Picture of the Day (Other eras)

[VonMudra]

Inches away from death, an Islamist TOW crew almost scores a direct hit in a group of soldiers of the SAA in Sawran, Hama:

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

Jesus christ they are marching up like Line infantry of the napoleon wars. The only thing missing is the british grenadiers playing in the background

Considering the range, they're probably just walking around far behind their lines and think they're safe.  What's more interesting is, after all the TOW/Kornet strikes, that they actually DO think they're safe.


And yeah, a lot of these TOW strikes only get a few people.  I've seen hits on groups where only the man it hits and those to the left and right of them actually are killed/injured.  That said, it HAS proven worth at clearing out spotter/sniper/AT missile nests itself.

[Dukat]

Spoiler

Military situation in western Aleppo, Syria. Islamistic rebel forces fail in their offensive to get a foot into 3000 Apartments project, November 3rd, 2016.

[Torenico]

And they haven't managed to capture the whole of 1070 either, a few buildings are still under SAA control.

I wonder what's Putin trying to do..., the Russian Air Force has been quite silent afaik...

[Dukat]

Military situation in Mosul, Iraq, November 5th, 2016.

Free Syrian Army received a disarmed FNSS ACV-15 armoured combat vehicle from Turkey in northern Aleppo province, November 5th, 2016

[Slayer]

IS gonna be kesseled in Mosul?

[PanzerKnacker]

Hah, kesseled 

[VonMudra]

http://edition.cnn.com/2016/11/05/middleeast/iraq-inside-mosul-battle/index.html

A pretty harrowing tale of a couple dozen Iraqi soldiers and a CNN reporter team under siege in Mosul for a day.

[Torenico]

"FSA" BVIED in Aleppo

Urban combat in Mosul from Daesh perspective

[Dukat]

^^ nice find though I don't believe in an explosion device but in an armored personal carrier.


Captured ISIS tunnel digger in eastern Mosul, Iraq, October 5th, 2016.

[Torenico]

^^ nice find though I don't believe in an explosion device but in an armored personal carrier.

Probably, yes, considering there are things that look like "firing ports" of some sort...., but the use of BVIED by the Islamists in Aleppo is well known and they're well armored as this one.

[Dukat]

ISIS suicide bomber Abu Usama al-Irlandi in front of his VBIED that he detonated at Tal Afar, Iraq, November 4th, 2016.

Footage: FSA launches hand-made scud missile (Omar) at Iranian operations room in Daraa, Syria, October/November 2016

[Zoologic]

Even the Irish. So, he switched sides to relive his day with IRA perhaps? Once violent stays violent.

Honestly, it is easy to join these guys. Profess your frustration, let them bring you into their spiritual belief, and voila you are one of them. Therefore it is useless to pester Muslim groups, because anybody can become a sudden hardliners.

[Slayer]

But a successfull suicide bomber you become only once.

[pizzzaman]

Battle of Ilovaisk, 2014

[Dukat]

Military situation in southern Syria, November 10th, 2016. New Syrian Army links with Free Syrian Army in Dumayr.