ptldM3
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Demolition job of cook-off after fire on captured vehicles IMHO.
Those tanks and truck were destroyed by IEDs, that much is plain as day. For one the truck has its front end blown off. This is 100% consistent with mines and IEDs, we know with absolute certainty this was the work of a mine/IED.
The Leopard with the front left hull destroyed and turret blown off also looks to be from an IED. For one the entire undercarriage is destroyed, and two, a part of the hull was blown away, which I don't think is from internal ammo cooking off. I have seen countless pictures and video of T-55s, T-64s, T-72, ect cook off and most of the time either the turret pops off or the fire escapes through the hatches. I don't recall seeing too many if any T series tanks having pieces of the hull blown away unless they hit a mine/IED.
Not with front MBT that both ammo storage areas (left front hull and left turret rear) exploded, which is very unlikely in the event of an attack by ATGW. Moreover, hull penetration should not result in this level of damage to the hull front.
I don't think it was an ATGM, it was a mine that caused the damage to the front hull, which caused the amo to ignite, which caused over pressure and resulted in the turret popping off. Again look at the truck next to the tank, it was a mine/IED.
Is that what happened here?
Lol, do you actually believe that those tanks were hit from an airstrike? Zero evidence of that, Isis has causualy been driving around captured vehicles, towing them away and removing ammunition. It's safe to say that it is highly improbable that these tanks were destroyed by airstrikes.
Isis around Al-Bab seem to be smart and resourceful. They arnt just blowing up captured equipment. For instance, in the case of the damaged M-60, they removed to ammunition so they can probably make IEDs, the Cobra, they towed it away so they can probably use it as VBIED.
Here is Isis removing ammo from captured M-60 for IEDs/VBIEDs. why would they waste ammo and a perfectly Leopard tank with powerful canon?
Isis towing away Cobra. So they go through the trouble of towing away a Cobra but blow up perfectly good tank with powerful canon and armor and destroy its ammunition in which they could have made dozens of IEDs or VBIEDs?
What is the casualties of Russian Armed Forces? Any one know it?
Around 23 in about 16 months including atleast 1 helicopter that crashed due to mechanical issues, 1 suicide and the Turkish ambush that killed 2.
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