Navy CETME pic

[Patria Povo]

Was fossicking around the Itntraweb for some good pics of Portuguese tropas in their colonial wars fielding G3's (without much succes), when I came-up with this pic - which made me think of yawl!

Enjoy!

[hunter_la5]

awesome pic! i also like the Star Z70 submachine gun in the background. don't see those too often

[Norton]

Great picture, I used to work with Portugese concrete men somtimes. I spoke with the older than 40 crowd and the company owner about the CETME/G3 and asked if they wanted to see mine. So I brought it in to the jobsite one day and they went nuts. I guess Portugal used to have a draft, so you had to go in back then. The oldest dudes were sent to Angola or their other colonies in Africa to fight. That is what they carried back then thought very highly of it..
They did not go into detail only to say it held up very good in Africa and if you shot somebody with it.. They did not get up.

[drhall762]

These old photos are cool. Need a description though. Something like:

Aboard the CENSORED off the coast of CENSORED the men of the CENSORED make preparations for the invasion of CENSORED. More as this story developes.

Best I could do with the limited information.

Dave :sniper:

[Patria Povo]

Yeh, fair point, Dave.


Description
en: A member of a boarding party from the Spanish frigate Vencedora (F-36) clears his Model C CETME assault rifle after returning from the inspection of a merchant vessel. The Vencedora is one of the ships of the Maritime Interdiction Force (MIF), which was formed during Operation Desert Shield to enforce U.S. trade sanctions against Iraq. (Released to Public)

Source
[1]

Date
Feb 1, 1991

Author
PH2 Milton R. Savage

Now, anyone wanna gimme some Portu G3-type pics? :)

[hunter_la5]

Now, anyone wanna gimme some Portu G3-type pics? :)

sorry im afraid my google-fu isnt very strong. most of the pics i found of the portuguese military showed them with Galil rifles. Did portugal drop the G3 and switch to Galils at some point???

http://www.country-data.com/frd/cs/portugal/pt05_02a.jpg

http://photos.military.com/photos/46118149-M.jpg

http://www.nato.int/sfor/indexinf/94/helotra/b000815m.jpg

http://http://www.exercito.pt/portal/exercito/_specific/public/ueo/RI1/DSC04445.JPG

http://www.iujc.pt/images/25Abril.jpg

http://www.nato.int/sfor/indexinf/102/s102p10a/b001205t.jpg

[Patria Povo]

Good stuff - thanks Hunter!

According to Wikipedia, the Portuguese armory includes:

7.62mm Heckler & Koch G3 m/61 Assault Rifle
5.56mm Galil m/94 Assault Rifle
5.56mm SIG SG-543 Assault Rifle (only used by special forces and Comandos)
5.56mm Heckler & Koch G36C Assault Rifle (only used by special forces and Comandos)
5.56mm Colt M4 Assault Rifle (only used by special forces and Comandos)
7.62mm Sniper rifle AWSF m/96
9mm Heckler & Koch MP5 Submachine Gun (used by special forces and GOE)
5.7mm FN P90 Submachine Gun (used by special forces in Iraq)
7.62mm Light Machine-gun MG42 m/62
12.7mm Heavy Machine-gun Browning M2HB
(Also used the HK21 in the 70's, though that's not on the Wiki list)

AND, I found my fave pic from Angola. I NEED that slim vented, bipedal forearm! Someone on CETME Forums also had some cool pics of horseback Portu dragoons with G3s ... who was that?

[LorDiego]

Thats a cool pic!

Is the one dude's head too big for that hat?

[Patria Povo]

well, from my experience, while Australian and US military unifroms all come in sizes Too Big and Way Too Big, Portuguese uniforms are One Size Fits All Midgets.

[Patria Povo]

Ta-da!

[Patria Povo]

OK, last pics ...

* IRA chick with HK91 or G3
* Karen rebel with capture Burmese unlicensed G3 clone
* Mexican army soldier stationed in Chiapas in 93(?) to put-down EZLN uprising

[Seattlefungus]

The simple answer about the pic where the guy's head is to big for his hat is obvious. He's the officer... LOL

[jfowl31]

That middle pic there looks like a Cetme to me.

Look at the rear sight and the forestock.........

Am I wrong?

[Patria Povo]

That middle pic there looks like a Cetme to me.

Look at the rear sight and the forestock.........

Am I wrong?

Interesting point .... maybe when the SLORC decided to rip-off the G3, they incorporated some of the bits of the CETME that they liked?:533:

[drhall762]

Great update on the first pic. Thanks for that as well as all the others.

Dave :sniper:

[Norton]

Those are great pics, I love the 1970s portuguese camo. They sold that stuff cheap in the early 90s, now I wish I had bought a set.

[Perro]

ahhh why not - its for the children

[Perro]

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[Perro]

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[Perro]

welp, i guess thats it
the forum wont allow me to post anymore :shrugs:

[rpmfly2]

Not something I would be fond of! :icon_biggrin:

[Lon Moer]

My turn :icon_cool: I love FALs and G3s.

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[Old Dominion]

Recent photo of Spanish Police.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v429/TimDawg/32116591yf9.jpg

[AK AJ]

Does anyone have the photo of the guy guarding his bar with a CETME after the hurrican in New Orleans?

It was posted on Cetmerifles when it happend.

AJ

[jettag]

on all these photos before, just great stuff guys, keep it comin'...

