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Cannon on the ramparts
Den Bosch's C17th pentagonal citadel with ramparts, was built 1637 where the rivers Aa and Dommel meet the Dieze.
he Citadel's nickname, De Papenbril (The Papist Glasses), is due to the fact that the building was created to keep an eye on the Catholics of Den Bosch, who were still loyal to the former ruler of the area, the King of Spain. So the canons were not only aimed at the enemy, but also at the town's own inhabitants! In later centuries the building also functioned as a military prison, a barracks and an artists' workshop, before it was transformed into the Brabant Historical Information Centre (BHIC).
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River Dargle Flood Defence Scheme.
These images were taken during the first week of October 2014. We tended to loose sight of the fact that (more) critically important has been on-going near the Silverbridge site, adjacent to the N11 carriageway.
Bank stabilisation works involving excavation, repair and building of a support wall structure are being carried out by JONS Construction also on behalf of the National Roads Authority.
We would occasionally catch sight of this work in the distance. One Friday afternoon I took a trip up there, walking back to the site along the side of the carriageway! Recognised some old faces. Quite an impressive little piece of structural engineering.
Having built a retaining concave wall, backfilled for solidity, they were also drilling, fixing and sealing ground anchors to pin the entire structure together.
Israeli Soldiers from the Caracal battalion during a field training exercise 17th December 2011
Photos: Israel Defence Force
Leading Seaman Clearance Diver Dale Johns, 28 from Bribie Island, QLD is a member of the explosive ordnance disposal team working at Multi National Base - Tarin Kot, Afghanistan.
4.maijā Madonā norisinājās Brīvības svētki – pateicības dievkalpojums, reģionālā parāde, kurā piedalījās Latvijas un sabiedroto valstu karavīri un zemessargi, militārās tehnikas un ekipējuma izstāde, orķestru defilē un paraugdemonstrējumi, kā arī futbola draudzības spēle.
Militāro parādi komandēja Zemessardzes 2. Vidzemes brigādes komandieris pulkvedis Mareks Ozoliņš, bet to pieņēma valsts bruņotā spēka augstākais vadonis, Valsts prezidents Raimonds Vējonis, aizsardzības ministrs Raimonds Bergmanis un Nacionālo bruņoto spēku komandieris ģenerālleitnants Leonīds Kalniņš.
May 4th – Freedom celebration – took place in Madona. The celebration was organized by Ministry of Defence, National Armed Forces together with Ministry of Interior Affairs and Madona municipality. It consisted of regional military parade where both Latvian and Allied troops participated, as well as military vehicles and equipment display, shows and soccer game.
Foto: Gatis Dieziņš (Aizsardzības ministrija)
Israeli Soldiers from a number of Different Infantry Brigades training with the TOW Anti-Tank Missile System – 3rd October 2011
Israeli Soldiers from the Givati Brigade training
The Givati Brigade (Hebrew: חֲטִיבַת גִּבְעָתִי, literally "Hill Brigade" or "Highland Brigade" in English) is an infantry brigade of the Israel Defense Forces, and serves as its amphibious force. Givati soldiers are designated by purple berets. The Brigade's symbol is the fox, alluding to Shualei Shimshon (שועלי שמשון, lit. Samson's Foxes), a unit in the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.
Left to right: Ursula von der Leyen (Minister of Defence, Germany) with Florence Parly (Minister of Defence, France) and Roberta Pinotti (Minister of Defence, Italy)
I believe these are some old military buttons. Unsure what they relate to (force/regiment/etc) or their age.
Eastern Prom.Sea defence work,sea wall built c1866,is being strengthen'd the length of the prom.with these large precast blocks(i wonder what it will look like)
The BAE Systems Rapier Surface-to-Air Missile System was developed for the British Army to replace their outdated Towed Bofors 40/L70 Anti-Aircraft Guns. The system is unusual as it uses a 'Manual Optical Guidance System' sending Guidance Commands to the Missile in flight over a Radio Link, this results in a high level of accuracy, therefore a large Warhead is not required.
Entering service in 1971, it eventually replaced all other Anti-Aircraft Weapons in service with the British Army, both the Bofors Guns used against Low-Altitude Targets and the Thunderbird Missile used against Longer-Range and Higher-Altitude Targets. As the expected Air Threat moved from Medium-Altitude Strategic Missions to Low-Altitude Strikes, the fast reaction time and high maneuverability of the Rapier made it more effective than either of these Weapons, replacing most of them by 1977. Rapier was later selected by the RAF Regiment to replace their Bofors Guns and Tigercat Missiles. It also saw international sales, as of 2021, it was in the process of being replaced as one of the United Kingdom's Primary Air-Defence Weapons by Sky Sabre.
