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platform389
08-08-06, 15:58
Combat sure takes it out of a fellow it would seem. :eek:

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An Israeli combat engineer sleeps in the dirt as a tank shell casing lies nearby August 8, 2006 after crossing back into northern Israel from the Lebanese border.

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LEBANESE BORDER, ISRAEL - AUGUST 8: Israeli army reservists sleep on, in, and outside their Merkeva tank after a night of action against Hezbollah militia August 8, 2006 at a forward base on Israel's northern border with Lebanon.

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Israel-Lebanon Border, ISRAEL: An Israeli army reservist rests on a munitions case at a forward base where the Israeli army have deployed dozens of tanks and armored vehicles on the outskirts of Kiryat Shmona near Israel's border with Lebanon 08 August 2006.

I'll have some other images from the Middle East conflict from time to time for this thread.

bigthicket
08-08-06, 16:03
Cool pics, thanks.

9DivDoc
08-08-06, 16:08
Having crashed in semi flooded rice paddies up against and dug into dikes...

And witnessed GIs sleeping in pig barns fast asleep with their arms around pigs
cuddled up to keep warm on cold Monsoon nights...

I can completely understand and empathize with these pics...

Wish I wuz there...and still young enough to take it...

thanks for the pics

Cyclic240B
08-08-06, 16:09
Cool pics, thanks for sharing.

platform389
08-08-06, 16:14
My, what a big...gun you have:D

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KIRYAT SHEMONA, ISRAEL - AUGUST 7: An Israeli army reservist pours water onto a fellow reservist to help him wash himself alongside their 155mm mobile artillery cannon at their forward base on August 7, 2006 outside Kiryat Shemona on Israel's border with Lebanon.

platform389
08-08-06, 16:19
Somehow, I don't think they had ask twice when this guy was called up:D
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Israel-Lebanon Border, ISRAEL: An Israeli army reservist, who sports a tattoo of a lion surrounded by Star of David, works on his tank as another performs his morning prayers at a forward base where the Israeli army have deployed dozens of tanks and armored vehicles, near Israel's border with Lebanon 08August 2006.

More later!:cool:

platform389
08-09-06, 07:09
OK, time for some more you might find interesting.

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KIRYAT SHEMONA, ISRAEL - AUGUST 7: Israeli army reservists use pallets of 155mm artillery shells as a platform for their morning prayers at their unit's forward base August 7, 2006 outside Kiryat Shemona on Israel's border with Lebanon.
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LEBANON: Israeli soldiers, operating as a snipper team, take position inside a house as they hunt for Hezbollah fighters in an unspecified southern Lebanese village, 04 August 2006.
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ISRAEL/LEBANESE BORDER, ISRAEL - AUGUST 09: An Israeli infantry soldier crosses the Lebanese border back into northern Israel August 9, 2006. His unit had been fighting Hezbollah militia for two days before returning to Israel to resupply and head back into Lebanon by the evening.
Tactical Llamas...?:eek:
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LEBANON BORDER, ISRAEL - AUGUST 01: (ISRAEL OUT) Israeli soldiers prepare for a mission with llamas that are used as pack animals August 1, 2006 on the Israeli side of the Israeli-Lebanese border.
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LEBANON BORDER, ISRAEL - AUGUST 01: (ISRAEL OUT) Israeli soldiers move toward the Lebanese border during a mission August 1, 2006 on the Israeli-Lebanese border.

Nitrox
08-09-06, 08:32
Tactical Baker's hats make me giggle.

blackwind
08-09-06, 09:21
Brings back memories. :D

Being THAT tired you pretty much slept where you fell. hehe

platform389
08-09-06, 11:37
Now, for some of a more serious nature

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RAMLE, ISRAEL: Israeli soldiers inspect weapons the army said were allegedly seized during the ongoing offensive in southern Lebanon, during a press conference at Gefen army base near the Israeli city of Ramle, 09 August 2006.
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RAMLE, ISRAEL: An Israeli officer shows a Russian Sagger anti-tank missile allegedly seized during the ongoing Israeli offensive in southern Lebanon, during a press conference at Gefen army base near the Israeli city of Ramle, 09 August 2006.
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RAMLE, ISRAEL: An Israeli soldier walks past weapons displayed by the army which said they were allegedly seized during the ongoing Israeli offensive in southern Lebanon, during a press conference at Gefen army base near the Israeli city of Ramle, 09 August 2006.

SuicideHz
08-09-06, 11:49
Wow. A real M4 in the last picture above Nitrox's post...

platform389
08-10-06, 14:08
Hezzbollah captured equipment. Amazing what $3 a gallon gas will buy...:mad:

These were found in a residence in Bint Jbel

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Don't think this guy was playing Rainbow Six, unless it was a live action version! Note the DVD burners.

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Hopefully the operators of all this are no longer in this world.