what are these funny looking helmets, China-made?

i will find those soldiers funnier if they wear no helmets. :armycool:

made in taiwan, if I am not mistaken...

How true that banana-type magazines are prone to jamming?

Not really, it all depends on the quality of the spring mostly, even a straight clip can make a rifle jam if the spring is too weak to push the round properly.

The funny looking "ballistic helmets" and the soldiers with bullet -proof vests are part of the 3100 pairs of "Force Protection Equipment" recently delivered to the AFP. The vest have a "pocket" in the front and back torso where ceramic plates are inserted. Level of protection of the plates -resistant to 7.62mm ball ammo. The troops are also wearing a new design of "combat rig" recently introduced to the AFP. The event[Camp Aguinaldo] in the picture is the send-off[redeployed from Mindanao] of 1500 troops to Central Luzon with president Arroyo as guest of honor.

These new vests are different from the armor vest[distributed by a makati based firm] in use with the UN contingent of the AFP and the LABde. It is also not the same as the ones in use with the Philippine Marines that has attachments similar the the MOLLE system.

Yes, they look better than the unauthentic special forces get-up of Mark Dacascos of "The Hunt for Eagle One". -Binili yata sa Bayani road ang uniporme, combat rig at pati na yung red-dot sight ng team niya - BADUY at EPAL!

those helmets will look good when its wrapped in the same camo cloth and I believe the Army people will do that, if they had not done it already.

Anong brand yang cellphone mo sir, Nokia or Sony Ericsson? :drunk:

:fire:

He was our assitant commandant before. A very snappy man.

Noki

:sniper:

aside from the radio, the officer is actually holding a cellphone in his left hand :armywink:

Yea, like the helmet this Philippine Marine gunner is wearing...

Soldier near Mayon volcano

note the chicken :thumb:

HULI KA .. KAW PALA DUMEDENGGOY NG MANOK SA AMIN AH.....

:armyLol:

Pangsabong yan bosing :armygrin:

In PA parlance, that chicken is called MNRE - for Meal Not Ready to Eat.

:ssalute:

im surpise if that is in rural combat area why is it the commander of the unit allowed the soldier to carry live chicken yo know its noisy and can alert the enemy of the prsence of the soldiers.

the chicken WAS the enemy hehehehe! :lollol:

.... because in that area they are more concerned about getting hungry than getting shot at... :armyLol:

Its not a combat situation. They're there to setup a perimeter around the volcano. Prevent usis and the like from coming to near when it explodes.

I wonder how they'll cook it: tinola, adobo, or plain roasted? Pucha, gutom tuloy ako ah....

singa lion, that chicken is the army's highly trained early warning device, it cackles when NPA rebels are about to ambush the patrol thus warning the soldiers- i don't think singapore has a similar capability.

yeah, i forgot to tell you that one too, Singa... :armyLol:

The chicken in the backpack made us lighten up and grin at the ability of the Pinoy soldier to make the best out of meager and inadequate food supply. Arguably, its the best chow out there, much much better than precooked MREs. Iba talaga ang sarap ng sabaw manok.

But SL did have a point there, the soldiers assisting the evacuation of residents near Mayon volcano were actually attacked by the uncaring communist terrorists.

Wait till you see the monitor lizard with it's tongue out asking for mercy to be spared from the menu. :drool:

talaga naman iyang mga iyan oo! they attacked the assisting soldiers?! dapat siguro gawan ng directional path ang sumasabog na bulkan para tukoy na tukoy kung saan-saan nagkukuta ang mga tinamaan ng kumag na mga iyan! :fire:

I know you will find this a bit strange, but the Vietcong actually trained ducks to warn them of approaching American soldiers.

A Green Beret team took sometime to figure out why the VC almost always manage to slink out of their camp to escape their assaults, only to learn from an informant that the ducks actually quack to warn the enemy of their approach. :armysmile:

LRB troops

hmmm but theyre not wearing their signature helmets and goggles ...

they got tired of wearing the damn things :demon: