Het Korps Commandotroepen (KCT) wordt weer geleid door een commandant die de groene baret draagt. Tijdens een speciaal ochtendappel heeft kolonel Rob Querido, C-KCT, namelijk uit handen van de Commandant Landstrijdkrachten (C-LAS), luitenant-generaal Rob Bertholee, …
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This gallery contains images taken by DDP during an exercise in riverine operations by Dutch Special Forces on the Caribbean island of Curaςao in November 2009.
Our images appeared in the January edition of the Dutch FHM and issue 10/2009 of Landmacht, the official Dutch army monthly magazine.
Voor militairen die in Afghanistan gediend hebben is er nu een bijzonder aandenken te koop, het Afghanistan Memorial Knife (AMK). Dit speciale mes is ontworpen door de gerenommeerde Rotterdamse messenmakers Albert en Frans van den …
In de eerste week van september hebben zwaarbewapende luchtmobiele infanteristen van 11 Infanteriebataljon (Air Assault) ‘Garde Grenadiers en Jagers’, bij het Zeeuwse plaatsje Bath-Rilland, hun tanden getoond. Dit gebeurde op en rond de brug over …
This gallery contains images taken by DDP during an exercise in riverine operations by Dutch Special Forces on the Caribbean island of Curaςao in November 2009.
Our images appeared in the January edition of the Dutch …
Het Korps Commandotroepen (KCT) wordt weer geleid door een commandant die de groene baret draagt. Tijdens een speciaal ochtendappel heeft kolonel Rob Querido, C-KCT, namelijk uit handen van de Commandant Landstrijdkrachten (C-LAS), luitenant-generaal Rob Bertholee, …
In 2006 I wrote an article about eye safety and the importance of good eye-protection. Since that story many stunning looking spectacles by famous brands have flooded the market. But do they all meet the …
Why are they coming out of the water shooting a 9mm? That weapon will only hit a target up to around 50 meters if you are good… I know they are professionally trained frogmen but no one can hit a target with a Glock 17 from the water at 50 to 200 meters which is realistically what kind of shot you looking at in a rough surf environment. Why not just use the C-8.?.
Hi Todd, the C8, like all M4 family rifles and carbines does not have a water-drain. That means water will get into the gastube and stay there until the weapon is cleaned. If you fire the weapon it will most probably blow up. The Glock 17M (M for modified, not maritime) does have a drain. Apparently it is not possible to modify the C8.
I witnessed this exercise, hence the photographs, and these guys do hit their targets.