Like most Japanese kit, it's pretty nice but too expensive. Also, who still uses SPAAGs? I understand that they're useful against attack helis and low flying jets but other things can do that job and well...it just seems like a waste of money.
Gepard fires its twin 35mm cannons in a live fire exercise.
Boarding exercise on FGS Augsburg.
Dingo with old weapon setup (MG3).
Dingo with newly installed GMG.
A Mungo is driven down the ramp of a C-160 Transall during an exercise.
MARS live firing at Baumholder training grounds
French soldiers display mortars and shells, in this photo released August 7, 2010 in Paris, after two night missions by the Battle Group Bison in the Uzbeen valley, in the district of Surobi in the Kabul Province on August 4 and 5. The local Afghan population handed over to the French forces 477 munitions including rockets, mortars and shells in their original cases worth 60,000 euros.
Afghan police are at the site where a suicide car bomber struck a police vehicle outside Herat, west of Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Aug. 8, 2010. A suicide bomb attack aimed at a senior Afghan police official killed three officers and one female civilian in western Herat province, a senior provincial official said. Four other police were wounded, he said. Taliban insurgents claimed responsibility for the attack.
An African Union tank heads towards the AU Headquarters 20 March 2007 in Mogadishu. African Union peacekeepers reinforced security around the Somali presidential palace 20 March 2007 as the AU security chief held talks in the capital, where guerrilla-style attacks are escalating. Commissioner for Peace and Security Said Djinnit met interim President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed and Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi inside the palace, Villa Somalia, a sprawling landmark in southern Mogadishu often targeted by insurgents. He was also scheduled to assess the AU mission's progress, after a night of fierce artillery duels left at least three people dead near the port where Ugandan AU troops and hardware were finishing their deployment.
St. Petersburg, August 12, 2010. Russian military sailors take part in a ceremony, to mark the 10th anniversary of the tragedy in the Barents Sea which killed all 118 people on board the Russian nuclear-powered submarine "Kursk".
F-16s from the Pakistan Air Force fly near a KC-135 Stratotanker after refueling during an Exercise Red Flag mission July 21, 2010, at Nellis Air Force, Nev. Approximately 100 Pakistan Air Force F-16B pilots and support personnel are participating in Red Flag. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Daniel Phelps)
An F-16 from the Pakistan Air Force receives fuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker during an Exercise Red Flag 10-4 mission July 21, 2010, at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. Red Flag is a realistic combat training exercise involving the air forces of the U.S. and its allies. (U.S. Navy photo/Petty Officer 1st Class Stephen Wolff)
A South Korean special warfare command soldier takes part in a sea infiltration drill during a photo call in Taean, about 150 km (93 miles) southwest of Seoul, August 12, 2010. South Korea vowed to respond firmly to more provocations by Pyongyang after the North fired a barrage of artillery rounds near their tense maritime border, but analysts played down the prospect of combat.
South Korean special warfare command soldiers conduct a sea infiltration drill during a photo call in Taean, about 150 km (93 miles) southwest of Seoul, August 12, 2010.
A Pakistan Army Bell 412 utility helicopter lands to drop off airlifted flood survivors in Bssera village near Muzaffargarh on August 11, 2010. Pakistan issued fresh flood warnings August 11, putting parts of Punjab and Sindh on alert and calling on foreign donors to step up efforts to contain the country's worst humanitarian disaster.
A Pakistani army commando escorts US rescuers at a makeshift camp for flood survivors in the Kallam valley on August 9, 2010. Landslides raised the death toll in flood-hit Pakistan on Sunday, cutting off roads and hampering aid efforts as rescuers battled to beat rains exacerbating the country's worst ever floods. The UN estimates at least 1,600 people have been killed in nearly a fortnight of devastating floods that have ravaged the largely impoverished, insurgency-hit country.
Polish special operations soldiers from the 1st Special Forces Regiment secure a stairwell during a culmination exercise in Trzebien, Poland, Aug. 4, 2010. The soldiers are participating in a partnership development program between Polish, Croatian and U.S. Army special operations units. (DoD photo by Staff Sgt. Isaac A. Graham, U.S. Army/Released)
Agents from the police anti explosive unit, walk next to a damaged public bus near the scene of a car bomb explosion, outside the building of Caracol Radio station in Bogota, Colombia, Thursday, Aug. 12, 2010. The explosion shook Colombia's capital on Thursday, injuring at least six people, police said. No deaths were reported.
Colombian police officers inspect the site of an explosion in Bogota, Colombia, on early August 12, 2010. A powerful explosion rocked northern Bogota early Thursday, causing extensive damage to a private radio station and shattering windows of buildings in the area, witnesses said. Police were investigating the possibility the explosion was caused by a car bomb, Bogota police commander Cesar Pinzon told Radio Caracol, which was hit by the blast. There were no immediate reports of casualties.
