IRAQ - Fight on Islamic State: News #2

and here's that famous SVBIED ramming into an abrams...








we can see that the gun barrel and front hull are completely charred... but the turret has managed to turn afterwards at least.

sheytanelkebir wrote:and here's that famous SVBIED ramming into an abrams...








we can see that the gun barrel and front hull are completely charred... but the turret has managed to turn afterwards at least.

Nice. Abrams is a beast.
Not sure about the crew's SA.. or maybe there's good reason they did not react in a timely fashion.

Notice the payloads helicopters are dropping

once again the Mi35M pilot at the end mentioned that the bell 407 has very good optics to help us in finding the enemy.

sheytanelkebir wrote:and here's that famous SVBIED ramming into an abrams...








we can see that the gun barrel and front hull are completely charred... but the turret has managed to turn afterwards at least.

Are we 100% sure about the same Abrams?, Normally the gun should be in a far worse condition. All the rest is OK, it's a external explosion with no penetrating power hitting the tank at its best bit.

Wow check this out, ISF at work:
https://twitter.com/nomorestans/status/799182074032705538

rocketed on the face

JohninMK wrote:

KoTeMoRe wrote:

sheytanelkebir wrote:and here's that famous SVBIED ramming into an abrams...


we can see that the gun barrel and front hull are completely charred... but the turret has managed to turn afterwards at least.

Are we 100% sure about the same Abrams?, Normally the gun should be in a far worse condition. All the rest is OK, it's a external explosion with no penetrating power hitting the tank at its best bit.

With the size of that explosion shouldn't almost the whole side, including turret have been at least scorched? Is the paint on an Abrams special anti-burn?

its simply that the quality of the explosive is very low.. makes a huge quick fireball but not much power in it. also seems to have exploded half a meter before reaching the tank.

the BMP on the other hand was completely destroyed by the other SVBIED.



anyway nowadays daesh hardly get in 4-5% of the SVBIEDs they send... the vast majority being successfully intercepted. Inside the city however we can see how dangerous they can be, charging in from blind bends without warning... a failure by iraqi forces to have sufficient UAVs to observe ahead and have the feed sent to all frontline vehicles.

sheytanelkebir wrote:

JohninMK wrote:

KoTeMoRe wrote:

sheytanelkebir wrote:and here's that famous SVBIED ramming into an abrams...


we can see that the gun barrel and front hull are completely charred... but the turret has managed to turn afterwards at least.

Are we 100% sure about the same Abrams?, Normally the gun should be in a far worse condition. All the rest is OK, it's a external explosion with no penetrating power hitting the tank at its best bit.

With the size of that explosion shouldn't almost the whole side, including turret have been at least scorched? Is the paint on an Abrams special anti-burn?

its simply that the quality of the explosive is very low.. makes a huge quick fireball but not much power in it. also seems to have exploded half a meter before reaching the tank.

the BMP on the other hand was completely destroyed by the other SVBIED.



anyway nowadays daesh hardly get in 4-5% of the SVBIEDs they send... the vast majority being successfully intercepted. Inside the city however we can see how dangerous they can be, charging in from blind bends without warning... a failure by iraqi forces to have sufficient UAVs to observe ahead and have the feed sent to all frontline vehicles.

I wouldnt just say "bad explosive", its probably absolutelly rubbish mixture with many impurities, and that goes beyond "bad quality". They use what they have. Last year they captured in Iraq SVBIED filled with pressurised gas cillinders, landmines which for they lacked fuses and similar stuff and only 25kg of TNT to activate all that.

Glad to hear the enemy have substandard explosives and also substandard tactics.

Despite this being an Imperial weapon of evil, it is being used for good for the defence of a country that can use all the help it can get... I for one am glad in this case that the Abrams kept its crew safe.

One house, 3 IS terrorists, 1 of them surrendered.
Other 2 decided to blow up. Bad day for Kurds...

calm wrote:One house, 3 IS terrorists, 1 of them surrendered.
Other 2 decided to blow up. Bad day for Kurds...

Actually this video does no favors for the Pesh.
They seem to be quite all over the place...

They seem to mount HJ-8 on enclosed turret. Even with the rear opening I wouldn't do that for starters. HJ-8 pops the empty casing behind (usually very hot and sometimes you have surprises, just like with the MILAN).

Also driver opens door to communicate...wtf do they have radios for?

Dingo banged up they still roll with it. I counted 4 RPG's. Pff big mess.

Also they lost the captian and probably the two sergeants with the SVIED.

The PMU is now in Sinjar. The complete encirclement of Tel afar and Mosul is complete. They are now completely cut off from Syria.


hadi ameri from the pmu is having some drinks with the Yezidi forces in Sinjar.




the iraqi Prime Minister is in Tel Afar Air Base.

Update on Mosul op as of November 25:

ICTF and Iraqi army have liberated the following districts in East Mosul: Tahrir, Adan, Zuhoor, Ikhaa, Shiqaq Khadhraa, Muharibeen, Masarif, Karkookli, Arbajiya, Zahraa, Jamiaa, Qadisiyah 2 (and they have at least entered Qadisiyah 1), Intisar, Jadaidat almufti, Shaimaa, Salam, Malayeen 3, Samah, Sheeshan, Tilfisyon, Maqbarat altilfisyon, Baawizah, Sadah, Dur al Amin, Mualimeen, and others.

It is hard to keep track exactly of the progress, but the past 2-3 days saw a clear uptick in the amount of districts liberated. The joint forces (Army from the north, ICTF from the east, and Army from the south east) now control ~50% of East Mosul, and are have entered other areas. They are getting close to reaching the Tigris river.

In the southern front, the Federal Police have declared that all areas south of Mosul have been cleared. They are currently awaiting orders to begin storming the city from the south, starting with Mosul airport.

In the west, the Hashd Alshaabi are have encircled Tal Afar. They have linked with Peshmerga forces in Sinjar, cutting off Mosul from Syria. The Iraqi Army (15th Div?) have reportedly begun moving into Tal Afar airport, in preparation for the storming of Tal Afar. It seems either the Iraqi Army will conduct the Tal Afar operation, or it may be a joint operation with the Hashd.

Sorry, could not find any up to date maps.

Story just in: apparently 90 Iraqi servicemen killed by a USAF airstrike + 100 wounded. Is there any truth to this news?

^^

CT unit lost to many man, France 24 quoted one commander telling them that they lost around 20% of their man..

As #Mosul battle is grinding on ISF are suffering major losses.. #Iraq

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fighting near midnight... from 10th december

iraqi army aviation helos picking off daesh as they try to travel out of tel afar to the north west at night.

this is a scenario repeated night after night.







and here's a CH-4 picking off an armoured bulldozer

three more districts in east mosul taken from daesh yesterday.

the grinding beat down of their last major city continues.