The first Rapier Units were delivered to the British Army in and the RAF Regiment 1971, in 1981 a new Rapier, FSB1 entered service. It had improved electronics and sensors, in 1990 FSB1 (M) was introduced with improvements to the Optical Tracker, Fire Unit and Radar Tracker. Rapier was at first a daylight fair weather Air Defence System, with the addition of the ''Blindfire'' Radar Tracker, Rapier became an all-weather night and day System.
Each Fire System can cover over 38.6 square miles of sky up to a height of 9,843ft, each Missile travels at over twice the speed of sound, and has a High-Explosive Warhead. During the Falklands War of 1982, Rapier Units were deployed to cover the beachhead at San Carlos, also used in the Gulf War of 1991 and the Iraq War of 2003.
Specifications:-
▪︎Type: Surface-to-Air Missile
▪︎Place of Origin: United Kingdom
▪︎Service History: In Service 1971 to present
▪︎Used By: British Army / RAF Regiment (and many more)
▪︎Wars: Falklands War / Iran–Iraq War / Gulf War
▪︎Designer: British Aircraft Corporation
▪︎Designed: 1963
▪︎Manufacturer British Aircraft Corporation 1963 to 1977 / BAe Dynamics 1977 to 1999 / MBDA UK since 1999
▪︎Produced: 1969 to the 1990's
▪︎Number Built: 25,000 Missiles / 600 Launchers / 350 Radar Units
▪︎Variants: Mk.II "Hittile" / MK.IIB Missile
▪︎Mass: 99lb
▪︎Length: 88in
▪︎Diameter: 5.2in
▪︎Warhead: Blast Fragmentation Explosive Close Proximity Warhead
▪︎Detonation Mechanism: Proximity Triggered Chemical Fuze
▪︎Power Plant: Solid-Fuel Rocket
▪︎Wing Span: 5.4in
▪︎Operational Range: 1,300 to 26,900 ft
▪︎Flight Ceiling: 9,800ft Mk.I Missile / 16,000ft Mk.II Missile
▪︎Maximum Speed: Mach 2.5 / 1,900mph
▪︎Guidance System: Semi-Automatic Command to Line of Sight
▪︎Steering System: Flight Control Surface
▪︎Launch Platform: Vehicle / Towed Trailer.
Left to right: Ambassador Sarah MacIntosh (UK Permanent Representative to NATO) and Gavin Williamson (UK Secretary of State for Defence)
Warden Point Battery - Warden Point, Kent.
World War 2 sea defences at Warden Point on the Isle of Sheppey. The pillboxes have fallen in to the sea due to the eroding coastline on the island.
Israeli Paratrooper Brigade Conducts Exercise In Golan Heights
Israeli army paratroopers advance as their brigade completes a week-long live-fire training exercise December 10, 2009 on the Golan Heights. The Israeli Knesset approved yesterday the first readings of a bill that would require a referendum on any withdrawal from sovereign Israeli territory, such as the Golan Heights, which the Jewish State annexed after capturing the strategic plateau from the Syrians in the 1967 Six Day War.
Tryouts For Nahal's Special Forces
Fresh into the army, IDF soldiers tryout to become an elite soldier in Nahal's special unit, the Gadsar. Soldiers are put through a couple days of intense mental and physical exercises all while having no sense of time and when the tryouts will end. Commanders leading the tryouts refer to each soldier as a number. At the end of the tryouts, the commanders gather and choose the best for the Gadsar. November 28, 2012
Photo by Zev Marmorstein, IDF Spokesperson's Unit
Huge numbers of Garden Snails (Cornu aspersum) were huddled together under the River Thames flood defence walls along the Thames Estuary Path today!
Apparently the correct name for a group of snails is a "Rout" of snails!
Irish Military Static Line Parachute Course
Members of the Irish Defence Force during the Military Static Line Parachute Course at the Defence Forces Training Centre – 29th March 2012
Photos: Sgt Paul Brady
River Dargle Flood Defence Scheme.
These images were taken during the third week of October, 2016.
Adjacent to The People's Park, a large compound is the site of continuing work along this section of the river. Some of the works are nearing completion.
Work here along the riverbank, between Glenwood and The Maltings, involves stabilisation measures (digging out a channel, and dropping in large boulders) intended to reinforce this newly constructed/shaped length of bank.