[Darkwatch]

Great pics guys!!! Keep it up! It's not a CETME/G3 but it is camo.....I blame Perro he started it:icon_mrgreen: ...
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j65/darkwatch70/2006_1105Image0002.jpg
It will soon have 25mm ammo boxes as hardbags!

[Private Fuzzy]

....

You just reminded me of the old Cetme forum intro with that funky music. Ah, the for the good old days.

[hunter_la5]

That middle pic there looks like a Cetme to me.

Look at the rear sight and the forestock.........

Am I wrong?


IIRC, didnt the first G3's (a1 model??) have CETME style rear sights?
That pic looks like the early style g3 wood stock and sight to me....

[rustypirate]

Does anyone have the photo of the guy guarding his bar with a CETME after the hurrican in New Orleans?

It was posted on Cetmerifles when it happend.

AJ

I thought it was an FAL.

[AK AJ]

Does anyone have the photo of the guy guarding his bar with a CETME after the hurrican in New Orleans?

It was posted on Cetmerifles when it happend.

AJ


I thought it was an FAL.

It my have been, I only saw it that one time ,thought it was a CETME or G3 though.

AJ

[arnaiz]

Yeh, fair point, Dave.


Description
en: A member of a boarding party from the Spanish frigate Vencedora (F-36) clears his Model C CETME assault rifle after returning from the inspection of a merchant vessel. The Vencedora is one of the ships of the Maritime Interdiction Force (MIF), which was formed during Operation Desert Shield to enforce U.S. trade sanctions against Iraq. (Released to Public)

Source
[1]

Date
Feb 1, 1991

Author
PH2 Milton R. Savage

Now, anyone wanna gimme some Portu G3-type pics? :)

i DONT THINK SO, THEY ARE NOT SALIORS ARE ..sorry..shipped Infantry, Infantería de Marina. And they do not carry Cetme long time ago. And dont carry Cetme C from about 25 years ago. So it must be a file pic that some one got to illustrate an article. But its very old.

[arnaiz]

After see Polisario member come back to me one of the worses pages in the Spain history, when in 1975 Franco Gvmt let alone to Spanish Sahara people, They were Spanish with our Passport and full nacionality, in the hands on the Marroc Dictatorship blody Hassan II.
Still they are living in Argelia.
In Basc Country we take many Saharaui childs to spend summer here in familys for feed and cure eyes, practice Spanish, and play...
They still speak Spanish and learn it in the school, in spite of they were sold for nothing to Marroco.
We are tryng to clean our black soul with theese people helping as much as we do, becuse all is less for a country witout land.
I am sure still many Cetmes in Frente Polisario hands, because many were soldiers in Spainsh African Army and take it when Spain take home troops.

[Norton]

That is very sad..I remember a war in what was called 'Spanish Morroco' I don't remember the details. But I thought they were still fighting in the early 1980s.
Was the former Spanish colony given to Morroco againt the will of it's people?
What happened?

By the way I like your new icon, is that a state flag?

[arnaiz]

That is very sad..I remember a war in what was called 'Spanish Morroco' I don't remember the details. But I thought they were still fighting in the early 1980s.
Was the former Spanish colony given to Morroco againt the will of it's people?
What happened?

By the way I like your new icon, is that a state flag?
Yes against their population and against ONU. Franco Goverment was very bad here in Spain with a lot of opposition and all their forces were used to keep with the power here , so Sahariam people was sacrified, and forgoten. Old people still carry Spansih ID cards as unic identification.
Its a very rich land with minerals and fishing( in the Ocean)
Is our flag, yes.

[Patria Povo]

OK a few more goodies ....

Brit soldier with G3
German soldier with G3
Thai soldier with G3
Turtkish MPs (?) with G3s

[Allwater]

Oh man - I don't want to come across as a sexist pig or anything ... but those pics of the chicks with G3's ROCK!!!

[rpmfly2]

Oh man - I don't want to come across as a sexist pig or anything ... but those pics of the chicks with G3's ROCK!!!

Never were any when I was in the service! I think more ladies should inlist!:lol2:

[Private Fuzzy]

Oh man - I don't want to come across as a sexist pig or anything ... but those pics of the chicks with G3's ROCK!!!

You're not sexist, you just have good taste.:hubba:

[SteelCore]

Looks almost exactly like my Mod B bipod and forearm...on a G3?

Arnaiz: iQue Triste!

[Patria Povo]

OK, last one ....

This is a pic I took of some friends in East Timor (hamming it up for the camera :P). Portu. FMP G3 and FNC (Indo capture).

[SteelCore]

heehee!

GLad to hear is't s setup...all I could think was-- that bloke in the front is gonna have some hearing damage right quick!

[Patria Povo]

Maybe we should retitle this thread as 'CETME/G3 Action Pics" or somesuch?

[rpmfly2]

:hammered: :clapping:
heehee!

GLad to hear is't s setup...all I could think was-- that bloke in the front is gonna have some hearing damage right quick!

[Patria Povo]

More CETME pix ... Spanish Foreign Legion in the mid-1980s.

[Norton]

OK a few more goodies ....

Brit soldier with G3



Explain that? did they issue them to women?

[Patria Povo]

Explain that? did they issue them to women?

Well, they didn't issue G3s to blokes, so... no. And back in the days of the L1A1, women squaddies would be unlikely to get issued a rifle - though they'd still fire a few rounds in training. I have no idea what the back-story of that pic is - maybe she was cross trainning with the Pakis or Germans or something?

When I was in the Aus army a million years ago, women fired M16s in training, while the boys got to shoot the SLRs. The move to the AUG was touted as a way to standardize weapons across genders.