1/01/2011
Some Interesting Pictures
From English Russia.
First, pictures of Soviet troops in Afghanistan. Note, about 1/3 of the way down, the Soviet troop holding a Stinger missile tube. Also, the troops posing in front of the stone Buddhas of Bamian province, which were destroyed by the Taliban.
(Of note, Bamian's population is almost entirely ethnic Hazara Shiites, who were treated brutally by the Taliban. The only ISAF troops in the province are a reconstruction team from New Zealand. There are no Afghan Army troops. And also no Taliban.)
Second, pics of the Russian army in Chechnya. I do find the number of BMP-1s shown to be interesting, since back in the late 90s, when I was a mech infantry platoon leader, we were told that those had been relegated to second line use.
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