Theospark, Brit that he is, has a pretty good presence over in EuroLand - which scored him some good pics of German soldiers in Mazar-al-Sharif, the photos courtesy Falli263. There are several more than I shamelessly stole for this link-post.
The chain of command issues in Afghanistan must be making General McKiernan's head hurt (I know they're chapping his staff), and the whole theater suffers from being a) Afghanistan, and b) not the main effort of the US at the moment, and c) Not necessarily the main effort of NATO, given many of the national "caveats" at play - but we do have allies doing some fighting over there, and some dying, too. Within the last week two German soldiers were killed.
First up, a little moment of Gunner's Zen - a Panzer Haubitze 2000 sending a round downrange:
*UPDATE: Turns out we're looking at the Dutch in Afghanistan. H/t, Adger, in the comments.
And here's some German troops who may well be reliving some family history... Landsers hanging around wrecked Soviet armor...
Regardless - good hunting, gentlemen.
The chain of command issues in Afghanistan must be making General McKiernan's head hurt (I know they're chapping his staff), and the whole theater suffers from being a) Afghanistan, and b) not the main effort of the US at the moment, and c) Not necessarily the main effort of NATO, given many of the national "caveats" at play - but we do have allies doing some fighting over there, and some dying, too. Within the last week two German soldiers were killed.
First up, a little moment of Gunner's Zen - a Panzer Haubitze 2000 sending a round downrange:
*UPDATE: Turns out we're looking at the Dutch in Afghanistan. H/t, Adger, in the comments.
And here's some German troops who may well be reliving some family history... Landsers hanging around wrecked Soviet armor...
Regardless - good hunting, gentlemen.
Paul
I admit I've not been following the Germans that closely. Perhaps, Herr Adger, you could provide content...?
Everything's a hip shoot now. Fun, fun, fun! LOL