World Armed Forces Pictures & Videos

panzerkom · Jan 29, 2008

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bd popeye said:
True enough. But much combat takes place in tight enviroments.

good point on CQB.

they should probably also consider something like the MP-5, cuz in a CQB situation with the penetrating power of a rifle round, bystanders might get hurt too.

i was gonna say something about blind chimps with an automatic weapon at that range when i saw that picture for the first time.

also have another comment about the filipino dude being rushed away by two cops -- he totally wet his pants.

bd popeye · Jan 29, 2008

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I have some great PIX from around the World! Thanks to all who view this thread daily! Enjoy!!

Kenyan paramilitary policemen patrol Kibera slum during clashes with supporters of the opposition Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) in Nairobi, Kenya, 29 January 2008. Nine people died in tribal fighting in western Kenya and four were killed in Kibera slum according to police and medical sources, as riots and ethnic clashes continued across the country in the wake of the widely disputed presidential elections of December 2007

Ya' know I have to post PIX of my Pinoy Bros!

A Filipino informal settler scurries while holding a 'crow bar,' used to dismantle roofs, as military officers stand guard during a demolition of shanties near a military camp in Taguig district, south of Manila, Philippines on 29 January 2008. Nearly 1.000 families have become homeless following the government's plan to convert the land into a commercial complex.

Philippine National Police SWAT members gather on the grounds of the Manila City Hall after failing to capture a gunman who shot and killed former Mayor Rey Yap outside a courtroom upstairs Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2008 in Manila, Philippines. Yap, the former Mayor of Sapang Dalaga, Misamis Occidental province in southern Philippines, was killed by a lone gunman while attending a hearing on murder charges. Yap's bodyguard and a woman were also wounded in the shooting.

January 22, 2008: The German Army has received the first of 80 Tiger HAD helicopter gunships. The Tiger slowly entered service five years ago. The HAD version has 14 percent more engine power and better protection from ground fire. While earlier versions were mainly for anti-vehicle work, the HAD model is more like the current U.S. AH-64 Apache, and optimized for ground support.

bd popeye · Jan 29, 2008

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Hungarian soldiers walk past a Swedish made JAS 39 Gripen fighter jet after the handing over ceremony of the last three of the fourteen Gripens delivered by Sweden to the Hungarian Air Force at the air base of Kecskemet, 83 kms souteast of Budapest, Hungary, 28 January 2008

Iraqi policemen display confiscated weapons and ammunition inside a police camp in Diwaniya, 180 km (110 miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq on 28 January 2008, following a police raid in the outskirts of Diwaniya

Iraqi National Police Force members demonstrate tactical maneuvers during the opening of a police station in the Rashid district of Baghdad, Jan. 22, 2008. U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Michael Hendrickson

bd popeye · Jan 30, 2008

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An Algerian navy soldier stands guard in front of French frigate "Commandant Birot" docked at the port of Algiers, 30 January 2008. Firgates "Commandant Birot" and Algerian "Rias Corso" will take part in joint exercises to fight against maritime pollution and illegal immigration. AFP PHOTO/FAYEZ NURELDINE (Photo credit should read FAYEZ NURELDINE/AFP/***** Images)

An Iraqi soldier, armed with a M-16 rifle, keeps vigil on traffic at a check point in Baghdad, 30 January 2007. Iraqi and US forces are engaged in an extensive operation against Al-Qaeda as part of a nationwide crackdown on the jihadists codenamed Operation Phantom Phoenix launched on January 8. Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has promised a "decisive battle" against Al-Qaeda in its last urban stronghold. AFP PHOTO/Jewel SAMAD (Photo credit should read JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/***** Images)

Pakistani security officials stand beside an arrest Islamic militant after the gunbattle between security forces and Islamic militants in Karachi, 29 January 2008. Pakistani security forces shot dead a senior Al-Qaeda-linked militant and two other extremists in a gunbattle in Karachi, with two policemen also killed in the fighting, officials said. Police named the militant as Qasim Toori, a member of the Sunni Muslim group Jundullah (Army of God), who was wanted for deadly attacks on a Pakistani army general and an American-run cultural centre in 2004. AFP PHOTO/ Asif HASSAN (Photo credit should read ASIF HASSAN/AFP/***** Images)

