The Military Machines Image Thread

[bhsup]

The USS Constitution. Old Ironsides in all her glory!

 

[Trafalgar]

Shannon leading her prize, USS Chesapeake, into Halifax Harbour, on the 6th June 1813.

 

[homeyg]

The ship my dad was on, the FFG37 Crommelin

 

[Martacus]

I guess I'm just a sucker for lost causes: behold the F-20 Tigershark and the YF-23 Black Widow II:

 

[bhsup]

In tribute of two mighty ships which fought one another, and their crews.

The HMS Hood



The Bismarck (Do German warships have a designation akin to HMS or USS?)

 

[Mr. Blonde]

Some highlights produced in Austria:

The Steyr AUG, our standard assault rifle, 5.56mm ammunition and with only 3.5 kg (empty) very handy. Employed by various armies and featured in some Hollywood films because of its futuristic look

The Glock gun, I don´t think I have to tell you something about it

The Pandur APC, versions with 2.5 cm machine gun, 4 cm Flak, Mistral AA missiles or Antitank missiles are available

The Noricum Artillery gun, made some headlines here because we sold them to Iran and Iraq during their war, it violated our neutrality and the company was charged for it, several politicians had to go.

However, the current army is more employed in peacekeeping and lacks heavy machinery. We have some LeopardII, M-109 Mobile Artillery and also the more heavy US APCs but their numbers are currently halved. Our airforce currrently consists of 24 ordered Eurofighters (the last SAAB Draken! were decommissioned several weeks ago).

 

[schmiddi]

(Do German warships have a designation akin to HMS or USS?)

At the time of the emerors they had, but after that NO.

 

[Winner]

L-39, one of the best trainer aircraft in the 20th century, produced in Czechoslovakia/Czech republic, adopted as a standard trainer for the Warsaw Pact countries. Very popular private jet airplane in these days:

And here the L-159, its 21st century successor, fitted with US and West European avionics and equiped with NATO-standard weapons:

 

[nonconformist]

At the time of the emerors they had, but after that NO.

I was under the impression that during WWII, a shoip held rthe desingation KMS (KMS Bismarck, for instance), which I assume would stad for Kriegsmarine Schiffe?

 

[schmiddi]

Not to my Knowledge, but I'm not a naval historian.

 

[Warman17]

The mk. 1 eyeball. No soldier should go without.

 

[bhsup]

Ka-BOOM! A broadside from an Iowa class battleship. Probably USS Missouri, but not sure.

 

[Jawz II]

mowag eagle

piranha

 

[Jawz II]

im not much for boats, but here goes anyway, new stealth ship from finland:

Hamina class fast attack craft FNS-81 Tornio, commissioned in May 2003. The ship is still without its four SAAB RBS-15 Mk3 SSM launchers installed in this photo. Other armament includes a 57 mm Bofors gun in the bow, four Saab Elma LLS-920 9-tube anti-submarine mortars, a rail for depth charges or mines and eight vertical Denel Umkhonto-IR VLS SAM launchers. Two modernised ZU-23-2 antiaircraft guns can be installed instead of the RBS-15 missiles.

 

[Jawz II]

jordanian cobra, gotta love the camo on that one

saudi tornado

 

[Jawz II]

archer:
a self-propelled 155mm L52 automatic howitzer incorporated into a modified armoured commercial six-wheel-drive (6x6) articulated Volvo A30D truck chassis.

 

[thetrooper]

@ Jawz II: may I ask where you got those pics (post #276)?

 

[JohnRM]

U.S.S. Enterprise CV-6
April 12th, 1939

 

[Fox Mccloud]

Cool thread.

Ballista

Arwing

 

[Jawz II]

@ Jawz II: may I ask where you got those pics (post #276)?

sure, here:

http://www.artreg.mil.se

but i first saw them at militaryphotos.com forum
im not a member there, but i do browse it every once in awhile