HJ-8 ATGM in Syria

SteelBird

Colonel
3 to 4 missiles were fired one after another. What were they shooting at? All hit? The video shows only one target destroyed after shooting. However, I can't figure out what it is.
 

Broccoli

Senior Member
Here is longer video of same event.
Nur al-Din Brigades rebels attack SAA armor units with four consecutive
HJ-8 ATGM shots, claiming have destroyed two tanks and a cannon
[video=youtube;rQJek_1yHmM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQJek_1yHmM[/video]
 

asif iqbal

Lieutenant General
3 to 4 missiles were fired one after another. What were they shooting at? All hit? The video shows only one target destroyed after shooting. However, I can't figure out what it is.

Think they just reloaded and were showing the firing, maybe they hit more than one target but they showed only one

However I would think its not possible to launch this system from a closed space, you really need a roof top for this missile

More advanced systems like the Javelin can be used from inside of buildings because the back blast is much controlled
 

Broccoli

Senior Member
Shilka get's hit by HJ-8.
[video=youtube;5fAVsteMKgE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fAVsteMKgE[/video]

T-72 cooking off after hit by HJ-8.
[video=youtube;LjddZZVhoQ8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjddZZVhoQ8[/video]

HJ-8 hit's T-72 turret, probably same tank seen in above video.
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Equation

Lieutenant General
This shows how quickly the HJ-8 ATGM can be reloaded and fired multiple times from the same platform firing mechanism.
 

asif iqbal

Lieutenant General
To be honest as far as I am concerned the more these extremists kill each other in Syria the better, the country is destroyed anyway so what the hell let them fight each other and let them get killed if that's what they believe in then that's what the deserve

As long as innocent people are not caught up in this and no innocents are killed then go ahead keep fighting its a lost cause from both sides

Extremist elements are now in Syria it's such a mess, how this is going to get cleaned up I don't know, maybe it's easier to just to nuke the place and start again, talking about nukes it looks like it already has been nuked

I visited this city in 2004 and it was so beautiful makes it even more unreal, reminds me of Stalingrad 1942 the city that swallowed Hitlers 6th Army

Homs Syria Dec 2013
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SteelBird

Colonel
To be honest as far as I am concerned the more these extremists kill each other in Syria the better, the country is destroyed anyway so what the hell let them fight each other and let them get killed if that's what they believe in then that's what the deserve

As long as innocent people are not caught up in this and no innocents are killed then go ahead keep fighting its a lost cause from both sides

Extremist elements are now in Syria it's such a mess, how this is going to get cleaned up I don't know, maybe it's easier to just to nuke the place and start again, talking about nukes it looks like it already has been nuked

I visited this city in 2004 and it was so beautiful makes it even more unreal, reminds me of Stalingrad 1942 the city that swallowed Hitlers 6th Army

Homs Syria Dec 2013
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I can't believe that this used to be a beautiful city not too long ago. How are they going to recover this city from such debris? My God!
 

asif iqbal

Lieutenant General
It's pretty much the same story throughout Syria

I guess it's first got to stop the war then let people move back and then restart the building processs

Sounds really bad but sometimes things like this happen and a more progressive and more determined country emerges with a more tolerant society, they should learn the lessons from this war
 
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