Military Photos

pablomakaveli

discus wrote: »

****ing awesome, have you got a prop yet?

No unfortunately not. I've only fired 4 missiles in my career so far (those are £80,000 a missile btw) and haven't been lucky enough to get "target preservation off" yet. 2 of the other lads got it this time though.

Jawgap

pablomakaveli wrote: »

No unfortunately not. I've only fired 4 missiles in my career so far (those are £80,000 a missile btw) and haven't been lucky enough to get "target preservation off" yet. 2 of the other lads got it this time though.

I'd say their wives / girlfriends just love it when they arrive home with a propeller to put on the wall, saying "Look what I won!!!"

Jawgap

View from an F/A-18 cockpit during a night strafing run.....

OS119

good to see a decent spread of Gunners on the forum.

today Boards.ie, tomorrow ze vorld!

Jawgap

Loading a 16" shell into the breech of a French howitzer......

Reggie.

pablomakaveli wrote: »

The civvies that run the range have a target preservation on that stops the missile blowing up the drone we aim at, instead the missile detonates just short of the target. They can still calculate whether it would have hit or not though so you get a technical hit.

The drones cost around £50,000 each so we don't get to hit them often. Though they do let us hit them on the odd occasion. If your lucky enough to be the one in seat when youre cleared to hit the drone, it's a tradition that the troop commander has to buy you a crate if you hit it and you get the propeller as a trophy when the wreck is recovered.

Class tradition

Jawgap

Map shows what each country's military camouflage pattern looks like

Jawgap

something of a brown trouser moment for anyone in or near this truck......

Reggie.

Jawgap wrote: »

something of a brown trouser moment for anyone in or near this truck......

Fastest mile id ever run

AbusesToilets

Reminds me of a time when a mortar/ rocket came in through the roof of an opcen in BAF, going right through one of the guys desks without detonating. He was out at the time. Might have to take a lie down if that happened to me.

DLMA23

Gurkha's go to war

gallag

I love this pic, always reminds me of a scene from battlestar.

HMS Anson, Artful and Audacious. 3 of the world's finest subs.

beauf

One of the kids asked me are those minions making them. I had to say yes.

sparky42

Didn't know the dock was big enough to have three on the go at the same time, must be a hell of an interesting job.

gallag

sparky42 wrote: »

Didn't know the dock was big enough to have three on the go at the same time, must be a hell of an interesting job.

Devonshire Dock Hall

due for a £300m upgrade by year end to start the trident successor.
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devonshire_Dock_Hall

sparky42

Fecking hell, a big photo for one hell of a big building. Thanks for sharing it, I had no idea it was that large.

beauf

There was a s so so documentary on building one I think I watched.

ChicagoJoe

It's a pity when you see the monkeys running Ireland these days we didn't have men with the fighting spirit of Micheal Collins and Dan Breen -

Kat1170

knucklehead6

Not my picture, but ol' Ciara is beginning to show her age...

beauf

That rippling of panels seems common even on new ships?

https://www.flickr.com/photos/infomatique/14207435194/in/photostream/

sparky42

beauf wrote: »

That rippling of panels seems common even on new ships?

https://www.flickr.com/photos/infomatique/14207435194/in/photostream/

Yeah even take a look at the pictures of any of the current Eurofrigates or the Type 45's, they all have the same look now.

Jawgap

Two collided bullets from Gallipoli

gallag

QE carrier propeller, 33tn of bronze. Each propeller can change angle to maximise speed/efficiency as per needed. They will use 150,000bhp to push 70,000 tonnes at 46kph

sparky42

gallag wrote: »

QE carrier propeller, 33tn of bronze. Each propeller can change angle to maximise speed/efficiency as per needed. They will use 150,000bhp to push 70,000 tonnes at 46kph

What's crazy about that is that the two main engines are the same as fitted to one of the LCS variants in order to get a sub 5000 ton ship up to 45 knots.

Reggie.

gallag wrote: »

QE carrier propeller, 33tn of bronze. Each propeller can change angle to maximise speed/efficiency as per needed. They will use 150,000bhp to push 70,000 tonnes at 46kph

Some scrap value there

sparky42

Reggie. wrote: »

Some scrap value there

Come back in 30 plus years and it will be worth even more...

Jawgap

From the next Michael Bay flick?



Nope, it's a T-34 hull with two MiG-21 engines (Tumansky R-25s) mounted on it.

it was used to extinguish oil well fires after Saddam pulled out of Kuwait.

Make a great snow / leaf blower!

