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Off-Topic / Re: Picture of the Day (Other eras)
« on: 17-04-2017, 00:04:19 »
Syrian Arab Army & Allies reversed all gains of the latest Free Syrian Army offensive in northern Hama, Hama Governorate, Syria, April 16th, 2017.

Free Syrian Army? I thought Tahir al-Sham (al-Qaeda) spearheaded the offensive?

Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham ist still part of the Free Syrian Army. The offensive has been joined by Ahrar al-Sham and numerous minor groups. In order to put this in a term correctly, FSA is still the correct nomenclature, IMHO.

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Off-Topic / Re: Picture of the Day
« on: 17-04-2017, 00:04:43 »


You really should put some descriptions sometimes: It is the V1 launch site in Siracourt.


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Off-Topic / Re: Picture of the Day (Other eras)
« on: 16-04-2017, 23:04:13 »

Syrian Arab Army & Allies reversed all gains of the latest Free Syrian Army offensive in northern Hama, Hama Governorate, Syria, April 16th, 2017.


Islamic State sniper, Iraq, 2017.

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Off-Topic / Re: Revolting Uniting
« on: 16-04-2017, 22:04:03 »
Tried to watch Mellissa McCarthy and Alec Baldwin from yesterdays Saturday Night Live Episode.
Sadly, in the year 2017 this is not possible, even though there are dozerns of revenue models available for digital content. The complete content is being blocked and geoblocked.

I don't get this. Why can't they unlock this stuff and make a buck from the views they get abroad via Youtube?

I mean, we're living in a small world, where everything is connected with everything. The american president, for example, got an impact on my life, probably more than my own national chancellor. But nope, lets just block all media content and chop it into national bubbles, so each nation lives in their bubble without getting to see the other bubbles. Actually there aren't enough bubbles already, like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Whatsapp. We could need a lot of more bubbles and echo chambers that simply reflect our opinions about the others, giving the impression that actually our opinion is the opinion of everybody else on this planet.
That will definetely help making this planet a better place, especially when some major bubbles collide with each other, causing a major outburst of hatred and everything that follows after.

So we got an american press that cries out about the american president, about his unlawfulness, how he ruins everything the USA have been standing for. But instead of spreading the word, instead of pinpointing the errors and giving an example what is going wrong in the american presidency, instead of spreading the word of free speech and discourse, instead of teaching the others the ropes of free spech and democracy, all you get is a geoblock.

Wake me up when the bubbles collided and World War Three is on the brink.

/rant

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Off-Topic / Re: Picture of the Day (Other eras)
« on: 16-04-2017, 02:04:55 »

F-14 Tomcat nose cone art.

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Off-Topic / Re: Picture of the Day (Other eras)
« on: 15-04-2017, 01:04:02 »

During ongoing clashes the Free Syrian Army Jaysh al-Izza made some ghanima from the Syrian Arab Army 5th Corps, Helfaya, northern Hama Governorate, April 14th, 2017.

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Among the vehicles captured are two T-62 and and a UAZ. These vehicles have been delivered to Tartus in December 2016 / January 2017, to be deployed with the Syrian Arab Army 5th Corps. The 5th Corps consists of syrian recruits and volunteers, mostly of older age or rejected for military service, structured like a militia, while being equiped and paid by Russia and Iran. Apparently nobody considered the need for paint when maintaining these vehicles, which makes them easily trackable now.

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Off-Topic / Re: Picture of the Day (Other eras)
« on: 14-04-2017, 03:04:30 »

Islamic State mounted a 9M14 Malyutka (AT-3 Sagger) on a BMP turret...



...that has been mounted on an up-armored Toyota Highlux, Deir Ezzor, Deir Ezzor Governorate, Syria, 2017.

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Off-Topic / Re: Picture of the Day (Other eras)
« on: 13-04-2017, 02:04:16 »
^^ I have not heard about the battle having started yet. Reports only claim Syrian Arab Army is deploying forces.


Free Syrian Army Jaish al-Islam keeps pushing ISIS in eastern Qalamoun mountains, parading T-55, T-62 and T-72, Rif Dimashq, Syria, April 12th, 2017.

