In pictures: Joint Warrior exercise gets under way

[Christel]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-s ... d-17732511

Scotland being invaded, in a good way :)

[Sandgroper]

After the 2014 referendum it'll be known as Exercise Flodden Field!

[toffe wrapper]

I seam to remember a govt holiday to scotland in 1987 with a similar name

TW

[ovenpaa]

Nice silhouette of a S&B two turn on top of a rifle :cheers:

[froggy]

Salut ,
On the 4th pic there is a radio guy looking at the DZ. He is armed with an AR familly rifle. Who would carry one of those in the British army ? Pathfinders ?

[Dr. Strangelove]

Salut ,
On the 4th pic there is a radio guy looking at the DZ. He is armed with an AR familly rifle. Who would carry one of those in the British army ? Pathfinders ?

My first guess is that it'd be a Danish soldier, not a Pathfinder. I think they're both armed with the Diemaco family of AR15 rifles.

[Watcher]

Nice silhouette of a S&B two turn on top of a rifle :cheers:

But what's the rifle?

[Mike357]

Is it not an LMT Sharpshooter 7.62? Issued to many units primarily in Afghanistan but bound to be some kicking around here.

[Porcupine]

The rifle is a Colt Canada C8SFW - the barrel profile is distinct from the Colt USA rifles which have an M203 notch like this, where as the Colt Canada SFW barrels have a straight profile with a collar added to give the 203s something to latch onto, like the one on the bottom here - the top one is a standard C8 with a plain, skinny barrel).

The paratrooper is a British Pathfinder. British soldiers are changing from DPM to a variant of MultiCam they call Multi-Terrain Pattern which you can see here - matching that in the photograph. The Danish army has no paratroopers and Danish soldiers wear M/84 or M90 Flecktarn style camouflage, like this. Also the standard issue Danish C8 carbines have skinny barrels that lack a 203 notch/collar entirely. The Danish Jægerkorpset use SFWs but they have a tri-rail gas block instead of a front sight. They did used to use a rifle almost identical to the ones in British service though - but the Danish use the crappy old plastic magazines that Diemaco made. The Pathfinders use the new steel mags from HK - and that's what you see in the photo. The Danish use Elcans and Aimpoints but that rifle has an ACOG.

It's not the 7.62 LMT either - mag is too skinny and curved (the LMT uses straight mags), the fore-end is too short (that's a carbine length, the LMT has a mid-length), the stock and pistol grip are different, and it has a front sight post (the LMT rail system covers a low profile gas block).

[ovenpaa]

The Danish army uses both the C7 variants which still appear to be the most widely used, plus the C8 variants including the C8SFW, as far as I know I have shot everything currently issued including the LSV.