Bonus - still in the fight

[Mark in Rochester]

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[CINDERS]

Not sure the camel appreciates the report of a 30/06 round, ejected cartridge case just in front of end of the fore stock

[13Echo]

That is too cool!

[browningautorifle]

The original camel jockey...I think what's happening is the camel is about to catch the case in his teeth. Well trained. Wonder if he can load clips?

[HOOKED ON HISTORY]

The original camel jockey...I think what's happening is the camel is about to catch the case in his teeth. Well trained. Wonder if he can load clips?

Photo in need of a clever caption.
Well played.

[kragluver]

How about "Rodeo about to commence".

[ed skeels]

So, they are replacing the Humvee.

[HOOKED ON HISTORY]

He (the driver) may wish he had provided hearing protection to his ride or at least be prepared to grasp the "steering wheel" between his legs lest he becomes hoisted on his own petard.

[Paul S.]

TE Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia) wrote about the time he and his Arab force were charging (on camels) an Ottoman Turk force they were battling in open desert. He was shooting his Webley as they charged forward and place a round squarely through the back of his camels head. Needless to say, the camel dropped like a bag of sh*t* and launched Lawrence head first to terra firma where he remained unconscious until well after the battle was over.

Lesson learned: Don't shoot over a moving camel's head when riding it.

[Lee Enfield]

King Abdullah II Special Operations Training Centre

I noted that the camel operator is wearing woodland Camo which has be "obsolete" in US service for some time

Interestingly reading their website, they ran their annual competition last year using WWI era arms to celibrate the Centary of the Great Arab Rebellion in 2016.
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