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Meanwhile Islamic State keeps targeting Coalition aircraft over eastern Aleppo Governorate in vain, Syria, 2017.

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Off-Topic / Re: Picture of the Day (Other eras)
« on: 12-04-2017, 15:04:02 »

Military situation in eastern Homs Governorate, Syria, April 11th, 2017.

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Islamic State T-55 with cast wedge armor attached to the turret, Aleppo Governorate, Syria, 2017.

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Off-Topic / Re: Picture of the Day (Other eras)
« on: 10-04-2017, 00:04:02 »

For a couple of weeks Islamic State is widely using their self-developed and mass-produced hand-held anti-tank-rocket-laucher, to be seen on footage from Mosul. Usage is limited to the pocket of Mosul yet, accordingly their primary production line must be located there, Nineveh Governorate, Iraq, April 9th, 2017.

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Footage: Impressions from the rebel frontlines at Daraa, Daraa Governorate, Syria, April 9th, 2017, 720p

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Gaming / Re: War Thunder
« on: 09-04-2017, 23:04:06 »
It crashed and I got a "Rank does not Matter" award. Bias or luck?

Both. I think you were lucky, maybe the player had other skills trained than useful. Though the FW-200 got no great armament. Compared to its size and its tier(fighting value), it is no fortress. The advantage of the FW-200 is its speed. You can easily travel at 500 mph horizontally without speed loss, making it very hard to catch up for enemy fighters.

The Mig-3-15 on the other side is totally biased. I hate it. Whenever I face it, I'm dead. Accordingly: bias.

I'm also doing dedicated sorties on enemy bombers at high altitude exclusively, but I prefer 2-engined destroyers like the Me 110 or the Junkers 88 for those tasks. Indeed it is very dangerous to aproach high skilled bombers with single-engine. Once you caught up, it depends on the crew skills of the bomber. My bombers got 6 skilled gunners, having a very high accuracy that is almost maximized, while running on low tier airplanes at a fighting value of about 3. I deliver a constant stream of lead on distances of 0.88km and below. I get those 'rank does not matter' awards very often. And I regularily down fighters with my bombers. My favourite bomber is the Heinkel He 111 H6 with 7x 7,92mm. The guns aren't very strong, but still devastating on its tier. I love diving into groups of fighter planes circulating on low altitude while in close combat. I create some mess, and then I go off to high altitude again. Gets me a lot of assists and sometimes a kill.

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Off-Topic / Re: Picture of the Day (Other eras)
« on: 09-04-2017, 04:04:57 »

Mutually confirmed military situation in Daraa, Daraa Governorate, Syria, February 16th, 2017.


Military situation in Daraa, Daraa Governorate, Syria, April 8th, 2017.

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Correction: Footage: Russian reporter checks out 'stockpiles' assumed to be chemical weapon containers at Shayrat Airbase, Homs Governorate, Syria, April 8th, 2017

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Off-Topic / Re: Picture of the Day (Other eras)
« on: 08-04-2017, 01:04:57 »

Fox News graphics shows 45 targets that have been selected for 59 Tomahawk missiles by the US military at Shayrat Airbase, Homs Governorate, Syria, April 7th, 2017.

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Actual footage from Shayrat Airbase shows a pile of chemical weapon containers next to an aircraft shelter that has been hit by a Tomahawk missile, Homs Governorate, Syria, April 7th, 2017.

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Off-Topic / Re: Picture of the Day (Other eras)
« on: 03-04-2017, 00:04:30 »

I was offered 72 virgins, but as I have no use for them, I took 72 toys instead. Uparmored SVBIED, eastern Aleppo Governorate, Syria, April 2nd, 2017.


Military situation in Tabqah and Raqqah, Raqqah Governorate, Syria, April 2nd, 2017.

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Off-Topic / Re: Revolting Uniting
« on: 31-03-2017, 02:03:51 »
He probably does. Are you looking for anything particular, or just a memory flashback? Most of the stuff is still available anyway.


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