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SAQLIWIYAH, IRAQ - AUGUST 4: GySgt. William Orr, a U.S. Marine advisor attached to the Iraqi Ground Forces Command, keeps watch as a convoy carries troops back to base following a mission August 4, 2005 in Saqliwiyah, Iraq. The soldiers received a tip that an insurgent was hiding weapons on a nearby farm so they staged an early-morning raid to search several homes and surrounding farmland in the area. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)


U.S. Marine Sgt. David Coullard, right, of East Hartford, Conn., is shown with another unidentified Marine in a photo sent to his mother July 30, 2005, taken somewhere just outside Baghdad. Coullard was a member of the 3rd Battalion, 25th Marines based in Ohio. He and five others died northwest of Baghdad while on sniper duty on Monday, Aug. 1, 2005. (AP Photo/Coullard Family)


Two U.S. soldiers of the 3rd battalion, 7th Infantry, 4th Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division from Ft Benning, Georgia guard a detained suspect during a raid searching for illegal weapons inside his house in Baghdad August 3, 2005. Fourteen Marines were killed in a roadside bomb blast in western Iraq on Wednesday, the U.S. military said, in one of the single deadliest attacks against U.S. forces since the beginning of the war. REUTERS/Andrea Comas


U.S. soldier of the 3rd battalion, 7th Infantry, 4th Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division from Ft Benning, Georgia talks to an Iraqi woman and her son at the doorway of their house during a patrol in Baghdad August 3, 2005. REUTERS/Andrea Comas


US Private First Class Ben Sorenson from Texas of 632th Maintenance Company of 87th Supply Batalion of 3rd Infantry Division, cleans a M240 Bravo machine gun at the Camp Taji, August 3, 2005, northwest of Baghdad. Iraqi leaders prepared for a conference to try to break the deadlock on a draft constitution amid unabated violence that left at least 20 people dead, a day after 15 US marines were killed by rebels.(AFP/Liu Jin)


Escorted by an armed US soldier, Iraqi Prime Minister Ibrahim Jaafari, center rear, arrives to attend an Iraqi police graduation ceremony in the southern Iraqi town of Hilla, Thursday, Aug. 4, 2005. Over 400 new policemen graduated during the event. At a press conference held later in the day in Baghdad, Jaafari announced a new security plan for Iraq which had been adopted by government. (AP Photo/Alaa al-Marjani)


US security guard the streets leading to the general hospital in the southern city of Basra, where the body of killed US journalist Steven Vincent is laying in the morgue. Vincent, who had been in Basra for the past two months, was killed after he was snatched along with his female translator from the center of the city, police and the US embassy in Baghdad said.(AFP/Nawfal Hashim)


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BASRA, IRAQ - AUGUST 3: U.S consulate workers carry the body of slain American journalist Steven Vincent as an Iraqi security guard looks on, August 3, 2005 in the southern Iraqi city of Basra. An American freelance journalist was found dead after he and his female translator were kidnapped in the city of Basra. (Photo by Fakher Haider/Getty Images)


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GAZA CITY, -: An armed US security detail preceedes the group of Middle East quartet "disengagement envoy" James Wolfensohn and Mohammed Dahalan, the Palestinian Authority Minister for Civilian affairs charged of the withdrawal dossier with the Israeli authorirties 03 August 2005. Wolfensohn was to assess the condition of cross-border workers. Only a few thousand Palestinians from Gaza have been authorized to work in Israel since the beginning of the secong Intifada. AFP PHOTO/MARCO LONGARI (Photo credit should read MARCO LONGARI/AFP/Getty Images)


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BAGHDAD, Iraq: An Iraqi soldier secures the area close to a checkpoint set-up along a street 04 August 2005, in Baghadad. General George Casey, the top commander in Iraq, told reporters in Baghdad last week it should be possible to reduce the size of the 138,000-strong US contingent next year if the Iraqi security forces develop at their current pace and the political transition stays on track. AFP PHOTO/AHMAD AL-RUBAYE (Photo credit should read AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/Getty Images)


