Today the Indonesian Army received delivery of 16 more Leopard 2RI MBTs. All photos credited to 14aste.











This post has been edited by azriel: Dec 28 2016, 03:31 PM

Bangladeshi fishermen claim Myanmar navy attacked trawler



DHAKA: Four Bangladeshi fishermen were injured when Myanmar's navy allegedly opened fire on them while they were fishing along the countries' troubled border in the Bay of Bengal, an official said Wednesday (Dec 28).

A group of 14 fishermen, four of whom have been hospitalised with bullet wounds, told coastguard officials that a Myanmar navy ship had entered Bangladeshi waters and opened fire on their trawler on Tuesday.

"They said the navy ship started firing on them without any warning," coastguard officer Saiful Absar told AFP by phone from southern Saint Martin's Island, which is close to where the alleged incident happened.

"Four fishermen were injured. They had bullet wounds all over their hands and feet," he said, adding they had been taken to a hospital in the coastal district of Cox's Bazar.

The coast guard is investigating whether the Myanmar Navy had intruded into Bangladesh's territorial waters, he added.



The incident comes as tensions along Bangladesh's southeastern border with Myanmar's Rakhine state run high, after Myanmar's military launched a massive crackdown on Rohingya Muslims in October.

Myanmar's army says it is hunting militants behind deadly raids on police posts.

But Rohingya survivors have described rape, murder and arson at the hands of soldiers - accounts that have raised global alarm and galvanised protests around Southeast Asia.

More than 34,000 Rohingya have since fled to Bangladesh, which has deployed extra border guards to prevent a large-scale influx of refugees.

Thousands of the fleeing refugees have been sent back to Myanmar by Bangladeshi border guards.



More than 230,000 Rohingya already live in Bangladesh, most of them illegally, although around 32,000 are formally registered as refugees.

But Dhaka is wary of accepting more Rohingya fearing it would encourage the Buddhist-majority country to push more of the stateless minority into densely populated Bangladesh, amid growing local resentment over the new arrivals.



Amnesty International has said Myanmar's military has committed atrocities against the minority group which are tantamount to "crimes against humanity", while Human Rights Watch published satellite images showing hundreds of burned down houses in Rohingya villages.

- AFP/nc

Those days when we had to buy our own boots for jungle training.

http://www.janes.com/article/66550/indones...er-early-trials

wtf lel

Two killed after National Guard's AH-64 Apache helicopter crashes off Texas coast





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They aren't as durable or hardwearing as full-leather or synthetic-material boots. The OD canvas top especially will fade and rot quite fast if it gets wet regularly.

But by god are they comfy to wear in the jungle.

This post has been edited by MilitaryMadness: Dec 29 2016, 02:52 PM

The perils of a having a citizen army.

Viral Instagram Account Highlights Women of the Israeli Defense Forces



An Instagram account called Hot Israeli Army Girls features women carrying assault rifles both in service uniform and sexy bikinis, and has racked up thousands of followers.

All Jewish Israeli citizens are required to complete national service when they turn 18 years old – including girls, who must serve a minimum of two years in the armed forces, according to the Daily Mail.



But when these young women are not dealing with heavy machinery and kicking ass in training, they are flaunting their fit bodies, posing for pictures in their underwear or bikinis and posting photos of themselves basking in the sun.



Israeli girls are deployed to active, frontline duties during the same years their Western counterparts might be going to college or getting their first jobs, noted The Sun.



On the Instagram account dedicated to beautiful female Israeli soldiers, images of the young women, most of whom are in their late teens and early twenties, pose in their military garb and are juxtaposed with their bikini shots.



The Hot Israeli Army Girls page has already gained more than 59,000 followers as of this writing, and more than 2,000 photos of different stunning soldiers have been uploaded.



However, the account, which encourages followers to send in pics of attractive female troops via email, has not posted a new photo in 77 weeks.



According to the Daily Mail, the Israel Defense Forces said that they have punished a group of women for “unbecoming behavior” after some pictures appeared on local news sites.

http://nextshark.com/hot-israeli-army-girls-instagram/

meh their locker picture and video lagi hawtt!

http://alert5.com/2016/12/28/that-time-whe...rier-off-guard/

Indonesian Army Leopard 2RI MBT new batch arrivals. Credit to Carlos.



https://www.instagram.com/p/BOjITA1gQQw/

The tougher it got, the harder they fought









A sea-sickness inducing amphibious mission, a bumpy helicopter ride and a fast-paced urban assault kept the troops on their toes and tested their teamwork and fighting spirit.

More than 2000 troops from the Singapore Armed Forces and the Australian Defence Force took part in a complex and massive joint exercise that also involved an array of land, air and sea assets at the Freshwater Bay Training Area in Queensland, Australia.

Watch this video for the full action!

Japanese Coast Guard vessels to be handed over to MMEA during LIMA '17

The Japanese Coast Guard will hand over one of the the offshore patrol vessels it had agreed to transfer to the Malaysian Maritime enforcement Agency (MMEA) during LIMA '17 military exhibition show early next year. The other patrol vessel will be handed over shortly after. Japan will also bear the costs of cleaning and refurbishment of the patrol vessels prior to the handover.

The two 1,000 ton-class patrol vessels, JCG Erimo (PL-02) and JCG Oki (PL-01) high endurance patrol vessels are being transferred to the Malaysians to upgrade its own patrol capabilities in the South China Sea. While both vessels were commissioned in the lathe 1980s and early 1990s, the vessels remain capable of conducting long patrols, in excess of 3,000 kilometers. These vessels are set to be the largest and most capable vessels the MMEA will currently operate. Both vessels will also be able to operate helicopters from their landing decks.


JCG Erimo

The South China Sea region has been in high tensions recently, with the underlying maritime territorial disputes there heating up as Beijing has started construction of military-capable installations on the islands it claims as it own in the South China Sea.

The vessels will be stationed each in Kuantan and Kota Kinabalu.

The Indonesian Navy received three new 28m Patrol Boats built by local shipyard PT Tesco Indomaritim on Wednesday December 28, 2016.

I like design, very suitable for MMEA or RMN as patrol boat too. should be able to provided endurance 3 day in sea。
seems Indo shipyard able to design/built so many modern patrol boat, but our shipyard no have this capability 。。。

This post has been edited by waja2000: Dec 30 2016, 02:05 PM

question is, did the US know/not know the sub was there. this pic doesn't prove that...

Why nowadays every so often sure got new assault rifle tech like SCAR, ACR or whatnot coming out. On the other hand why so rare to see significant new infantry machineguns tech coming out? See squad brand new rifles but still carry MGs designed in the 1950s like FN MAG or M60.

Photo by IPC Car Terminal Tanjung Priok



http://www.janes.com/article/66604/indones...in-battle-tanks

the role of the MG for infantry has become less significant/effective especially after the development of mechanized units