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Re: Picture of the Day (Other eras)
« Reply #8881 on: 16-10-2017, 22:10:18 »
Apparently the Peshmerga were briefly standing their ground, when they suddenly were all given orders to retreat and abandon Kirkuk.  There is also a massive exodus of Kirkuk’s population fleeing into Kurdistan.

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Re: Picture of the Day (Other eras)
« Reply #8882 on: 17-10-2017, 20:10:06 »
Am I the only one that thinks the Kurds are punching well above their weight?.


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Re: Picture of the Day (Other eras)
« Reply #8883 on: 17-10-2017, 22:10:14 »


Iraqi gains in red. Undoing all Kurdistan's territorial gains since 2003.
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Re: Picture of the Day (Other eras)
« Reply #8884 on: 18-10-2017, 02:10:13 »
Am I the only one that thinks the Kurds are punching well above their weight?.

They have been, but sadly, rather than fight for it, it appears they've cut some kind of deal with the Iraqi government :/

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Re: Picture of the Day (Other eras)
« Reply #8885 on: 18-10-2017, 03:10:08 »
Am I the only one that thinks the Kurds are punching well above their weight?.

They have been, but sadly, rather than fight for it, it appears they've cut some kind of deal with the Iraqi government :/

I've seen a video showing a couple of massacred Peshmergas who attempted to resist the Iraqi incursion, one of them appears to be a high ranking official.

Either way, pay attention to the map and the "connection" between the Iraqi Kurds and the SDF, practically none.







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Re: Picture of the Day (Other eras)
« Reply #8886 on: 18-10-2017, 20:10:21 »


A different map showing Iraqi gains. So what happens once they reclaim all their territory back? Peace, hopefully? It looks like Iraqi Kurds are trying to appease their hostile neighbors.
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Re: Picture of the Day (Other eras)
« Reply #8887 on: 23-10-2017, 03:10:03 »


Destroyed Iraqi M1A1, according to social media, it was destroyed as the Iraqis entered Kurdish-held territory.


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Re: Picture of the Day (Other eras)
« Reply #8888 on: 03-11-2017, 20:11:38 »


Deir ez Zor is now ISIS-free. Swift advancements from SAA tiger forces and republican guard.
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Re: Picture of the Day (Other eras)
« Reply #8889 on: 11-11-2017, 12:11:45 »


Does anyone know what the red 'device' is for that is placed in the front of the chamber?

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Re: Picture of the Day (Other eras)
« Reply #8890 on: 11-11-2017, 12:11:12 »
I'd say it's the "lock" to ensure the bolt is not in the forward position, i.e. the weapon is totally and idiot-proof safe
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Re: Picture of the Day (Other eras)
« Reply #8891 on: 11-11-2017, 14:11:15 »
Yeah, just had it answered by an Isreali soldier on the PR forums. It's an empty chamber flag that is mandatory outside of combat, used as an extra precaution.

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Re: Picture of the Day (Other eras)
« Reply #8892 on: 15-11-2017, 21:11:01 »

SAA is nibbling at HTS & rebel territory northeast of Hama
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Re: Picture of the Day (Other eras)
« Reply #8893 on: 18-11-2017, 01:11:49 »


ARA San Juan, a TR-1700-class Diesel-Electric Submarine built by the German Nordseewerke Emden GmbH firm for the Argentine Navy in the 80s, went missing on Wednesday 15 after losing communications with their base.

The fate of the submarine and it's 44-man crew remains unknown, as the Argentine Navy finds itself unable to locate the missing sub on it's own. Several countries offered help and logistic support, among them Chile (which is probably going to help with surface ships + a P3 Orion), Great Britain offered support from the Falklands (rumours says they have a C-130 ready if the Argentine Government accepts their help), the US (offered Satellite support and a NASA-owned P3 Orion equipped with Magnetometer and Gravimeter, among other sensors, based off Antartica) and Brazil will also contribute to the search and rescue efforts.


The situation is unclear, it stopped sending messages for two days and it cannot be reached. The main rumour is that (according to a forum member who served in the Navy and still has contacts inside it) there was a fire in the Torpedo compartment (the ship was on a patrol mission, armed) which was controlled, it surfaced but couldn't contact base because the weather is terribly bad and went underwater again and later on, missing.

It's confusing, there is no emergency comms in the ship?, no emergency beacon?. There are no evidence of an explosion, no oil spill or rubble at all, so the ship has to be somewhere.


The ARA San Juan is one of the three available submarines in the Argentine Navy. She is, along with ARA Santa Cruz, from the TR-1700 class. The third sub is ARA Salta, a Type 209 submarine, also of German origin.


Let's just hope for the best, for the crew and the submarine.


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Re: Picture of the Day (Other eras)
« Reply #8894 on: 18-11-2017, 10:11:11 »
It's confusing, there is no emergency comms in the ship?, no emergency beacon?. There are no evidence of an explosion, no oil spill or rubble at all, so the ship has to be somewhere.

Well if there was some kind of explosion/breach underwater wouldn't it just sink to the bottom without much wreckage floating to the surface?