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Nice tubs for catching the ever present leaks!
Photos From Korea to the Falkland Islands - colourised images of conflicts after World War II.
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I wondered if it was only in Soviet constructions that there were such leaks. I guess not. ;]Nice tubs for catching the ever present leaks!
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Nah, you were right mate!!
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'Battle of Mount Longdon'
The Battle of Mount Longdon was an engagement of the Falklands War between British and Argentine forces, which took place on 11–12 June 1982, resulting in the British victory and their occupation of a key position around the besieged Argentine garrison.
The British force consisted of Third Battalion, the Parachute Regiment (3 PARA) under Lieutenant Colonel Hew Pike with artillery support from six 105 mm light guns of 29 Commando Regiment, Royal Artillery; Second Battalion, the Parachute Regiment (2 PARA) were in reserve. Naval gunfire support was provided by HMS Avenger's 4.5-in gun.
The Argentine force consisted of B Company of the 7th Infantry Regiment (RI 7) of the 10th Mechanized Infantry Brigade, as well as detachments from other units. The 7th Infantry Regiment, reinforced by two Marine Infantry platoons, held Mount Longdon, Wireless Ridge to the northwest of the capital of the islands, Port Stanley and to their east, Cortley Ridge. Marine Teniente de Navío (naval rank equivalent to army captain) Sergio Andrés Dachary had arrived at Mount Longdon in the week preceding the battle, and was on hand to control the Marine-manned heavy machine-guns and sniper teams there.
The battle and the immediate Argentine covering fire that followed lasted twelve hours and had been costly to both sides. 3 PARA lost seventeen killed during the battle; one Royal Engineer attached to 3 PARA also died. Two of the 3 PARA dead – Privates Ian Scrivens and Jason Burt – were only seventeen years old, and Private Neil Grose was killed on his 18th birthday. A total of forty British paratroopers were wounded during the battle. A further four Paras and one REME craftsman were killed and seven Paratroopers were wounded in the two-day shelling that followed that was directed by Sub-Lieutenant Marcelo de Marco of the 5th Marines on Tumbledown Mountain. The Argentines suffered 31 dead and 120 wounded, with 50 also being taken prisoner.
The 3rd Battalion of the Parachute Regiment won numerous decorations for this action:
One Victoria Cross (Sergeant Ian McKay) †
One Distinguished Service Order (Lieutenant-Colonel Hew Pike)
Two Military Crosses (Majors Mike Argue and David Collett)
Two Distinguished Conduct Medals (Colour Sergeant Brian Faulkner and Sergeant John Pettinger)
Three Military Medals (Sergeant Des Fuller, Corporal Ian Bailey, and Private Richard Absolon)
Numerous Mentioned in Despatches
The Battle of Mount Longdon was an engagement of the Falklands War between British and Argentine forces, which took place on 11–12 June 1982, resulting in the British victory and their occupation of a key position around the besieged Argentine garrison.
The British force consisted of Third Battalion, the Parachute Regiment (3 PARA) under Lieutenant Colonel Hew Pike with artillery support from six 105 mm light guns of 29 Commando Regiment, Royal Artillery; Second Battalion, the Parachute Regiment (2 PARA) were in reserve. Naval gunfire support was provided by HMS Avenger's 4.5-in gun.
The Argentine force consisted of B Company of the 7th Infantry Regiment (RI 7) of the 10th Mechanized Infantry Brigade, as well as detachments from other units. The 7th Infantry Regiment, reinforced by two Marine Infantry platoons, held Mount Longdon, Wireless Ridge to the northwest of the capital of the islands, Port Stanley and to their east, Cortley Ridge. Marine Teniente de Navío (naval rank equivalent to army captain) Sergio Andrés Dachary had arrived at Mount Longdon in the week preceding the battle, and was on hand to control the Marine-manned heavy machine-guns and sniper teams there.
The battle and the immediate Argentine covering fire that followed lasted twelve hours and had been costly to both sides. 3 PARA lost seventeen killed during the battle; one Royal Engineer attached to 3 PARA also died. Two of the 3 PARA dead – Privates Ian Scrivens and Jason Burt – were only seventeen years old, and Private Neil Grose was killed on his 18th birthday. A total of forty British paratroopers were wounded during the battle. A further four Paras and one REME craftsman were killed and seven Paratroopers were wounded in the two-day shelling that followed that was directed by Sub-Lieutenant Marcelo de Marco of the 5th Marines on Tumbledown Mountain. The Argentines suffered 31 dead and 120 wounded, with 50 also being taken prisoner.
