Middle East Thread "Turks roached EDITION"

This doesn't belong here.

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>>33034200

>>33034199
I'd like to know where to get pants and boots like these though.

>>33034200
(You) don't belong here

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Are rockets better than BRRting?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUcjp2ObWmY

>>33034953
>no satisfying roar after everything explodes

>>33034200
>>>/arfcom/

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Fuck T*rks.

>>33034199
>Turk assist the terrorists even with troops and attack NATO trained kurds
>HURR DURR why are you killing us we are NATO
these piece of shits

>>33035691
Looks male

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Mailing it in today but I found a IS camoed weapon picture. Just your average bush mortar. It's a invasive plant that grows in middle east deserts and launches explosives at a high angle.

>>33035691
what's the context im legit interested

>>33037244
someones about to get the shit raped out of them.

>>33037394
>"iraqi special operations"
>someone hurling at a woman while the other record it with a fucken iphone
>looks more like a porn casting
>they are truly spehsal

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pL6jHtnJfRk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjC6tlXJrUo

According to Reuters, the Iraqi Airforce today dropped leaflets over Mosul to warn that a major attack is imminent.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bycANy_ZDPQ&feature=youtu.be

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>>33034953
>Are rockets better than BRRting?
allahu akbar is better

>>33034953
What are they allahu snackbaring about now? the fact that it can fly and do pretty manoeuvrers?

After this conflict it's safe to say that the only """"team"""" i have support in now is the Kurds.

Both the Turks, Syrians, ISIS, Iraqis have all proven themselves to be shitters, at least from this complete mess Kurdistan can rise from it.

regime checkpoint in qaboun. people forced to stay despite regime-russnaki bombings
https://youtu.be/j3xAvTtT5bo

coastals roast mafia puppets with BM-21

from morning till...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I01HGxtRwCY

..the evening
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSHsLzvs0r8

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IS applied upgrade

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>>33039932
>IS Landkreuzer when

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>>33040078
BEEP BEEP

>>33040120
Must get great mileage

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>>33040078
>IS reinvents the M3 Lee

>>33039712
They were hoping the SPAA would actually do something to stop them flying around.

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is this nigga using a spotting scope?

>>33043834
Yes.

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After 12 years of conflict in Iraq and an even more savage conflict in Syria, Iran is now closer than ever to securing a land corridor that will anchor it in the region – and potentially transform the Islamic Republic’s presence on Arab lands. “They have been working extremely hard on this,” said a European official who has monitored Iran’s role in both wars for the past five years. “This is a matter of pride for them on one hand and pragmatism on the other. They will be able to move people and supplies between the Mediterranean and Tehran whenever they want, and they will do so along safe routes that are secured by their people, or their proxies.”
Ali Khedery, who advised all US ambassadors to Iraq and four commanders of Centcom in 2003-11 said securing a Mediterranean link would be seen as a strategic triumph in Iran. “It signifies the consolidation of Iran’s control over Iraq and the Levant, which in turn confirms their hegemonic regional ambitions,” he said. “That should trouble every western leader and our regional allies because this will further embolden Iran to continue expanding, likely into the Gulf countries next, a goal they have explicitly and repeatedly articulated. Why should we expect them to stop if they’ve been at the casino, doubling their money over and over again, for a decade?”

>>33043878

Looks like he's just duct taped it to the carry handle too.

Anyway, seems like this Mosul offensive will be the last big push that leads to the retaking of the city.

I got some bad news.

I won't be attending Idex this year, I looked at the flights (I fly standby because my father is a pilot ect...) and due to the time I have to travel, I won't be able to make it there during the conference.

However, I do realize this comment is off topic, but I changed the trip so i'll be going to Seoul and the DMZ. Any of you guys would be interested if I post? Of course i'll do it on a separate thread

To keep my post on topic, ISF has officially launched its Mosul offensive to recapture the western half of the city after taking a break upon reaching the banks of the Tigris. This news is just a few hours old so my guess is that they launched the assault prior to officially notifying ISIL.

What will be interesting is the context of the river. Assaulting entrenched positions is hard, but to top it off with having to deal with a river must be difficult. I'd love to get my hands on some of the cross-river assault footage.

In Palmyra, SAA have reached the 10km mark from the Palmyra triangle, marking the closest point they've reached since they were pushed out of the town.

Lastly, SAA plans to cut off TFSA to the south of Al Bab as they set their sights on Al-Khafsa. Erdogan will most likely target Kurds in Manbij, something that the Kurds are preparing for as one of their spokesmen stated that they will fight to retain the city.

>>33039736
k*rds would have been BTFO a long, long time ago if not for extensive western precision airstrikes + support

>>33040078
what a useless thing, you might as well paint "ATGM ME!"

They probs only did this for propaganda purposes as they know the twitter retards will freak out over it, "OMG, ISIS GOING FULL MAD MAX!!!" XD

>>33045514
>I'd love to get my hands on some of the cross-river assault footage.
Whats to say there will be any? The initial assault seems to have been on a few villages to the south nearish the airport, is there any reason the Iraqis can't just work their way along the western side of the river from the south? Sure it might take a bit longer than some glorious simultaneous assault across the whole city, but it seems a lot less likely to end up in a logjam of dead Iraqis floating downstream.

>>33045514

I'd definitely be interested in Seoul stuff.

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>>33045540
Back to /sg/,Otto.

>>33045514
DMZ is dope.
There's some decent restaurants and shit up in Uijeongbu if you wanted any other spots to stop by while you're up there.

>>33045551
It's a tank with an armored conning tower. Nothing less than a missile or an airstrike is going to take it out, so it'll be effective regardless

>>33045625
I agree with you, but towards the end of the offensive it would make sense to also advance across the river in order to maximize the surface area that ISIL has to defend. I'm thinking more along the lines of more elite units conducting night time incursions and in the morning ISIL has to deal with Iraqis in front of them and behind their positions.

But that's just my two cents on the situation.

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>>33045514
This is the latest Step map on Palmyra, exactly where I thought the SAA was, in the center of the orchards. Other than that not much else other than the SDF in a new push more toward Deir Ezzor , some minor clashes.

Mosul is taking the spotlight again. I think the objective is the airport for now.

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>>33048735
IS picture from fighting there. I think it's a couple days old. Not much has happened today.

>>33048735
They're funneling. That means pincer counter attacks by ISIS become possible. We've already seen this happening before.

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>>33048774

>>33039932
>wear helmet
>leave forehead exposed to show off your moon religion flag
Sandnigger logic

>>33048775
I suspect a IS counter attack as well but I also see this as turning into a new major offensive by the SAA and friends.

Losing Palmyra was highly embarrassing to their Russian backers. They'll throw a bunch of cannon bait in this for even minor progress. This battle is definitely heating up as they broke out from T4.

>>33048864
Speaking of t4, how did the SAA managed to counter attack? Was there an important battle? I remember back when ISIS was on the verge of winning. They were really close to t4 and even the road to Homs.
And then the situtation looked stabilized for weeks.

>>33049163
ISIS spent its forces against the airbase, while the syrians and russians managed to reifnorce the place.
When the SAA and ruskies felt comfortable enough to leave the airbase, they just started advancing towards Palmyra.

The ISIS forces were limited and were already winded from having to take Palmyra. ISIS manpower is seriously shitty now. They only manage to make any kind of advance relying on surprise and great organization.

>>33049163
They shipped in a ton of reinforcements. A lot called 5th corp. Thanks to Aleppo being over they can afford it. I never thought IS would take T4 even as they hit it hard. In fact IS was getting ready to retreat days before they lost Hayyan. I did think they would try and go for another part of eastern Homs at the time.
>>33049342
>They only manage to make any kind of advance relying on surprise and great organization.
Agree however they "managed" to take all those oil fields there because they have been untouched in rural eastern Homs for so long they build up a stronghold there and this stronghold remains untouched. If the SAA wanted to fuck them over they should head straight for the fields. This would bleed IS out before headed for Palmyra. If they head for Palmyra IS will still be sitting out there..plotting.

>>33049342
>>33049572
Thanks.
>This would bleed IS out before headed for Palmyra. If they head for Palmyra IS will still be sitting out there..plotting.
So what makes Palmyra such a strategic target ?

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>>33049163
>>33049342
>>33049572

Remember the last time the saa took palmyra and IS did nothing but harass their advance and then vanish once the saa hit the city? Im betting it will go just like that again.

>>33050262
The town itself nothing much, although any place of note in the midst of desert has ome relevance, it's more about the T4 airbase being both pretty large and the easternmost point the SAA has to use as a staging point against IS.

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>>33050262

propaganda, nothing else.
the town isn't really nessesary to have, when wanting to capture the oil/gas fields.
The town doesn't really help in liberating "muh DEZ".
Its just propaganda and an acient city - that used to be in a more or less good condition...it used to be.

i dont give a shit about tadmor/palmyra. sure the offensive was entertaining back then, just like the way isis recaptured it, but it doesnt have any value.

>>33050262
The town is irrelevant, it's only a stopping place in the road towards Deir-ez-Zor.
It has propaganda and historical value however.

>>33050435
>>33050517
Oh so their priority is Dez?
They don't wanna secure their Oil fields first?

>>33050595
What I tried to say is that the city is not important. It's just in the way of everything else, like Deir-ez-Zor, or oil fields.

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is there a chance that Kurdistan will become a real thing after this shit storm?

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>>33050643

>NO

>>33050643
not really, Erdogan would just chimp out if someone tried

>>33050643
Best they can realistically hope for is some degree of autonomy in their regions within Syria.
Turkey will do anything to stop a fully fledged Kurdistan appearing on their border and for all the lolroach meming the Kurds do not have the capability to take the fight and force the matter. Right now they're getting a buttload of help in both training, weapons and CAS from the US, all of which will disappear shortly after the Kurds cease being a useful proxy on the ground against IS and immediately if they try taking a straight up fight against Turkey.
If they can play their cards right and avoid any more shitstorms flaring up against the SAA they can be in a good position to make a deal with Assad in a post-IS scenario: They get some degree of autonomy in their traditional regions, Assad gets back the bits of country occupied by them outside 'their' territories (ie all the areas taken around Raqqa in the past couple of months), assurances that the Kurds will deal with any IS elements trying to hang out in their territory (common enemy anyway so it's a no-brainer), and he doesn't have to potentially roll from fighting 2 draining wars against IS and the various rebels directly into yet another against the Kurds.

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>bump

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whats going on in Syria atm

>>33045540
Sup, Mehmet. Just letting you know that we are sending more guns to them Kurds. Have a nice day.

>>33050695
Turk rapebabby doesn't know how to memearrow properly, color me unsurprised.

>>33037244
>>33037394
>>33037411
you guys are fucking retarded. they thought it was isis sneaking about in womens clothes (something theyve done several times before) this time it was an actual iraqi tranny though. there is a screen cap on twitter floating around

>>33044119
i love the hard turn on iran now, and still aboso fucking lutely no talk about the role of turkey/the gulf states/saudis. still talk of moderate rebels. fucking madness. im not saying iran has zero ambition for the region but its gone so far as someone the other day claim iran funds isis & an article that claimed iran supports isis because it doesnt fight them in the sinai & becasue of hamas defections. which is just the dumbest shit ive ever heard and again no talk of hamas drifting to saudi money.

