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Iraq Moves Its Thermobaric Rocket Tanks to Mosul
War is Boring ^
| October 26, 2016
| Robert Beckhausen
Posted on 10/26/2016 6:37:31 AM PDT by C19fan
Iraqi troops fighting for Mosuls outskirts have brought along one of their most fearsome weapons the 60-ton, Russian-made TOS-1A Buratino. A photograph and tweet from the Jerusalem Posts Seth Frantzman shows Iraqi troops posing with the rocket launcher near Bartella, a battle-scarred Assyrian Christian town less than 10 miles from Mosul. Iraqi Counter-Terrorism Service troops took over the town on Oct. 20, one of dozens freed since the offensive began Oct. 16.
(Excerpt) Read more at warisboring.com ...
TOPICS: Military/Veterans
KEYWORDS: mosul; weapons
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BOOM!!!
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posted on
10/26/2016 6:37:31 AM PDT
by
C19fan
To: C19fan
The Russians will stick anything on a T-72 chassis, won’t they?
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posted on
10/26/2016 6:43:53 AM PDT
by
rjsimmon
(The Tree of Liberty Thirsts)
To: C19fan
War is Boring is very anti-Trump - won’t read their crap.
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posted on
10/26/2016 6:46:35 AM PDT
by
The Louiswu
(Yes, I am voting for Donald Trump.)
To: C19fan
Iraq Moves Its Thermobaric Rocket Tanks to Mosul If we had a REAL Commander in Chief instead of a muzzie usurper, these would be sitting ducks for some laser guided weapons - ask Saddam.
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posted on
10/26/2016 6:47:04 AM PDT
by
The Sons of Liberty
(Madam Hillary Benghazi, Traitor, Crooked Pol, Trailer Trash and Whore of islam!)
To: rjsimmon
Same thing the Germans did with their tanks. They turned their obsolete tanks into tank destroyers and mobile artillery.
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posted on
10/26/2016 6:47:53 AM PDT
by
AppyPappy
(If you really want to irritate someone, point out something obvious they are trying hard to ignore.)
To: C19fan
As I understand the basic media narrative, it goes like this:
1) Assad is a butcher who is attacking Aleppo and indiscriminately killing women and children and civilians.
2) Iraqi and US forces are liberating Mosul with thermobaric rocket tanks in order to push terrorists out of the city.
White hats and Black hats. And things are not always as they appear.
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posted on
10/26/2016 6:48:20 AM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
(Abortion is what slavery was: immoral but not illegal. Not yet.)
To: AppyPappy
Same thing the Germans did with their tanks. They turned their obsolete tanks into tank destroyers and mobile artillery. How'd that work out for them???
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posted on
10/26/2016 6:52:17 AM PDT
by
rjsimmon
(The Tree of Liberty Thirsts)
To: C19fan
Used effectively in Chechnya. Syria. And Ukraine. Now US will get blamed for any “collateral damage.” As we support the Iraqi/Kurdish re-take of Mosul.
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posted on
10/26/2016 6:52:58 AM PDT
by
donozark
(My thoughts are not very deep. But they are of and inquisitive nature.)
To: The Louiswu
I think we can count on one hand the ones that are pro Trump.
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posted on
10/26/2016 6:59:28 AM PDT
by
dp0622
(IThe only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
To: rjsimmon
Very well. Think of it as recycling.
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posted on
10/26/2016 7:04:27 AM PDT
by
AppyPappy
(If you really want to irritate someone, point out something obvious they are trying hard to ignore.)
To: C19fan
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posted on
10/26/2016 7:06:17 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: C19fan; All
---have always been curious about the dispersal mechanics --seems like it would be extremely difficult to achieve anywhere near a uniform explosive mixture with a detonation--
--anybody know anything about how this is achieved?
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posted on
10/26/2016 7:08:05 AM PDT
by
rellimpank
(--don't believe anything the media or government says about firearms or explosives--)
To: rjsimmon
Pretty well, when you consider that the Russians alone lost approx. 170000 tanks, and who knows how many other vehicles and armor. Obviously the cause of destruction ranges from infantry to artillery to air-support to armor, but the fact remains that the Germans were nothing to sneeze at when it came to killing enemy armor.
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posted on
10/26/2016 7:08:14 AM PDT
by
Wyrd bið ful aræd
(Flag burners can go screw -- I'm mighty PROUD of that ragged old flag)
To: rjsimmon
How'd that work out for them??? Pretty well. The Red Army lost about 4 times the number of tanks that Germany produced 41-45. Red Army tank losses appx 83,500, German tank production 41-45 appx 24,000 (Eastern Front losses including TD and Assault Guns about 34,000). Add in western front losses of approximately 3,000 French, almost 16,000 British, and about 7,000 American compared to about 17,000 German.
The Germans made very good use of captured French and Czech armor.
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posted on
10/26/2016 7:26:53 AM PDT
by
PAR35
To: PAR35; Wyrd bið ful aræd; AppyPappy
And they still lost.
Big time.
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posted on
10/26/2016 7:31:51 AM PDT
by
rjsimmon
(The Tree of Liberty Thirsts)
To: C19fan
when Obama sees his ISIS losing he’ll start screaming Humanitarian Crisis
To: AppyPappy
They reused captured Russian equipment, too.
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posted on
10/26/2016 7:46:20 AM PDT
by
PLMerite
(Lord, let me die fighting lions. Amen.)
To: rjsimmon
“The Russians will stick anything on a T-72 chassis, wont they?”
It works. They use a proven chasis, where we do a study and tweak things to death to make an all new vehicle ten years later.
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posted on
10/26/2016 7:48:29 AM PDT
by
PLMerite
(Lord, let me die fighting lions. Amen.)
To: rjsimmon
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posted on
10/26/2016 7:52:35 AM PDT
by
PLMerite
(Lord, let me die fighting lions. Amen.)
To: rjsimmon
This is an Indian conversion:
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posted on
10/26/2016 7:54:55 AM PDT
by
PLMerite
(Lord, let me die fighting lions. Amen.)
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