Equipment & Vehicles

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This is a collection of pictures of some of the equipment we were using in our platoon. Just some, because showing all would implicate a national security risk ;o)
Anyway, there are a few people here too...

Click on the photos to see a larger version in a new browser window. All photos are taken September 1999 - June 2000.


Mercedes Benz
Two MB 240s, and a an MB 300 (to the right). I was driving both models. (MB = Mercedes Benz)
My MBs
Here's another photo of the two MBs I was driving (although not simultaneously...). Photo taken March 2000.
German MB
Here's a German MB (Feldjäger), during the multinational excercise Joint Winter 2000.
Boys and Cars
A few of the guys in front of some MBs (doing maintenance). From the left: Augland, Grønli, Embretsen (that's me), Vikesund.
Embo i BV
That's me again, hanging from the top of a BV-206 with an open engine. (BV = BelteVogn) [TG]
Visitors/Parking
Periodic maintenance and counting everything can be really boring... [TG]
Stridsrasjon
The food we got sometimes during excercises ("stridsrasjon"). [TG]
Starshaped BVs
Learing how to maneuver a BV... [TG]
Arty
Photo from an official display of military vehicles at Bardufoss Airport. This is artillery-stuff, and you can se an MLRS there in the back. [TG]
Chopper in the air
A helicopter doing stunts at the same show, June 2000. [TG]
Tanks in action
Two tanks in action, at the show mentioned earlier... [TG]
Digging up a BV
Private Vikesund, digging up his BV from the huge amounts of snow... [TG]

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© John H. Embretsen 2001