World Armed Forces Pictures Thread

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French Forces Continued.. and thanks to vor33 of mp.net for such outstanding photos!

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Before you all start asking I know nothing about the blue pattern seen in pic two, The color way looks like eastern European urban patterns. Possibly a Opfor specialized uniform

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Thanks for posting in this thread with your great "kit" knowledge TNEE!!

Army soldiers hold back protesters who tried to attack former prime minister and presidential candidate Ahmed Shafiq as he is leaving a polling station after casting his vote in Cairo May 23, 2012. Protesters threw stones and shoes at Egyptian presidential candidate Shafiq after he cast his ballot on Wednesday, taking aim at the former prime minister for serving under deposed leader Hosni Mubarak.

Lebanese civil defence personnel clean the road from burning tires after Muslim Shiite men blocked the highway leading to Beirut airport on May 23, 2012 to protest against the abduction of 13 Lebanese Shiite men the day before in Syria. The Free Syrian Army, which is seeking the overthrow of President Bashar al-Assad's regime, denied abducting a group of Shiite Lebanese pilgrims inside Syria.

Posters of Lebanese Army Commander, General Jean Kahwaji, decorate a vehicle as supporters of the army rally and block Jounieh highway, north of Beirut, on May 23, 2012.

Mexican Army soldiers custody Irasema Lopez Garza, partner of Carlos Oliva Castillo, aka 'La Rana', alleged leader of the Zetas in the states of Coahuila, Nuevo Leon y Tamaulipas, during her presentation to the press at the National Defence Secretaryship headquarters in Mexico City, on October 13, 2011. The recent book 'Las jefas del narco' (The narco bosses), coordinated by Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa's researcher Artura Santamaria, informs about how the death of thousands of drug traffickers during the last five years in Mexico promoted many of their wives, sisters and daugthers to key posts previously reserved to men, inside the drug cartels.

Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers listen to a briefing before going on patrol with U.S. soldiers of the Battle company, 1-508 Parachute Infantry battalion, 4th Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division in the town of Senjaray, Zahri district of Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan May 23, 2012.

Shreen Mohammad (R) eats a meal with other Afghan National Army recruits at the Kabul Military Training Center (KMTC) in Kabul March 13, 2012.

These pictures taken on May 16th/17th, 2012 shows rebel soldiers of the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) along the frontline near Paw Jaw, some 20 kilometers south of Laiza, a KIA-controlled stronghold in Myanmar's northern Kachin state on the border with China. Ethnic rebels from the Kachin Independence Army have battled the Myanmar army for a year in a conflict that has displaced around 50,000 civilians and cast a shadow over government reforms. Fighting appears to have worsened in recent weeks -- despite a revamped peace talk team -- and the insurgents say they are ready to defend their remote northern stronghold of Laiza.

In this handout photograph released by the African Union-United Nations Support Team, soldiers serving with the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) perform their duties on May 22, 2012, during a joint AMISOM and Somali National Army (SNA) operation to seize and liberate territory from the Al-Qaeda-affiliated extremist group Al Shabaab in the Afgoye region west of Mogadishu. AMISOM Force Commander Lt. Gen Andrew Guti announced the beginning of 'Operation Free Shabelle' aimed at bringing security and econonic revival to the 400,000 people of the Afgoye Corridor and beyond in the Lower Shabelle region of Somalia, located to the south and west of the country's capital Mogadishu.

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Those Mexican drug cartels, especially the Zeta's are way too violent. I couldn't believe the number of bodies of victims dumped or found on mass graves without anyone noticing it or maybe too afraid to speak up.

[TerraN_EmpirE]

Mexico is a Undeclared civil war. the drug lords and there payees on one side the government and There US backers on the other. The Violence is so common and fear is so rampant that eventually people try and zone it out.

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All pix courtsey of vor33 of mp.net. The King of all pix posters!

Polish Special Operations Unit - AGAT

Polish Soldiers from the AGAT Special Operations unit undergoing assault and marksmanship training as part of their on-going training to make the unit fully operational – May 2012

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A Jordanian H-60 Black Hawk flies overhead with Combined Joint Task Force Spartan participants ready to fast rope onto a building in a mock village at King Abdullah II Special Operations Training Center during a capabilities demonstration for His Majesty King Abdullah II bin Al-Hussein of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and his guests on May 16. Seven of the 19 nations participating in Eager Lion 12 took part in the demonstration, a key event during the exercise. Eager Lion 12 is an irregular warfare-themed exercise that includes more than 11,000 participants, focused on missions coalition partners might perform in support of contingency operations. The intent is to strengthen military-to-military relationships and interoperability through a joint, whole-of-government, multinational approach to meet current and future complex national security challenges.



