Today I'm back with another set of photos from the military exhibition I visited last week, organized by special forces. If you have missed the first post about it, you can check it out here.
These gadgets are essential in any operation, without communication making progress is quite impossible.
This one may not be in use anymore (who knows), but I'm sure it served its time successfully, offering assistance to those who were tasked with gathering intel.
Most likely 98% of the visitors had very little to no idea how the displayed firearms or gadgets worked. Those who served (mandatory military service) are quite old now, heading towards 40 or so now. The best thing about the exhibition was that these guys treated everyone with the utmost respect and explained us how the firearms we had in front of us worked.
This is a bomb squad suit we all know from the movies, but I've never seen one in real life. Even if you're at the scene where the bomb is, as a civilian you're evacuated till the bomb squad gets there, so no way you can see one live. But there it was. I was able to touch it. What surprised me was the boots. They were quite heavy.
This was where things started to get interesting. There were handguns at the entrance and you could judge by the number of people who were there, how interesting the items were for them. It was full of teenagers, acting like they were playing video games.
As you can see, there was a great variety to choose from.
Contrary to the situation at the tables, no one was eager to get on the ground to try this gun out. I saw they had a nice cover to protect you from the water and mud and from the cold too. When I was at the army's shooting range, we had to get on the ground, in the mud :).
These were the coolest toys and as you can see, these kids were interested in them. I wish I could give you some description but there were only codes, which may make a lot of sense to those who served, but not the rest. Anyway, you can see what they are :)
A few steps away, you could find yourself in another era, where soldiers were using cannons and swords. That man was teaching the boy how to use a sword. It was quite cool actually.
Then there was this snowmobile, which can be crucial in certain circumstances.
Appropriate clothing is also part of the game and there were plenty here, of all kinds.
The boots were absolutely amazing. There was no price tag on any of them as this was no exhibition with sale, but here's their website, you can check it out: -> Haix They have some very cool products, Gore-Tex too. Good to know where to look in case you need something solid and unusual, I mean not street wear.
While looking at these boots I was thinking of the soldiers in Ukraine, how they were using sanitary pads in their boots to keep them warm or dry, or both.
It was interesting to see these these clothes and footwear.
A tent and sleeping bag, which is a must if they are spending time outside.
Funny thing that there were cameras everywhere and screens too.
What you see on the right is a MAKpro 5-25x56i HD is the ultimate long range riflescope for long distances and large calibers. Yes, you guessed it correctly. I cheated. There was an owner manual there, so I ran a search based on what it says on the manual.
I don't even want to imagine how much this equipment weights. Actually weight was the keyword in quit many places, but I'll tell you about that in my next post.
So, any preferences? What would you choose from here?
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