Ofcourse they don't lift 155mm shells 7 feet in the air. It's semi-automatic - the human loader passes the shell to the loader mechanism which lifts it and loads it into the breech.
Hahaha, the PKK were actually dumb enough to upload this video which is embarrassing to themselves. Also good job to our commanders, this is exactly the kind of thing we should be doing.
Yes the Americans captured Baghdad very fast...and then spent the next decade fighting the army they failed...
Those pilots know very well they're risking their lives but that's the only safe way they can provide CAS to our troops. When you're fighting on a mountain with trees everywhere, CAS has to get close to get a visual ID before they start shooting, otherwise they might hit friendlies. This is the...
Exactly. Although tactical allies, Iran and Russia are in competition in Syria and Iran has been trying to impede Russia where their goals diverge. I think that's why pro-Assad accounts are giving completely opposite reports about what's happening. Some accounts are pro-Russia while others are...
Lots of conflicting reports about what happened in the de-escalation zone. Pro-SAA sources are saying nothing much happened. Guy below says opposite. It's possible Iranian militias (which are on the front line opposite new TSK observation point) are trying to escalate conflict with Turkey while...
Annexing it wouldn't improve Turkey's border security but decrease it. If the land is ours then it can't work as a buffer. I think Afrin will be the same as with Euphrates Shield areas, not annexed but self-administered. Later on, by the time Assad wants to take it back, it should be full of...
They said there are so many and such long tunnels in that complex that they didn't have time to investigate all of them before nightfall. What happens if the PKK comes through one unknown tunnel at night and kills some of our troops or FSA troops, like happened at Al-Bab? The commanders in the...