The Ka-50 “Black Shark” attack helicopter first saw action in the Second Chechen War, using its fuselage-mounted 30mm gun, unguided rockets, and 9K121 Vikhr guided missiles[796×450].
This Mi-28 Havoc was pictured at the Paris air show. A Mi-28N variant adds night/all-weather operating capabilities [354×275].
A detail of U.S. Marines lies in the snow at a curve in a road near Yudan in the Chosin Reservoir area northwest of the port of Hungnam, Korea, Nov. 29, 1950. They are shown at their post as the 1st and 7th Marine regiments were retiring under pressure from three Chinese divisions.[2000×1875]
An operator from the Indonesian Kopassus and also competitive shooter, training along with a member of the Indonesian Combat Trained Civilian (CTC) group (Basically a small scaled militia) [1063×1305]
An officer of the Border Guard Unit (WZD NwOSG) with soldiers of the Territorial Defense Army during the “Urban Course” instructors course in urban areas with British Rangers (they are not in the photo) (960×460)
American assault troops of the 3rd battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st U.S. Infantry, injured while storming Omaha Beach, wait by the Chalk Cliffs for evacuation. D-Day, 6 June 1944 [3871 × 3139]
Hungarian soldiers and Italian alpini behind a T72M during Urban Warfare training at the Novo Selo Training Range in Bulgaria. December 2022 [567×425]
German prisoners of war in a barbed-wire enclosure on Utah Beach during the Normandy invasion. D-Day 6 June 1944 [5605 × 4416]
Second wave troops of 9th Canadian Infantry Brigade, probably Highland Light Infantry of Canada, disembarking with bicycles from LCI(L)s (Landing Craft Infantry Large) onto ‘Nan White’ Beach, JUNO Area at Bernières-sur-Mer, France shortly before midday on D-Day 6 June 1944 [2566 × 1958]
Piper Bill Millin landing with Commandos of 1st Special Service Brigade from a LCI(S) (Landing Craft Infantry Small) on ‘Queen Red’ Beach, SWORD Area, at la Breche, Normandy, France. D-Day 6 June 1944 [800 × 785]
Men of No 4 Commando engaged in house to house fighting with the Germans at Riva Bella, near Ouistreham. D-Day, June 6, 1944. [728×532]
Known to the Mujahideen guerrillas as the “Devil’s Charriot”, hundreds of Soviet Mi-24s of all variants were deployed to Afghanistan between 1979 and 1989 [406×490].
The graves of German dead are marked with a simple cross and their steel helmets. The Germans suffered over 750,000 casualties during ‘Barbarossa’, with some 200,000 men killed. By comparison, 30,000 Germans died during the Battles of France and the Low Countries of Belgium and Holland. [1900×1750]
Entry of Allied Troops Into Rome, 5 June 1944. Allied troops on the flag draped balcony of Palazza Venezia, from which Mussolini used to address the people of Rome, while people celebrate below them [1644 × 2480]
10th Special Forces Group loading into a Finnish Army’s NH90 during winter warfare training. Lapland, Finland [2160×1728]
Australian soldiers deployed to Rwanda as part of Operation Tamar – image captured in 1995 (1440 x 2258) [source in comments]
Sgt. Joseph F. Gorenc of the 101st Airborne Division climbing aboard a C-47 at RAF Exeter Airfield. 5 June 1944 [1086 × 1157]
Chinese destroyer Suzhou (DDG 132) crossing the bow of USS Chung-Hoon (DDG 93) in the Taiwan Strait [5471×3647]
Indian SIU (Special Intervention Unit) officer armed with SCAR-H with Combo Trijcon ACOG and RMR Sight. They always carry FN Five Seven pistol as their sidearm. SIU is the CAT (Counter Assault Team) of SPG (Special Protection Group) which protects the Indian Prime Minister [368 X 680]
JWK operator (first from the right) with the operator of the Lithuanian Specialiųjų operacijų pajėgos “Aitvaras” and the American 10th Special Forces Group – Airborne during the Flaming Sword 2022 exercise (960×686)
JWK operator (first from the right) with the operator of the Lithuanian Specialiųjų operacijų pajėgos “Aitvaras” and the American 10th Special Forces Group – Airborne during the Flaming Sword 2022 exercise (960×686)
South Korean K30 Biho anti-aircraft guns assigined to the 1st Armored Brigade conducting live fire exercise on 02 June 2023 [4160 x 2768]
Members of the Khost Protection Force, a CIA backed Paramilitary originally made up of Soldiers of the former Afghan Communist government. KPF operated independently of the Kabul government. 2010s, Afghanistan [800×449]
