tag:www.thedonovan.com,2012://1/tag:www.thedonovan.com,2008://1.9895- 2012-01-06T18:25:17Z Comments for Germans in Afghanistan We're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2010 Movable Type 4.12 tag:www.thedonovan.com,2008://1.9895 2008-10-23T12:30:07Z 2008-10-23T17:02:10Z Germans in Afghanistan The Armorer http://www.thedonovan.com 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:

Dutch Panzer Haubitze 2000 sends a round downrange near Uruzgan, Afghanistan.


*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...

Some German troops who may well be reliving some family history... soldaten hanging around wrecked Soviet armor... this time near Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan

Regardless - good hunting, gentlemen.]]> tag:www.thedonovan.com,2008://1.9895-comment:79543 Comment from fdcol63 on 2008-10-23 fdcol63
Everything's a hip shoot now. Fun, fun, fun! LOL]]> 2008-10-23T20:17:05Z 2008-10-23T20:17:05Z tag:www.thedonovan.com,2008://1.9895-comment:79542 Comment from Pogue on 2008-10-23 Pogue http://ngpogue.blogspot.com/ ]]> 2008-10-23T20:11:52Z 2008-10-23T20:11:52Z tag:www.thedonovan.com,2008://1.9895-comment:79530 Comment from V5 on 2008-10-23 V5 http://seizeadventure.wordpress.com 2008-10-23T16:58:49Z 2008-10-23T16:58:49Z tag:www.thedonovan.com,2008://1.9895-comment:79529 Comment from John of Argghhh! on 2008-10-23 John of Argghhh! http://www.thedonovan.com I found a video that is most likely this howitzer firing from this position.  If the original video was of sufficient quality, this might even be a still from it.]]> 2008-10-23T16:54:16Z 2008-10-23T16:54:16Z tag:www.thedonovan.com,2008://1.9895-comment:79528 Comment from John of Argghhh! on 2008-10-23 John of Argghhh! http://www.thedonovan.com
I admit I've not been following the Germans that closely.  Perhaps, Herr Adger, you could provide content...?]]> 2008-10-23T16:46:20Z 2008-10-23T16:46:20Z tag:www.thedonovan.com,2008://1.9895-comment:79527 Comment from Adger on 2008-10-23 Adger http://tapirherde.blogspot.com/ t3h Germanz") haven't deployed any heavy artillery to the 'stans til now.
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