Jordanian and United States troops fast rope from a hovering Jordanian H-60 Black Hawk onto a building in a mock village at the King Abdullah II Special Operations Training Center during a capabilities demonstration for His Majesty King Abdullah II bin Al-Hussein of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan on May 16.



Coalition partners from Combined Joint Task Force Spartan took part in a capabilities demonstration for His Majesty King Abdullah II bin A-Hussein of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan on May 16 at the King Abdullah II Special Operations Training Center.



Coalition partners from Combined Joint Task Force Spartan took part in a capabilities demonstration for His Majesty King Abdullah II bin A-Hussein of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan on May 16 at the King Abdullah II Special Operations Training Center.



Coalition partners from Combined Joint Task Force Spartan took part in a capabilities demonstration for His Majesty King Abdullah II bin A-Hussein of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan on May 16 at the King Abdullah II Special Operations Training Center.



Coalition partners from Combined Joint Task Force Spartan took part in a capabilities demonstration for His Majesty King Abdullah II bin A-Hussein of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan on May 16 at the King Abdullah II Special Operations Training Center.



Coalition partners from Combined Joint Task Force Spartan move through a mock village at the King Abdullah II Special Operations Training Center during a capabilities demonstration for His Majesty King Abdullah II bin Al-Hussein of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan on May 16.



Coalition partners from Combined Joint Task Force Spartan maneuver a four-man stack as they move through a mock village at the King Abdullah II Special Operations Training Center during a capabilities demonstration for His Majesty King Abdullah II bin Al-Hussein of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan on May 16.



A Jordanian H-60 Black Hawk flies overhead with Combined Joint Task Force Spartan participants ready to fast rope onto a building in a mock village at King Abdullah II Special Operations Training Center during a capabilities demonstration for His Majesty King Abdullah II bin Al-Hussein of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and his guests on May 16.



Jordanian and United States troops fast rope from a hovering Jordanian H-60 Black Hawk onto a building in a mock village at the King Abdullah II Special Operations Training Center during a capabilities demonstration for His Majesty King Abdullah II bin Al-Hussein of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan on May 16.



Jordanian and United States troops fast rope from a hovering Jordanian H-60 Black Hawk onto a building in a mock village at the King Abdullah II Special Operations Training Center during a capabilities demonstration for His Majesty King Abdullah II bin Al-Hussein of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan on May 16.



Coalition partners from Combined Joint Task Force Spartan blow a door in a mock village at the King Abdullah II Special Operations Training Center during a capabilities demonstration for His Majesty King Abdullah II bin Al-Hussein of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan on May 16.



Coalition partners from Combined Joint Task Force Spartan pull security for their teams during a capabilities demonstration for His Majesty King Abdullah II bin Al-Hussein of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan on May 16 at King Abdullah II Special Operations Training Center.



Coalition partners from Combined Joint Task Force Spartan pull security for their teams during a capabilities demonstration for His Majesty King Abdullah II bin Al-Hussein of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan on May 16 at King Abdullah II Special Operations Training Center.

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Chad - All Arms Exercise

French Soldiers from Force Epervier took part in an all arms live fire exercise at the Moussoro training area, 300 km Northeast of N'Djamena, Chad – 14^th to 16^th May 2012 (Photos Released 4^th June 2012)

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Fuerzas Comando 2012

A Comando from Guatemala assumes a comfortable shooting postion on the ground before firing his M-4 carbine weapon June 4, 2012, at the Colombian National Training Center in Tolemaida.




A Special Operations Forces competitor from Canada assumes a comfortable position before firing his M-4 carbine weapon, June 4, 2012, at the familiarization range at the National Training Center at Fort Tolemaida, Colombia.




Comandos and Special Operations Forces competitors come together at the familiarization range early June 4, 2012, to prepare their M-4 carbine weapons for the firing events later in the competition at the National Training Center at Fort Tolemaida, Colombia.




A member of the Brazilian team observes during weapons familiarization for Fuerzas Comando at the Colombian National Training Center at Fort Tolemaida, June 4, 2012.




