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| Syrian army equipment falls into ISIS' possession in Palmyra | |
| 2016-12-12 | |
Among the vehicles abandoned to ISIS are 30 T-55 tanks, six BMP infantry fighting vehicles, six D-30 towed artillery pieces, one BPM-97 scout car and one BM-21 multiple rocket launcher vehicles. According to the report, Syrian troops are regrouping west of the city in preparation for a counterattack. An ISIS attack on a nearby Russian helicopter base was driven back by Syrian troops. Russian airstrikes continue to hit targets in Palmyra. Update from Fake News site southfront.org ISIS has 4,000 troops in the area which are preparing the advance further west. | |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #3 they could only use them a short time before the refueling and other problems began Even still - that is a combined arms BN (+) worth of gear. A good tank battalion w/arty n rocket support could cause a bunch of hate n discontent. Or they just make huge VBIEDs out of the T-55s. |
| Posted by: Bangkok Billy 2016-12-12 22:29 |
| #2 capturing tanks didn't do ISIS much good after they captured a few dozen during the fall of Mosul in 2014 they could only use them a short time before the refueling and other problems began |
| Posted by: lord garth 2016-12-12 11:21 |
| #1 The heavy equipment was abandoned post haste. My impression by what the Russians were not saying was that the city was taken from the march in a move so surprising to the Syrian garrison, there was little time to even jump on the old horse and flee west. |
| Posted by: badanov 2016-12-12 10:21 |