“The KBP [Instrument Design Bureau] is upgrading BMD-2 combat vehicles. During their overhaul, they are being equipped with the Bereg combat module unofficially dubbed ‘mini-Berezhok.’…. …The module features a gunner’s sight combined with a stabilized field of view, an automatic target tracker and two stabilizer computers.”-unnamed source to TASS
The BMD-2M module features a one-seat […] Continue Reading…
“For the first time in the world, a Tu-2 bomber will be reconstructed to its operational condition on the premises of the Novosibirsk State Technical University. The reconstruction work will be carried out by Aviarestavratsiya. This work will take three years.”-Science and Higher Education Ministry
The Tupolev 2 bomber of World War Two fame is […] Continue Reading…
17 August 2019 (17:34 UTC-07 Tango 06) 26 Mordad 1398/15 Dhu l-Hijja 1440/17 Ren-Shen 4717
Virginia Air National Guard photo by First Lieutenant Andrew Layton, 17AUG2019.Appalachian Care Innovative Readiness Training 2019 began 16AUG2019, and ends on the 29th (that’s according to the military info, but the facebook page says 19-26). It […] Continue Reading…
The Tiger-1 in these pics is not a real Tiger-1 tank (Panzerkampfwagen-6E), it’s a 1:1 scale model weighing 2.7 metric tons.
It was built by Tarnen and Täuschen for the Munster Tank Museum. The museum was losing the real Tiger tank that had been on temporary loan since 2013, but proved to be such an […] Continue Reading…
It’s pronounced Cav-all-ry, not calvary (calvary is the name of the hill where supposedly somebody named Jesus of Nazareth was executed), and today’s German army still trains up old fashioned horse riders.
Video with soothing music in which male and female German mountain-soldiers (Gebirgsjäger) profess that their blond-haired horses are their comrades:
Video with more upbeat […] Continue Reading…
In June 2019, Germany began test-firing its new MG6 minigun from its H145M special forces helicopters.
Bundeswehr video of H145M armed with MG6 minigun, posted in August 2020:
Night-fire of minigun:
HI-TECH FAIL: NATO GERMANY PROVES MULES STILL RULE MOUNTAIN WARFARE
VEHICLE I-D: NATO GERMANY SHOWS OFF ARMORED FIGHTING VEHICLES, IST KOOL!
C-ERFP stands for Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear (CBRN) Enhanced Response Force Package (ERFP). It happened in Illinois at the end of July 2019. Did you hear about it?
The Illinois National Guard’s CERFP unit is responsible for Search and Extraction, Decontamination, and Medical Treatment of victims of human-made or natural disasters.
They conducted CERFP training at […] Continue Reading…
On 19JUL2019, Kentucky Air National Guard’s Master Sergeant Rudy Parsons checks out para-rescue dog Callie after a skydive. She’s carried in a bag strapped to […] Continue Reading…
C-5 delivers the CBP […] Continue Reading…
“We are going to have to stop being the policemen of the world.”-Donald Trump, August 2015 interview with Hugh Hewitt
Idaho Army National Guard photo by Thomas Alvarez, 27APR2019.At the end of April 2019, Idaho Army National Guard’s 1-183rd Assault Helicopter Battalion deployed to Guatemala in support of operation Beyond the […] Continue Reading…