Hundreds of soldiers from the Kopassus elite unit carry Military Chief General Djoko Santoso (R), Armed Forces commander General Agustadi SP (L) and National Police Chief General Sutanto (M) on their shoulders after the three generals received the regiment's red beret as a token of their honorary status within the unit, at the Kopassus headquarters in East Jakarta, 30 January 2008. The Kopassus is one of Indonesia's two top elite forces at the forefront of the military in their role of helping safeguard security in this vast archipelagic nation. AFP PHOTO/MANUEL (Photo credit should read manuel/AFP/***** Images)

bd popeye · Jan 31, 2008

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A Kenyan policeman wearing a rose on his chest stands near a memorial of flowers at Uhuru Park in Nairobi, 30 January 2008 that was erected in name of all those Kenyans who have been killed, raped or lost homes in post election violence. Kenyan police have been given orders to shoot to kill in a bid to stem weeks of violence, a police commander said Wednesday, a day after Kofi Annan launched crisis talks between feuding political leaders. Initial political protests have aroused latent ethnic, economic and land disputes, shattering the relatively-stable east African nation with some of the worst violence since independence in 1963. AFP PHOTO/Walter ASTRADA (Photo credit should read WALTER ASTRADA/AFP/***** Images)

A police officer chased a protester in Nderi, Kenya, north of Nairobi, as violence resulting from the disputed re-election of President Mwai Kibaki on Dec. 27. Jendayi Frazer, the top American diplomat for Africa, said that some of the violence was ethnic cleansing intended to drive people from their homes.
Photo: Peter Andrews/Reuters

Volunteers clean up after, at least four people, including three policemen, have been killed in a suicide attack, in Thenia, 50 km east from Algiers, Algeria, on Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2008. The car-bomb was aimed at a police station.

A police officer patrols the Jacarezinho neighborhood, in Rio de Janeiro, during a raid against street gangs, on Wednesday.

At least seven alleged gang members where killed during shootouts between the police and the gang.

RICARDO MORAES/AP

Pakistani police officers stand guard before being deployed to the street prior to a lawyers demonstration in Karachi, Pakistan, Thursday.

FAREED KHAN/AP

In El Salvador the POLICE are cracking down on MS-13 gang members!

Members of the National Civil Police of El Salvador prepare to break into homes during a raid on MS-13 gang members in the San Rafael community, in Santa Tecla, 12km east from San Salvador, early in the morning 31 January, 2008

Members of the National Civil Police elite forces secure alleged members of the MS-13 gang during a raid in the San Rafael community, in Santa Tecla, 12km east from San Salvador, early in the morning on January 31st, 2008. Up to now and according to official sources, 70 people -alleged members of the MS-13 gang- were arrested during the joint operation of the police and the Attorney General's office. AFP PHOTO/Jose CABEZAS (Photo credit should read Jose CABEZAS/AFP/***** Images)

bd popeye · Feb 1, 2008

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Students of the Cossack Aksay Military School are seen during a lesson in Rostov on Don, Thursday, Jan. 31, 2008. Dmitry Medvedev, the man who seems destined to be Russia's next president, toured the Cossack Aksay Military School with President Vladimir Putin, touring classrooms and chatting with students Friday Feb. 1, 2008. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze)

Egyptian border police work on reconstructing the border between the Gaza Strip and Egypt 01 February 2008 in the divided town of Rafah. The Egypt-Gaza border was sealed off to Palestinian vehicles yesterday as talks began in Cairo to resolve a crisis triggered when militants blew holes in the frontier barrier last week. AFP PHOTO/KHALED DESOUKI (Photo credit should read KHALED DESOUKI/AFP/Getty Images)

Tunisian police stands guard during the closing session of the 25th Arab Interior Minister's meeting in Tunis 31 January 2008. Arab interior ministers met to debate how to cut off funding for extremist networks and improve frontier controls during the two-day conference. AFP PHOTO / FETHI BELAID (Photo credit should read FETHI BELAID/AFP/Getty Images)

Kenyan policemen place roses near a memorial at Uhuru Park in Nairobi 31 January 2008 that was erected in memory of all Kenyans, who were killed, raped or lost their homes in post-election violence. Kenyan police have been given orders to shoot to kill in a bid to stem weeks of violence, a police commander said 30 January 2008

Iraqi soldiers block the entrance of Baghdad's al-Ghazl market in central Baghdad after a female suicide bomber blew herself up in the market, 01 February 2008. Powerful bombs tore through two busy Baghdad markets today, killing at least 43 people and wounding 85 in the worst attacks this year in the Iraqi capital, officials said. AFP PHOTO/ALI YUSSEF (Photo credit should read ALI YUSSEF/AFP/Getty Images)