Soldiers of the Canadian Forces during a sovereignty patrol in Resolute Bay, Nunavut, during Operation Nanook 10 on 11 Aug 2010.
Operation NANOOK is one of three major recurring sovereignty operations conducted annually by the Canadian Forces (CF) in Canada's Arctic.
Planned and directed by Joint Task Force North (JTFN) the whole-of-government operation highlights interoperability, command and control, and cooperation with interdepartmental and intergovernmental partners in the North.
Operation NANOOK 10, as a combined, joint and integrated operation engages personnel and resources (ships and aircraft) from: the Canadian Navy, the Canadian Army, Canada's Air Force and CF Special Forces; other federal government departments to include Public Safety, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, the Canadian Coast Guard (central and Arctic region), Transport Canada, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Natural Resources Canada, Environment Canada, Parks Canada, the Government of Nunavut; the municipal communities of Resolute Bay, Pond Inlet, Grise Fjord, Iqaluit and Arctic Bay; and internationally the US Navy's 2nd Fleet, the US Coast Guard and the Royal Danish Navy.
Indian soldiers march in the historic Red Fort during Independence Day celebrations in Delhi August 15, 2010.
An Indian police officer (R) adjusts his colleague's headdress at the historic Red Fort during Independence Day celebrations in Delhi August 15, 2010.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (L) inspects a guard of honour at The Red Fort in New Delhi on August 15, 2010. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh marked India's independence day with a warning to Pakistan that a recent resumption of dialogue would go nowhere unless Islamabad cracks down on militancy. In a wide-ranging speech that addressed domestic issues of high inflation and religious tolerance, Singh also called for an end to a cycle of violent separatist protests in Indian Kashmir and urged Maoist rebels to lay down their arms and begin talks.
Indian commandos stand alert at The Red Fort during India's Independence Day celebrations in New Delhi on August 15, 2010.
Indian paramilitary soldiers stand on a street in New Delhi on August 14, 2010, ahead of Independence Day celebrations. Security has been tightened across India ahead of Independence Day, The tightest controls are expected in the capital on August 15, when Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will address the nation from the historic Red Fort to mark the 63rd anniversary of Indian independence from British colonial rule.
An Indian police man looks at foreign tourists visiting the India Gate monument in New Delhi, India, Saturday, Aug. 14, 2010. Security has been intensified at all sensitive locations ahead of India's Independence Day that falls Sunday.
A Belarussian girl kisses an army recruit near Minsk in Volovshchina on August 14, 2010 during a swearing-in ceremony for new recruits. Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko, for years a loyal servant of Moscow, accused his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev of distorting remarks he made about the recognition of Georgian breakaway regions.
A Belarussian army dog attacks a soldier as part of a training exercise near Minsk in Volovshchina on August 14, 2010 during a swearing-in ceremony for new recruits.
A Belarussian soldier breaks concrete slabs with his fist near Minsk in Volovshchina on August 14, 2010 during a swearing-in ceremony for new recruits.
Belarussian soldiers from the Interior Ministry's special unit display their skills on their base near the village of Volovshchina, about 25 km (16 miles) west of Minsk, August 14, 2010.
Brazilian police take up positions during an operation against drug dealers in the Borel slum in Rio de Janeiro August 10, 2010. Rio's police began an operation to take control of twelve slums from drug bandits with the goal of maintaining a permanent presence to keep traffickers out.
Honor guards march before a flag raising ceremony marking the country's 65th independence anniversary at the presidential palace in Jakarta on August 17, 2010. Indonesia is celebrating its 65th Independence Day after declaring independence in 1945, although it had to fight the Dutch colonialists in a bloody struggle that lasted until 1949.
Honor musicians march before a flag raising ceremony marking the country's 65th independence anniversary at the presidential palace in Jakarta on August 17, 2010.
Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (R) presents a national flag to a student to be raised during a ceremony led by Yudhoyono to mark the country's 65th Independence Day at the presidential palace in Jakarta August 17, 2010. Indonesia will spend more on infrastructure, raise tax revenues and cut subsidies next year, Yudhoyono said on Monday, moves that would improve prospects for an investment grade credit rating.
Honor guards escort the Indonesian flag carried during a flag raising ceremony marking the country's 65th independence anniversary at the presidential palace in Jakarta on August 17, 2010. Indonesia is celebrating its 65th Independence Day after declaring independence in 1945, although it had to fight the Dutch colonialists in a bloody struggle that lasted until 1949.
Honor guards raise the Indonesian flag during a flag raising ceremony marking the country's 65th independence anniversary at the presidential palace in Jakarta on August 17, 2010.
A student carries the national flag to be raised as she marches with an honour guard during a ceremony led by Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to mark the country's 65th Independence Day at the presidential palace in Jakarta August 17, 2010.