Picture of the Day (Other eras)

[MaJ.P.Bouras]

he he he, FH2 Jeep charges working irl 

[Dukat]

Kurdish YPG launched their attack in the province of Raqqa, Syria, May 24th, 2016.

[Sander93]

You don't need percision.  What they did is no different than the LRDG tearing through an italian airfield.  They drove in with some technicals, sprayed MG and RPG fire at everything, then hightailed it out of there.

Oh, photos looked like they'd been hit with smart bombs or very precise artillery/mortars. I wonder how they managed to drive into a Russian airfield. Security must've been shit.

[roxor]

indian army war exercises

[Dukat]

Modified M114, Hashd al-Shaabi militia, Fallujah, Iraq, May 26th, 2016.

[Dukat]

Military Situation in northern Raqqa. May 26th, 2016.

Kurdish YPG/SDF completely halted their attack in the morning of May 27th and withdrew units westwards towards Manbij frontline.

[Dukat]

After many weeks of fights, going back and forth between Free Syrian Army and ISIS in northern Aleppo, the pendulum swung hard against the FSA today. The Azaz pocket got split into 2 parts, leaving the town of Mare cut from the supply line. It appears that ISIS is able to mass a force stronger than the remainders of the FSA in the Azaz pocket, probably due to the YPG not pushing ISIS at Manbij. And the FSA militias are poorly trained and consist of many young boys without any expirience (which you could see in footage of the recent weeks).

[Wilhelm]

Where do you see all of this info, Dukat?  Do you hunt for it or is there a sort of centralized place that collects it?

[Torenico]

There are multiple sources, you just need to know where to find them. I found a website that displayed a huge map of Syria with different "pins" containing information about the latest events in these areas. But of course, finding non-biased information about the situation developing in Syria and Iraq (this one, not so much) is quite hard. My primary source is SouthernFront, a YT channel, but it's quite in favor of Al-Assad and the Russian Forces, on the other hand, other "reporters" who report on Syria might be biased towards the so-called "Free Syrian Army".

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Iraqi Tupolev Tu-22 "Blinder" during the Iran-Iraq War.

The Iraqis used the Tu-22s extensively during the "War of the Cities" along with the Al-Hussein and Scud missiles. The Blinders carried FAB-9000 (9000kg bombs) to target the Iranian cities.

[Dukat]

Where do you see all of this info, Dukat?  Do you hunt for it or is there a sort of centralized place that collects it?

I'm just selecting a a sample of the multitude of information. There are several livemaps, message boards and media networks available covering the conflict, but https://liveuamap.com is the best by far and excellent to start with.



Military Situation in northern Aleppo/Azaz, May 28th, 2016.


Rebels got everything they need, they just lack numbers and skill.

[Born2Kill 007]

Iraqi Tupolev Tu-22 "Blinder" during the Iran-Iraq War.

Beautiful picture and plane. Just a strange cockpit. When looking at the wikipedia images of TU-22s, I see different cockpits. Anyone knows more about this?

Or is this "A trainer version of the 'Blinder,' the Tu-22U ('Blinder-D'), was fielded at the same time; it had a raised cockpit for an instructor pilot. The Tu-22U had no tail guns, and was not combat-capable. Forty six were produced."?

[Dukat]

Battle for Manbij: Military situation in northern Aleppo province June 1st, 2016.

[VonMudra]

Map got updated:

[Torenico]

100 Years since Jutland, HMS Indefatigable sinks after a salvo fired by German Battlecruiser SMS Von der Tann.

[Dukat]

The war against ISIS in a nutshell: Iraqi forces during the shelling of ISIS positions in Fallujah, Iraq, recently.