>>33045540
well the es & turks cant push into al bab despite having almost leveled the fucking place so im not so sure you can talk

>>33049572
there are other groups there (i wanna say qalamoun shield guys & regular SAA) but yes this is the big test for the newly formed & in the field. they got all those refurbished t-62m's russia just sent & bmp 1's. there was a big recruitment drive, its supposed to be an entirely volunteer unit enticing people with a decent wage & benifits but it seems they didnt hit their goal but got enough troops to field an effective force.

>>33057149
>newly formed & in the field 5th corps****

>>33050643
if that happens the pesh and the ypg/pkk/ what ever jumble of letters the iranian kurds are will start shooting each other

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>>33057149
Oh yeah there were airforce intelligence spooks there too I got some more pictures of them somewhere

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>>33057225
Technical with Sarab-1 around the t4

>>33057225
These guys are such animals, they are the true barbarians of the Syrian Army desu

They've been locking up and murdering people by the tens of thousands since the 80s, guilty and innocent, children and adults

I guess you need men like that though when fighting people as savage as ISIS

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>>33057232
Well I have another picture of the air force intelligence guys but I can find it right now so here is an Isis foot

>>33057260
Looks like Amnesty finally get definitive proof about Assad's wrongdoings

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>>33057268
Isis is fucking shit up in the Golan

>>33057301
holy shit they are still active down there?

>>33049163
ISIS lost a lot of men attacking T4.

They were hoping got a rout. Russians saved the NDF though

Anyone know wtf is happening in Idlib? Straight up anarchy and the SAA /USA bombings are leading to open civil war between the jihadis

>>33050595
I'd personally take the oil fields and ISIS's east Homs region first but the Syrian civil war is a political war, not just a military one.

>>33057327
>""""""""they"""""""""

The difference between them and the other jihadis is just a formality

>>33057375
it really isnt when they are actively fucking each other up

>>33057378
This group is as ISIS as Nusra.

It just happens to formally support ISIS.

will isis harm the civilians on a large scale as west mosul is now their last stand in iraq?

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Recap of day

1. Continued SAA progress towards Palmyra.
2. ISIS affiliate taking 3-5 towns in Golan Heights/Daraa from FSA.
3. Minor progress for TFSA in Bab. I want to say ISIS has a month or so left there, but then again they've lasted 4-5 months already.
4. SDF/Kurds making significant progress North of Raqqa. Their western offensive peetered out a month ago, but now a north Raqqa offensive is 10km from the city suburbs, and a northeast offensive is beginning.
5. SAA absolutely plastering rebels in Ghouta. The last of the three pockets remaining near Damascus is being bombed to bits.
6. Some rebels near Lebanon border agreed to withdraw to Idlib.
7. Continued fighting between Jihadi 1 and Jihadi 2 in Idlib mini-civil war.
8. Iraqi forces making progress on West Mosul outskirts.

Predictions
1. SAA will retake Palmyra within the month. ISIS forces there are weakened.
2. Al-Bab ISIS have a month left.
3. 3rd pocket near Damascus will fall within the month.
4. Continued infighting in Idlib.
5. More SDF progress isolating Raqqa.

Just another day in the Syria

>>33057414
ISIS controls about 20% of Iraq. Mosul isn't even the last significant stronghold.

It is the biggest prize though

And yes? Just like they did in East Mosul or like the FSA in aleppo

>>33057449
>ISIS controls about 20% of Iraq. Mosul isn't even the last significant stronghold.

what is then? I remember ramadi and fallujah falling, what's left after mosul?

>>33057456
Take a look at the Iraq.livemap

Iraqi forces have avoided attacking a lot of ISIS areas, and instead proceeded to Mosul

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4 Russian soldiers killed, 2 wounded in a vehicle explosion by remote-controlled IED on the way from T4 AFB to Homs.

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>>33057239

>>33057350
IS lost more men trying to take the Deir Ezzor airbase but that is beside the point.
>>33058003
This is my point about eastern Homs. IS still lurks around out there and it cost 4 Russian service men their lives today.

>>33049163
>I remember back when ISIS was on the verge of winning.

That was never the case. SAA has retreated into the base and used its (apparently impressive) defenses to wait out the IS attack. IS lost a ton of men while SAA brought more and more men and tanks and now the counter attack is happening.

Like literally from a textbook for officer cadets.

>>33059035
Also breaking of further SDF/YPG advances north of Raqqa. I don't have a map of it.

>>33057239
Basically the true heroes a country like syria needs.

>>33057464
True, but it will be difficult for the bulk of the IS fighters inside Mosul to get to the other areas (and bring heavier weapons with them)

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>Scenes from the progress of the Syrian army and its allies in the suburb west of Aleppo Assad and control of the firearm tenderness Bridge.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-Lb0hUZmLI

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Map of Al Bab as TFSA moved back into some parts of the city. The SAA seems to be sitting back, eating popcorn and watching the show as Tiger forces recent advances toward Deir Hafer and south Al Bab have halted.

-IS Yarmouk brigade made large advances on FSA in southern Syria although they seem to be retreating now

Pro rebel sources claim Jund al-Aqsa has agreed to leave northern Hama and go to IS territory in Hama. Two things , how do they plan on moving though SAA territory(they can just do that?) and you bet IS Hama/Homs will throw them into the Palmyra fighting if they make it.

