Sunderland III, 10 Squadron RAAF, being winched out of the water for an overhaul at Mount Batten, January 1943. The aircraft fell victim to the Luftwaffe on 17 May. The crew of 12, led by Flight Lieutenant M K Kenzie, were all lost. [1500X1105]
PLA infantrymen during urban warfare training. Note the interesting “LUCIE” NVGs (Gen II+) present, which are issued to two members per squad [2000 x 2000]
HAF Viper pilots of 335 squadron “Tiger” breaking off in their F-16s after succesfully intercepting Turkish fighter jets [1080 x 1075]
U.S. Navy SEALs receive tactical mobility training from Naval Special Warfare Group Two Training Detachment (NSWG-2 TRADET) at Fort A.P. Hill, Virginia. 22 August 2003 [1212 × 1658]
French soldiers examines with binoculars the skyline in Beirut on September 26, 1983. The troops were part of the FMSB, (Beirut security multinational force) installed to keep security in the Lebanese capital after the Israeli invasion of 1982. AFP [800×529]
A rather “interesting” painting drawn by PLA border guards deployed on the Karakoram mountains, 6,000m above sea level [2467 x 3130]
Two German soldiers on the Eastern Front wearing fur coats in the absence of standard-issued winter clothing, probably stuck in Poland [1205 × 1500]
Specialist Underwood, 2nd Platoon, Battle Company, 2nd Battalion, 173rd Airborne Brigade, sits below a machine gun position along the defensive wall of the Restrepo outpost during an enemy contact. Korengal Province, Kunar, Afghanistan. September 2007.[910×606]
A Ukrainian Army soldier holds a 7.62 mm PKM light machine gun as he stands on top of his BTR-80A (8×8) armored personnel carrier (APC) in Al Kut, Iraq. 21 August 2003 [2000 × 3000]
From Foes to Friends. Lt. Col. Dale Zelko’s F-117 Nighthawk was shot down near the village of Buđanovci in 1999, during the Kosovo War by Colonel Zoltán Dani, Commander of the 3rd battery of the 250th Missile Brigade. [1440×1794]
Irish army Ranger Polaris MRZR during Ex Badb Catha (Battle crow, named for an Irish War Demoness) (5120X3413)
Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress flown by 1Lt. Lawrence M. Delancey of the 398th Bomb Group suffered a direct flak hit over Cologne, Germany. Miraculously only one crewman was killed and the pilot managed to land safely at an Allied airfield. [768×512]
US Marine Corps UH-1Y Venom fires Hydra 70 rockets during KMEP 23.3 exercise in South Korea on 11 August 2023 [6365×4245]
Ukrainian President Zelenskyy sits with Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen in a Royal Danish Air Force F-16BM [3000*2001]
Normal PLA standard issue QBZ-191 rifle vs New M-LOK style upgrade variant likely to be used by Elite and SOF units [2000 x 2000]
Chinese General P. Kiang and June Pattison, “Miss Inglis,” posing with a Bren gun outside John Inglis Company plant at a 100,000th Bren gun ceremony. Toronto, Canada 20 August 1943 [1050 × 873]
Japanese Ground Self Defense Force soldier with 2nd Amphibious Rapid Deployment Regiment holding his Carl G recoilless rifle during Exercise Talisman Sabre 21 [640 x 448]
South Korean Special Warfare Command member aims her K14 sniper rifle during a best sniper competition [4000 x 2667]
IS flag after a raid in Malino, Indonesia (poso), 2015, part of an operation to hunt a small group linked to IS [640×740]
Bodybuilding champions of Madras Sappers, Indian Army. Mr India Subedar M. Kamaraj (right), Mr World Havildar Anuj Yadav (centre) and Mr India Havildar Shankar Shiv (left) [1080×607]
Ethnic Tibetans from the Special Frontier Force (SFF) one of many Indian special operations units showing off their patches [1080 x 1065]
Streaks of antiaircraft flak fill the sky, as seen from a United States Coast Guard ship. Official caption on front: “Flak fills the sky during the attack of Saipan. Coast Guard Photo 222-15.” Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands. 1944 [1548×1157]
A US Marine Corps CH-46E Sea Knight Helicopter assigned to Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 268 (HMM-268) lands at Ahmed Al Jaber Air Base, Kuwait. 19 August 2003 [3000 × 2000]
A South Vietnamese soldier guards a train while en route from Hue to Da Nang. September 1969.[2048×1456]
