File:British Army Soldier in Full Kit in Afghanistan MOD 45152579.jpg

Summary

Description
British English: Posed image of a soldier with the 2nd Battalion, The Royal Highland Fusiliers in Afghanistan wearing full combat dress.

Models the standard kit worn by a British serviceman, serving in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.

KIT: (top to bottom)

  • Mark 7 Combat Helmet with Multi-Terrain Pattern (MTP) helmet cover
  • Helmet Mounted Night Vision System (HMNVS)
  • ESS ballistic eye protection
  • MTP Under Body Armour Combat Shirt (UBACS)
  • Mark4 Osprey Body Armour with medical pouch (left) ammunition pouch (right), admin pouch (front) and MTP cover
  • Personal Role Radio (PRR)
  • SA80 A2 Small Arms Weapon System, with Advanced -Optical Gun Sight (ACOG) and Underslung Grenade Launcher (UGL)
  • Tier 2 Pelvic Protection, Tier 1 pelvic protection worn underneath trousers
  • MTP trousers
  • Black Hawk Knee Pads
  • LOWA combat boots
  • Organisation: British Army
  • Object name: 16x-2011-TFH-016-008
  • Category: MOD
  • Supplemental categories: People, Army, Operations, Theatres, Afghanistan
  • Keywords: Army, personnel, non-identifiable, soldier, male, man, operation, Op, campaign, Herrick, Afghanistan, Helmand
  • Country: Afghanistan
Date Taken on 19 February 2011Category:Afghanistan photographs taken on 2011-02-19
Source
Author Sgt Rupert Frere RLC
Permission
(Reusing this file)		 Images are downloadable at high resolution, made available at http://www.defenceimagery.mod.uk for reuse under the OGL (Open Government License).

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