Posted on 02/09/2018 10:02:47 AM PST by Simon Green
The pilot of a shot down Russian Aerospace Force Su-25SM attack aircraft, when cornered by insurgents last week, reportedly resorted to his personal weapons and was not taken alive.
According to releases from the Russian Ministry of Defense, Major Roman Filipov, 33, was shot down by a shoulder-launched missile near the town of Maarrat al-Nu’man on Feb. 3 while on a routine patrol. Ejecting in an area controlled by Al-Nusra — a jihadist group labeled as terrorists by both the U.S. and Russia — Filipov continued his fight once on the ground.
In a statement from Col. Gen. Sergei Surovikin, commander of the Russian air force, “Being badly wounded, and when distance from militants reached several dozen meters, the Russian officer exploded a hand grenade.”
The Sun, a tabloid in the UK, among others reported that, before his death, the 18-year veteran radioed to his base in Khmeimim that he had shot two insurgents and, before setting off the grenade that killed him, yelled, “This is for our guys.”
In 2015, Russian state media detailed that aircrew operating in Syria were carrying AK pattern rifles, and Stechkin APS machine pistols with several 20-round magazines to use should they have to eject.
The non-profit Russian-language Conflict Intelligence Team think tank posted images of items purportedly recovered from the wreckage including handwritten notes and a Stechkin APS pistol with three partially loaded mags, one of which appears empty.
Filipov, whose remains were repatriated to Russia through the help of Turkish officials, was posthumously awarded the title of the Hero of the Russian Federation, that country’s highest title. He was honored in Voronezh, his hometown, about 300 miles from Moscow, on Thursday. Among the crowd of 30,000 who attended the snow-covered ceremony were his widow and four-year-old daughter,
It's a Stechkin. Some hardos with Spetznaz sometimes keep it around with a shoulder stock because it's capable of full automatic fire. 9mm.
Has a reputation for jamming on full auto so a poor choice if you don't know what you're doing.
He might have held them off with an AKS with a folding stock and a few mags long enough to be rescued.
It's actually a Stechkin machine pistol, chambered for 9mm Makarov.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stechkin_automatic_pistol
Obama and Clinton get no pass from me, but keep in mind that the Middle East is flush with Soviet and Soviet-derived (Iranian, Chinese, former Eastern Bloc, etc) weaponry, including MANPADs. There are also European versions of MANPAD that our erstwhile Allies are only to happy to sell to whomever at a handsome profit. In addition, the immoral, opportunistic scum living in those s***hole countries are willing to sell stolen US arms to anyone willing to pay.
That Su-25 could have just as easily been shot down by an SA-7/14 or a Blowpipe/Javelin/Starstreak(UK) MANPAD as a Stinger.
Not entirely true in this case. Mostly what they got their hands on back then with Obama’s money was older stuff. Turkey just dumped a bunch of first-line current Chinese MANPADS on the guys fighting the Russians. That’s what’s suddenly made the Russian air support a lot harder.
The article is a bit off the mark.
Maj. Roman Filipov was shot down while attacking a refugee column outside Ma’asaran, a village around four kilometers south of Sarqib.
The Russians have been doing this all along, thinking that they have a lesser chance of being shot down.
What Filipov didn’t know was that two days earlier, 9K38 Igla-3/SA-183 SAMs were captured from the Kurds by Turkish backed forces in Efrin. That’s what shot him down.
The Russians know that because they attack civilians, they will likely be tortured and killed if captured.
Filipov, though happened to land in an area controlled by Jaysh An Nasr and would have been repatriated to Turkey.
As civilians and militia approached him, he shot two of them and then killed himself.
Custerovsky’s Last Stand...
+1. Warrior spirit.
Today is a good day to die.
Alpha - Mike - Foxtrot!
To bad he didn't have Sandy overhead and popped some smoke instead.
A real warrior. He knew what awaited him were he to be taken alive. Even if he were to be held for ransom, he would still be subjected to unimaginable torture.
ISIS, Russians, Syrians. I dunno.... all scorpions in a bottle if you ask me.
A little too neat for meas well
I said this many years ago, that Syria will be the most confused battlefield ever.
Now, the Russians and Iranians are pulling out, but they are paying for contractors to continue the fighting.
I guess they are following our lead.
Look at this clown. Russia is bombing columns of “refugees?” You are a neocon liar.
“Ain’t jelly, it’s jammed.”
It’s called a tactical reload.
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Roman Filipov
I know of an instance where two small Navy boats willingly surrendered to the a-hole Iranians and let's not forget the Army POS who willingly surrendered to the Taliban nor EVERY a-hole in the Kenyan administration that could have helped in Benghazi.
I was in the Army and thank God I was never in the position of eat a grenade or surrender. In my heart I would NEVER surrender but not everybody has the conscience to fight, especially the new military.
Only a fool is taken alive by jihadis.
That would be a fate worse than death is 100% of cases.
You get your ‘info’ straight from Soros himself.
Wow, in one post, I became a clown, a neocon, and........ a liar.
Tell you what new guy, stop calling names and offer opinions, sources, etc.
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