asif iqbal
Lieutenant General
Rebels don't control Latakia which is the key port which handles Russian delivery of weapons and Russia wil never allow Assad to fall they didn't even support the Serbs as much as they are supporting the Assad family
HJ-8 ATGM in Syria
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Rebels don't control Latakia which is the key port which handles Russian delivery of weapons and Russia wil never allow Assad to fall they didn't even support the Serbs as much as they are supporting the Assad family
Equation
Lieutenant General
[video=youtube;UNxB46g75tc]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNxB46g75tc[/video]
I can't believe the scouts or recon team didn't even pick this guy out in plain view in near flat terrain with no cover just sitting there firing his HJ-8 ATGM at their armor tank or vehicle.
AssassinsMace
Lieutenant General
That's what I was thinking. From the standpoint of the person taking the video unless there's low cover right there the camera isn't catching, it's a clear unobstructed view from both directions.
plawolf
Lieutenant General
Could be that they set up in behind a gently rising small hill or some other terrain feature that would have obscured all but the top of the missile and operator to the sight lines of the target armour and its supporting infantry. Setting up closer to actual physical cover might have give them more direct cover against incoming fire, but may paradoxically have also made the operator more detectable as well and reduced the odds of a successful hit and kill.
Equation
Lieutenant General
True, but they could've use binoculars to see and at least scout the terrain features for any enemy activities before moving into the area. My guess is the Syrian army must be losing quite a number of their recon team to be effective in their forward observer units.
Equation
Lieutenant General
This one was fired at that BMP a lot closer from the previous the video that I saw. It looks to be at 150-200 meters away.
SinoSoldier
Colonel
Here are those two vies but in youtube format.
[video=youtube;oPIiXHhyl4g]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPIiXHhyl4g[/video]
[video=youtube;V7btOA6TjA4]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7btOA6TjA4[/video]
HJ-8 sure has a weird firing mechanism that throws the entire tube backwards.