#3927922 - 03/21/14 12:58 PM
Re: Syrian Army T-72
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Cool video. Avoiding PWEC, I will say it's fun to watch them blow each other up at least.
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#3928008 - 03/21/14 02:57 PM
Re: Syrian Army T-72
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It IS a bunch of yahoos running around blowing crap up (while yelling for snackbars). Considering the lack of any sane innocents, it's entertaining to watch just for the sake of entertainment. If it was competent military forces it'd probably be a lot less exciting on film anyway
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#3928091 - 03/21/14 05:52 PM
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And the Syrian army is just driving tanks around with no infantry support. Actually should be infantry supported by armor, but whatever. Better to just block entry to the stupid city and let them eat dirt.
Granted, but it is thought that the armored corps is Bashar's most reliable force- these tend to be Assad's most loyal, best equipped professional troops. The infantry can be conscripts from enemy tribes that can switch sides, desert, or put a bullet in your back. Finally, the civil war has depleted the ranks quite a bit, which is where Hezbollah came in and has apparently turned the tide. They're really making do with what they've got. Besides that, there are lots of other videos of tanks working together with infantry dismounts.
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#3928148 - 03/21/14 07:57 PM
Re: Syrian Army T-72
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It amazes me how one can even have any sort of military when every other word is "aloha snackbar". I'm waiting on the FLIR footage of Israelis having target practice Pretty high quality videos regardless.
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#3928224 - 03/21/14 10:32 PM
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I've just watched all the ones Tankhunter posted up. Seeing it from the Syrian Army side it looks far more organised than I thought after watching so many videos from the FSA side.
Such a shame to see all the destroyed buildings etc.What was probably a busy town/city now reduced to rubble. And for what?
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#3928251 - 03/21/14 11:33 PM
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I've just watched all the ones Tankhunter posted up. Seeing it from the Syrian Army side it looks far more organised than I thought after watching so many videos from the FSA side.
Such a shame to see all the destroyed buildings etc.What was probably a busy town/city now reduced to rubble. And for what? I have seen one from ANNA where I guess it was the company commander was micromanaging vehicles within a platoon during an action, I believe they were tanks covering IFVs on an assault on a building in semi-open terrain. Its very centralized. Again, it isn't something that one would expect out of a NATO style force, but it works for them. It amazes me how one can even have any sort of military when every other word is "aloha snackbar". I'm waiting on the FLIR footage of Israelis having target practice Pretty high quality videos regardless. I don't know about the NDF guys, the militia fighting for the SAR in their own neighborhoods. But the professionals, which the guys in the ANNA vids are, the most you get are pro-Bashar chants, and thats only before or after action. In a fight they are pretty professional. If you are referring to that third vid, thats the company commander micromanaging the vehicles telling them "yalla" which means "come on" or "lets go." Its a common word to hear from Arab mothers when they are leaving a store with their young kids looking over candy or toys. About the war itself the war has alot of twists, many of which have regional characteristics. You have the Sunni-Shia conflict (Iran and Hez supporting the regime, KSA and Gulf Arab states opposing it). You have the Urban vs Rural conflict (urbanites being more open minded, less focused on religion, something that was seen in Egypt too). Then there is the neo-Cold War thing too (Russia supporting it's historical client against insurgents that at the least get moral backing from the US and the West). Then there is the modernism vs traditionalism aspect of it all (the SAR being relatively secular, and certainly multi-confessional, while the insurgents are becoming more and more narrow in ideological scope). It has a bunch of interesting aspects to it.
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