#spetsnaz #syria (new pictures)

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#spetsnaz #syria pic.twitter.com/bontiElUA0— Ali (@AbubasselSY) July 5, 2016

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[windcliff]

Okie doke.

[sockmonkey]

Awesomeness, because they all look like heterosexual, testosterone filled, adrenaline fueled males.

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They are killers. Putin defeated a Syrian rebellion with 300 Spetsnaz and 2 dozen fighter bombers backing up the local yokels.

[tet68]

Interesting weapon on that
technical. Anyone know?

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I am finding Kurdish posts regarding American special forces but won’t post that just in case. The Russians getting their actions exposed by being tweeted in Syria are fare game.

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I am trying to look that up now. I can’t find any reference.

[MarkL]

I've seen some reports on the Spetznaz, and they do a lot of improvised weapon training. On of their specialties is using an entrenching tool as a weapon. Holy crap that can make a devastating weapon!

Mark

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Is that a SAM? On a technical? Never seen that before if it is. Must be a Spetsnaz mod in the field?

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I bought a Cold Steel Special Forces shovel - I needed it for non killing reasons for my garden - it was cheap and may as well buy something that can be heavy duty. The shovel (actually a spade) fighting is something that came out of WW1 trench warfare. It was better than a knife or a bayonet.

[mrsmith]

Where are the Chinese ‘special forces’?

They’re calling the shots in the ME now and should be getting some training in for their troops.

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http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=cb1_1466258597&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

Chinese "Volunteer" on the Kurdish side.

[silverleaf]

And a division or more of Hezbollah and IRGC boots on the ground

[silverleaf]

The Chinese are just running the oilfields and letting their trade partners mix it up

They have their military focus on the eastern pacific right now

[silverleaf]

Probably Willing to help root out the uighurs fighting with militants in SYRIA

[Trumpinator]

The Assad forces had all those there before and was not helping. Enter the Russians.

[tet68]

Maybe those are just big speakers, giant woofers.
Achmed got to have sound when he’s cruising...
Right, ghetto blasters.
Hahaha, I keel you.

[wbarmy]

Is that a SAM? On a technical? Never seen that before if it is. Must be a Spetsnaz mod in the field?

You hit every single tripwire word in my mind with that sentence. I did three tours in AFG from 2005-2008 and worked around many "technicals". I even drove a soft side technical for part of my team duties.

"I could pass as a native real easy with a pakol and beard."

[wbarmy]

There is a fantastic competition which they do each year, where they run from station to station along a course, and use the item they find at the station as a weapon. Sometimes it is a various brand of AK, maybe an American gun, maybe a knife, maybe a sharpened stick. But they need to be able to use it to hit the target located at that station. I saw one video where the SPETZNAZ operative threw a hand ax at a 5 meter? target. Awesome.