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TLAM Strike
12-19-10, 12:31 PM
Any of our resident army/marine members know what this is?
http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/2143/vlcsnap2010121912h20m58.jpg
I saw it in a movie (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1559549/) today and was wondering what its called. It has something to do with a forward observation post.
Dowly
12-19-10, 02:30 PM
Looks like LRAS3. :hmmm:

http://www.strategypage.com/military_photos/long_range.aspx

Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmOXCjg9NOU
XabbaRus
12-19-10, 03:35 PM
About the only thing stratgey page is good for.

Nice to know what it is though.
Krauter
12-19-10, 04:07 PM
Not very subtle though..:haha:
DarkFish
12-19-10, 04:13 PM
Any of our resident army/marine members know what this is?What?! TLAM Strike doesn't know what a certain piece of army equipment is? You're obviously a fake! Give back your account to the real TLAM!:stare:


NOW!:stare:


:O:
TLAM Strike
12-19-10, 07:47 PM
Thanks for the info Dowly!

@Darkfish: :haha:
I've said it before army gear is my weak point. :O:
Weiss Pinguin
12-20-10, 11:04 AM
I saw it in a movie (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1559549/) today
On a side note, what did you think of the movie? :hmmm:
TLAM Strike
12-20-10, 11:25 AM
On a side note, what did you think of the movie? :hmmm:

Great film. It never got tedious as some similar movies can be. It gave a good look at whats its like for our troops in Afghanistan.
Molon Labe
12-20-10, 12:13 PM
I didn't care for it. Jumped around too much, very hard for me to follow. :doh:
Dowly
12-20-10, 01:18 PM
Guess it was ok, wasn't too keen to the dramatic style of it, tho.
Weiss Pinguin
12-20-10, 02:57 PM
Guess it was ok, wasn't too keen to the dramatic style of it, tho.
When I first watched it (on NatGeo) I jumped in right before their big firefight where they lose a couple soldiers. At first I wondered if it was a reenactment just because of how it looked. But at the end when I saw the quick 'making of' and saw those cameramen were really right in there with them, put things in a different light when I saw it again later. (seeing those guys breakdown over their casualties was a lot more sobering when I didn't think it was a bunch of actors)

The movie gets 5 stars in my book :yep: