“The
L.P.”
By
squinting a bit… you can see Sergeant Ryan Parker’s squad
in them.
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| Photo #1. | Parker’s squad approaching the Bahmad house that would be the L.P. |
| Photo #2. | Sergeant Parker’s wild predawn ride in the ARV as they escape from… The L.P. |
| Photo #3. | The
Iraqi column pursuing the fleeing L.P. squad as their scout motorcycles,
attacked by Parker, Aldrink and Hengfelder, burn in the foreground. |
| Photo #4. | Penya
readying his machinegun emplacement for the ambush by the tree at
the stream. |
| Photo #5. | At
the stream, a helmet-less Parker, Aldrink and Hengfelder lay the ambush
for the pursuing Iraqis. |
| Photo #6. | Stafford
peers over the rock surface while he and the Iraqi women wait for
the dust-off helicopter. |
| Photo #7. | The
Black Hawk “Evac” helicopter as it comes in to pick up
Katra, Mira and the wounded Stafford. |
| What follows now, are photos and facts about some of the equipment talked about in The L.P. |
 Above: The M-923 in The L.P. was just like this one except with an M-60 machinegun mount on the passenger side. |
 Above: A M-923 in Iraq, on fire and burning after being hit with an RPG (rocket propelled grenade) in an ambush/2003. |
| The US M-923 5 ton military transport truck. Used for transporting everything from supplies to weapons to troops, it is the transportation workhorse of the US Army. It was a truck like this that was carrying Parker and his squad when they were ambushed while crossing the Euphrates River. |
Above: Photo of the US Army L250D8 during the first Gulf War/1990
| Each Battalion of the US Army’s 75th Ranger Regiment possesses ten 250cc Kawasaki L250D8 motorcycles. These bikes assist in providing security and Mobility during airfield seizures. They’re most commonly used as listening posts and observation posts (LP & OPs) or as an economy of force screen for early warning. The motorcycles offer the commander tactical mobility and intelligence gathering and were used in both the 1st Gulf War and the 2003 invasion – the current Iraqi Freedom War. Army Ranger Sgt. Toby Hengfelder was riding a bike like this when he fell-in with the L.P. squad. |
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| Russian
Army photos of demonstrations given to Middle Eastern countries
of the Ural M-61K |
| The
Russian-built M-61K Ural military motorcycle. When equipped with a
sidecar, the M-61K is often touted as the AK-47 of motorcycles. The
machine boasts a 650cc engine and is based on an old and proven design
- the 1938 BMW motorcycle. Inexpensive to build, this bike was used
extensively by the Soviet Union during the Cold War. It garnered a
strong record as both a reconnaissance platform and Communications
runner with the Soviets in Afghanistan. Since the Iron Curtain came
down, they’ve been sold heavily to foreign militaries. Many
Middle Eastern countries have them in their arsenals today.
Saddam Hussein’s Fedayeen militia ordered Urals just before
the U.S. invasion of Iraq as part of a defensive strategy that relied
on high mobility. The Iraqi Army’s bikes, like the Soviet
military’s shown above, sported a sidecar-mounted machinegun
as well as various other armament such as rocket propelled grenades
(RPGs) and mortars. It was motorcycles like this that the Iraqi
Special Forces major sent ahead after the fleeing L.P. squad. |
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An
ARV in active service with a Middle-Eastern country. |
An
Iraqi ARV captured during the First Gulf War/1991 |
| The Soviet-made BDRM2. The BDRM is an Amphibious Reconnaissance Vehicle, also known by the abbreviation “ARV”. This vehicle was highly mass-produced by the Soviet Union and other Eastern Block countries during the Cold War. Up-dated versions of the ARV are still in production today due to the unique versatility of this fighting machine. It is amphibious and can operate as a boat in water for river or lake crossings and ocean landings. It can serve as a troop transport, ambulance, communications or weapons platform and in numerous other configurations. A gas-powered lightly armed and armored vehicle, it was and is sold to many Middle Eastern states such as Iraq. And indeed, the Iraqi military possessed many of them in their inventory when the U.S. invaded in the spring of 2003. It was an “ARV” like this that Parker’s squad and the Iraqi women fled in from…”The L.P.” |
And
last but not least,
A promise from our warriors fighting terrorists…everywhere.
A promise from our warriors fighting terrorists…everywhere.
If you
kill the blameless, rape the defenseless or otherwise harm the innocent…..
Then these ‘American Indians’…. will come pay you a visit… some fine morn’n!
Then these ‘American Indians’…. will come pay you a visit… some fine morn’n!
“Apache
Dawn” by Cherokee artist, ‘Two Dogs’
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