Photos The Cold War

[BravoZulu]

German Kampfschwimmer during a training raid, Cold War

 

[NebrHogger]

When the wall was in the process of being built - 1961

 

[NebrHogger]

This was captioned as an armored exercise on tribal land - sometime in the 50s. (possibly 60s) I'm not sure if it belongs in this forum, but the time frame fits. Possible caption: Lakota are about to show Pawnee how the rat chews cheese!

 

[BravoZulu]

82nd Airborne M561 Gama Goat towing a M102 105mm Howitzer away from the drop zone after landing. Ex Reforger 82

 

[Kadir93]

Belgian sailors parading with FN-49 7.62mm semi-automatic rifles in 1973.

 

[Kadir93]

Swedish MKO combat divers during OPFOR excersizes held in the Stockholm archipelago during the final years of the Cold War.

 

[Kadir93]

A port beam view of a Soviet Nanuchka-I (Project 1234) Class guided missile corvette underway. (MRK "Вихрь", (eng.: "Vikhr", meaning "Whirlwind"), Soviet Pacific Fleet).

 

[Kadir93]

British Ferret armored car patrolling along Berlin Wall, 1971.

 

[Kadir93]

West German border guard, civilians and an East German border guard on opposite sides of the border line at Herrnburg near Lübeck.

 

[haze99]

Berlin Wall today, what remains...

35 years after the Berlin Wall opened, fragments of East Germany's border remain

Most of communist East Germany’s heavily fortified border was torn down quickly after it was opened in 1989, but there are still places where visitors can see the remains of the Berlin Wall and other sections of the frontier.

apnews.com

How the Berlin Wall Became a 100-Mile Bike and Pedestrian Trail

Once one of the world’s most dangerous border crossings, Berlin's symbol of death and division has been turned into a tangible way to experience history

www.smithsonianmag.com

I actually rode most of this, say 80% while stationed there. The same year that the Berlin Brigade inactivated.

 

[TIGREDELAIRE]

* ...and that, dear audience, is how a cannon is deployed with its respective crew and towing vehicle...
* Boss! We were supposed to have landed in an unpopulated area!

 

[NebrHogger]

Cold war RR operations - switches all frozen from a blizzard? Fire up the MiG! (from personal experience, I know melting ice like this doesn't work - after it melts, it's ice again = net gain of zero)

 

[Hiryu2.0]

Photo Exclusive: The Soviet-Designed Nuclear Shelters Hidden In Prague's Subway

RFE/RL was given unprecedented access to a network of Cold War-era shelters within Prague's subway system, designed to be a refuge during war.

www.rferl.org

 

[haze99]

30th anniversary, Allies troops depart Berlin...

1994: Remembering when World War II Allies left Berlin – DW – 09/07/2024

Thirty years ago, the military presence of the US, Great Britain, France and the former Soviet Union came to an end in Germany. Their legacies remain.

www.dw.com

I was there that day, marching through the city center with the ONE and ONLY Berlin Brigade.(U.S. Army Berlin)

 

[NebrHogger]

Soviet air crew pose with their former Tu-22M that was destroyed per the strategic arms reduction treaty. (Year not given)

 

[Kadir93]

Parked Soviet Mil Mi-24A Hind-B in it's airbase.