I love Mondays. The war is back to work.

Is this really ISIS/ISIL? in Saudi Arabia?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQPS7sstKq8

>>33059456
The turks do not control the highway roundabout. That map seems way off, it doesn't even correctly shows government territory.

>>33059741
Ir also seems like ISIS friends in Daraa started acting against the rebels there. Maybe they saw the recent clashes between rebels and government as an opportunity?

>>33057438
The sdf can isolate/close with Raqqa all they want I still don't understand how or why they would even want to take it.

>>33059770
Yes I know, I called them Yarmouk brigade in my post. They renamed themselves after their group spit. Clearly they can still wipe out FSA when they feel like it.

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IS made uparmored tractor ....heh

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>>33059943
Opps that was yesterdays US airstrikes , worth posting anyway. Here is the tractor.

>>33059951
Armor held up surprisingly well. It takes a fair hit to blow the front axle assembly off a tractor.

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Lastly a new warontherocks story of Turkeys options post Al Bab....and none of them are good.

https://warontherocks.com/2017/02/in-syria-turkey-finds-itself-boxed-in-whats-next/

>>33059456
Jund + some defected former nusra equaling about 2100 men will leave for Raqqa through "south Aleppo roads" what ever that means

>>33059824
>The sdf can isolate/close with Raqqa all they want I still don't understand how or why they would even want to take it.
>how
They wont, quite simply, and likely wont even try because
>why
They're only down there at all because the US is pushing hard for them to go keep IS under pressure and tie up men and equipment in the area, they have no desire to actually take the city which explains why they're pushing all around the outskirts without trying to fight their way into any notably built up areas. Expect them to keep doing the same for the foreseeable future, they know IS can fight far more effectively in urban areas where the USAF support isn't nearly as useful and they have nowhere near enough loyalty to the US's desires to expend large amounts of blood for them somewhere that holds no natural attraction.

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Sniping saudishits and chewing khat

https://twitter.com/maytham956/status/833766494446186496

>>33057301
Quack quack

>>33036248
did they summon a fire elemental?

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-127I6SZis

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpoMneoC17c

>>33057301
I went to the Golan Heights twice this summer in Israel and each time I could see IED explosions just 10 miles from the Israeli-Syrian border. That place is such a hell hole lol

>>33061840
Whole Middle East is a land cursed by God

>>33062459
> can't dig down two meters without finding oil or gas
> cursed
lol

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>kawaii isof intensifies

why are their roaches in my nato

>>33034953

If I never hear another snackbar in my life it will be too soon.

>no brrrrt

Well, those rockets sorta made a "BRRRRTTT" sound. Not GAU-8 BRRRRTTT...

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>>33037124

>That's because it is

>>33067048

Geopolitics and strategic location.

>>33065146
>Posing for group pics in theatre
How long after that image was taken were they ATGMed?

>ISIS sister affiliate Liwa Aqsa, according to local people, made takfir on local fighters in Hama, took dozens captive and slaughtered them.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=277&v=jD1grVr7R9w

>>33067048
They won't be for long.

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>>33045540
so obvious

>>33057103
basically this.

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>gas,gas,gas

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFeK0ggsfGo

>>33069113
what am i looking at here?

>>33069153
ISIS blew up the gas facility by Palmyra

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>>33069156

>>33065146

Is it just me or are the helmets shiny?

>no west mosul livestream

end me

>>33062691
The oil is a curse

>>33069443
Superstition is a curse. The oil is just fine.

>>33048816
Alcohol as an electronics coolant is easier to deal with than a complex ECS system as used on Western aircraft. Stupid caption is stupid.

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>>33040269
I think you mean
>IS invents the 'M3 Ali'

>>33069153
>>33069153
ISIS sattelite launch into polar orbit

>>33070064
I was looking for this pic. where can i find a fleece like that?

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http://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria-rebels-idUSKBN1601BD

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Somebody has parachuted a squad of men and some supplies west of Tal Afar. Spoopy

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>Tennessee

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>>33045540

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MARSOC on the ground in Western Mosul

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>>33072295
Enhance

First things first.
ISIS has reportedly moved its operational HQ from Raqqa to Al-Qaim, in Iraq, near the border with Syria, on the Euphrates.

YPG is happily conquering more desert east of Raqqa, between the city and Madaan.

SAA started advancing east of Aleppo again. They're now directly north of Deir-Hafer, some 6km far from the city.

Turks evacuated from Al-Bab's Zamzan districts after heavy (for this war) casualities.
ISIS is also widening the opening between turk fronts in Bzaah.

Rebels backed by the kurds are intensifying operations near Azaz, taking checkpoints aroun the city. The kurds should advance on that front once Al-Bab is done (in 2043). It should be interesting to see if the SAA will step in there when the time comes.

Speaking of SAA, they've regained almost every inch of the territory lost to the rebels in Daraa in the recent offensive against the government there.

>>33072557
Regarding Iraq, the government has restarted the offensive against ISIS in Mosul, advancing from the right side of the river (west) in the south towards the city.

Allies have also started operations near Tal Afar.

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Meanwhile in Afghanistan
>Afghan soldiers and policemen on Tuesday surrounded the house of Vice President Abdul Rashid Dostum in an apparent effort to arrest nine of his aides accused of kidnapping and raping a political opponent on his orders.

>The attempt to bring about the arrests came after the attorney general complained to police authorities that they had ignored previous orders to carry out the arrests. The police had said they feared an armed confrontation and would have to evacuate the residential neighborhood “to avoid civilian casualties,” according to copies of official documents obtained by The New York Times.