Newly-graduated Iraqi police perform their skills during their graduation ceremony at a military base in the city of Najaf, central Iraq, 31 January 2008. Around 280 policemen graduated today during the ceremony. EDS NOTE: YELLOW HUE DUE TO SANDSTORM AFP PHOTO/QASSEM ZEIN (Photo credit should read QASSEM ZEIN/AFP/Getty Images)

A soldier of Pakistan Army patrols in the troubled area of Dara Adam Khel, 40 kilometers (25 miles) south of Peshawar, Pakistan, Friday, Feb. 1, 2008, after taking over the area from militants after severe fighting. A suicide bomber rammed his explosives-laden car into a military checkpoint in north Waziristan killing three troops and injuring five others, official said. (AP Photo/Mohammad Zubair)

Pakistani army soldiers stand beside weapons displayed for media representatives after they were recovered from militants in the lawless area of Dara Adam Khel, in the North West Frontier Province near Peshawar, 01 February 2008. A top Al-Qaeda commander who led Osama bin Laden's terror network in Afghanistan was believed killed by a US airstrike on his hideout in a Pakistani tribal area, officials said. AFP PHOTO/Tariq MAHMOOD (Photo credit should read TARIQ MAHMOOD/AFP/***** Images)

Pakistani paramilitary soldiers deploy in the lawless area of Dara Adam Khel, in the North West Frontier Province near Peshawar, 01 February 2008.

A parade marking the 40th anniversary of the Tet Offensive is seen in Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam, Friday, Feb. 1, 2008. The Tet Offensive began on Jan. 30, 1968, during the Vietnam War when Communist forces launched surprise attacks against South Vietnamese provincial capitals. Although the Communists were beaten back, the offensive was seen as a major setback for the U.S. and its allies. (AP Photo)

Iranian's gather to pay their respects to the late Founder of the Islamic Republic, Ayatollah Khomeini, during celebrations marking the 29th anniversary of Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution in Tehran, Iran, Friday, Feb. 1, 2008. (AP Photo/Hasan Sarbakhshian)

Sri Lankan police commandos parade after successfully completing a special counterterrorism course in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Friday, Feb. 1, 2008. Sri Lankan troops killed 15 Tamil Tiger rebels in a series of battles across the country's embattled north, the military said Friday. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

bd popeye · Feb 2, 2008

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Israeli soldiers fire live bullets at Palestinian stone-throwers during minor clashes that erupted during the funeral procession of Mohammed and Mahmoud Sabarneh, both 23, in the West Bank village of Beit Ummar, near the city of Hebron, 01 February 2008. Mohammed Sabarneh, 21, and his cousin Mahmud Sabarneh, 20, were killed as they attacked a Jewish settlement in the occupied West Bank

Egyptian border police attempt to control the crowd during a Hamas demonstration at the border fence between the Gaza Strip and Egypt in divided Rafah, 01 February 2008

Indian paramilitary soldiers runs for cover in a residential area where four suspected militants were believed to be hiding in a burning house in Drusoo village, 65 kilometers from Srinagarthe summer capital of Indian Kashmir, 01 February 2008. Five suspected Islamic rebels were killed in different gun battles with government forces in India controlled Kashmir, according to police

German troops in Afghanistan Feburary 2008

bd popeye · Feb 2, 2008

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More PIX of German Forces in Afghanistan FEB 2008

German forces distribute food and medical supplies in Afghanistan FEB 2008.

bd popeye · Feb 3, 2008

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In this image released by France's Ministry of Defence, French and other foreigners are evacuated by the French army from N'Djamena, Chad. Sunday, Feb. 3, 2008. The first group of foreigners wanting to leave Chad amid a rebel offensive on the capital were flown out on Saturday night. (AP Photo/ Taquet Evrard/ECPAD/French Ministry of Defence, HO)

Iraqi police commandos carry the coffin of Lt. Col. Mohammed Ibrahim, director of Iraq's police commandos, an elite special forces group, during his funeral in Najaf, Iraq, Sunday, Feb, 3, 2008. Ibrahim was killed in a blast on his way to work earlier Sunday in Baghdad. (AP Photo/Alaa al-Marjani)

Members of Egyptian forces place metal spikes as they seal a breached section of the border wall between Egypt and Gaza, in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, Sunday, Feb. 3, 2008. Egyptian troops closed the last breach in Egypt's frontier with the Gaza Strip Sunday morning, ending a chaotic, 11-day stream of Palestinians out of long-blockaded Gaza. The troops were allowing Gazans and Egyptians who remained on the wrong side of the border to cross back to their homes, but were no longer allowing new cross-border movement. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

