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TLAM Strike 12-19-10 12:31 PM

Question: Army Equipment
 
Any of our resident army/marine members know what this is?
http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/2...1912h20m58.jpg
I saw it in a movie 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...ong_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

Quote:

Originally Posted by TLAM Strike (Post 1556578)
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

Quote:

Originally Posted by TLAM Strike (Post 1556578)
I saw it in a movie today

On a side note, what did you think of the movie? :hmmm:

TLAM Strike 12-20-10 11:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Weiss Pinguin (Post 1557126)
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

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dowly (Post 1557222)
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:


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