Former 22 SAS operator & Pathfinder Christian Craighead (Obi Wan Nairobi) during his heroic actions against terrorists in a Kenyan hotel in January 2019. Kitted out in Crye & Armani with a Colt Canada C8 (L119A2) / Sig Romeo 4T / Surefire suppressor. [382 × 599]

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So hyped for RE Village thought I'd put some effort into an Ethan cosplay

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United States Marine Corps Scout Sniper team [900 × 613]

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Navy SEAL with M14, Operation Desert Storm [735 x 1117]

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South Korean Special Warfare Forces Commando moves through frozen waters during cold weather exercise, Pyeongchang. [620 x 387]

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Mikhail Kalashnikov [410 x 600]

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22 SAS trooper with his MPC (multi purpose canine). MPCs are trained to find explosives, chase down human targets, detect hidden threats, rappel down helicopters, Parachute from airplanes even go on maritime operations from Zodiacs. (720 x 712)

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FSB Spetsnaz operator [1080 × 1080]

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US Army Huey 'Birth Control', Vietnam [736 x 608]

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Green Beret rocking the Tiger Stripe during Vietnam. [559×1000]

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A whole lotta love! The GAU-19/A (GECAL 50) is an electrically-driven rotating three barrel machine gun in .50 BMG! [1000 × 586]

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A Swedish soldier firing the then, newly issued AK5 (FN FNC) on full auto. Late 1980’s. [710 x 960]

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US soldier with a pimp chain of 40mm, M72A7 Law, Remington M2010 and pair of combat flip flops. Afghanistan. [640 x 847]

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Soviet Sergeant Vladimir Ilyin sniper that shot a Mujahideen chief commander from a record distance of 1350 meter away from his sniper rifle. That’s over one kilometer away or over 4,449 feet. Afghanistan 1985. [ 700 x 433 ]

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Two SAS troopers in CT 'black kit' apparently the origins of the black kit were actually green army boiler suits dyed black. - One trooper has a H&K MPK and the Second trooper with a Browning Hi-Power conducting dynamic room entries during training in Herefords famous Killing House. [534×433]

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Estonian Erioperatsioonide vaejuhatus Operator with HK 417 and Quad nods (GPNVG-18) [564 × 846]

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Ghillied up. A British sniper from 5 SCOTS with a L115A3 (centre) and French snipers of the 8th Marine Infantry Parachute Regiment train together at Exercise Boar's Head, Otterburn Training Area, Northumberland. (3712 x 2712)

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MACV SOG, Vietnam. [640 x 798]

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Huey door gunner firing minigun, Vietnam War, 1971 [634 x 793]

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SAS firearms painted camo for operations in Afghanistan - “Rattle Can” jobs is not about personalization but increasing its tactical capabilities without impairing its ability to function and to blend into the environments around them - 870, M4 Camo [538×592]

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Spetsnaz SOBR operators with a VANT-VM ballistic shield, AK-74M - EOTech 512 sight+Molot mag, AK-105 with a Hexagon suppressor with another EOTech, Impact headsets, Zenitco rails, and LShZ-1+ helmets [2203 × 1327]

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Ukrainian sisters in arms [720 x 960]

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The failed XM29 OICW, once a contender for the US Army's M16A2 replacement program, The US Army has been on the hunt for a new rifle for nearly 30 years to replace the rifles it currently fields in its infantry units. H&K G11 & XM8 also failed to make the grade. [1200 × 676]

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Jagdkommando soldier Austrian special forces equipped with Steyr assault rifle [564×846]

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A Polish Surgeon operator of the JW GROM during a low light exercise [960×956]

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US Special Operation Soldiers in Somalia. [1440 × 891]

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Ukrainian Sniper [615 x1045]

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British Pathfinders insert into Southern Ukraine - part of exercise Joint Endeavour 2020 first in! [1080x1080]

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Christian Craighead (MBE CGC) 22 SAS Operator. The Dusit D2 luxury hotel complex in Nairobi was attacked by jihadists from the al-Shabaab terror group. He is reported to have shot dead two terrorists and helped save hundreds of lives supporting the rescue op with Kenyan Forces. 2019 [826×854]

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Former WBC boxing champion & mayor of Kyiv Vitali Klitschko mans a machine gun as a soldier of the Ukrainian reserves, his brother Wladimir has also joined in the fight against Russia. [864 x 1026]

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MG 74. Jagdkommando, Austrian Special Forces [564 × 352]

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Ukrainian soldier letting rip with a PK General Purpose Machine gun [2909 × 1999]

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22 SAS operator Christian Craighead MBE CGC during the Al Shabaab terrorist attack at the Dusit2 Hotel complex in Nairobi, 2019. [720 x 654]

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Navy SEALs fast roping onto a boat carried by a Chinook helicopter [736 x 458]

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United States Navy E-5 with a custom M14, featuring an M60 foregrip, shortened barrel, chopped stock and 40-round magazine. [475 x 720]

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Ukrainian machine gunner. [479 x 960]

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British SAS CT team during training making entry into a killing house using a 870 Remington magnum shotgun, last man on the entry team with a H&K MP5 and a Halligan bar [416×537]

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US Marine using a .50cal M2 Browning heavy machine gun with scope near Khe Sanh, Vietnam, 1968 [590×584]

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Russian Spetsnaz FSB Alpha operators in a column, the front man with an armoured shield moving with a Falcatus armored car. [1000 x 662]

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Chinese soldier firing a 40mm Norinco LG5 'Sniper' Grenade Launcher. [850 × 430]

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US Air Force JTACs (Joint Terminal Attack Controllers) wave to an A-10 Hog [1024 × 642]

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Ukrainian SOF [734 x 490]

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British SBS and US CAG / Delta Force pose for a photo during the operation to kill Osama Bin Laden & dismantle terrorist networks in the Tora Bora region of Afghanistan. December 2001. [600 x 447]

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Hopefuls on UKSF selection - Phase 3: Escape and Evasion & Tactical questioning. Three days wearing World War 2 vintage coats with instructions to make their way to a series of waypoints without being captured by a very strong hunter force. [720 x 874]

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Imperial German Sturmtruppen (Storm Trooper) advancing through gas with a MP 18 sub machine gun, World War 1. [500 x 333]

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John A. Chapman. US Combat Controller that fearlessly charged two enemy bunkers, capturing one killing all Taliban, despite mortal wounds he fought on to the end saving the SEAL team he was inserted with at the Battle of Takur Ghar, 2002. Posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor in 2018 [1024×683]

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Former British Operator (sniper specialist / point man) and host of 'SAS - Who Dares Wins' during operations in Afghanistan with British SBS, 2009. [590 x 590]

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Ukrainian Special Forces with GPNVG-18 quad NVGs and Malyuk bullpup assault rifles. [735 x 491]

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Chris Redfield's desk contents at the RPD - brilliant RE artwork by Kerri Aitken check out her other work here - https://kerriaitken.tumblr.com/post/182814703846/resident-evil-2

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GIGN operator with a MR73 Sniper Revolver in .357 Magnum 1990s [626 × 960]

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GIGN Sniper carrying out overwatch from a helicopter. [1200 x 799]

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How loud is and hot does the barrel of a MG 3 get? Also i'm fairly sure it comes with a folding bipod - Anyway... Contact front! [682 × 682]

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French troops onboard a EC 725 Caracal [735 x 489]

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British Pathfinder with a C8 - 2020 [1080×1350]

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Eugene Stoner on the range with the Heckler & Koch G11, a prototype assualt rifle during the US Army Advanced Combat Rifle Program. None of the four contestants were deemed good enough to replace the M16A2. [342 x 246]

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Irish Sniper with a AI (accuracy international) .50 sniper rifle [3166 × 1770]

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Soldier carrying the new Rheinmetall, the 40mm fire support weapon is the world’s first automatic, magazine-loaded, shoulder-fired grenade launcher designed like an assault rifle. Eurosatory defence and security trade show 2022. [834 × 532]

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Ukrainian soldier with his fur missile combat pup. [564 × 676]

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Serbian combat diver - 93rd diving company [563×556]

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Jeep QuietKat Combat E-Bike for potential use by SF units that need to be almost silent, with rifle holder on handlebars and solar panels for battery charging with a range of nearly 60 miles and silent 1,000w motors. [640 x 360]

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A U.S. Army soldier on operations with the 101st Airborne Division returns fire with a M249 against Taliban forces, valley of Barawala Kalet, Kunar province, Afghanistan, 2011. [700 x 350]

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Tyrant!

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British Pathfinder Heli Sniper keeping overwatch and fire support [1080×1350]

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Ukrainian soldiers on the eastern front [410×580]

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Russian Spetsnaz with a VKS sniper rifle. [564×564]

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British CTSFO elite firearms officers that work closely with SF for a CT role. SIG MCXs, Rem 870, AI sniper rifle, Glock 17s, ballistic sheilds, Door Rams, Cutting equipment, Halligan bar, etc. 2016. [962 x 678]

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Tactical air control with 147th air support operations Squadron and A-10 Warthog flies overhead April 12, 2016. [736 x 719]

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South Korean Special Warfare Commando's patrol through frozen waters during cold weather exercise with internally suppressed Daewoo Telecom K7 9mm submachine guns, Pyeongchang. [564 × 375]

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MACV-SOG, Vietnam. [505 x 602]

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What are the advantages to choosing the Recruit?

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British Pathfinders providing cover, with a Merlin helicopter in the background. [1000 x 664]

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The cover of ‘YANK’ Magazine, Continental Edition of January 14, 1945, entitled “PRESENT ARMS” it featured Pfc. Robert Leigh and his collection of enemy weapons taken by the 83rd Infantry Division during the Battle of the Hurtgen Forest. (MP.38 and MP.40’s, an MG.34 and an MG42) [573×841]

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Desert Sniper by KILLART

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British Special Forces operators equipped with rarely seen HK51's (G3/HK91 variant) basically an MP5 that fires 7.62mm! [640 × 1103]

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Turkish Army Special Forces with a custom made Enduro [1080 × 985]

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'Air Troop SAS' military painting by Stuart Brown [735x490]

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22 SAS CT team Operator armed with H&K MP5, cut down Remington pump action shotgun, Browning Hi Power and a mustache thats deadly at up to 300 meters, 1980s [640 × 641]

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Pro Russia Separatist in the Donetsk People's Republic, Ukraine armed with the Donchanka single shot .50 anti material rifle the so called 'anti-sniper rifle'. [797 × 1000]

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Ukrainian SOF Member carrying a Malyuk 5.45x39 mm Bullpup Assault Rifle equipped with Aimpoint CompM4 Red-Dot Sight and AN/PEQ-15 ATPIAL-C Laser Aiming System with IR Illuminator and Tactical Flashlight. Also has GPNVG-18 quad NODs. [515 × 640]

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A sniper with C Company, 2 Royal Anglian looks through the scope of a suppressed L115A3 during an operation in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, 2014. [600 x 375]

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US marine, Vietnam War. “Sir, maybe I was trying to suggest something about the duality of man, sir.” [585 x 863]

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SBS operator and handler with his military dog Kuno, carrying the injured Belgian malinois to medics for treatment from gunshots sustained in both of Kuno's hind legs during a night raid targeting al-Qaeda extremists. For bravery and devotion to duty he was awarded the Dickin medal. [920 × 1150]

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Larry K Allen from US 75th Ranger Regiment on a jump whilst with B Squadron 22 SAS. CSM Allen attended and passed SAS selection on a US-UK exchange program, he went through every requirement that was mandatory for service. Allen was badged and served three years with The Regiment [1080×1194]

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A captured German Luftwaffe bomber crewman takes a drink from a British soldier after baling out of his aircraft, August 1940. [865×658]

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Everyone have a good Christmas period after a challenging 2020 - 'Allyness saves lives' Santa Claus [1080×675]

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SAS CT operators playing the role of the 'bad guys' against other British CT army and police units during an exercise to simulate an attack at the Trafford Centre, Manchester 2016 [898 × 701]

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Two photos of a New Zealand SAS trooper in full CT 'black kit'. The left has a H&K MP5SD, the right has a H&K MP5 both have a claw mounted Maglite not just for light but with the torch zeroed to the sights to 'point shoot' a CQB shooting method - 1980 [884×600]

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Ukrainian special forces / Spetsnaz operators with GPNVG-18 quad nods and Fort 224 suppressed assualt rifles. 2019. [962 x 642]

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UK SAS trooper from the CTT outside the famous 'Killing House', along with fire resistant overalls and body armour he is equipped with a HK MP5 (fitted with a torch), Browning Hi power, stun grenades and a respirator with flash hood / optics. 1989. [2774 x 3538]

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Two Soviet GRU Spetsnaz operators pose with an M16A1 and a G3A4 used by Mujahideen fighters. Soviet Afghanistan conflict c.1980s. [500 x 372]

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Members of private military company (PMC) Executive Outcomes, most likely former members of the South African Defence Force on operations against RUF rebel forces in Sierra Leone 1994 [799×646]

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Nigerian police? Don't know where to start with this one, thought it was funny - who trained this guy? I suppose at least he's got trigger discipline haha [570×572]

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Ukrainian soldier training with an NLAW (next-generation light anti-armour weapon) provided by the UK. Ukrainian soldiers defied an advance on Kharkiv using NLAWs destroying Russian Tanks and damaging APCs on the outskirts of the city. [700 × 467]

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Navy SEAL, VBSS (Visit, board, search, and seizure), 1990's. [532 × 960]

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French Operators from 1st RPIMa on operations in Afghanistan. [720 x 664]

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Crew Chief Sgt, A. Co. 2-25, Combat Aviation Brigade, attached to 2nd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, dismounts the 240 Bravo Machine Guns from the UH-60 Black Hawk. Iraq. [680 x 1002]

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US Marines testing the IXI Drone Killer a prototype DOD counter-unmanned aerial system [3200 × 2133]

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22 SAS trooper from the CT team testing some futuristic looking tech for its time (not the maglite) early 1990s [1080 × 1129]

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Navy Lieutenant Commander Donald D. Sheppard lining up a bow with a flaming arrow cocked and loaded in the direction of a bamboo hut that was hiding a fortified enemy (Viet Cong) bunker from a patrol boat on the banks of the Bassac River near Binh Thuy in South Vietnam on December, 8 1967 [1024×689]

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Ukrainian Sniper Team [480 x 360]

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22 SAS patrol (Andy McNab from the ill fated Bravo Two Zero call sign on the left) [1000 × 625]

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Combat Diver from the Swedish 202nd Coastal Ranger Company or Kustjagarna (KJ) [828×1016]

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Operators of the Irish Army Ranger Wing posing with their weapons and Avon tactical gas masks. [770 x 511]

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A Canadian Joint Task Force 2 (JTF2) Sniper team. In June 2017, an unnamed sniper from JTF2, surpassed the 2009 record for longest recorded sniper kill by over 1,000 m (1,100 yd), with a 3,540 m (3,871 yd) shot in the Iraqi Civil War using a McMillan Tac-50 with .50BMG ammo [800×445]

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U.S. Admiral William H. McRaven (far right), CSM Chris Faris and a pair of 22 SAS troopers. During the hunt for “high value targets” in Iraq, the SAS were working closely with American 1-SFOD Delta and the SEAL Team Six. [1080 × 752]

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British SBS Operators securing an LZ on operations in Afghanistan [746 × 746]

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Hunting High Value Targets...

