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Posted: 3/5/2013 2:12:33 AM EDT
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Posted: 3/5/2013 2:30:05 AM EDT
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Awesome thread! Moar please! 
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Posted: 3/5/2013 2:51:20 AM EDT
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Why all of the gushing support for France? They have been a pain in our geo-political side since before WWII was over. They are leftist marxists. And I am the only one who finds it suspect that the world's leading socialist nations are supporting them in their war? What is France's true interest in Mali? To "Free the Oppressed?". I doubt it. France has never given one damn for the African, except to exploit him. And yes, as a long time grunt who has served with french troops, I respect their soldiers. From everything I have read, the govt. there is conducted in French, many newspapers are in French, the place still has deep French roots. They asked France for help and France obliged. Also, I am sure there is still healthy imports / exports going on there of some sorts - who knows minerals, oil, as well? Agreed, France has gone overboard with Socialism and will reap the consequences, just like we will if we keep going down that same dead-end ally.  Yea, the French can be "weird". I have climbed with some and they were really nice people, but definitely "French". 
Best of luck to the French troops there.
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Posted: 3/5/2013 4:09:30 AM EDT
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Why all of the gushing support for France? They have been a pain in our geo-political side since before WWII was over. They are leftist marxists. Technically they're secular social democrats. |
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Posted: 3/5/2013 4:39:17 AM EDT
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Why all of the gushing support for France? They have been a pain in our geo-political side since before WWII was over. They are leftist marxists. Technically they're secular social democrats. And they are kicking some Haji ass. Anybody that does that these days deserves our support. |
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Posted: 3/5/2013 4:57:43 AM EDT
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Frenchies always have style, I like the desert cammo pattern they use.
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Posted: 3/5/2013 7:21:36 AM EDT
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Homage to the fallen Chadian soldiers at airforce base Adji Kosseï in N’Djamena
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Posted: 3/5/2013 4:19:50 PM EDT
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Ametettai valley, ADRAR
Foreign Legion Paratroopers (2nd REP - 3rd Company) are boarding a Danish C-130J
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Posted: 3/5/2013 4:34:44 PM EDT
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Foreign Legion Paratroopers (2nd REP - 3rd Company) are boarding a Danish C-130J Glad to see the Danes helping out! 
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Posted: 3/6/2013 2:35:48 PM EDT
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A few days ago that French fellow posted another quality video:
It starts out with an airborne unit; looks like they rigged and jumped some kind of bulldozer? Then some cockpit film from some Rafale fighters. They showed some Eurocopter Tigers firing some rockets+cannon at something. There's some decent combat footage at 6:50 as well as later towards the end. At 10:06 a soldier fires some kind of rifle grenade from the barrel of his FAMAS 
Then at around 10:36 they use a really small mortar launcher...not sure which type but he seems to just eye it in. 
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Posted: 3/6/2013 2:49:38 PM EDT
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Nice video.
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Posted: 3/6/2013 2:55:15 PM EDT
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Nice video. I'm not sure how effective it is but that Eurocopter Tiger is a really ugly-looking aircraft; I think it beats out the Hind. |
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Posted: 3/7/2013 3:49:37 AM EDT
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That field artillery piece looks like WWII era Red Army stuff. Which, considering the quantity of surplus arms the USSR pumped into Africa in the 70s and 80s, it probably is. I wouldn't be surprised to see a pic of a half-buried T34/85 come from somewhere in Mali. |
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Posted: 3/7/2013 4:04:56 AM EDT
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That field artillery piece looks like WWII era Red Army stuff. Which, considering the quantity of surplus arms the USSR pumped into Africa in the 70s and 80s, it probably is. I wouldn't be surprised to see a pic of a half-buried T34/85 come from somewhere in Mali. Not really, it's a 122mm D30 howitzer, Cold War era yes, but still in common usage around the world, including Russia, not a WWII piece. |
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Posted: 3/13/2013 2:08:41 AM EDT
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VBCIs from GTIA/2 Gao (March 2-3)
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Posted: 3/13/2013 2:35:15 AM EDT
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not French but interesting AK... and rails on the stock? 
https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8324/8422008894_30c654f371_o.jpg It's a Century Arms build. |
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Posted: 3/13/2013 4:14:56 AM EDT
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Some of these pics remind me of Desert Storm with the Desert Camo mixed with Woodland/OD kit.
Cool stuff. |
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Posted: 3/13/2013 4:16:54 AM EDT
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I read somewhere that "Mali is one of the most beautiful of the African countries."