>Stung by the attorney general’s criticism, police officials promised on Monday to take action. On Tuesday, more than 100 police and soldiers surrounded the downtown Kabul compound of Mr. Dostum, an ethnic Uzbek who is the more senior of the country’s two vice presidents. Observers said it appeared to be a siege, although there was no gunfire and the mood was calm.
Dostum was a warlord who is known for making thinly veiled attempts to murder his political opponents

>>33072777
Dostum was one of the figureheads of the desintegration of the country in the 90's.

>>33073050
Not related to this thread at all.

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>>33073326

>>33072797
Just about everyone in the current Afghan government is.
Afghanistan is a weird country.

>>33074548
"Country". Basically.

>>33067048
It was meant to keep them from being buddies with the Commies. Now it's to keep them from fighting the Greeks

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>>33072557
Not much to add. I noticed the SAA also made further advances toward Palmyra by opening a new front to the south plus taking most if not all of the orchards. I think this is the exact path they took the last time they took Palmyra.

http://www.syriahr.com/en/?p=61362
SOHR story on SDF/YPG advancement in northern Raqqa.

There has been a IS counter attack again in "little Sweden" near Tabqa dam but after everything else IS starting to go into panic mode around Raqqa. They definitely feel threatened, even if the city isn't falling anytime soon.

TFSA still barely making any progress in Al Bab while minor clashes go on with Afrin YPG.

>>33075592

If ISIS is true to form, they'll try something unorthodox on their opponents. That seems to be their pattern. It'll most likely be an unexpected attack somewhere else.

New videos in western Aleppo from the group formerly know as Al-Nusra then known as Fateh al-Sham and now HTS. Fuck this name shit, they are Syria's Al Qaeda branch no matter what they call themselves.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqC15WAQGdg
Tank shelling the carton factory

TOW on a SAA machine gun position
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSHDcbNI9p8

>>33075733
We are finally at a point where IS is going to have to run from one of their major fronts but I assume they will attack someplace else.

what about ukarine?

>>33075733
I expect them to keep holding out until something changes politically.

>>33034342
The pants are 80s and 90s vintage Battle Dress Uniform Woodland Pattern American.

The boots? Something shitty and turkish.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4jEubw4Qb0

Someone knows the cost of the destruction of the gaz fields? I heard that they rebuilt it when they took Palmyra the 1st time.

>>33079276
bipty billions :DDD


Looks like the Turks are finally taking El-Bab. It seems afterwards they will take Efrin and establish security zone in Manbij-Bab-N. Aleppo-Idlib corridor. Long live Ataturk!

Seems like Al -Bab sitcom coming close to it's end
If Turks manage to fuck up again it will go down in history

>>33048816
On the mi-6 they use alcohol to de-ice the rotor blades. Apparently when the helicopter just went into service there were some incidents of the helicopter crashing due to the de-icing system failing. Turned out nothing was actually wrong with the system, but the crew was drinking all the alcohol.

>>33057103
>mad hezaboo detected
How many arms shipments are the Israelis gonna have to BTFO before you admit you are no better?

>>33079564
What about Tadif?
>Manbij
WTF they wanna take this city???

>>33075813
is that a russian tank?

>>33079916
They want, but no way in hell they would be able to do it.
I think Erdogan planned to use FSA as cannon foder, but considering their performance in Al Bab...
Only chance they have if Erdogan launches full scale invasion with whole army

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Anyone play this?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXVZjuaQEIA

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>>33080219

>be me
>watched a trailer for this game a while ago
>all dem tanks without infantry protecting them
>infantry attacking at the middle of the street

yes, its syrian conflict.

>>33080151
>Only chance they have if Erdogan launches full scale invasion with whole army
If only.
It would be the cherry on the cake of this meme war.

>>33080327
They seem to be focusing more on realism, so I would expect nothing less.

>>33080219
From the trailer it actually looks pretty good. Seems like it's going along the lines of Men of War, which is a fantastic RTS game, so it could turn out to be quite nice.

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>The United Nations is warning of catastrophic flooding in Syria from the Tabqa dam, which is at risk from high water levels, deliberate sabotage by Islamic State (IS) and further damage from air strikes by the U.S.-led coalition.
>The earth-filled dam holds back the Euphrates River 40 km (25 miles) upstream of the IS stronghold of Raqqa and has been controlled by IS since 2014.
>Water levels on the river have risen by about 10 meters since Jan. 24, due partly to heavy rainfall and snow and partly to IS opening three turbines of the dam, flooding riverside areas downstream, according to a U.N. report seen by Reuters on Wednesday.
>www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria-dam-idUSKBN15U1DZ

pretty good bbc footage of a point blank IED blast in iraq:

https://twitter.com/CT_operative/status/833715410860113920

>>33079773
> Al -Bab sitcom coming close to it's end

Paintball teams full of 12yr olds all across america have a higher level of combat effectiveness than these dummies

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7dHWsLdbFU

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>>33080519

>>33048816
The tank has "EAU DISTILLEE" written on it. It's French for "distillated water". Why is it in French though?

>>33080695
>Why is it in French though?

Because the French make things.

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did you attend your drone class today?

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weird VBIED

Hello. I just came here to ask a question about weapons and noticed the thread.
As a regular visitor of /sg/, I ask myself: What differences are there between the syrian civil war threads here and on /sg/?

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ISIS DIY crew, west of Tel Afar

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>>33081443
>What differences are there between the syrian civil war threads here and on /sg/?
>Here:
less pointless thread flooding and shit posting. More credible weapons info.

