Posted on 10/30/2018 12:01:23 PM PDT by Kartographer
Mexican authorities arrested two Hondurans who allegedly shot at federal police officers escorting the migrant caravan across the southern state of Chiapas. The attack follows shortly after government warnings about Molotov cocktail attacks around a second caravan near the border with Guatemala. The attack took place near Ignacio Zaragoza, Chiapas, when members of Mexico’s Federal Police were escorting the migrant caravan as part of “Operativo Caminante” or “Operation Walker” across the southern border state. According to Mexico’s Interior Secretariat, two men identified only as 22-year-old “Jerson” and 17-year-old “Carlos” spotted the group of police officers guarding the caravan and began firing at them.
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“They are in fact deploying with weapons,”
Pistols and rifles ... no heavy weapons (machine guns, mortars, APCs, tanks, no air cover, etc). But do they have ammo for those weapons?
If federales did not escort them, they might send out bummers to forage, like Sherman’s army did.
From what I read they are deploying with blackhawks and fixed wing aircraft. As far as heavy weapons I have not heard.
I also read they have orders to defend themselves. So while the deployed troops may not be ready to be rolled on with tanks, I believe they will be ready to defend themselves if need be.
fixed wing aircraft=A-10s?
We still have any A-6s in service?
28 500lbs bombs on slow pickle as it flies down the length would have an interesting effect.
But, imo, it’d be best to regress, weapon wise, to an earlier time when our forces stood against human wave attacks:
Flamethrower tanks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0Ulf4fc4xA
From they way it reads the choppers will be for troop and equipment movement and I assume fixed wing will be for spotters.
To be honest though when the talked of troops I honestly thought they might send the completely unarmed, glad to hear that is not the case.
Tos 1A Soltsepek heavy flame thrower 220mm multiple launch rocket launcher system Russia Russian army defense industry
220mm 30-barrel or 24-barrel incendiary rocket and thermobaric weapon ... a target densely at 6 seconds of full salvo duration at the maximum range of 6,000 m. It allows suppressing enemy active actions for a long time period at considerable areas and 100% destruction of unconcealed enemy personnel at the area of 40,000 square meters.
Bump.
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