Showing posts with label Australian Army. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Australian Army. Show all posts

Wednesday, June 16, 2010

Australian Special Forces clearing operations.

An Australian Special Operations Task Group soldier takes aim during the Shah Wali Kot Offensive. (Date taken: June 2010)
An Australian Special Operations Task Group soldier observing a 500lb bomb strike an insurgent position during the Shah Wali Kot Offensive. (Date taken: June 2010)
An Australian Special Operations Task Group soldier observing the valley during the Shah Wali Kot Offensive. (Date taken: June 2010)
Afghan Officers from the Provincial Police Response Company and Australian Special Operations Task Group Soldiers lift off in a UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter as part of the Shah Wali Kot Offensive. (Date taken: June 2010)
Afghan Officers from the Provincial Police Response Company and Australian Special Operations Task Group Soldiers wait to lift off in UH-60 Blackhawk helicopters as part of the Shah Wali Kot Offensive. (Date taken: June 2010)
AH-64 Apache attack helicopters lift off to support Afghan National Security Forces and Australian Special Operations Task Group Soldiers as part of the Shah Wali Kot Offensive. (Date taken: June 2010)

Tuesday, June 01, 2010

Australian Light Armored Vehicles.

The Australian Army has this listed on their site under Project Land 112.  Their classification system is confusing.  How they cobble that together with images of the ASLAV operating and deploying to Afghanistan is beyond me.

Update*
Army-Technology.com has a news release that Project Land 112 is the designation of an upgrade program for the ASLAV.  More info here.  It would seem that a Australia is embarking on a similar upgrade path that led the Marine Corps to the LAV-25A2.
An Australian Light Armoured Vehicle gathers dust as it climbs a feature north of Tarin Kowt.
Australian Light Armoured Vehicles provided security with superior firepower during the 18 hr Tor Ghar journey across the Oruzgan and Kandahar desert.
A refurbished Australian Light Armoured Vehicle destined for the 1st Mentoring Task Force rolls onto Afghanistan soil at Multinational Base Tarin Kowt.