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Turkey Moving 1000 Vehicles Including Leopard 2A4 Tanks From 1St Army To Syrian Border
ProNews ^ | November 28, 2015

Posted on 11/29/2015 7:07:56 AM PST by Strategy

Translation:

"Endless battalions of tanks, APCs and Firtina self-propelled howitzers are being transferred from the region of Evros and the Zone of Responsibility of the 1st Army to the borders with Syria and there is information to suggest movement of Leo2A4 tanks with 120mm guns and much greater survivability against the Russian T-90 than the upgraded M60T SABRA.

The tanks are being moved from the western provinces of Turkey and joined the 5th Armoured Brigade based in Gaziantep.

Turkish tanks are transported by all means. Some arrive by train, others by tank carriers.

Overall, more than 1,000 battle tanks, artillery, APCs and self-propelled rocket launchers were moved from Eastern Thrace in the direction of Syria.

The Turkish 1st Army comprises four Armored Brigades, 7 Mechanized Infantry Brigades and two Infantry Divisions. The proportion of Greek and Turkish tanks in the Evros region is 1: 1.9.

However the Turkish armoured and mechanised Brigades are formations of four or five manoeuvring until, deploying a total of about 28 squadrons of tanks, while under the 5th Army Corps also falls an independent reconaissance squadron.

(Excerpt) Read more at pronews.gr ...


TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: aerospace; obama; russia; syria; turkey
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1 posted on 11/29/2015 7:07:57 AM PST by Strategy
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To: Strategy

“Endless Batallions of tanks”......

I love the dramatic translations. It like reading dispatches from Stalingrad.

Turkey is going to find themselves out on a very thin limb.


2 posted on 11/29/2015 7:10:17 AM PST by Vermont Lt (I had student debt. It came from a bank. Not from the Govt.)
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To: Strategy

Get Turkey OUT of NATO.

Ridiculous.


3 posted on 11/29/2015 7:12:28 AM PST by gaijin
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To: Strategy

Are they moving to support their ISIS friends?


4 posted on 11/29/2015 7:12:51 AM PST by Farmer Dean (stop worrying about what they want to do to you,start thinking about what you want to do to them)
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To: Vermont Lt

And Obama will tell Turkey, you are on your own.


5 posted on 11/29/2015 7:13:31 AM PST by jennychase
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To: Strategy

USA really needs to stay out of this chaotic war.


6 posted on 11/29/2015 7:15:59 AM PST by MNDude (God is not a Republican, but Satan is certainly a Democrat.)
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To: Farmer Dean

Are they moving to support their ISIS friends?

If they are then their front door is wide open and Putin could launch an invasion through Istanbul or at least fein one. This gets more interesting by the day.


7 posted on 11/29/2015 7:16:59 AM PST by CARTOUCHE (The world began to come apart when the Mickey Mouse Club was cancelled. See ya real soon!)
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To: Strategy

Armageddon redux.


8 posted on 11/29/2015 7:17:07 AM PST by skeeter
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To: Strategy

9 posted on 11/29/2015 7:17:12 AM PST by frithguild (The warmth and goodness of Gaia is a nuclear reactor in the Earth's core that burns Thorium)
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To: CARTOUCHE

Istanbul not Constantinople


10 posted on 11/29/2015 7:18:08 AM PST by frithguild (The warmth and goodness of Gaia is a nuclear reactor in the Earth's core that burns Thorium)
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To: jennychase

Obama will tell Turkey whatever the f-——ing mooseslime sisterhood wants him to say.

There has to be a colonel or two and a few companies of SO troops out there that love their country enough to clear out the whole DC den of iniquity, right?


11 posted on 11/29/2015 7:19:04 AM PST by L,TOWM (Is it still too soon to start shooting? [No social transformation without representation])
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To: Strategy
May be a feint, or a response to the reported move
on Nov. 25, when Russia deployed S-400 anti-aircraft missiles
at Khmeimin, thereby making Syria into a no-fly zone.


12 posted on 11/29/2015 7:21:38 AM PST by Diogenesis ("When a crime is unpunished, the world is unbalanced.")
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To: Vermont Lt

I would tend to believe the Russian has more anti tank weapons then turkey has tanks.


13 posted on 11/29/2015 7:22:47 AM PST by riverrunner
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To: Strategy

Why is the ally of the US and ISIS so willing to start a nuclear war? Is this the goal of the Handlers of Turkey, the USA?


14 posted on 11/29/2015 7:24:42 AM PST by realcleanguy
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To: Diogenesis

Sure hope they don’t attack the capital of Syria.


15 posted on 11/29/2015 7:26:12 AM PST by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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To: Strategy

It appears the Archduke Ferdinand has been shot!


16 posted on 11/29/2015 7:27:49 AM PST by Rebelbase
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To: jennychase

my worry is that Obama will support Turkey. I recall in an interview Obama was asked which foreign leader does he like the most and he said Erdogan


17 posted on 11/29/2015 7:31:22 AM PST by 4rcane
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To: Strategy

Amassing an invasion force to “protect” their friends and illicit commerce?


18 posted on 11/29/2015 7:33:53 AM PST by NonValueAdded (In a Time of Universal Deceit, Telling the Truth Is a Revolutionary Act)
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To: Vermont Lt

must be a lot of money at stake for the turks who wish to commit suicide ...


19 posted on 11/29/2015 7:34:13 AM PST by Patton@Bastogne
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To: riverrunner
Agreed. Russia destroyed about 70% of Georgian armored vehicles in less than a week. Principle weapon was the ATGM. Kornets, RPG-30 series,etc.

Don't have the numbers on Ukrainian losses in the Donbas, but they were significant. Turkey will not do any better against Russia, IMO. But lets all hope we don't find out....

20 posted on 11/29/2015 7:35:01 AM PST by donozark (Herbicides improve visibility.)
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