The 3rd Battalion of the Parachute Regiment won numerous decorations for this action:
One Victoria Cross (Sergeant Ian McKay) †
One Distinguished Service Order (Lieutenant-Colonel Hew Pike)
Two Military Crosses (Majors Mike Argue and David Collett)
Two Distinguished Conduct Medals (Colour Sergeant Brian Faulkner and Sergeant John Pettinger)
Three Military Medals (Sergeant Des Fuller, Corporal Ian Bailey, and Private Richard Absolon)
Numerous Mentioned in Despatches
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Woman and children crouch in a muddy canal as they take cover from intense Viet Cong fire, 1 January 1966.
Paratroopers of the 173rd Airborne Brigade (background) escorted the civilians through a series of firefights during the US assault on a Viet Cong stronghold at Bao Trai, about twenty miles west of Saigon.
Photographer Horst Faas was born in Berlin on April 28, 1933, and like other young men of his generation, was forced to join the Hitler Youth organization in his neighborhood. He said his overarching childhood memories were of food shortages, evacuations and “the fascinating spectacle of antiaircraft action in the sky”.
He joined the Associated Press in 1956 and covered wars in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Algeria in the late 1950s before being sent to Vietnam in 1962. Though seriously wounded in a jungle rocket attack in 1967, he remained in what he called “this little bloodstained country” until 1973, shortly before the American military withdrawal.
Faas earned Pulitzers in 1965 for combat photographs from Vietnam and in 1972 for his coverage of the conflict in Bangladesh. He passed away, aged 79, in 2012.
Photographer: Horst Faas/ AP
Paratroopers of the 173rd Airborne Brigade (background) escorted the civilians through a series of firefights during the US assault on a Viet Cong stronghold at Bao Trai, about twenty miles west of Saigon.
Photographer Horst Faas was born in Berlin on April 28, 1933, and like other young men of his generation, was forced to join the Hitler Youth organization in his neighborhood. He said his overarching childhood memories were of food shortages, evacuations and “the fascinating spectacle of antiaircraft action in the sky”.
He joined the Associated Press in 1956 and covered wars in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Algeria in the late 1950s before being sent to Vietnam in 1962. Though seriously wounded in a jungle rocket attack in 1967, he remained in what he called “this little bloodstained country” until 1973, shortly before the American military withdrawal.
Faas earned Pulitzers in 1965 for combat photographs from Vietnam and in 1972 for his coverage of the conflict in Bangladesh. He passed away, aged 79, in 2012.
Photographer: Horst Faas/ AP
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Tanks attached to Company C, 1st Battalion, 7th Regiment, 1st Marine Division moved around a destroyed bridge south of Kotgo-ri on Dec. 9, 1950.
This picture was taken during the division’s historic march up and back to the Chosin Reservoir along the North Korean-Chinese border in the early months of the Korean War. Note the Chinese prisoners being herded to the rear for questioning.
This picture was taken during the division’s historic march up and back to the Chosin Reservoir along the North Korean-Chinese border in the early months of the Korean War. Note the Chinese prisoners being herded to the rear for questioning.
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Two US soldiers from the 40th Infantry Division with a M1 Garand and M1918A3 Browning Automatic Rifle, in the snow. c.1952
The division moved to Korea in January 1952. After additional training, the division moved north in February 1952, where it relieved the 24th Infantry Division on the battle line. At the time the division consisted of the 160th, 223rd, 224th Infantry Regiments, and smaller non-regiment sized units.
In Korea, the 40th Infantry Division participated in the battles of Sandbag Castle and Heartbreak Ridge. In these campaigns, the division suffered 1,180 casualties, including 311 who were killed in action, and 47 who later died from wounds received in action. Total division casualties in Korea included 376 killed in action, 1,457 wounded in action, and 47 died of wounds.
(Photo courtesy of the California State Military History Museum)
The division moved to Korea in January 1952. After additional training, the division moved north in February 1952, where it relieved the 24th Infantry Division on the battle line. At the time the division consisted of the 160th, 223rd, 224th Infantry Regiments, and smaller non-regiment sized units.
In Korea, the 40th Infantry Division participated in the battles of Sandbag Castle and Heartbreak Ridge. In these campaigns, the division suffered 1,180 casualties, including 311 who were killed in action, and 47 who later died from wounds received in action. Total division casualties in Korea included 376 killed in action, 1,457 wounded in action, and 47 died of wounds.
(Photo courtesy of the California State Military History Museum)
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Rhodesian Special Air Service (SAS) Operation Uric, September 1979
Operation Uric (or Operation Bootlace for the South Africans) was a cross-border raid carried out in Mozambique by operatives of the Rhodesian Security Forces during the Rhodesian Bush War, with combat assistance from the South African Air Force. During the operation, which took place from 1 to 7 September 1979, up to 400 Rhodesian and South African military personnel attacked bridges and a major staging point for Zimbabwe African National Liberation Army (ZANLA) insurgents in Gaza Province. The battle eventually drew in elements of the Mozambican army and police, who sustained heavy casualties. Along with Operation Miracle, this was one of the largest Rhodesian external operations of the war.
