Made in war

[proka89]

This thread will be dedicated to the different war time improvisations all over the world. In the recent years we could see during the Libyan war or now in the one that rages in Syria all kinds of improvised weapons, made from the components that are available at the moment. And that's not something new. There are numerous examples of such weapons that are made during the break up of the Yugoslavia, wars in Chechnya.......

I will start this topic with some examples of such weapons that were used during 90's in Yugoslavia. It would be nice that all of you who wish to contribute to this thred, also add some kind of description with the picture of the weapon. For example who made it, and from what parts...

Kosava system

Basic concept of this system is combination of the ungided general-purpose airplane bomb( in this case four Russian FAB 100, or two FAB 250) with the addition of the rocket booster engine, made from the 128mm rocket, by removing the head of the rocket (used with the FAB 100 bombs), and in the case of the FAB 250, there were four connected booster rocket engines, taken from the K-13 air to air missile. There were different versions of this weapon, with three, or four launching rails, mounted atop the TAM 150 or FAP 2026 truck.

TAM 150 truck with a Kosava system:

Modified FAB 250 bombs:

In use with the FAB 100 bomb:

Top range of this system was around 20 km, but the precision was not so good . Yugoimport even made the version with the guided bombs after the war, but without success in selling the weapon.

 

[proka89]

R60 air to air missile, mounted atop the ex 20mm anti aircraft cannon lafet. It was popularly called slingshot .

Personally i never heard that this thing hit anything, but that didn't stop us from making more similar systems.

System RL-2M (rocket system 2) combination of the R60-MK ,vheicle M53/59 Praga and booster rocket engine from the 128mm unguided missile (for increased range):

System RL-4M was the combination of the R73 air to air missile, M53/59 Praga vheicle and and probably booster rocket engine from a unguided 262mm rocket.

There were also some similar attempts even before that with a K-13 air to air missile atop the truck....

 

[proka89]

Kosava with a FAB 250:

Two 262 mm Orkan tubes atop the ex german 88mm anti aircraft gun:

Never operational combination of S 75 - Dvina launcher and P-15 Termit anti-ship missile, called Krajina:

Combination of the OT M-60 and unguided air-to-ground missile taken from Mig 21

 

[proka89]

Syrian mad Max improvisations:

 

[honorfreedom]

Armoured tractor, made by Bosnian Serbs i think

 

[proka89]

Syrian rebels prepare to launch a bomb using a homemade slingshot in the northern city of Aleppo:

Syrian rebels launching home made missile:

Home made mortar in Syria:

A Free Syrian Army fighter uses a catapult to fire a homemade grenade:

Syrian rebel fighters stand around a cache of homemade missiles in Aleppo:

Member of the Free Syrian Army use a slingshot to launch a homemade bomb:

Some kind of a home made missile made by Syrian rebels:

Some kind of mortar made by Syrian rebels:

 

[proka89]

Croatian improvisations from 1991-1995:

Majsan:

Armored tatra truck:

Domagoj:

Strasko:

The Krajina Express was an improvised armored train used by the Krajina Serb army during the Croatian War of Independence and the Bosnian War, from 1991 to 1995:

 

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@proka89

great thread buddy..much appreciated..

In India too,Improvised weapons are used..

Criminals use home made pistol(kattas) and shot guns as well as long range rifles..as it is not improvised during war,but yet,this kind of weapons are used by rebel and insurgents as well..

also,maoists use this kind of improvised rocket launchers..

Improvised grenades...

 

[proka89]

Libyan volunteer fixes a UB-32 rocket launcher pod, attached to the back of a pickup truck:

Home made Libyan rocket launcher:

Rebel fighters launch rockets against Qaddafi forces at the frontline along the western entrance of Ajdabiyah:

A convoy of Libyan rebels:

A rebel fighter stands next to pickup truck converted into an armored combat vehicle:

A rebel fighter rests on a weapon mounted on the back of a pickup truck:

 

[DESERT FIGHTER]

Armoured vehicles made by Los zetas:

Armoured vehicle made by Pakistan during the 90s sanctions armed with ANZA SAMs:

 

[proka89]

The Hell Cannon (Syria) is a massive piece of artillery, capable of launching explosives about one mile:

Mortar Truck made by Syrian rebels:

Syrian FSA with a homemade machine gun robot

A mortar that belongs to the Free Syrian Army fighters:

Free Syrian Army fighters stand next to a home-made rocket launcher in Sermeen near Idlib:

 

[Audio]

Interior-gunner station

 

[Audio]

Semi submersible vessel used for drug trafficking:

Proper submarine

More pics at luca zanetti :::: photographer :: reportage :: narco sub culture

 

[proka89]

@Audio
Something is wrong with the pictures, i don't see any of them.

 

[uzair ramay]

nice collection of pctures bro....