Tom Antonov
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French defense observer & freelance baker - #defense #militaryfood - Never put a #baguette upside down 🇫🇷🇳🇿
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An unusual sight in Millau 🇫🇷: French Foreign Legionnaires in uniform queue outside a local cinema to watch the first part of the French blockbuster "De Gaulle", depicting General de Gaulle and the Free French Forces during WWII. The legionnaires belong to the Chef de corps 13eDBLE, an unit that fought at the Battle of Bir Hakeim against German and Italian forces in 1942, a key engagement featured in the movie. via Légion étrangère
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Video of the REFURBOT UGV operating during the French Infantry Days in Draguignan. France’s REFURBOT aims to restore mass on the battlefield by transforming Cold War-era AMX-30 tank chassis armed with ARX 25 remote turret into heavy UGVs, repurposing obsolete armor for robotic warfare. #KNDS #OBSAM #S2M 📸 by militarymachinefr / INS
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Great new video from the French Submarine Forces, showing the preparation in the tiny galley of the ballistic missile submarine Le Terrible of a “rougail saucisse” : a spiced tomato sauce with sausages & rice, common in the French-speaking Indian Ocean, combining ingredients and culinary influences from French, Asian, and East African food cultures. 🇫🇷⚓️👨🍳 📸 by forces_sous_marines / INS
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The French mountain infantry soldiers (chasseurs alpins) wear a distinctive piece of headgear: an oversized beret they call "la tarte" (the pie). Its wide wool design offers practical protection against cold, sun and snow, and the shape allows versatile use in field conditions. It also serves as a distinctive unit symbol reflecting alpine military heritage. #France #Greenland
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The American military's complete inability to march in step is fascinating.
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An intriguing new French film, Jupiter, explores what happens when Europe faces the threat of nuclear war: from an underground bunker beneath the Élysée Palace, France’s newly elected president must confront a rapidly escalating crisis with Russia. Released at a time when the war in Ukraine is reshaping Europe’s security order, the film goes a step further, imagining 🇫🇷extending its nuclear protection to 🇺🇦.
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Unsurprisingly, French troops taking part in training missions for Ukrainian soldiers are learning as much as they are teaching. These legionnaires (Chef de corps 2e REI) are sharing with all the regiment’s companies the lessons they have drawn from 🇺🇦 combat experience, including counter-drone fire, trench warfare, and combat involving dispersed small units. 📸 by Midi Libre
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Today, we're preparing bacon and reblochon burgers with a honey onion compote for 110 sailors in the compact galley aboard the French ballistic missile submarine 'Le Triomphant'. Reblochon is a AOC French cheese made in the Alpine region of Haute-Savoie from raw cow's milk. via forces_sous_marines / INS 🇫🇷🍽⚓️👨🍳 #militaryfood
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Meanwhile in Sainte-Mère-Eglise. #DDay #normandy #airborne 🍺 📸 by willys_mb_borek
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