An Afghan soldier mans a machine gun atop of a vehicle as he patrols a street in Kandahar in June 2005. Insurgents have killed four Afghan government troops and four police officers in an attack on a checkpoint in the country's east, an interior ministry spokesman said.(AFP/File/Banaras Khan)


Italian soldiers from the Nato-led International Security Assistance Force stand guard makeshift checkpoint in Kabul, Afghanistan August 3, 2005. The international forces tasked with keeping the peace in the Afghan capital changes its command on Thursday at a time when security in the country has deteriorated to among the worst levels since the fall of Taliban in 2001. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood


An Israeli security officer inspects a bus where a man opened fire killing three people, in the northern Israeli town of Shfaram, Thursday, Aug. 4, 2005. A man dressed as an Israeli soldier on an Israeli bus opened fire on Thursday, killing three people, Israeli police said, and Israeli media reported that it appeared to be an attack by a Jewish extremist against Israeli Arabs. Five other people were wounded, and a witness said the gunman was later killed. (AP Photo/Ancho Ghosh)


A group of Israeli army soldiers take a position during training at the settlement of Netzarim, a part of Gush Katif settlements bloc, Gaza Strip August 3, 2005. Thousands of Israeli rightists launched a last-gasp march on the Gaza Strip on Wednesday vowing to stop the impending withdrawal from the occupied territory, but were blocked by police. REUTERS/Dan Balilty


Israeli soldiers listen to their commander's briefing, following military training in the settlement of Netzarim, a part of Gush Katif settlements bloc, Gaza Strip August 3, 2005. Thousands of Israeli rightists launched a last-gasp march on the Gaza Strip on Wednesday vowing to stop the impending withdrawal from the occupied territory, but were blocked by police. REUTERS/Dan Balilty


Jewish settlers hand over their weapons to the Israeli army at the Jewish settlement of Netzer Hazani in the Gush Katif bloc in the Gaza Strip August 4, 2005. Thousands of Israeli rightists suspended a march on Gaza settlements after security forces blocked their path to prevent them from disrupting a planned pullout from the occupied territory. Photo by Goran Tomasevic/Reuters


Jewish settlers hug as they hand over their weapons to the Israeli army at the Jewish settlement of Netzer Hazani in the Gush Katif bloc in Gaza Strip August 4, 2005. Thousands of Israeli rightists suspended a march on Gaza settlements on Thursday after security forces blocked their path to prevent them from disrupting a planned pullout from the occupied territory. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic


A Fatah militant runs for position outside a Fatah office in the Beit Lahia refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip. As part of efforts to prevent attacks by Palestinian militant groups during the pullout, Israeli military sources said that the army had begun reinforcing its presence in Gaza.(AFP/Marco Longari)


Palestinian security men guard the arrival of Egyptian officers in Gaza August 3, 2005. Thirty Egyptian officers arrived in Gaza on Wednesday to train thousands of Palestinian policemen handpicked to assume control in areas Israel will evacuate later this month. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem


Saudi royal guards perform sunset prayers at Prince Salman palace in Riyadh, Thursday Aug. 4, 2005. A few men still stopped to pray at the simple, earth-covered grave of King Fahd on Thursday, but for the most part life returned to normal in Saudi Arabia where there were high expectations for the rule of the monarch's successor. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)


Saudi traditional royal guards 'Akhweya' chat before hundreds of top Islamic clerics, tribal chiefs and other prominent Saudis prepare to give the oaths of loyalty to Saudi King Abdullah on Wednesday Aug. 3, 2005 at the royal palace in Riyadh, in a traditional Islamic investiture ceremony that bestows his legitimacy. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)


Saudi security forces stand guard outside the palace where Saudi men pledge allegiance to their new King Abdullah in Riyadh August 3, 2005. Thousands of Saudi men thronged into a cavernous marble-lined palace to pledge allegiance to their new King Abdullah on Wednesday in a ceremony which completes the transition of power from the late King Fahd. REUTERS/Zainal Abd Halim


A member of the former rebel Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) guards the room where the late leader John Garang's body is laid out in New Site village in southern Sudan August 3, 2005. At least 20 people were reported killed overnight in retaliatory violence against southern Sudanese in Khartoum, where residents said armed men roamed the streets despite a curfew. REUTERS/Radu Sigheti


Philippine policemen, member of Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT), stands guard in front of the Roman Catholic church in Baclaran, suburban Paranaque in Manila August 3, 2005. Two bombs exploded in the troubled southern Philippines wounding four people on Sunday. Peace has become a casualty of a political crisis in the Philippines that is distracting the government from delicate talks with Muslim rebels and undermining optimism of just a few months ago that a deal was within reach. REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco


Riding on top of an armored vehicle, a Mexican army soldier patrols the streets of Nuevo Laredo, Mexico on Wednesday Aug. 3, 2005. The Mexican government insisted that the United States reopen its consulate in Nuevo Laredo, saying that a wave of killings and violence gripping the border city never got bad enough to prompt its closing in the first place.(AP Photo/Juan Manuel Villasenor)


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LONDON - AUGUST 4: An armed British police officer patrols outside of King's Cross Underground station on August 4, 2005 in London, England. Over 6,000 British police officers are patrolling stations as the Piccadilly Line has fully reopened for the first time since the July 7 bomb attacks in which 56 people died. (Photo by Scott Barbour/Getty Images)


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LONDON - AUGUST 4: An armed British police officer patrols outside of King's Cross Underground station on August 4, 2005 in London, England. Over 6,000 British police officers are patrolling stations as the Piccadilly Line has fully reopened for the first time since the 7 July bomb attacks in which 56 people died. (Photo by Scott Barbour/Getty Images)


An armed police officer on duty in central London as a bus passes.(AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Let me be the first to say: Great pics as usual....

w00t for Lumpy    Great pics

Nice spread Lumpy!

w00t. w00t w00t.

Excellent pics as always!  Good job, Lump!

Great selection again, Lumpy196!

Tanks Lumpy, nice pics.

I always enjoy these Lumpy

hmmm HK MP5SF's. semi-auto-only mp5s. like the ones the FBI uses.

Quoted: us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20050803/capt.mo10908032326.mexico_us_consulate_mo109.jpg?x=380&y=243&sig=WKA.zlzuEoLsrLJZtUiL2g-- Riding on top of an armored vehicle, a Mexican army soldier patrols the streets of Nuevo Laredo, Mexico on Wednesday Aug. 3, 2005. The Mexican government insisted that the United States reopen its consulate in Nuevo Laredo, saying that a wave of killings and violence gripping the border city never got bad enough to prompt its closing in the first place.(AP Photo/Juan Manuel Villasenor)

It wasnt bad enough to close the Consulate..... however, it was bad enough to deploy military troops with a fully-automatic belt-fed 40mm grenade launcher? Mexico has lost it's fucking mind and the US is being dragged to Hell right along with them.

Great pics.

Italian soldiers from the Nato-led International Security Assistance Force stand guard makeshift checkpoint in Kabul, Afghanistan August 3, 2005. The international forces tasked with keeping the peace in the Afghan capital changes its command on Thursday at a time when security in the country has deteriorated to among the worst levels since the fall of Taliban in 2001. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood


Is that the gun Al Pachino used in HEAT?
Cool pics Lumpy.

Quoted: hmmm HK MP5SF's. semi-auto-only mp5s. like the ones the FBI uses.

only thing the damn things have going for them is their rate of fire, pffff

Quoted: us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/rids/20050803/i/r1398715856.jpg?x=380&y=275&sig=_6aW65WkBxEOPv7RleImQw-- Italian soldiers from the Nato-led International Security Assistance Force stand guard makeshift checkpoint in Kabul, Afghanistan August 3, 2005. The international forces tasked with keeping the peace in the Afghan capital changes its command on Thursday at a time when security in the country has deteriorated to among the worst levels since the fall of Taliban in 2001. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood Is that the gun Al Pachino used in HEAT? Cool pics Lumpy.

Beretta AR70/90

Great pics.

A Fobus grip in desert tan?

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Rest in peace, fellow Ohioan, and American.  Thank you for your service.  God Speed you home to see Him.

Amen.

G

anyone see the Saudi security force guy diggin for gold?



ETA: pic

Quoted: Quoted: hmmm HK MP5SF's. semi-auto-only mp5s. like the ones the FBI uses. only thing the damn things have going for them is their rate of fire, pffff

Yup, without at least a three round burst what you have there is a really big, really expensive 9mm pistol, with a long barrel and a collapsing stock attached.

Quoted: Quoted: us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/rids/20050803/i/r1398715856.jpg?x=380&y=275&sig=_6aW65WkBxEOPv7RleImQw-- Italian soldiers from the Nato-led International Security Assistance Force stand guard makeshift checkpoint in Kabul, Afghanistan August 3, 2005. The international forces tasked with keeping the peace in the Afghan capital changes its command on Thursday at a time when security in the country has deteriorated to among the worst levels since the fall of Taliban in 2001. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood Is that the gun Al Pachino used in HEAT? Cool pics Lumpy. Beretta AR70/90

the heat line was a (poor) joke. I thought that the Ar 70/90 was a sales flop.
ETA: Fixed the image link for ya

Don't think I've ever seen a black Israeli soldier before. I wonder what his story is since I don't think he is from around there.

Quoted: Don't think I've ever seen a black Israeli soldier before. I wonder what his story is since I don't think he is from around there.

You mean you missed the Women of the IDF thread? There was a nubian hottie in there.

Is that Bruce Willis?

Great pics again Lumpy.......Thanks


One question, I think I already asked it once

When did the Mexicans get Humvee's and Mk19's?

AWESOME THREAD


Am I seeing this correctly? Is that a single shot mp5? If so, that really sucks for that guy.


Thanks again Lumpy.

wow, look at the armored box built inside that thing!

Do my eyes deceive me, or is that a semi-auto (only) trigger group

Quoted: cache.gettyimages.com/comp/53324079.jpg?x=x&dasite=MS_GINS&ef=2&ev=1&dareq=E2399169AC85D6DE9A21091711E5AD1E99FA3D338C9CA1477757C85AE85A779B Do my eyes deceive me, or is that a semi-auto (only) trigger group

That's what I was asking! Only for some reason my picture wouldnt work.

Also, that M4 in the first picture is sweet. Call me old school but there's just something about the plain jane M4. Don't get me wrong, I've got a few tricked out ARs with all sorts of things hanging off them that I don't regularly use, but seeing a standard M4 over there is very cool.

Quoted: Don't think I've ever seen a black Israeli soldier before. I wonder what his story is since I don't think he is from around there.

Didn't you here about the big Ethiopian-Jew airlift some years ago?

[seriously]

20 years ago actually.  That soldier is probably one of the CHILDREN of the airlift of African Jews.

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When these boots are clean they are almost red. Not very tactical, but in order to earn their "red boots", IDF troops have to go through jump and airborne training. Those ugly boots are highly coveted by those who don't have them.

Quoted: 20 years ago actually.  That soldier is probably one of the CHILDREN of the airlift of African Jews.

Yep, Ethiopian Jews, especially.

Quoted: Great pics again Lumpy.......Thanks One question, I think I already asked it once When did the Mexicans get Humvee's and Mk19's? us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20050803/capt.mo10908032326.mexico_us_consulate_mo109.jpg?x=380&y=243&sig=WKA.zlzuEoLsrLJZtUiL2g--

About 10-15 years ago