Operation Topak Shkar

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  Corp. Brandon Bourdon fires an M72 rocket launcher at insurgents that set up an offensive in a grape hut in the Panjwaii District, Afghanistan. 1st Battalion, The Royal Canadian Regiment Battle Group conducted Operation Topak Shkar, which is Pashtu for 'Gun Hunter,' in partnership with Afghan National Security Forces from October 27 - 28, 2010 in the Panjwai District. The aim of Operation Topak Shkar was to disrupt insurgents and deny them freedom of movement.
  Sgt. Daren Kraus

  

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  Corp. Brandon Bourdon and Pte. Nichlis Desnoyers wait for an A-10 aircraft to pass before firing a M72 rocket launcher at insurgents in the Panjwaii District, Afghanistan on Oct. 28, 2010.
  Sgt. Daren Kraus

  

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  Warrant Officer Adam Taylor communicates with a CH147 Chinook helicopter during an air insertion in the Panjwaii District, Afghanistan on Oct. 28, 2010.
  Sgt. Daren Kraus

  

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  2 Combat Engineer Regiment offloads explosives from a CH147 Chinook helicopter while 1RCR B COY 4 Platoon provides over watch on the helicopter landing zone in the Panjwaii District, Afghanistan on Oct. 28, 2010.
  Sgt. Daren Kraus

  

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  Capt. Pete Reinjtes and Maj. Austin Douglas their arches while 2 Combat Engineer Regiment place explosives charges in key locations in the Panjwaii District, Afghanistan on Oct. 28, 2010.
  Sgt. Daren Kraus

  

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  Members of 2 Combat Engineer Regiment rest during their patrol in the Panjwaii District, Afghanistan on Oct. 28, 2010.
  Sgt. Daren Kraus

  

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  Combat Engineers lay out wiring to trigger a beehive explosive in the Panjwaii District, Afghanistan on Oct. 28, 2010.
  Sgt. Daren Kraus

  

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  Combat Engineers prepare detonation cords for the beehive explosives in the Panjwaii District, Afghanistan on Oct. 28, 2010.
  Sgt. Daren Kraus

  

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  Sapper Allan Vartdy places a detonation cord into the beehive explosive in the Panjwaii District, Afghanistan on Oct. 28, 2010.
  Sgt. Daren Kraus

  

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  Sapper Allan Vartdy pours tri grain explosives in to the crater in the Panjwaii District, Afghanistan on Oct. 28, 2010.
  Sgt. Daren Kraus

  

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  Sapper William Stout covers the crater with dirt in the Panjwaii District, Afghanistan on Oct. 28, 2010.
  Sgt. Daren Kraus

  

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  Combat Engineers prepare to trigger the crater explosive charges in the Panjwaii District, Afghanistan on Oct. 28, 2010.
  Sgt. Daren Kraus

  

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  Patrol personnel watch from a safe distance as a cratering charge detonates in the Panjwaii District, Afghanistan on Oct. 28, 2010.
  Sgt. Daren Kraus

  

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  Patrol personnel wait for the smoke to clear after the cratering charges detonate in the Panjwaii District, Afghanistan on Oct. 28, 2010.
  Sgt. Daren Kraus

  

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  Master Warrant Officer Bradford Amirault observes his arches while on patrol in the Panjwaii District, Afghanistan on Oct. 28, 2010.
  Sgt. Daren Kraus

  

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  Master Warrant Officer Bradford Armirault and Sgt. Drew Gilbert prepare a beehive 40lb charge. in the Panjwaii District, Afghanistan on Oct. 28, 2010.
  Sgt. Daren Kraus

  

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  Combat Engineers fill the crater with tri grain explosive in the Panjwaii District, Afghanistan on Oct. 28, 2010.
  Sgt. Daren Kraus

  

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  Crater charge detonates during Operation Topak Shkar in the Panjwaii District, Afghanistan on Oct. 28, 2010.
  Sgt. Daren Kraus

  

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  Crater charge detonates during Operation Topak Shkar in the Panjwaii District, Afghanistan on Oct. 28, 2010.
  Sgt. Daren Kraus

  

 

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