Panther tanks loaded on railroad flat cars for transport to the front, c. 1943. Most probably to the Russian front for the Battle of Kursk [799 × 539]
Iraq’s Rambo Commander Abu Azrael (Father of the Angel of Death) armed with PP-19 Bizon SMG seen in the front lines still grinding the islamic state to dust. June 2023 [1800×1063]
A U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor flies over the Alaskan Range during exercise Northern Edge 23-1, May 10, 2023 [3833 x 2555]
2023. Soldiers of the Australian Army’s 9th Force Support Battalion (9 FSB), 17th Sustainment Brigade (17 Sust Brigade), take a firing position during Exercise Surus Walk at Green Bank Training Area, QLD. (1200 x 803)
An Indian Army soldier from CI/CT unit of RR walking away after an encounter in Kashmir, India [568 X 739]
Luxembourgish Soldiers and a Dutch Soldier (middle, slightly greener helmet and with the Colt Canada C7NLD) training at the NATO EFP (Enhanced Forward Presence) [2048 x 1366] [OS]
A U.S. Navy Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat of fighting squadron VF-1 launches from the hangar deck catapult on board the aircraft carrier USS Yorktown (CV-10) during her shakedown cruise in the waters off Trinidad, 3 June 1943 [1876 × 1507]
Brazilian Brig. Gen. Euclydes Zenóbio da Costa (center) points out German positions in Tuscany in 1944. (Mondadori Portfolio). Brazil contributed approximately 25,000 troops to the US Fifth Army. [1275×1000]
An F-117 Nighthawk during exercise Northern Edge 23-1. Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, May 10, 2023 [2085 x 1389]
U.S. Air Force special tactics Airmen with the 320th Special Tactics Squadron pull an MC-130J Commando II across the flightline during Monster Mash, an operational readiness and resilience training exercise May 5, 2023, at Kadena Air Base, Japan [3219 x 2146]
U.S. Air Force special tactics Airmen with the 320th Special Tactics Squadron pull an MC-130J Commando II across the flightline during Monster Mash, an operational readiness and resilience training exercise May 5, 2023, at Kadena Air Base, Japan [3219 x 2146]
An F-117 Nighthawk during exercise Northern Edge 23-1. Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, May 10, 2023 [2085 x 1389]
South Korean Marines and a K153C1 Raycolt KLTV defending a road during an island defense drill [1440 x 959]
South Korean Marines and a K153C1 Raycolt KLTV defending a road during an island defense drill [1440 x 959]
Artillery hunters from the Norwegian STA Battery (Surveillance and Target Acquisition) in the Artillery Battalion. Conducting a winter training on JTAC with the British Apache combat helicopter from 656 Squadron Army Air Corps, at Setermoen firing range, Norway [5184×3456]
Dutch soldiers currently deployed with NATO Multinational Battlegroup Lithuania in action during a live fire training [1080×1349]
Dutch soldiers currently deployed with NATO Multinational Battlegroup Lithuania in action during a live fire training [1080×1349]
Dutch soldiers currently deployed with NATO Multinational Battlegroup Lithuania in action during a live fire training [1080×1349]
Luxembourgish Troops part of Compagnie D (the detachment of the Army to NATO forces) Training in Romania CQB training [2048 x 1366] [OS]
Dutch soldiers currently deployed with NATO Multinational Battlegroup Lithuania in action during a live fire training [1080×1349]
A Light Machine Gunner from RR with his Bren gun walking of after an encounter Kashmir, India [690 X 560]
Ukrainian Su-24M armed with a pair of UK-supplied Storm Shadow air-launched cruise missiles [986×574]
Japanese airman armed with a Type 64 battle rifle searches for OpFor during an exercise at Misawa Air Base on 08 November 2022 [8256 x 5504]
PLA Marine Corps machine gunner during combat training. Dual tube NVGs are becoming increasingly common in “elite” PLA units like the Airborne and Marine Corps [1920 x 1080]
Japanese Army student paratroopers from the Airborne School at Camp Narashino in Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture. [1280×853]
Finnish Conscript Sniper Team from Satakunta Jaeger Battalion during exercise Karelian Lock 23 [2000×1333]