Special Operations Forces from Brazil set up on the firing line early June 4, 2012, to prepare their M-4 carbine weapons for the firing events later in the competition at the National Training Center at Fort Tolemaida, Colombia.




A Special Operations Forces competitor from Brazil assumes a comfortable position before firing his M-4 carbine weapon, June 4, 2012, at the familiarization range at the National Training Center at Fort Tolemaida, Colombia




A Peruvian special operations force team member tests the accuracy of his weapon in preparation for the shooting event at the Colombian National Training Center at Fort Tolemaida, June 4, 2012.




A member of the Brazilian special operations forces team inspects his weapon prior to firing for weapons familiarization for Fuerzas Comando at the Columbian National Training Center at Fort Tolemaida, June 4, 2012.




A member of the special operations forces team from the Bahamas inspects his pistol prior to firing during weapons familiarization for Fuerzas Comando at the Colombian National Training Center, June 4, 2012.




Members of the special operations forces team from the Bahamas practice firing their pistols during weapons familiarization for Fuerzas Comando at the Colombian National Training Center, June 4, 2012.




A member of the special operations forces team from the Bahamas practices firing a pistol during weapons familiarization for Fuerzas Comando at the Colombian National Training Center, June 4, 2012.




A member of the Belize special operations forces team practices firing a pistol during weapons familiarization for Fuerzas Comando at the Colombian National Training Center, June 4, 2012.




Members of special operations forces from several countries recieve a safety briefing prior to the start of weaons familiarization for Fuerzas Comando at the Colombian National Training Center at Fort Tolemaida, June 4, 2012.

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Poland

Polish Special Forces Operators during a training exercise as part of their pre-deployment training prior to serving in Afghanistan – 4^th June 2012

[Equation]

Is this the Polish Army version of an AT4?

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A Bahamas' special forces soldier takes part in the 9th edition of the commando forces competition at the military base of Tolemaida, Colombia on June 10, 2012. Elite troops from 21 American countries take part in the competition.

A Canadian special forces soldier (L) stands by to take part in the assault teams event of the 9th edition of the commando forces competition at the military base of Tolemaida, Colombia on June 9, 2012. Elite troops from 21 American countries take part in the competition.

A Brazilian special forces soldier fires his rifle during the assault teams event of the 9th edition of the commando forces competition at the military base of Tolemaida, Colombia on June 9, 2012. Elite troops from 21 American countries take part in the competition.

An Iraqi soldier walks past a poster depicting Shiite Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, in Baghdad on June 11, 2012.

A soldier guards the site of a police helicopter crash on June 10, 2012 in front of a charred body in the Ngong hills outside Nairobi. Kenya's Internal Security Minister George Saitoti was killed on June 10 along with five others in the crash. Saitoti, 66, was a candidate in next year's presidential election and a key figure driving his country's fight against Al Qaeda-affiliated Shebab insurgents in neighboring Somalia. He was killed along with Joshua Orwa Ojonde, the assistant minister for internal security, the two pilots -- including a woman -- and two bodyguards when the Eurocopter came down in the Kibuku forest shortly after taking off from Nairobi's Wilson airport.

A soldier looks at a boy saluting while on top of an armoured personnel carrier, displayed in preparation for the observation ceremony of the Philippines' 114th Independence Day celebration at Luneta Park in Manila June 11, 2012. The Philippines will celebrate their 114th Independence Day on Tuesday.

Colonel Djallo Soumana (R) from the Nigerien United Nations peacekeeping force contingent looks on at the plane carrying the bodies of UN peacekeepers killed in western Ivory coast near the Liberia border, at the Felix Houphouet-Boigny International Airport, near Abidjan June 9, 2012. Gunmen who killed seven United Nations peacekeepers, eight civilians and at least one soldier in Ivory Coast on June 8, 2012 came from neighboring Liberia, the Ivorian defense minister said on Saturday.

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Saber Strike 2012

Latvian and American Soldiers during a Counter IED Training Course and Exercise as part of Saber Strike 2012 – 12^th June 2012


Photos: Gatis Dieziņš

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Saber Strike 2012

Latvian Anti-Armour Team during Saber Strike 2012 – 11^th June 2012

Photos: Gatis Dieziņš

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Exercise Serolane – South Africa

Dutch Soldiers from the 11 Luchtmobiele Brigade during Helicopter Trooping drills using South African Air Force Oryx Helicopter during the Air Assault Training Exercise Serolane held in South Africa – June 2012

Photos: Zadrach Salampessy