The threads aren't far off, it's good they both exist though. Helps quarantine some undesirable /pol/ posters...

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Again not much to add today other than intense IS Yarmouk resistance to the FSA near Daara and more minor gains by the TFSA.

Map is a much wider Raqqa-Deir picture showing how much IS is being pushed around by SDF/YPG

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Kurds driving in style

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>Shabiha life

>>33081472
Too bad they still keep bringing their lovely, lovely friends over here as is evidenced by the guy you replied to.

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DIY mortars

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>>33081475
IS pics from where they claim is just outside the mountains near T4.

Little news from there as IS still being sneeky breekiy along the northern flank.

SOHR story on SAA advances in western Aleppo today.
http://www.syriahr.com/en/?p=61387

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>>33081529
IS pic from the same set. They are supposedly looking at SAA positions across the mountain range.

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US paratroopers, those drone goggles lol

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>>33081561
and firing on them.

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>>33081562

>>33081490
When can I pick one up with Rhodie flags and matching brushstroke?

>>33081562

Say what? "Panasonic Toughbook"? Ah yes, Made In Japan. Good choice. But I am slightly incredulous that the US military forces rely on foreign made electronics.

>>33080555
WEw

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>>33050595

>Oh so their priority is Dez?
i havent said so, but DEZ is a way more important or in other words, losing it would be a huge loss (thousands of soldiers there, stronghold in east syria, a sucessful ISIS meatgrinder and just like palmyra too; propaganda)

>They don't wanna secure their Oil fields first?
afaik just like in the first offensive to recapture the city, they took most of the the oil/gas facillities later, after the town was liberated
..or at least tried - i just say shaer gas field :-/

>>33081443
>Actual discussion of military tactics and strategies
>Posters who are knowledgeable about a wide range of weapons platforms and systems
>No tinfoil conspiracies
>More reliable and accurate updates

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pew pew

>>33081790
Every military force on the world relies on Panasonic for computers.
Americans, russians, even the fucking chinese.

>>33083015

The quality wasn't the question. I am more interested in the inherent trust placed in an electronic product manufactured outside your own country. Especially an electronic product used in communications. What was it we learned a couple of weeks again; that all cellphones in the whole world send messages to some shady server in Bangladesh?

>>33083204
They're literally the only company producing those kinds of computers.
It's them, or nothing.

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https://www.wsj.com/articles/mccain-makes-secret-trip-to-syria-in-midst-of-u-s-assessment-1487795458

>>33080151
>not wanting to send your jihadist cannonfodder to their deaths after they're no longer needed
laughing_Erdogan.jpg

>>33081423
>all those DJIs converted into terrorist bombers
thanks China

>>33081475
>intense IS Yarmouk resistance
?
Also what is happening with the Khalid bin Whalid brigade in the south?


Will Jund Al-Aqsa switching from moderate jihadis to actual ISIS affect anything? Meaningful manpower boost to ISIS or no?

>>33084930
Jund al Asqa was never huge. Throwing a number out, but ~1000.

ISIS lite in the basin expanded a bit, contracted, then expanded out for like 50% of the previous gains.

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vbied

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so has the war died down or is it just low media attention at the moment?

>>33080304
Is that a SU-25?

>>33081496
Whats with the pink grenade?

>>33087136
#breastcancerawareness

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Some recent VT stuff

>veteranstoday.com/2017/02/22/syrian-war-report-february-22-2017-syrian-army-aims-isis-stronghold-of-deir-hafer/
>.veteranstoday.com/2017/02/22/away-from-iraqs-front-lines-the-islamic-state-is-creeping-back-in/
>veteranstoday.com/2017/02/22/whats-really-happening-in-syrias-al-bab/

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>>33080219
This is great fun, I disabled nursra t-72AV, their crews ran off and I repaired the tanks, stole them and used them to kill al-nusra and ISIS in the map.

Sometimes ISIS attacks al-nursra and levels a few buildings with VBIED.

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Israel once again bombed Hezbollah targets in the middle of Damascus. Russia once again not only did nothing, they didn't even warn Hezbollah

>tfw Hezbollah is literally being cucked by Putin to the Jews

>>33072305
Could this be legit?

>>33086253
Low media attention for a couple of reasons.
Firstly there's no attractive 'EVIL ASSADPUTIN BOMBS LAST HOSPITAL/BAKERY/ORPHANAGE' story to push right now, and second the focus is wholly on Iraq for the start of the West Mosul operation, which will get attention for maybe another week before the media shuts up about the whole thing for the next few months to avoid posting negative "fighting continues for the same city blocks as the last 3 weeks" type stories over and over.

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>plays Naval CBT
>match started
>in an American Torpedo boat cause gunboats are overrated
>quickly get to the cap point
>13 mins passed
>engine damaged, can't do shit
>friendly AF D1 rams me
>"fucking torpedo boats should just kys"
>kay.jpeg
>enemy Fairmile appeared out of no where
>"Torpedos Port Side!!!"
>P A N I C.gif
>AF D1 ain't dodging cause he thot i was gonna be hit first
>engine back runnin
>backs up
>mfw

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RT has a livestream up on the mosul assault
https://www.rt.com/on-air/378354-iraqi-forces-mosul-operation/
https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/201702231050967722-mosul-daesh-airport/

Get the popcorn ready bois

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>>33080219
It's fucking lit. Surprisingly good game for it's price.