Operation Uric (or Operation Bootlace for the South Africans) was a cross-border raid carried out in Mozambique by operatives of the Rhodesian Security Forces during the Rhodesian Bush War, with combat assistance from the South African Air Force. During the operation, which took place from 1 to 7 September 1979, up to 400 Rhodesian and South African military personnel attacked bridges and a major staging point for Zimbabwe African National Liberation Army (ZANLA) insurgents in Gaza Province. The battle eventually drew in elements of the Mozambican army and police, who sustained heavy casualties. Along with Operation Miracle, this was one of the largest Rhodesian external operations of the war.
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The U.S. Navy battleship USS New Jersey (BB-62) fires a nine 40.6 cm (16 in) gun salvo during bombardment operations against enemy targets in Korea, adjacent to the 38th parallel, on 10 November 1951.
(Photo source - USN - U.S. DefenseImagery VIRIN: 80-G-433953/HN-SN-98-07219)
The U.S. Navy battleship USS New Jersey (BB-62) fires a nine 40.6 cm (16 in) gun salvo during bombardment operations against enemy targets in Korea, adjacent to the 38th parallel, on 10 November 1951.
(Photo source - USN - U.S. DefenseImagery VIRIN: 80-G-433953/HN-SN-98-07219)
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Lt. John P Quinn, Lakehurst, New Jersey, inspects a dud shell among the debris of an explosion when a mortar ammunition dump blew up on the central Korean Front. The dump burned and exploded for more than four hours, but no one was injured. January 29 1951
(Photographer - Ed Hoffman, ACME, New York Bureau)
(Photographer - Ed Hoffman, ACME, New York Bureau)
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US Marines rest after making it through the canyon road known as 'Nightmare Alley' during the retreat from the Chosin (Changjin) Reservoir, December 1950.
"After a short period of rest, the breakout began on 6 December with the 7th Marines as the vanguard of the retreating column while the 5th Marines covered the rear"
(Roy Appleman - East of Chosin: Entrapment and Breakout in Korea, 1950)
"After a short period of rest, the breakout began on 6 December with the 7th Marines as the vanguard of the retreating column while the 5th Marines covered the rear"
(Roy Appleman - East of Chosin: Entrapment and Breakout in Korea, 1950)
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North Korean POWs captured by 1st Turkish Brigade soldiers at the Battle of Wawon. 27-29th November 1950
In the course of the U.N. offensive and the Chinese counteroffensive, the 1st Turkish Brigade suffered 3,514 casualties, of which 741 were killed in action, 2,068 wounded, 163 missing and 244 taken prisoner, as well as 298 noncombatant casualties.
The Turks, armed and trained by American military advisers, did better than even they had hoped or expected in this, their first real combat since World War I. The American units to which they were attached respected their skills and tenacity in combat. Some comments by American officers give insight into the Turks and their abilities. ‘They really prefer to be on the offensive and handle it quite well,’ went one appraisal. ‘They are not as good at defensive positions, and certainly never retreat.’ Another report told of their patrol skills: ‘Certain Turkish patrols always reported high body counts when they returned from patrols. Headquarters always scoffed at the high numbers, much higher in fact than any other unit, until the Turks decided to bring the enemy bodies back and dump them at headquarters for the body count.’
The Turks acquitted themselves in a brave and noble fashion in some of the worst conditions experienced in the Korean War. Very little else could have been required or expected of them. Their heavy casualties speak of their honor and commitment. Their bravery requires no embellishment. It stands on its own.
(Colorised by Murathan Yilmaz from Turkey)
In the course of the U.N. offensive and the Chinese counteroffensive, the 1st Turkish Brigade suffered 3,514 casualties, of which 741 were killed in action, 2,068 wounded, 163 missing and 244 taken prisoner, as well as 298 noncombatant casualties.
The Turks, armed and trained by American military advisers, did better than even they had hoped or expected in this, their first real combat since World War I. The American units to which they were attached respected their skills and tenacity in combat. Some comments by American officers give insight into the Turks and their abilities. ‘They really prefer to be on the offensive and handle it quite well,’ went one appraisal. ‘They are not as good at defensive positions, and certainly never retreat.’ Another report told of their patrol skills: ‘Certain Turkish patrols always reported high body counts when they returned from patrols. Headquarters always scoffed at the high numbers, much higher in fact than any other unit, until the Turks decided to bring the enemy bodies back and dump them at headquarters for the body count.’
