At war: Instead of wearing camouflage covers on their helmets German soldiers paint them, a practice adopted before. Nazi Wehrmacht soldiers used to ditch the camo covers of their Stahlhelms after combat experience and simply paint on more or less effective camo schemes. Just a minor detail, this reinforces that Bundeswehr troops are in real combat in Afghanistan.
Photo by isafmedia
Fallschirmjager:
This is possibly this weeks top “neat stuff” post in my opinion.