Canadian Firefight in Afghanistan

Firefight with Canadian forces against Taliban during Operation Zahar, a joint Afghan National army / coalition forces security operation to remove Taliban forces from the Zjarey district.

Included in the zip file are 4 videos of the firefight and 2 videos of a press briefing.

Conflict:
Operation Enduring Freedom

Equipment:
M4 Carbine - The M4 Carbine is a family of firearms tracing its lineage back to earlier carbine versions of the M16, all based on the original AR-15 made by ArmaLite. The weapon is a shorter and lighter version of the M16A2 assault rifle, achieving 80% parts commonality with the M16A2. The M4 has selective fire options including semi-automatic and three-round burst (like the M16A2), while the M4A1 has a "full auto" option in place of the three-round burst. The M4A1 is sometimes also found with a heavier barrel to withstand heat from sustained fully-automatic fire.

AK-47 - The AK-47 (Avtomat Kalashnikova 1947) is a gas-operated assault rifle designed by Mikhail Kalashnikov, produced by Russian manufacturer IZH and used in many Eastern bloc nations during the Cold War. It was adopted and standardized in 1947. Compared with the autoloading rifles used in World War II, the AK-47 was generally lighter, more compact, with a shorter range, a smaller 7.62 × 39 mm cartridge, and was capable of selective fire. It was one of the first true assault rifles and remains the most widely used. The AK-47 and its numerous variants and descendants have been produced in greater numbers than any other assault rifle and are in production to this day.

Location:
Afghanistan - Afghanistan is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Asia. Generally considered a part of Central Asia, it is sometimes ascribed to a regional bloc in either the Middle East or South Asia, as it has cultural, ethno-linguistic, and geographic links with most of its neighbors. It is bordered by Iran in the west, Pakistan in the south and east, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan in the north, and the People's Republic of China to the east.

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• military
• usa
• canadians
• canada
• US
• North america
• Army
• navy
• marines
• Airforce
• afghanistan
• iraq
• United states

[MrPunnoosej]

The Canadian Forces are very disciplined in their procedures. I think it has to do with them being from a country that is so anti-war, mistakes are not tolerated by the Canadian public.

[Soap1O]

@fipfapfallywap And in a big country like this it's hard to control the violence as I told you before. It's simple for the government to control a small community, hard to control a big community. It's like in a school class, for the teacher it's simple to control a small class, but hard to control a big class.

On top of that the history of the US is full of blood, and Gun laws doesn't make that better. In todays situation of the US it's not simple to change the violence not even canada could.

[gucci13]

@Soap1O every nation in the world has a history full of blood...especially the european powers who loves to kill each other...on top of that britain who do really have a richer history of blood and violence.

[gucci13]

i thought canada is a state of the U.S ;)

[EDMONTONxSKATE]

@oSaloFIN Shit my bad, he got up to quick

[oSaloFIN]

@EDMONTONxSKATE Its not c7, its c9 LMG, so of course there's bipod on it

[EDMONTONxSKATE]

That guy at 4:00 has a bipod on his c7....haha awesome

[BigMikeMcBastard]

@winikten1 Over 100 soldiers of whom have died in your country's bullshit war.

[infantry031]

@winikten1 canada excepts your apology, just as long as you keep sucking our dick for oil.

[winikten1]

@infantry031 that was a joke....

[infantry031]

@winikten1 google JTF,JTF2 also C.S.O.R ; )