The Turks acquitted themselves in a brave and noble fashion in some of the worst conditions experienced in the Korean War. Very little else could have been required or expected of them. Their heavy casualties speak of their honor and commitment. Their bravery requires no embellishment. It stands on its own.
(Colorised by Murathan Yilmaz from Turkey)
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Troops about to board U.S. Army Sikorsky H-19 Chickasaw helicopters to be transported by the 6th Transportation Company (Helicopter), Eighth Army, Korea. Late 1953
The H-19 in Medical Evacuation
The 6th and 13th Transportation Helicopter Companies both participated in medical evacuation with emergency missions in April 1953.
The 6th participated in Operation Little Switch, the evacuation of nearly 700 sick and wounded Allied prisoners of war.
This was followed by Operation Big Switch in August 1953, using the entire 13th Trans and most of the 6th Trans in a massive airlift operation. In a 33 day period , over 5,600 released POWs were flown to safety in 1,173 flights.
The H-19 Chickasaw served in Korea for only a few months before a cease fire was declared. They battled not only the weather, the terrain and the enemy, but also lack of spare parts and trained personnel. Members of the 6th and 13th Transportation Companies flew thousands of hours to the very end of the war.
Shortly after the cease fire, helicopters of both companies flew out to the aircraft carriers at Inchon in Operation Byway to pick up more than 5,000 Indian troops.
The crews flew the UN troops to the demilitarized zone and delivered them to their posts to watch over the cease fire agreement. This proved to be the largest movement of troops ever conducted by Army aviation.
The H-19 CHICKASAW HELICOPTER
The H-19, the Army's first true cargo helicopter, was developed in the late 1940s by Sikorsky as the S-55, and tested by the Air Force.
The Army began testing it against other helicopters in its inventory in 1951, and it proved to be more capable than the smaller two-seat H-13 Sioux and the H-23 Raven. In the fall of 1951, the Army placed an order for 72 H-19Cs, which was followed by an order for over 300 of the more powerful H-19Ds.
The Chickasaw traveled faster and farther, and held more cargo than the H-13. Unlike the H-13 which could only carry two litters, the H-19 held eight fully equipped troops or 4 to 6 litters with an onboard nurse. The H-19 could carry 1,350 lbs internally, or sling load 1,000 lbs. It had an all-metal pod and tail boom, and a two bladed anti-torque rotor.
The H-19 in Medical Evacuation
The 6th and 13th Transportation Helicopter Companies both participated in medical evacuation with emergency missions in April 1953.
The 6th participated in Operation Little Switch, the evacuation of nearly 700 sick and wounded Allied prisoners of war.
This was followed by Operation Big Switch in August 1953, using the entire 13th Trans and most of the 6th Trans in a massive airlift operation. In a 33 day period , over 5,600 released POWs were flown to safety in 1,173 flights.
The H-19 Chickasaw served in Korea for only a few months before a cease fire was declared. They battled not only the weather, the terrain and the enemy, but also lack of spare parts and trained personnel. Members of the 6th and 13th Transportation Companies flew thousands of hours to the very end of the war.
Shortly after the cease fire, helicopters of both companies flew out to the aircraft carriers at Inchon in Operation Byway to pick up more than 5,000 Indian troops.
The crews flew the UN troops to the demilitarized zone and delivered them to their posts to watch over the cease fire agreement. This proved to be the largest movement of troops ever conducted by Army aviation.
The H-19 CHICKASAW HELICOPTER
The H-19, the Army's first true cargo helicopter, was developed in the late 1940s by Sikorsky as the S-55, and tested by the Air Force.
The Army began testing it against other helicopters in its inventory in 1951, and it proved to be more capable than the smaller two-seat H-13 Sioux and the H-23 Raven. In the fall of 1951, the Army placed an order for 72 H-19Cs, which was followed by an order for over 300 of the more powerful H-19Ds.
The Chickasaw traveled faster and farther, and held more cargo than the H-13. Unlike the H-13 which could only carry two litters, the H-19 held eight fully equipped troops or 4 to 6 litters with an onboard nurse. The H-19 could carry 1,350 lbs internally, or sling load 1,000 lbs. It had an all-metal pod and tail boom, and a two bladed anti-torque rotor.
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While researching history of the Ukrainian Air Force 299th tactical aviation brigade, i found out that in the 1980s a few of VTOL Yak-38 aircraft which the Navy Aviation Regiment was equipped with at that time were sent to Afghanistan for combat testing where it fared miserably. Yet, i never saw pics of Yak-38s used in the Soviet Afghan war until now. Here it is, Yak-38 in tactical Soviet camo of that period.
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