ISIL captured 52 U.S.-made howitzers; artillery weapons cost 500K each

Washington Times ^ | 7/15/2014 | Doug Ernst

[mojito]

Sunni radicals with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) may have captured as many as 52 U.S.-made M198 howitzers in their march across Iraq in June.

“They shouldn’t have too much trouble shelling large area targets like a city if they have sufficient ammo,” Jeremy Binnie of the British military consultancy HIS Janes toldMcClatchy news service Monday.

[Fresh Wind]

...if they have sufficient ammo...

Not to worry, if they run short, Sheik Obomba will sell them some more.

[Rome2000]

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Saladin

[DoodleDawg]

Complements of Osama Bin Hussein

And the Iraqi army.

[bert]

Yes, but...... the Arab world is not Bedouins and desert now

[ABN 505]

Notice the two crewmen [not crewpersons] loading the ammo. When they let women into these units how many will it take to load a Howitzer? Will we need 1 man and 2 women or 3 women? Notice how well coordinated the crew is,that is a well oiled fighting machine. Somehow I don’t think integrating women , transgenders, Gays , LBGT’s and whatever else they can come up with will make these guys any better than they are right now.

[Forward the Light Brigade]

I bet the IS captured a whole bunch of shells to go in these guns. They may nor beed to be great gunners to cause terror with them—aim in general direction and fire and load. Looks bad for Baghdad.