POTD: Norwegian Special Operations Commando in Afghanistan (2005)
POTD, short for Photo Of The Day, is TFB’s daily article series where we try to find the most interesting pictures out there. Did you know that credit for the first-ever color photograph taken goes to the mathematical physicist James Clerk Maxwell? Back in 1861, he unveiled what is to be considered the first durable color photograph.
This family of photos was recently released by the Norwegian Army, and they go back in time as well. The photos were taken in 2005, so fairly early into the conflict. Although the quality of the photos themselves which are probably taken by Special Forces rather than combat photographers, isn’t perfect, they represent some really interesting details in terms of equipment and the environment.
Norwegian Special Forces training Afghan soldiers.
“What I like about photographs is that they capture a moment that’s gone forever, impossible to reproduce.” – Karl Lagerfeld
Photo Source: The Norwegian Army Special Forces / Norwegian Special Operation Commando in Afghanistan. HJK / Forsvaret.
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the first picture is interesting , the ubiquitous usually chinese made small displacement
either 125cc or 250cc (less common but still common) motorcycle . as form of military
transportation. I've read theres also in afghanistan lots of old ukranian and russian made
sidecar rigs (older versions of the current Russian made Ural bikes) and old chinese
750 sidecar rigs also.
of course we all remember from every ww2 movie, the german bmw sidecar bikes and theres
a machine gun mounted on the sidecar .
When the British left India, they left alot of their ww2 era weaponry which was there there in
India, pakistan, also what is now Bangladesh , including thousands of ww2 production
BSA, Triumph , Royal enfield and other single cylinder motorcycles in the 250 to 500cc
displacements creating cottage industries for making locally made spare parts to keep
em going .
I remember vividly when my team caught a ride with the Norwegian SF, in Afghanistan, in 2005. The dudes were awesome, brawlers, like a modern Viking team.