May 1st, 1979 - A member of the 11th Armored Cavalry uses binoculars to observe activity on the border between East and West Germany as his partner checks a map. They are patrolling the border area in an M151 light vehicles.


October 1st, 1974 - A US Army military policeman directs traffic in a German town while another talks on the radio in an M151 light vehicle.


September 17, 1985 - US Army infantrymen armed with M16A1 rifles unload from an M113 armored personnel carrier during a training exercise.


October 24 , 1983 - A UH-1 Iroquois helicopter hovers above a Spansih convoy of M113 armored personnel carriers during the joint US/Spanish military Exercise CRISEX 83.


January 24, 1985 - An M-60A3 main battle tank moves along a street in Germany during Central Guardian, a phase of Exercise Reforger '85


May 13, 1985 - An M60A2 tank is driven off an Army LARC 60 amphibious landing craft on display during the Army logistics exposition PROLOG'85.


January 24, 1985 - A German couple passes a parked M2 Bradley fighting vehicle from the 7th Infantry during CENTRAL GUARDIAN, a phase of Exercise REFORGER'85.



January 1985 - A right side view of an M2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicle moving along a road during exercise Reforger '85.


January 1985 - Three M2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicles advance through a wooded area during Exercise REFORGER '85.



January 1985 - Two M1 Abrams main battle tanks move along a dirt road during Exercise Reforger '85.


September 1st, 1982 - A U.S. Army M1 Abrams tanks kicks up a cloud of dust in the German countryside while participating in REFORGER '82, the multi-national military training exercise.


January 1985 - Members of Company A, 3rd Battalion, 68th Armor, fire a round from the gunfire simulator of their M60A3 main battle tank during CENTRAL GUARDIAN, a phase of Exercise of REFORGER '85.


February 20, 1986 - An M578 light armored recovery vehicle is parked at the Dundalk Marine Terminal after being offloaded from the vehicle cargo/rapid response ship USNS ANTARES (T-AKR 294). The vehicle was used by the 32nd Separate Infantry Brigade (Mechanized), Wisconsin Army National Guard, during Exercise REFORGER'86. An M35A2 2 1/2 ton cargo truck is being lowered by crane in the background.

Dann will ich mal

Die Bilder sind alle in / um die Cooke Barracks entstanden, dem ehemaligen Amistützpunkt bei mir um die Ecke. Sind Bund gemischt, vom Beginn des Kalten Krieges bis zum Irak-Krieg.

Total surreal diese Fotos aus West-Germany...

Digitarn auf den Fahrzeugen: