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Ekwata is an extensive military terrain
south of Libreville, and contains a para drop zone and large open spaces
for firing practice for armaments of all sorts. We spent many days
there, and twice carried out a live firing drill with the entire company
progressing and advancing tactically, taking ground like in a real
warfare scenario. The relaxed safety regulations allowed us to undertake
such exercises as doing paradrops of 81mm mortars with live ammunition
strapped inside the package, something we could never hope to do in
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The PUMA of the French Army ALAT
was at our disposal throughout the mission in Gabon. It was used
extensively, especially for medevac and liaisons between terrain grounds
and Libreville. |
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The old .50 calibre heavy machine
gun got a good working out at Ekwata. The left over 12.7mm rounds were
given to us, the sharpshooters, to fire off with the PGM. |
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Cooling the barrel of the .50
calibre the quick way... |
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The terrain ground heads out into
a large beach ground. The sea line is littered with large logs that fall
off the logging barges and drift into shore. |
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More land/seascapes. |
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Coming towards sunset. |