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22 SAS

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SAS troopers shown during VIP protection training with a MP5K and what looks like the arse end of a Vauxhall Cavalier? Early '90s [947×782]

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Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces sniper Abu Tahsin al-Salhi also known as “The Sheikh of Snipers” and “Hawk Eye” - he is credited with killing over 384 ISIS members during the Iraqi Civil War. [564×1002]

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West German GSG-9 officer armed with a scoped H&K MP5SD submachine gun. [537 × 600]

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22 SAS and Delta operators training together, Hereford, UK. [736 x 530]

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A Ukrainian soldier stands in front of a seized Russian tank outside Kharkiv, Feb 2022. [900 × 506]

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British Pathfinder from 16th Air Assault Brigade. Pathfinders lead the way. [736 x 466]

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Chris Ryan (MM) former B Squadron 22 SAS was a member of Bravo Two Zero, an eight man SAS patrol sent behind enemy lines to find and destroy Iraqi SCUD missile launchers during the First Gulf War in January 1991. Ryan holds the longest escape and evasion in history 180 miles (290km) - [1950x3000]

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A Gurkha soldier from 1RGR on patrol during an exercise in Kenya. [1080×1350]

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F-5 Tiger cockpit with Aircraft carrier below - photo by Jose Fuji Ramos [564 × 846]

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British Soldier (possibly SAS or 14 INT) with an L1A1 with IWS and camo hand guard, during the troubles, Ireland. [735 x 529]

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Long Range Patrol Droid 90

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Dutch Operator with his K9 [720 x 876]

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A boat gunner loving life ripping through the ammo of a M134 Minigun - the M134 is a 7.62×51mm NATO six-barrel rotary machine gun with a high rate of fire (2,000 to 6,000 rounds per minute) [1200×800]

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Turkish Gendarmerie Sniper With a Dragunov And His Secondary Weapon Akm [1080×1350]

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Rangers assigned to 2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, fire at an enemy bunker during Task Force Training on Camp Roberts, Calif., Feb. 1, 2014. Rangers constantly train to maintain their tactical proficiency. [5760 x 2744]

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Former 22 SAS Sergeant Steven Billy Mitchell (Andy McNab) CBE, DCM, MM. With the same kit (M16/203, belt kit containing ammo, water, rations, 100L bergen, TACBE, comms, etc.) he was deployed with on the mission that he was the patrol commander of - Call sign: Bravo Two Zero. 1991. [368 x 513]

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Desert scout [736 x 734]

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French GCP commando (Groupement des Commandos Parachutistes) gives a thumbs up before exiting the helicopter. [736 x 733]

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I really miss Outbreak, they had such an intense fun mode that so many unfortunate people missed out on - shame they didnt keep the mode along with t-hunt, could do with a few missions on outbreak - was loads of fun!

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Hunk, time to gear up and get on the heli, Operation Nestwrecker is go. Infiltrate the Nest with your team and retrieve the G Virus samples from Birkin. Failure is not an option!

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Members of Alpha Company 40 Commando training in the new Royal Marines Vehicle, the Polaris MRZR-D4 at MAGCTC in California during GREEN DAGGER, Oct, 2021 [600 x 900]

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The ambitious Russian future soldier battle armour system called 'Sotnik'. It's defense capabilities will exceed that of all existing body armour, apparently even direct fire from the .50 BMG. The fourth-generation Sotnik is expected to replace the Ratnik in 2025. [924 × 1000]

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A Royal Marine lands on the bridge wing of HMS Tamar using a Gravity Industries Daedalus jetpack as an insertion method during a test exercise, 2021. [643 x 361]

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US Navy SEALs [736 x 736]

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