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Posted: 10/20/2004 1:02:21 PM EDT

U.S. Marines from the 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment patrol in Ramadi, Iraq (news - web sites), Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2004. The Marines were on a reconnaissance mission of buildings in the area. (AP Photo/Jim MacMillan)

U.S. Marines from the 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment cover the exterior while searching a building in Ramadi, Iraq (news - web sites), Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2004. The Marines were on a reconnaissance mission in the area. (AP Photo/Jim MacMillan)

U.S. Marines from the 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment patrol a rear alley in Ramadi, Iraq (news - web sites), Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2004. The Marines were on a reconnaissance mission, searching buildings in the area. (AP Photo/Jim MacMillan)

U.S. Marines from the 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment cover the exterior while searching a building in Ramadi, Iraq (news - web sites), Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2004. The Marines were on a reconnaissance mission in the area. (AP Photo/Jim MacMillan)

US Army soldiers clean the street after a suicide car bomber detonated an explosive device near a US patrol on the airport road in Baghdad, Iraq (news - web sites), Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2004, killing himself and injuring four others according to US and Iraqi officials. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

A British soldier from the 'Black Watch' regiment patrols the southern Iraqi city of Basra. The US has called on Britain to move some of its 8,500-strong contingent in the relative calm of southern Iraq (news - web sites) to more unstable areas.(AFP/File/Essam Al-Sudani)

A Polish soldier stands guard outside a base in the Iraqi city of Hilla October 20, 2004. REUTERS/Ala'adin Sa'ad

Abdullah Mehsud, former Guantanamo Bay prisoner who allegedly led kidnapping of Chinese engineers, talks to reporters near Chagmalai on Thursday, Oct 14, 2004 in South Waziristan along Afghanistan (news - web sites) border. Helicopter gunships and about 1,000 Pakistani ground troops on Wednesday raided a suspected hideout of an al-Qaida-linked militant chief, trading gun and mortar fire with fighters in the mountainous region near the Afghan border, officials said. (AP Photo/M. Sajjad, File)

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NAIROBI, KENYA: Soldiers parade during Kenyatta day celebrations 20 October 2004 in Nairobi. Jomo Kenyatta, the country's founding president, was born 20 October 1892. AFP PHOTO SIMON MAINA (Photo credit should read SIMON MAINA/AFP/Getty Images)

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JAKARTA, INDONESIA: Police patrol around the parliament building during the swearing in ceremony for the newly elected President Bambang Yudhoyono in Jakarta, 20 October 2004. Yudhoyono was sworn in as Indonesia's sixth president facing huge challenges to revive an economy ravaged by graft and tackle terrorism in the world's largest Muslim nation. AFP PHOTO/ ADEK BERRY (Photo credit should read ADEK BERRY/AFP/Getty Images)

An Indonesian soldier stands outside parliament building during the inauguration of Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, in Jakarta October 20, 2004. Former general Yudhoyono was sworn in on Wednesday after sweeping to power by vowing faster job growth, a war on corruption and tough punishment for terrorists. REUTERS/Beawiharta

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SEOUL, REPUBLIC OF KOREA: A South Korean police SWAT team member keeps his position during an anti-terrorist drill in downtown Seoul, 20 October 2004. South Korea received fresh terror threat as a warning on an Arabic web site vowing to destroy the capital city of Seoul if Korean troops are not withdrawn from Iraq in a week. AFP PHOTO/JUNG YEON-JE (Photo credit should read JUNG YEON-JE/AFP/Getty Images)

Posted: 10/20/2004 1:11:47 PM EDT

[#1]

Thanks Lumpy

Posted: 10/20/2004 1:12:53 PM EDT

[#2]

Those South Koreans have some of the most kick ass gear.

Posted: 10/20/2004 1:15:19 PM EDT

[#3]

I acutally had a class on this in Basic. I got an expert badge.

Posted: 10/20/2004 1:15:34 PM EDT

[#4]

Am I getting old, or do those Indonesian Police look like they are in 5th grade?

Posted: 10/20/2004 1:18:47 PM EDT

[#5]

Outstanding pics once again Lumpy

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Posted: 10/20/2004 1:20:27 PM EDT

[#6]

Thanks Lumpy!

Posted: 10/20/2004 1:24:18 PM EDT

[#7]

Very cool pics Lumpy

Posted: 10/20/2004 1:36:00 PM EDT

[#8]

is it me, or does it appear as if that asshole "Abdullah Mehsud, former Guantanamo Bay prisoner who allegedly led kidnapping of Chinese engineers" above is wearing the new specwar BDUs? note the pocets on the arms...

Posted: 10/20/2004 1:42:14 PM EDT

[#9]

Quoted:
Those South Korean LE have some of the most kick ass gear.

Fixed.

Just to clarify that citizens cannot enjoy individual ownership of firearms there.

I know. I was born there

Posted: 10/20/2004 2:44:53 PM EDT

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Those South Koreans have some of the most kick ass gear.

Unfortunately there are only few of those gears to go around and most are just for shows and publicity photos.

During the 1988 Olympics most of the uniformed police officers around the stadium had holsters but no pistol in it

Even now very few police officers actually carry handguns... even fewer than UK police.

Posted: 10/20/2004 3:55:47 PM EDT

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Posted: 10/20/2004 4:04:32 PM EDT

[#12]

Would someone please chip in and buy these poor guys some collapsible stocks. They have the A4 uppers ferchrisakes.

Posted: 10/20/2004 4:05:30 PM EDT

[#13]

I love how the Indonesian and South Korean "Police" tags are in English, altho it's not the official language of either country. We rule.

Posted: 10/20/2004 4:56:22 PM EDT

[#14]

Great pics, Lumpy, as always!

Posted: 10/20/2004 6:28:57 PM EDT

[#15]

good shit, lump. any south korean pics bump up your rating. them dudes look serious.

Posted: 10/20/2004 6:37:39 PM EDT

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Quoted:
good shit, lump. any south korean pics bump up your rating. them dudes look serious.

I got halfway down the first pic, hadn't seen any insignia yet, and just knew those guys were South Koreans. Bad ass guys there.

Posted: 10/20/2004 6:45:09 PM EDT

[#17]

i'm still a little disappointed in the s. koreans. they have not avenged the killing of their citizen.
when i was growing up there in the old days. they would have killed everything and anything related or non-related to the a-holes who beheaded the poor chap. hopefully soon, they will take some action. hope, hope ,hope.
lumpy, you need to talk to them about their use of the eothingy...
meat

Posted: 10/20/2004 6:45:35 PM EDT

[#18]

Thanks

Posted: 10/20/2004 7:32:37 PM EDT

[#19]

I'm not trying to be disrespectful, as I'm grateful those guys have the balls to be over there
but wtf is up with having the stock completely above their shoulders?
I know 5.56 doesn't kick much, but don't you still need a bit firmer of a hold when firing?

Posted: 10/20/2004 8:14:20 PM EDT

[#20]

Quoted:
Would someone please chip in and buy these poor guys some collapsible stocks. They have the A4 uppers ferchrisakes.

pssst. Marines. we prefer them that way, for the 500m schutzen.

Posted: 10/20/2004 8:17:20 PM EDT

[#21]

Quoted:
I'm not trying to be disrespectful, as I'm grateful those guys have the balls to be over there
but wtf is up with having the stock completely above their shoulders?
I know 5.56 doesn't kick much, but don't you still need a bit firmer of a hold when firing?

no. Not really. Certainly not for urban / short-range work. And that high hold works the lower portion of the buttstock into the natural pocket formed by pec / collarbone, or the pauldron of body armor. It's actually nowhere near as fucked up as it looks.

EDIT - and looking at the pic again, he's really not mounting it that way, anyway, just has the weapon high to aim over something

Posted: 10/20/2004 8:24:18 PM EDT

[#22]

Quoted:
I'm not trying to be disrespectful, as I'm grateful those guys have the balls to be over there
but wtf is up with having the stock completely above their shoulders?
I know 5.56 doesn't kick much, but don't you still need a bit firmer of a hold when firing?

Clothing, BR vest, web gear, and individual differences in body types force the soldiers to shoulder their weapons like that. The Marines designed the M16A2 as a target rifle with a longer stock, when they should have designed it as a combat assault rifle keeping in mind the above stated reasons for why weapons are shouldered the way they are. Not everybody is 6'2" and wearing just a shirt when they fire the M16.

Posted: 10/20/2004 9:38:07 PM EDT

[#23]

Quoted:
Quoted:
Those South Koreans have some of the most kick ass gear.

Unfortunately there are only few of those gears to go around and most are just for shows and publicity photos.

During the 1988 Olympics most of the uniformed police officers around the stadium had holsters but no pistol in it Even now very few police officers actually carry handguns... even fewer than UK police.

This is true. I just reminded myself how F'ed up the media is about police using deadly force against criminals. And I know that officers carry some kind of revolvers, with like 2~3 blanks and rest live ammo. I also heard they are only allowed to take them out if they know the criminal they are going against is a violent one...? (not sure about the last one, I saw it in the newspaper so)