Also puts a lot of things into context that you didn't understand before, though.
It can be pretty hard preserving your forces at times. There's never a solid frontline and your forces are limited to a handful of squads and your vehicles are rusty slavshit that dies to one RPG (And they're around every corner) instead of undedable Abrams, you begin to sympathize a bit with arab commanders and soldiers who are otherwise mocked here in the west for poor performance and high casualties.
Still, nothing beats a tank crew under heavy fire tossing smoke grenades 50 meters ahead so they can steal a disabled tank from the enemy.

That or I'm just really shit at this game.

>>33087603
>On the other side, the Daesh forces are composed of all kinds of troops, elite mercenaries, both Islamic veterans of earlier wars and operators from the notorious private armies of corporations like DynCorp and Blackwater, the commanders are experts from Israel, the Gulf States and other nations outside the region, even Britons and Americans may be serving there, as they have elsewhere under the banner of IS.

What is this shit site?

>>33083204
Citation fucking needed

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>>33085229

am not him - saying they arent huge isn't fair...yes, they are short in manpower compared to ahrar al sham or JFS aka HTS, but their fighting skill and (way more important) morale is high, so its a huge blow for the rebels, to let them go to ISIS

>>33084930
they already gone full ISIS mode and will leave northern hama, to sneak through SAA lines and join ISIS from what i've read.
I have no clue where they will be send to and how much it will affect this frontline, maybe in al-Bab (DO IT 4 THE KEKS) or way worse DEZ this could be a really bad case (SAA point of view)

>>33090277
They'll be used in Homs against the Palmyra offensive, 99% sure.

>>33083204
How many sq ft you have under there bruh?
>Bangladesh gibs me da heebies
Should be more concerned with your very own wicked .gov selling your country out from under your nose (yes, even the comms infrastructure) to sworn enemies. At least they tell us they're our foes.
>globalists gonna globalist

>>33057260
I don't know what you find funny in brutal 3rd world prisons

Turks are saying they have completely captured Al-Bab. About time I guess?

http://blog.jempp.com.au/2010/05/year-12-jersey-jacket-hoodie-nickname-ideas.html

>>33086253
I'd give her low media some attention.

>>33034199
Kebabs killing each other. What a time to be alive!

>>33080555

Trips of truth.

Those guys at the door died by the way.

>>33083204
Yeah you're right, we had best put all our trust in our own electronics right
Good one, fucking spastic

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Katib Hezbollah vid of recking a trench full of IS fighters west of mosul.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5pg8WXlt_s

>>33086253
Low media attention since election is over

Aleppo is done

>>33090983

War is basically over.

>>33071149
>Tal Afar
Interdasting, moar info?

>>33090939
Fighting in the middle east never ceases to suprise me. Looking at the bodies most if not all of them died at the bottom of the trench where I'd expect them to be at the top end, since you'd want to be shooting at an advancing enemy before your trench is overrun.

Did Hezbollah just sneak up on them? Was the supressing fire that effective? Or is this just a case of lack of discipline?

>>33084930
I'm not a fulltime follower of the conflict so please excuse my ignorance. Is Jund Al-Aqsa the same group that is active in Palestine (West bank or Gaza? I always mix them up with Hezbollah) or is this just a group with a similar name?

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>>33090939

Damn, the sand niggers of Al Dawla don't fight so good when it isn't their carefully edited propaganda.

Do they still get 72 boy virgins if they get killed by Shia heretics?

>>33091108
i think IS thought they were the ones sneaking up but they were expected.

>>33091108
most likely the were captured, lined up and shot in the head.

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>>33090939

awsome footage and nice to see a shia group starts to release high quality videos

/sg/ is about to call in another one

>>33090939
nice

>>33091280
Hmm could be yeah.On the footage there is some fighting showing IS in the lower trench.

>>33091155
From the footage they seemed to be on the wrong side of the trench for that..

>>33091332
in the vid one of them almost shoots the camera arab

>>33091537
meant for
>>33091280

>>33080219
Bought it thanks to your post.

Plays kinda similar to Men of War (without the direct control ability, which i never liked desu) which is a good thing indeed.

Pretty good game and i had no technical difficulties at all, which surprises me since it comes from a pretty small studio.

Now they only need to add a skirmish mode.

>>33090019
Its been quite a while since i played a real time tactics game but i think its kinda hard too. (not that this is a bad thing ofc.. it would kinda suck to steamroll everything in a game featuring the SAA. Loosing troops and tanks left and right only adds to the setting).

Any news on Ahrar Al-Sham pledging allegiance to IS after getting BTFO by Nusra?

>>33092358
What?
They never even fought. Al Aqsa did attack AAS but the main fighting was between JAA and pro AAS FSA groups.

Also the whole JAA-AAS war is because AAS didn't like how close JAA was to ISIS.

>>33081496
Why did they cum in the shot glass

>>33081452
Russian merc with a QBZ-56-2?

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>>33092358

daaamn nigga
get your shit together.

>>33092743
That's actually Assad's semen, it's a delicacy amount Syrians

>>33081514

whats the story behing this?is this shopped?

>inb4 hello newfriend

Would a A-10 Warthog been helpful to Turks to capture Al-Bab. I checked their Air Force at the wikipedia and they dont have any close support airplanes. Just fuck tons of F-16s and F4s.

>>33093901
>hurr let's just BRRRRRRT an entire city that also has our soldiers engaged in urban combat in it
senpai...

>>33093366
just a silly shop.

>>33093901
I'm about 95% certain A10s probably were at and around Al-Bab. US air force helped in the battles.

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>>33080219
Bought this game few days ago, been enjoying the fuck out of it.

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>>33093901
non-Turks/Arabs would've been help to Turks to capture al-Bab, I think.

