Picture of the day

[big bear]

Nigerian Army marksman on the frontlines against Boko Haram.

Is the rifle an Orsis SE T-5000? Can anyone elaborate on the weapon? Thanks!

 

[StrelokM38]

It's a T-5000 all right. Spent a bit of time this morning looking it up after seeing that picture.

Nice bit of kit for sure!

 

[Canadian Sig]

HOWW! Have you never shot with a Dragunov?

I have one, and I can tell you it's very accurate.

All depend of the shooter.

I have shot the Russian, Hungarian and Iraqi variations and shot them in the company of CANSOF Snipers. I never found them to be better than a DMR level at best. Definitely not a "sniper" platform. Just my experience

 

[Canadian Sig]

Nigerian Army marksman on the frontlines against Boko Haram.

Likely trained by NATO SOF or SF

 

[Gibbs505]

I found most MG34s ran quite well under just about any condition, other than being full of mud. The 42 was a real pain in the butt for cleanliness and a whole bunch of other things, usually caused by belt feeding issues.

Both are great mechanisms and I liked them.

The Tommy in the pic is going to have trouble with that gun. Mostly because he doesn't have a crew member to hold up the belt for smooth feed.

A posed photograph?

 

[diopter]

Majority war photos are.

 

[Buckmastr]

More Nigerians

 

[Buckmastr]

Polish Commando in Kandahar, 2020.

 

[Buckmastr]

Men of the 72nd highlanders who served in the Crimean war, 1854.

 

[Buckmastr]

 

[bearhunter]

A posed photograph?

Definitely

 

[Grizzly Adams]

It's a T-5000 all right. Spent a bit of time this morning looking it up after seeing that picture.

Nice bit of kit for sure!

Corrupt oil money makes that possible in a #### Hole country.

Grizz

 

[Dark Alley Dan]

SturmEichhörnchen.

 

[gewehr76]

SturmEichhörnchen.

sqarreljager

 

[*lawrence]

I'll bet his gloves are lined with squirrel fur.

 

[Buckmastr]

A Russian soldier applies camouflage on his buddy's face in the outskirts of Grozny, 1995, First Chechen War.

 

[Buckmastr]

40 Commando, Royal Marines in Afghanistan.

 

[Buckmastr]

Portuguese Commando sent by the UN to neutralize rebel militia groups in the Central African Republic, 2021.

 

[Buckmastr]

US soldier with a chain of 40mm, M72A7 Law and Remington M2010, Afghanistan.

 

[Buckmastr]