HJ-8 ATGM in Syria

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pissybits

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PanAsian said:
This all hearkens back to the colonial period's unstable native circumstances around the world which were exploited by the colonial powers with a systemic divide and conquer strategy which includes preserving as much native instability, stagnation, and therefore opportunities for exploitation as possible to this day.

In the Middle East native secular nationalists who represented the most promising faction for overall societal growth and development were made the primary targets of the colonial powers as well as native feudal factions such as the monarchies and clergies and their supporters. The founding of Israel and the Arab losses in the various Arab-Israeli wars also proved to be a disaster for the secular nationalists. Syria's civil war marks the final Middle Eastern native secular nationalist government to fall regardless of whether Assad survives in part of the country or not.

Whether the monarchies and religious factions which are now left to run the Middle East will be good for growth and development or not remains to be seen, but it doesn't look promising and these factions will probably keep fighting until there is only one standing.
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yes, the actions of the u.s. in the last decade has only further undermined secularism as a political platform for arab leaders and strengthened the rise of islamic fundamentalism, which is essentially reactionary. however history is not decided between the good and the evil but the strong and the weak. if some pillar of strength should rise up and subdue the rest, then they ought to have something going for them, a more palatable brand of oppression to the people if you will.
 
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MwRYum

MwRYum

Major
Navigator said:
The supplier this HJ-8 to Syrian militants thoroughly trying not to reveal himself. On the boxes painted over information about their origin.

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Yeah they tried, but the list of suspects is just too darn short.
 
Broccoli

Broccoli

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Another BMP-1 destroyed, you can see turret flying(?).
[video=youtube;5RvJYmmY94c]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RvJYmmY94c[/video]

Not sure what they are targeting here.
[video=youtube;cCGfyYwGXx0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCGfyYwGXx0[/video]
 
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Equation

Equation

Lieutenant General
Broccoli said:
Another BMP-1 destroyed, you can see turret flying(?).


Did you guys notice it's the same guy operating the HJ-8 (same clothing and looks)? He must've several tanks and BMP kills under his belt. At this point he is very vital and important fighter to train and teach the next group of fighters, if he stays alive.
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MwRYum

MwRYum

Major
Equation said:
Broccoli said:
Another BMP-1 destroyed, you can see turret flying(?).


Did you guys notice it's the same guy operating the HJ-8 (same clothing and looks)? He must've several tanks and BMP kills under his belt. At this point he is very vital and important fighter to train and teach the next group of fighters, if he stays alive.
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And make his kind the priority target to be eliminated by government forces. So more likely he got pulled out of the warzone back to safe haven in Turkey, lest to risk losing such asset in the field...think about it, trained crews are vital assets to a rebel army, along with the launcher and equipment, that means a significant size of support units, plus protection details. Those things are not that easy to conceal.

On that note, it's been said that rebel's MANPAD kills dropped recently, likely due to crew attritions in addition to ECM enhancement fielded by government forces.
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asif iqbal

asif iqbal

Lieutenant General
MwRYum said:
Equation said:
And make his kind the priority target to be eliminated by government forces. So more likely he got pulled out of the warzone back to safe haven in Turkey, lest to risk losing such asset in the field...think about it, trained crews are vital assets to a rebel army, along with the launcher and equipment, that means a significant size of support units, plus protection details. Those things are not that easy to conceal.

On that note, it's been said that rebel's MANPAD kills dropped recently, likely due to crew attritions in addition to ECM enhancement fielded by government forces.
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Actually it's has been said that the drop in kills is due to the fact that Assad has actually ran out or is running out of air assets

It's estimated that by the end of this year Assad will have no more air power, there's no re-supply and the current fleet of pre-historic aircraft are in a very bad shape

This year has seen Assads air force being reduced by many folds, I do not know what will happen when he losses all of his power, only thing left is heavy weapons which can be picked up by ATGM
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