At the side of the Glenwood Road housing is a little strip of land, which previously culverted a stream. They laid new drainage piping last year. And now, they've neatly finished over with a little waterfall feature. Very pleasing aesthetically. I wonder whether there wlil be public access to a pathway on that opposite bank at some stage, running on towards Killarney Glen?
As recently as the end of September, we'd lauded the neat work the guys had done to complete this little feature.
Someone had obviously found a reason to (judiciously) rip it apart.
Having to re-do something previously completed -- are we seeing a pattern here!
Israeli Soldiers from the Caracal battalion prior to the start of a field training exercise 15th December 2011
Photos: Israel Defence Force
This one is very nice, I saw it then they where building it and on TV, but never when it's finished !
I'm not 100% sure of the facts I have! Please tell me if I've writen something wrong about the buildings and please tell me if I havn't writen anything !
Thank you !
Airbus Defence & Space A400M 'Atlas'
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EC-406 'GRIZZLY 5'
Airbus Defence & Space
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C-17 Globemaster III
Description and Purpose:
The Boeing C-17 Globemaster III is designed to fulfill military and humanitarian airlift
needs well into the 21st century. A high-wing, four-engine, T-tailed aircraft with a rearloading ramp, the C-17 can carry large combat equipment and troops or humanitarian aid
across international distances directly to small austere airfields anywhere in the world.
With a payload of 164,900 pounds, the C-17 can take off from a 7,000-foot airfield, fly
2,400 nautical miles, and land on a small, austere airfield in 3,000 feet or less. The C-17
is equipped with an externally blown flap system that allows a steep, low-speed final
approach and low landing speeds for routine short-field landings.
Customers:
Worldwide, Boeing has delivered 227 C-17s. Boeing’s program of record with the U.S.
Air Force is to design, build and deliver 223 C-17s through September 2012. Boeing has
delivered 207 C-17s to the USAF as of February 2011.
There are 20 C-17s in service with five international customers. In November 2010,
President Obama announced India’s preliminary agreement for the acquisition of 10 C-
17s. The U.S. Congress approved Kuwait’s letter of request in October 2010, regarding
the acquisition of one C-17. In January 2010, Boeing and the United Arab Emirates
announced that the UAE had agreed to acquire six C-17s in 2011 and 2012. The RAF
has acquired seven C-17s; the Royal Australian Air Force and Canadian Defence Forces
have each received four. The 12-nation Strategic Airlift Capability consortium – members
of NATO and Partnership for Peace – received three C-17s in 2009. Qatar, the first
Middle East customer to order C-17s, received two C-17s in 2009 and holds options for
two more.
General Characteristics:
Length: 174 feet (53.04 m)
Height at Tail:
Wing Span to Wingtips:
55.1 feet (16.79 m)
169.8 feet (51.74 m)
Maximum Payload:
At 4,000 nautical miles:
164,900 lbs. (74,797 kg)
100,300 lbs. (45,495 kg)
www.boeing.com/defense-space/military/c17/docs/c17_overvi...
A CH-146 Griffon helicopter from 408 Tactical Helicopter Squadron conducts a fly by on the Commander of 1 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group's Light Armored Vehicle at range 8 at the conclusion of HERAKLES RAM, at 3 Canadian Division Support Base Garrison Wainwright, on April 27, 2016..
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Ex HERAKLES RAM allows teams of shooters to compete in a variety of events, which promote marksmanship, small arms skills, and esprit de corps which are required for success in operations. Events include an obstacle course, combat first aid scenario, Chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear defence (CBRN) scenario, a march, field shooting, and lastly a shooting competition. .
Image by: Corporal Jay Ekin .
Wainwright Garrison Imaging .
WT02-2016-0034-017.
© 2016 DND - MND Canada.
The Gibraltar Defence Police (GDP) is a civil police force which guards and enforces law on Ministry of Defence installations in Gibraltar - such as the airport runway shown here.
A light aircraft has landed and is taxiing down the runway - it isn't generating much interest for the officers who are used to large commercial and military aircraft landing (which to be honest is a lot more interesting). They are probably speaking a mixture of English and Spanish.
Some new sea defence - a few meters in length - appears where the sea has been nibbling at the beach.
Fly Swat
Liverpool FC 1978 Model : Ray Clemence
Design by Bob Paisley
The Legendary 'You'll Never Walk Alone' Model
Ray & Co.
FSA aka Fly Swatter Assistant ...