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| 2021-02-14 |
| [South Front] On February 12, a mysterious weapon knocked out a battle tank of the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) in the southern Idlib countryside. The battle tank blew up in the early morning hours after being hit with an unknown object. The battle tank was situated south of the government-held town of Ma`arat al-Nu`man, way behind the frontline. Opposition sources reported the incident, with some claiming that the battle tank was hit with an artillery round fired by Greater Idlib militants. However, this high-level of accuracy is nearly impossible to achieve with unguided artillery rounds. The battle tank was also situated beyond the militants’ line of sight. The battle tank may have been targeted by one of the Turkish combat drones which operate over Greater Idlib on a regular basis. Another possibility is that the battle tank was struck with a laser-guided artillery shell or rocket, after being illuminated by a Turkish drone. Last year, Turkey’s ROKETSA revealed its TRLG-230 laser-guided rocket system. The system was successfully deployed against Armenian forces during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war. The Syrian battle tank may have been struck with the TRLG-230 or a similar system. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #14 US "loan" out any of those 1980 Tank Killer submunitions and it went astray? Stick one on an RC airplane, fly over and pop it off. Bonus: Destroys the "throw away" RC plane in the process. |
| Posted by: Deadeye Jaiting7534 2021-02-14 23:05 |
| #13 Abdul Factor? |
| Posted by: Dron66046 2021-02-14 18:48 |
| #12 First up close photo of the mysterious Jewish space based weapon system. They seem to have gotten it right. |
| Posted by: jpal 2021-02-14 16:43 |
| #11 Another possibility - Time Travel |
| Posted by: Cooper Salinger5487 2021-02-14 16:09 |
| #10 Hitting a Target, its easy, even a bird could do it... |
| Posted by: Injun Bumble1241 2021-02-14 14:48 |
| #9 Just because it's hard to hit a tank with artillery doesn't meant it's impossible. |
| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2021-02-14 14:26 |
| #8 ^ A delightful movie |
| Posted by: Frank G 2021-02-14 13:39 |
| #7 ^ One of my favorite movies about coke bottles TW. |
| Posted by: Ebbomoger Speaking for Boskone4589 2021-02-14 12:52 |
| #6 Possibly the US Drone Corps has a new toy? But I vote magpie’s Inshallah Maintenance as the likeliest, coupled with someone’s treads kicking up a rock. Or possibly not. Since there must be a cause, it could easily be that someone afterward remembered what must have been. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2021-02-14 12:36 |
| #5 The Gods Must Be Crazy |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2021-02-14 12:27 |
| #4 It was the Turks. |
| Posted by: Xyz 2021-02-14 11:18 |
| #3 Ask our expert in lasers, Marjorie Taylor Greene. |
| Posted by: Slappy 2021-02-14 10:44 |
| #2 Jewish Space Laser? Who knew? |
| Posted by: Mercutio 2021-02-14 09:30 |
| #1 Remember the video of the (2012) Exploding Libyan T-72? Pro Tip: Preventive maintenance requires more than shouting "Allahu ackbar!" while taking selfies. |
| Posted by: magpie 2021-02-14 08:31 |