Looks like a fucking desert to me. |
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Posted: 3/13/2013 4:26:39 AM EDT
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Posted: 3/13/2013 6:56:33 AM EDT
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PICS from www.air-defense.net
Temperature is currently above 104°F.    The sniper rifle is an Hecate II and Hecate was the goddess of the moon so quite a nice pic:  It seems that this area is perfect if you want to hide:  Mirage 2000 with an Airbust bomb:  A lucky guy:  Somewhere on Klendathu:      French minister of Defense     VAB inside an US C17   ATM: 600+ terrorist KIA 4 French soldiers KIA Between 20 and 30 Tchadian soldiers KIA |
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Posted: 3/13/2013 7:17:37 AM EDT
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LOL, some of that terrain does look like something out of Starship Troopers.
Also hard to tell from the distance, but is that a Super Frelon still in use? 
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Posted: 3/13/2013 7:40:13 AM EDT
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Quoted: LOL, some of that terrain does look like something out of Starship Troopers. Also hard to tell from the distance, but is that a Super Frelon still in use? Yep but fortunately no "100,000 death in 1h" this time  .And it's a Super Puma not Frelon, they have been retired 2 years ago. They were so ugly that I loved them. |
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Posted: 3/13/2013 8:33:54 AM EDT
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Cool pics, thanks for keeping us in the loop guys.
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Posted: 3/13/2013 10:33:42 AM EDT
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LOL, some of that terrain does look like something out of Starship Troopers. Also hard to tell from the distance, but is that a Super Frelon still in use? Alot of it looks like the part of the California desert I tend to roam around in. |
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Posted: 3/13/2013 10:37:16 AM EDT
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one thing i've noticed is that wearing a helmet seems to be optional in the French army. i cant see any US forces being allowed on patrol w/o one.... https://moroccoonthemove.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/mali_00001-4_3_rx812_c1080x810.jpg?w=610&h=457 Damn the dude on the left looks like a male model |
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Posted: 3/13/2013 3:05:38 PM EDT
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A few days ago that French fellow posted another quality video: at around 10:36 they use a really small mortar launcher...not sure which type but he seems to just eye it in. http://i913.photobucket.com/albums/ac334/david06photo/Misc/Frenchtroopermortar1.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lance-grenade_individuel_Mle_F1_(LGI_Mle_F1) Nifty weapon. |
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Posted: 3/13/2013 3:14:09 PM EDT
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Quoted: Quoted: A few days ago that French fellow posted another quality video: at around 10:36 they use a really small mortar launcher...not sure which type but he seems to just eye it in. http://i913.photobucket.com/albums/ac334/david06photo/Misc/Frenchtroopermortar1.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lance-grenade_individuel_Mle_F1_(LGI_Mle_F1) Nifty weapon. Cool. So instead of centering the squad around the SAW, the French center it around a small mortar. Interesting. |
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Posted: 3/14/2013 6:35:59 AM EDT
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Quoted: There is an AT4, a LGI and Minimi (M249) in each squad.Quoted: Quoted: A few days ago that French fellow posted another quality video: at around 10:36 they use a really small mortar launcher...not sure which type but he seems to just eye it in. http://i913.photobucket.com/albums/ac334/david06photo/Misc/Frenchtroopermortar1.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lance-grenade_individuel_Mle_F1_(LGI_Mle_F1) Nifty weapon. Cool. So instead of centering the squad around the SAW, the French center it around a small mortar. Interesting.  former AQIM vegetable garden, became Legion camp |
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Posted: 3/14/2013 7:29:04 AM EDT
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There is an AT4, a LGI and Minimi (M249) in each squad.
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A few days ago that French fellow posted another quality video: at around 10:36 they use a really small mortar launcher...not sure which type but he seems to just eye it in. http://i913.photobucket.com/albums/ac334/david06photo/Misc/Frenchtroopermortar1.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lance-grenade_individuel_Mle_F1_(LGI_Mle_F1) Nifty weapon. Cool. So instead of centering the squad around the SAW, the French center it around a small mortar. Interesting. http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b190/koolwolf/Mali-Iforas-Legion_zps32619559.jpg former AQIM vegetable garden, became Legion camp
thats how you do the dance. |
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Posted: 3/14/2013 12:28:39 PM EDT
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Posted: 3/16/2013 8:01:43 AM EDT
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Posted: 3/16/2013 8:38:55 AM EDT
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walking the hills, hunting bad guys.
aw man. living the dream. bon chance mon amis |
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Posted: 3/18/2013 2:39:18 AM EDT
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5th French KIA
 You can hardly find a worse place to fight. Temperature is now above 120°F and there is no shadows.           |
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Posted: 3/18/2013 5:13:16 AM EDT
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Who are the guys with the G36s? That terrain looks like it sucks...
