Military Photo of the Day

MILPOD ^ | 17 Jan 2014 | MILPOD

[frankenMonkey]

	U.S. Army Soldiers from Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment, engage enemy forces during Operation Moshtarak in Badula Qulp, Afghanistan. Feb 2010. DoD photo by Tech. Sgt. Efren Lopez, U.S. Air Force.

[frankenMonkey]

Friday Morning MILPOD Ping!

[left that other site]

Good morning, FrankenMonkey!

thank you for the ping.

[Cyber Liberty]

T4TP!!!

[Tax-chick]

Nice picture.

[rarestia]

M4 with an underslung grenade launcher and a lefty to boot? Interesting combination.

Please correct me if I’m wrong on the platform. Looks like an M4 to me.

[frankenMonkey]

You’re right. Lefty, M4, launcher.

[G Larry]

Is that belt-fed a .308?

[Celtic Conservative]

Technically, no. The military designation is 7.62X51 That comes out to about .308 caliber, but that's not what they call it.

CC

[Antihero101607]

M240 Bravo, I’m a crew chief by trade, but a security forces dude let me handle one once. Weighs a bit more than an SAW.

[Manly Warrior]

A bit more is an understatement- the M249 SAW (556) is about 17lbs, the M240B (762)is at 23+lbs.

A nice hand grenade/RPG target group, though, those troopers. Spread OUT, fellas!

[BenLurkin]

“Alright men. Bunch up!”

[wildbill]

Whatever happened to the site that had actual combat videos. Someone used to post on FR a link to them.

[frankenMonkey]

I think it was weasle zappers or something...