Sri Lankan policemen secure the site of an explosion at the railway station in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Sunday, Feb. 3, 2008. A suicide bomber blew herself up at the main railway station in Sri Lanka's capital Sunday killing eight people and wounding 100 more, the military and a hospital official said.(AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

Afghan security men stand guard outside the house of Afghan warlord Abdul Rashid Dostum in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Feb. 3, 2008. Police detained three guards of an Afghan warlord early Sunday for kidnapping and beating up one of their boss's political rivals and his son, an official said. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

An Indian Army officer examines the hands of candidates at a recruitment rally in Allahabad, India, Sunday, Feb. 3, 2008. Seven thousand candidates participated in the recruitment rally aspiring to join the Indian Army.(AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

Egyptian soldiers prevent a Palestinian woman from crossing the border between Gaza and Egypt, in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip.

Police & Fire brigade personnel and people rescue a victim from the rubbles of a collapsed building in Ahmadabad, India.

Lebanese soldiers patrol an area in Beirut on top of their armoured vehicle, 03 February 2008. Lebanon's army arrested 17 people yesterday, including several soldiers, over the shooting deaths of seven people during protests in Beirut that raised fears of civil unrest in a country already gripped by political crisis. AFP PHOTO/ANWAR AMRO (Photo credit should read ANWAR AMRO/AFP/Getty Images)

Afghan policemen sit on a vehicle near the house of notorious Afghan warlord General Abdul Rashid Dostum in Kabul which was surrounded by more than 150 policemen for several hours, 03 February 2008. The standoff arose after about 50 of Dostum's men attacked the house of a rival in an upmarket area of the city the previous night. The police left after several hours. AFP PHOTO/MASSOUD Hossaini (Photo credit should read MASSOUD HOSSAINI/AFP/Getty Images)

bd popeye · Feb 4, 2008

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Sri Lankan military personnel conduct investigations at the main railway station in Colombo, 03 February 2008, following a suicide attack. A suicide bomb ripped through a train in Sri Lanka's capital Colombo, killing at least seven people and injuring nearly 100 on the eve of independence celebrations, officials said. The attack on a suburban train arriving in Colombo's main station came just hours after six people were hurt in a hand grenade attack at Sri Lanka's main zoo, on the outskirts of Colombo, prompting authorities to boost security. AFP PHOTO/Sanka VIDANAGAMA (Photo credit should read SANKA VIDANAGAMA/AFP/Getty Images)

A French soldier from the 21st Marine Infantry Regiment (21st RIMA) helps a baby with her mother to step into an armoured vehicle as they evacuate in the Chadian capital N'Djamena, on February, 04, 2008.

French nationals evacuated from N'djamena fill our forms at the De Gaulle camp in Libreville, 03 February 2008. A French military plane with 202 foreigners evacuated from Chad on board took off from Gabon's capital Libreville for Paris, military officials in the French capital told AFP. By Sunday afternoon, some 580 foreigners had been evacuated from the Chadian capital Ndjamena, under siege by rebel forces, and taken to neighbouring Gabon. WILS YANNICK MANIENGUI / STR (Photo credit should read WILS YANNICK MANIENGUI/AFP/Getty Images)

An Israeli soldier gestures as he questions a Palestinian youth during an army incursion in the West Bank city of Hebron on February 4, 2008. An Israeli woman was killed today in a suicide bombing claimed by Palestinian militants at a shopping centre in the desert town of Dimona, the first such attack in a year.AFP PHOTO/Hazem BADER (Photo credit should read HAZEM BADER/AFP/Getty Images)

An Israeli soldier checks the identity cards of Palestinian men during an incursion in the West Bank city of Hebron on February 4, 2008.

Sri Lankan armed forces march in the military parade during the island's 60th Independence Day celebrations held along the sea front Galle Face promenade in Colombo, on February 4, 2008. Sri Lanka's president insisted his government was winning the war against Tamil Tiger rebels as the island marked its 60th anniversary of independence after a bloody weekend of violence. AFP PHOTO/Lakruwan WANNIARACHCHI (Photo credit should read LAKRUWAN WANNIARACHCHI/AFP/Getty

Pakistani army soldiers gather near a destroyed army vehicle after a suicide attack in Rawalpindi on February 4, 2008. A suicide attacker rammed a bomb-laden motorbike into a Pakistan army bus taking medical staff to work in the garrison city of Rawalpindi, killing five people, police said. The bomber struck during the morning rush-hour near the heavily guarded headquarters of the Pakistani military, mangling the minibus and damaging several other cars. Security officials cordoned off the area. AFP PHOTO/Farooq NAEEM (Photo credit should read FAROOQ NAEEM/AFP/Getty Images)

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