>>33092241
there aint no shame in using pause to give out orders.

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I want to donate to YPG. How do I donate to YPG (and/or YPJ)?

>>33095625
Easy way to get on a watch list

>>33095625
good idea, we all should.

>>33096319
for what exactly ?

>>33081472
also less t*rkroaches

>>33095625
don't donate to those Commies give to the Pesh and only to PUK

>>33095625
Why? It's nice that they're not jihadis, but they're communists. It's like trading one shit ideology for another.

>>33096319
p.sure as long as its not the pkk you are good to go.

>>33096679
So donate to the Turkish lakeys in Iraq and not those who are doing damn good work against Daesh?

Besides, YPG/YPJ/PKK/PJAK are not even communist

Does anyone have an updated version of the infographic displaying ceasefires and attitudes between the various factions in Syria? And also the one showing who is funding and supplying who?

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>>33082945

>the more things change, the more they stay the same.

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>>33094843
>100% certain
ft4u

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unclaimed territory in syria!??!?!

>>33040078
I kinda like the little picket fence around the porch. It looks so Norman Rockwell.

>>33095551
lol that's amazing
>>33095592
who the fuck drew that stupid map up?

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>>33100465
the same one who drew up this cluster fuck im sure

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edgelords of mosul

>>33100556
perfect

And to think these folks get paid 6 digit salaries plus every year

>>33048834
its a propaganda film dude

>>33100811
that looks like a fucking transformer face

this general got slow

did isis really withdraw from albab and its surroundings, or is this only coming from the turks, again?

if this is true, what are roaches up to now?

>>33095551
GOTY right there

>>33101544
ISIS withdrew from Al-Bab and later (supposedly, there's really no confirmation) from Qabasin and Bzaah.
They later started bombing the fuck out of Al-Bab with mortars and suicide attacks. Killed more than thirty rebels with a single explosion.
Tedef is still controlled by ISIS, it seems

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/pilot-pays-tribute-to-salt-bae-nusret-gokce-while-allegedly-bombing-isil-in-syria.aspx?pageID=238&nID=110119&NewsCatID=352
Well at least the Turks have a sense of humor.

As asked in the /pol/ thread: How do saudis manage to make American equipment look so fucking bad?

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holy fucking shit !
im seriously impressed by the iraqi offensive lately at mosul

at first they send the floating bridges to northern mosul and made it look like they will attack there and now they already have steamrolled the airport, the huge armybase and (even more important) the mountain chain, overlooking mosul, in the south/south-west of the city.

awsome !

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>UAE Army announces death of Sergeant Khalid al-Balochi who was killed in "Op Restoring Hope" in Yemen
>Restoring Hope

it, worked. one piece of shit less.
*hope increases*

>>33102529
no wayyy

>>33102529
>DIY jammers Soon™

>>33081490
Great they ruined a challanger.

>>33102529
First one I saw that actually did damage

>>33102529
They are getting good with those things.

>>33102671
To add they should put a net above the gunner hatch. IS drone dropped it right in the hole.

>>33102529
It's getting better. Too bad the war is almost over.

>>33102733
they probably shouldn't store tons of ammo in vehicles with open top to begin with

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>>33102529
hot fuckin damn good effect on target

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>>33102529
>post yfw you realize the can easily do this in any western city with a very lwo probability of getting caught

>>33103345
not gonna happen unless you get your hands on military explosives. Hopefully.

r-right..?

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>>33103345

>implying all vehicles in western countries are filled with shitloads of high explosives

dude, the payload of these drones is a joke.
They do 90% just psychological "damage"

>>33103345
We can be happy that very few people that want to cause as much harm and destruction as possible have had access to a proper education. Drones don't change the playing field by much, people always found ways.

Loading a truck with ANFO is easy, if you're more sophisticated you can cook up other explosives and kill VIPs with EFPs or flood a subway with sarin. The remote controlled hang glider loaded with explosives ramming itself in a government building IAI harop style isn't that much more dangerous than stuff that's been available for decades.

>>33103400
in most western countries you can go out and buy two tons of ammonium nitrate fertilizer without questions asked. Getting your hands on chemicals like WFNA isn't exactly hard either, in germany you need a two week course and you can buy the ingredients for a lot of nasty shit. It's probably even more relaxed in other countries.

>>33103434
what happens if you drop this shit on a nuclear plant? Are sensitive materials exposed down the chimney?

>>33103480
It would probably just hit the cooling pool, and do basically nothing

>>33103480
Take a guess. The confinement of modern powerplants can take direct hits of passenger planes. No, you won't be able to damage it. It'd probably be a lot easier to fuck up a reprocessing facility, but still not achievable by a small group of people. These things are well guarded.

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>>33103480
>Are sensitive materials exposed down the chimney?
No

>>33103413
Even if it's just a simple grenade (which these are, 40mm HE) one grenade dropped on a crowd of civilians is enough to kill/maim dozens of people.

>>33095551
Have you reached levels with enemy ATGMs yet?

Those things are as scary as they are in the fucking webms.. my poor BMPs

>>33102363
Now thats a fucking ruse.

>>33102529
How big is that "bomblet"?

>>33103400
For an explosion that big.. sure, but even dropping a couple of "big" firecrackers will probably cause alot of panic

>>33103506
The panic though...

>>33103705
That is true. The panic factor

>>33103524
thats not a chimney

>>33103900
why would a nuclear powerplant have a chimney though?

>>33103900
He meant the cooling tower

>>33103508
>well guarded

what's the standard procedure to take down a drone? All I can think of is a fucking hunting rifle with birdshot

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>>33104607