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Posted: 3/18/2013 5:50:32 AM EDT
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Quoted: Who are the guys with the G36s? That terrain looks like it sucks... Members of the CGP. Wiki def: The Commando Parachute Group (French: Groupement des Commandos Parachutistes, GCP) is a special forces unit in the 11th Parachute Brigade of the French Army that is within the second "circle" of authority of the Commandement des Opérations Spéciales. Each regiment within the 11th Parachute Brigade (11e Brigade Parachutiste) trains one or two GCP teams from their own ranks, which then can act as recon, pathfinding or harassment forces for their home regiment, coordinating with the other GCP teams within the brigade or working independently behind enemy lines. More rarely the GCP is requisitioned by the French intelligence service (DGSE) to carry out sensitive or "black ops" missions. GCP teams are also trained to conduct hostage rescue missions in extreme cases. The soldiers in the pics are from the 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment (2e régiment étranger de parachutistes) and of the 17th Engineer Parachute Regiment (17e régiment de génie parachutiste). The terrain sucks and a PGM Hecate II sniper rifle weights 30lbs without optics and ammo. |
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Posted: 3/18/2013 11:10:13 AM EDT
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Posted: 3/18/2013 11:26:38 AM EDT
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Who are the guys with the G36s? That terrain looks like it sucks... A lot of the terrain looks like the desert out here in SoCal. As for the G-36s, I noticed all of them have underslung HK 40mm grenade launchers, which I don't believe can be mounted on the FAMAS. |
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Posted: 3/18/2013 11:30:15 AM EDT
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Damn the FAMAS looks crappy.
We should sell them some more m4s/m16s |
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Posted: 3/18/2013 11:34:32 AM EDT
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Why are they loading there mags with what appears to be polymer coated steel cased, Russian ammo?
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Posted: 3/18/2013 11:40:10 AM EDT
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Why are they loading there mags with what appears to be polymer coated steel cased, Russian ammo? Mon dieu! It's worse than I thought. We should set them up with a good deal on ammo so the money doesn't go the soviets |
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Posted: 3/18/2013 11:52:59 AM EDT
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Why are they loading there mags with what appears to be polymer coated steel cased, Russian ammo? Mon dieu! It's worse than I thought. We should set them up with a good deal on ammo so the money doesn't go the soviets 
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Posted: 3/18/2013 2:21:18 PM EDT
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2ème REP (Parachutists of the FFL)
 17ème RGP (Engineers parachutists)   |
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Posted: 3/18/2013 2:25:38 PM EDT
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They use steel case 5.56 in the FAMAS which is a little lower pressure than our/NATO specs.
Here's a pic from USAF Europe's facebook,Rafale topping up from a KC-135 
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Posted: 3/23/2013 2:45:40 PM EDT
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Today Abu Zaid who was one of the main leader of AQMI was confirmed dead.
Now 155mm of love. Caesar artillery       Mirage 2000 refueled by a Spanish C-130  KC-135 from 351st expeditionary air refueling squadron and a Rafale   |
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Posted: 3/23/2013 2:59:21 PM EDT
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Hécate .50 gonna be my guess. Almost certainly, judging by the nearby mag. The circular-vent muzzle brake is pretty indicative too. |
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Posted: 3/23/2013 3:10:23 PM EDT
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Quoted: Don't hate him, they don't teach much European history on this side of the pond anymore. Quoted: What are they doing over there? The French never win! Give up now. Twat alert $10 says he doesn't know what "La Gloire" is (without going to google) or why its relevant to the entirety of modern Western thought and history. |
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Posted: 3/24/2013 4:00:33 AM EDT
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  And a fucking shame, some troops are stuck with the AA-52 instead of the M249    |
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Posted: 3/24/2013 8:12:38 AM EDT
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Posted: 3/24/2013 12:23:41 PM EDT
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RG
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Posted: 3/24/2013 12:41:36 PM EDT
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Damn the FAMAS looks crappy. We should sell them some more m4s/m16s That's funny, looking through the thread I was thinking "I'd like to check out a FAMAS." after all the gun porn of it. 
Good pics all, thanks for sharing. |
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