3 PARA in Afghanistan

These pictures are from the Daily Mail taken in Afghanistan.

Keeping their heads down makes sense. The GPMG still serves. There is nothing wrong with the 7.62 NATO round.

Waiting for a Chinook to take bodies away.

Waiting for the next one.

Night sights do have their uses.

An RAF Chinook comes in for the bodies of men who got unlucky. Were they serving Queen and Country or a foreign power?

Catch up on your sleep when you can.

Join the Army and see the world. Meet interesting people and kill them - if they don't get you first.

House clearing has its uses.

Waiting for transport? The GPMG is still the gun of choice even though it does weigh 24 lb.

Luxury soldiering with a chair and a view.

They shoot. Ours shoot back. An effective range of 600 yards is useful here.