Reggie.

Jawgap wrote: »

From the next Michael Bay flick?



Nope, it's a T-34 hull with two MiG-21 engines (Tumansky R-25s) mounted on it.

it was used to extinguish oil well fires after Saddam pulled out of Kuwait.

Make a great snow / leaf blower!

That's some weapon

AbusesToilets

Must be the bee's knees come autumn. Be clearing up those leaves like a champ.

Capt'n Midnight

AbusesToilets wrote: »

Must be the bee's knees come autumn. Be clearing up those leaves like a champ.

Various ones were designed to clear minefields.

And truck mounted ones are also used as snowblowers at airports.

Jawgap

From today's Irish Times - looks like something from Mad Max!!



A member of the allied Iraqi forces consisting of the Iraqi army and fighters from the Popular Mobilisation units, fires heavy artillery on the front line during battles with Islamic State (IS) group jihadists on the road leading to Saqlawiya, north of Fallujah.

BoJack Horseman

What is that thing?

Is it 2x 20mm cannons?

It almost looks like an anti-aircraft gun.

sparky42

BoJack Horseman wrote: »

What is that thing?

Is it 2x 20mm cannons?

It almost looks like an anti-aircraft gun.

Rough guess I'd say it might be from this family:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZU-23-2

Jawgap

Happy Stuka is happy

AbusesToilets

SF soldier conducting a HAHO has a serious chute malfunction and has to pull his reserve out of the D-bag. He landed and walked away without serious injury. A civilian photographer got some incredible shots by chance.







Article posted here : http://klyq.com/special-forces-soldier-injured-in-hamilton-parachute-accident/

Kat1170

:D:D:D








:D:D:D

Jawgap

BoJack Horseman

^^^^^^^^

Looks like the Corbyn/Livingstone/Thornberry defence review is coming together!

Junkyard Tom

Couldn't see a military videos thread so maybe here is the best place? Feel free to move if appropriate mods.

Big coastal gun at the mouth of Cork Harbour (9.2" apparently) at 0:35.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CJmeyc8lgI

knucklehead6

Junkyard Tom wrote: »

Couldn't see a military videos thread so maybe here is the best place? Feel free to move if appropriate mods.

Big coastal gun at the mouth of Cork Harbour

I wonder what ship we got it from?

Junkyard Tom

knucklehead6 wrote: »

I wonder what ship we got it from?

Were they all made for ships? The wiki page says:

The BL 9.2 inch guns Mk IX and Mk X[note 1] were British breech loading 9.2 inch guns of 46.7 calibre, in service from 1899 to the 1950s as naval and coast defence guns.

Markcheese

What would have happened to the guns ?

Truview

Junkyard Tom wrote: »

Were they all made for ships? The wiki page says:

Is there a little gun mounted on top of it ???

sparky42

knucklehead6 wrote: »

I wonder what ship we got it from?

It would have been part of the original RN fit of the Treaty Ports.

Junkyard Tom wrote: »

Were they all made for ships? The wiki page says:

No they were used as Coastal defences as well.

Markcheese wrote: »

What would have happened to the guns ?

Think they were all cut up and sold for scrap post WW2, they hadn't been relined so barrel wear would have affected accuracy for example.

Truview wrote: »

Is there a little gun mounted on top of it ???

Back in PreWW1 they were used for spotting purposes without any central fire control.

Savage93

Markcheese wrote: »

What would have happened to the guns ?

There was one still in it's emplacement in Fort Davis when I attended FCA summer camp there around mid 80's, no idea if it's still there or not, not sure about Spike island or Fort Camden

sparky42

Savage93 wrote: »

There was one still in it's emplacement in Fort Davis when I attended FCA summer camp there around mid 80's, no idea if it's still there or not, not sure about Spike island or Fort Camden

There's a 6" emplacement on Spike, it's part of the tour of the place now. If the one in Davis is still there the public can't get to it can they?

knucklehead6

https://www.facebook.com/howthcoastguard/photos/a.229361885576.283340.217151505576/10156727611915577/?type=3&theater

Howth Coast Guard coming across a stranger to these waters...

Markcheese

sparky42 wrote:

There's a 6" emplacement on Spike, it's part of the tour of the place now. If the one in Davis is still there the public can't get to it can they?

Fort Davis is still an army base, the best you can do is look at it on google maps,or youtube,looks like one gun still in place according to google maps

BoJack Horseman

A 4-pack nuclear launch tubes for Ohio class/Vanguard class replacement submarines.