Photos The Cold War

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Parading East German militia Kampfgruppen der Arbeiterklasse (KdA) troopers in 1986.

 

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Six fighters from the VEB Leuna-Werke “Walter Ulbricht” during a briefing near their factory, DDR 1958. They’re armed with pre-1945 Kar98k rifles, like many Kampfgruppen der Arbeiterklasse detachments were.

 

[BravoZulu]

A member of the 52nd Civil Engineering Squadron examines a damaged runway from the top hatch of a Cadillac Gage Ranger during exercise SALTY DEMO '85. Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, 1985

 

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Soldiers aboard an M-113 armored personnel carrier prepare to move out in field practice during Exercise Sentry Castle '81. The soldiers are assigned to the 42nd Infantry Division, U.S. Army.

 

[TheKiwi]

Interesting, that M113 appears to be in the Summer Verdant MERDC scheme which was quite rare.

 

[Kadir93]

Royal Marine Commandos re-embarking from a Westland Wessex helicopter on to a Royal Navy Commando Carrier.

 

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During an exercise with RFA 339 Lyness and HMS Intrepid (L11) in the Bay of Biscay, RN Westland Wessex 'V' of the latter is hoisting a crew member of FGS Deutschland (A59) on board for a photo flight on 24th June, 1980.

 

[TIGREDELAIRE]

*...And that's where I used to play with my friends a while back...
* How long ago was that?
* What year is it? What's my name? What am I doing here?
* Has the weather already affected Corporal Alzheimer...

 

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Soviet MVD troopers with blue ZhZT-71 vests in tensions hit Nagorno-Karabakh region between Armenians and Azerbaijanis, 1989.

 

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ISU-152 assigned to a post-war Soviet Naval Infantry unit. These remained in service into the 1970s, some even around as late as 1986.

 

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Turkish M47 Patton tank taking part in NATO exercise in Adapazarı Sakarya province, 1965.

 

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A dog sits in front of an M48A1 tank at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base on the 14th of November, 1962.

 

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French Air Force Dassault Mirage F1Cs from the EC 2/12 'Cambrésis'.July 1979.

 

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Parading Soviet VDV units in Kiev, capital of Ukrainian SSR, 1989.

 

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Yugoslav People's Army (JNA) M47 Patton medium tanks presented for Marshall Tito, September 1954.

 

[11E]

Not active systems anymore, but definitely cold war veterans;

 

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East German FASTA-4M system is adaptation of 4x 9K32 Strela-2 MANPADS to Volksmarine ships.

 

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Turkish M47 Patton medium tank.

 

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T-72AV MBTs in Soviet service, seen here without any Kontakt-1 explosive reactive armour, part of either the 89th Tank Regiment or 117th Tank Regiment of the 1st Insterburgskaya Red Banner Tank Division in Kornevo, Bagrationovsky District, Kaliningrad Oblast, 1986-1988.

 

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Italian Beretta MG 42/59 7.62mm machine gun operator.