (PIFWC) in the town of Pale, Bosnia during Operation JOINT FORGE. (Released to Public) DoD photo by: SMSGT JOHN P. ROHRER, USAF

4) During exercise Joint Resolve 26, in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), soldiers from the German Battle Group's 2nd Reinforced Infantry Company, in their Spahpanzer Luchs 2 armored reconnaissance vehicl. (Released to Public) DoD photo by: SSGT MARIA J. LORENTE, USAF

5) In the Gulf of Aden the bullets fly as a seaman fires the 76mm L62 OTO Melara Compact gun during a gun exercise aboard the German Patrol Boat P6114 BUSSARD (Type 143 Albatross Class, S64). BUSSARD deployed to the region in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM, looking for smugglers and the like in the Gulf of Aden. (Released to Public) DoD photo by: PHC(SW/NAC) SPIKE CALL, USN

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1.)roping down practice from a Huey
2.)and3.) A platoon Leopard 2A6M recently on practice
4.)and5.) Recce Tornados AG51 "immelmann" in Masar-i-Sharif, northern Afghanistan

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100 years of german submarines!

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Relatives and the guard of honour of the German Bundeswehr stands next to the coffins of the three killed soldiers at the military part of Cologne airport in Cologne, Germany, 23 May 2007. The soldiers were killed in a suicide attack in Afghanistan. EPA/OLIVER BERG :(

May they rest in peace.

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Pro-German Afghan march canceled

KUNDUZ, Afghanistan, May 24 (UPI) -- Afghans in Kunduz wanted to demonstrate in favor of German military presence, but security concerns canceled the march.

Under the motto "Germany must stay -- we need you," the citizens of Kunduz Thursday wanted to reassure the German military after three of their soldiers were killed and five more injured last Saturday in a suicide bombing attack in a busy Kunduz bazaar.

Thousands of citizens wanted to march through the streets to show their solidarity with the roughly 300 German Bundeswehr soldiers who are stationed just outside Kunduz and for the past years have been working on reconstruction projects in this northern Afghan province.

The march, however, was canceled at the last minute by security officials because they had received threats that the march would be targeted by terrorist attacks, the online version of German news magazine Der Spiegel said Thursday.

Local authorities are "sure that two potential attackers are still in the city," Spiegel Online said.
http://www.upi.com/International_Int...canceled/4972/