3rd Special Forces member ‘Randy’ confronts a suspected al-Qaeda supporter during a search of his compound. Narizah, east Kabul, Afghanistan. 2002 [2160×1569]
“Comrades, get ready for the medieval joust with the Indians” PLA troops armed with intrestingly shaped spears and shields near the Sino-Indian border. [1076×710]
Swedish soldier handing his battle buddy a snus while defending their position during live fire training [686×458]
U.S. Marines from the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit at Roberts International Airport in Liberia during the Second Liberian Civil War. Joint Task Force Liberia. 19 August 2003 [1712 × 1152]
Emirati soldiers train in South Korea for the first time at the Korea Combat Training Center (KCTC) on 14 August 2023 [6192 x 4128]
Italian Ranger of the 4th Monte Cervino Rgt. in a improvised shooting range in Afghanistan. [828×591] @It_reapers IG
IDF soldiers in Palsar 401, the reconnaissance company from the Armored Corps, trained overnight in the Golan Heights in April 2021 [3840 x 2565]
Indian Air Force AH-64E Apache Attack Helicopter supporting Army T-90 Main Battle Tank & BMP-2 IFV [853×1279]
The ninth President of Finland (1982-1994), Mauno Koivisto, during the Continuation War (1941-44). Koivisto served in detachment Törni, LRRP. [2012×3000]
NATO enhanced Forward Presence Battle Group Latvia members conduct EXERCISE TITAN STRIKE during Operation REASSURANCE at Camp Adazi, Latvia 2023 [4959 x 2932]
Kingfisher spotter-plane aboard the Battleship South Dakota off Okinawa in World War II, January 1945 [1500×1200]
Troopers and an officer of the 4th Spahi Regiment, a French Colonial cavalry unit. Taken by Jean-Baptiste Tournassoud in 1914. It is an original autochrome that has been enhanced. [1800×1228]
U.S. Marines from the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit secure Roberts International Airport in Liberia during the Second Liberian Civil War. 18 August 2003 [1712 × 1152]
Ukrainian artist Ilya Chernomaz created this sculpture from a russian Kh-31 missile shot down near his hometown of Nova Vodolaha, Kharkiv region. 2023 [1071×1434]
U.S. Marines from the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit secure Roberts International Airport in Liberia during the Second Liberian Civil War. 18 August 2003 [1152 × 1712]
Luxembourgish Compagnie D with their Dingo 2 vehicle with the new vehicle camo in Cincu, Romania, 200 kms away from the Ukrainian border [2048 x 1367] [OS]
A Chechen fighter stands infront of a banner “Russian fascists get out of Chechnya!”. 1996. [2340 x 1524]
GULF OF ADEN (Aug. 11, 2023) U.S. Marines conduct weapons training aboard amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5) in the Gulf of Aden. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Gunnery Sgt. Jeffery Cordero) [6720×4480]
A grunt of 1st Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division on tunnel rat duty wearing the experimental XM28 gas mask. [720×653]
Polish Mujahideen volunteer (Radosław Sikorski) in Afghanistan fighting against the Soviets ca, 1980s. [360 x 561]
South Korean 707th Special Mission Group members and US Army Green Berets conduct direct action training on 04 August 2023 [6000 x 4000]
PAP lieutenant-colonel instructing his soldiers to use the recently issued QBZ-192 carbines. Note the new standard QMK-171 optics present, which are becoming widespread in many units [852 x 1280]
Sri Lankan Recce Patrol On the Hunt For LTTE Rebels 2009 [During The Sri Lankan Civil War ][800 × 597]
FER assault team arriving to the Mexico City airport with cartel boss ‘El Mochomo’ after they managed to capture him in Culiacan, Mexico back in 2008 [2000×1200]
Over 150 Airmen and two B-2 Spirit aircraft arrived in Keflavik, Iceland to participate in a Bomber Task Force Europe operation with NATO Allies. [1080×1350]
President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, with a group of officers – looking at a cat, in the forward command post of the Ukrainian 46th Airmobile Brigade and 10th Army Corps – Zaporizhzhia Oblast, August 2023. [1042 x 695]
South Korean soldier An Sang-Byung rescuing two Vietnamese children during combat against the NVA in Khánh Hòa province, South Vietnam (Jan. 1967) [500×436]
