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Title: Just wondering...
Post by: Rino on November 29, 2011, 05:16:39 PM
     Anyone have any idea what this is all about?

(http://good-wallpapers.com/pictures/10699/Tank%20and%20Helicopter.jpg)

     Maybe a prelude to a heavy lift?
Title: Re: Just wondering...
Post by: Seanaldinho on November 29, 2011, 05:19:19 PM
That would be my guess since their are chains on both sides.

Nice pic though.
Title: Re: Just wondering...
Post by: GNucks on November 29, 2011, 05:20:00 PM
The tracked vehicle is conducting en-route refueling, nothing special.
Title: Re: Just wondering...
Post by: Rino on November 29, 2011, 05:42:09 PM
     Maybe it's jump starting the -53?  You know the old "put it in 2nd gear and pop the clutch!" thing  :D
Title: Re: Just wondering...
Post by: Seanaldinho on November 29, 2011, 05:47:41 PM
The tracked vehicle is conducting en-route refueling, nothing special.

That was my second guess but I thought the refuel-53's had the extra big side pylon thingies :headscratch:

Like this one ---> http://www.g2mil.com/KCH-53X.htm
Title: Re: Just wondering...
Post by: Melvin on November 29, 2011, 05:54:11 PM
Looks like photoshop to me.  :headscratch:
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Post by: Masherbrum on November 29, 2011, 06:16:37 PM
Looks like photoshop to me.  :headscratch:

Slow news day in the Hiawatha forest eh?
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Post by: TinmanX on November 29, 2011, 06:20:25 PM
Looks like photoshop to me.  :headscratch:
I'd have to agree.
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Post by: RightF00T on November 29, 2011, 09:51:11 PM
And within seconds, Tobias quickly figured out why parking was so cheap that Saturday.  :rofl
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Post by: Saxman on November 29, 2011, 10:09:45 PM
When these guys do control-line model aircraft they don't play around.
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Post by: guncrasher on November 29, 2011, 10:22:20 PM
the hose usually drags in back.  not in the front, unless the chopper got excited.

semp
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Post by: USRanger on November 29, 2011, 10:36:40 PM
Not sure what country that vehicle & uniforms are from.  Not ours.  Plus the dust would be just as bad for the photographer as it is in the background.  I say shopped.
Title: Re: Just wondering...
Post by: GFShill on November 29, 2011, 10:56:41 PM
Looks like a 'Nam-era APC with a Navy chopper.  I was thinking Marine unit but the boots are wrong.
Title: Re: Just wondering...
Post by: Rino on November 29, 2011, 11:06:46 PM
     It looks like a soviet type APC or command vehicle to me.  HST means something, but my memory is shot.
Most of the army guys I worked with were Hemtt towtruck operators.  I think one told me about HST while
describing his adventures hauling Iraqi wrecks back for displays or museums.

     He said he once looked inside a knocked out BMP, what he saw ensured he never felt the urge again.

(http://defense-update.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/lvsr_Wrecker.jpg)
Title: Re: Just wondering...
Post by: Masherbrum on November 30, 2011, 07:42:19 AM
    It looks like a soviet type APC or command vehicle to me.  HST means something, but my memory is shot.
Most of the army guys I worked with were Hemtt towtruck operators.  I think one told me about HST while
describing his adventures hauling Iraqi wrecks back for displays or museums.

     He said he once looked inside a knocked out BMP, what he saw ensured he never felt the urge again.

(http://defense-update.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/lvsr_Wrecker.jpg)

HST - Helicopter Support Team.  

It ISN'T Photoshopped as the Helicopters the USMC/Navy use for these teams are CH-53 Echoes.   My cousin was an Airframer at Pendleton on them.
Title: Re: Just wondering...
Post by: Rino on November 30, 2011, 08:56:46 AM
     Thanks Kar...was driving me crazy trying to figure it out  :aok
Title: Re: Just wondering...
Post by: Shuffler on November 30, 2011, 10:14:05 AM
The helo had control problems and was being towed to a repair hanger.
Title: Re: Just wondering...
Post by: Rob52240 on November 30, 2011, 11:52:09 AM
Maybe it was this guy because he's no longer trusted to take fuel from an airplane?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3Pp4vOr3SE
Title: Re: Just wondering...
Post by: Karnak on November 30, 2011, 06:29:47 PM
Looks like photoshop to me.  :headscratch:
I can tell because of the pixels.  :p
Title: Re: Just wondering...
Post by: Melvin on November 30, 2011, 06:50:30 PM
I can tell because of the pixels.  :p

I simply thought that the lighting,scale and lack of dust near the Marines atop the vehicle were a bit off.

Of course since Karaya's cousin worked on helos at some point in time, then this picture MUST be real.

Back to your regularly scheduled foolishness.

 :salute