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Courtesy of Al-Nusra/ISIS. Mute is your friend.
Now notice what happens at 2:20, 2:25 and 3:00... First, at 2:20, they cut the video because they hit the wall with the gun, then at 2:25 they actually smack the wall with the gun and turret, then at 3:00 they destroy their own track covers with the coax MG...
Saying nothing of the fact they just haphazardly drive it straight into a bunch of SAA infantry, who could of easily punched an RPG into its side at any point of the engagement.
Silly... Is it somewhere on youtube?
Still a very effective attack actually, those Iraqi Shia PMU (not SAA) ran away at the sight of one tank (they actually hit the tank with an RPG at 1:something, but it did no damage), while Nusra unloaded infantry in the back to mop up and used artillery to hit them on the retrat simultaneously. It's pretty much a level above the typical SAA "park a tank at the frontline and get hit by TOW" tactics. Even with a noob driver and calibration knocked off by hitting walls with the barrel.
And the video production level is pretty much unreal, looks like some game replay.
Ah, did not know what front it was on.
SAA have been generally pretty effective with armour support in urban combat, and when on a defensive footing, their problems arise when mobilizing into an offensive doctrine.
To say that was a good offense is still hilarious though. My only guess as to why they scampered like rabbits was they had no AT at their disposal.
Yep they got raped quick and good, courtesy of Hezbollah: Pbs.twimg.com same T-72, check 0:32 of the video.
Your analysis of what happened was pretty retarded re-reading it... Personal bias shining brightly as always. I could point out everything they did wrong, step-by-step, but you're too entertaining.
SAA armour doctrine is just turd at this point. You can't dispute that. They are still refusing to stop parking tanks right at the frontlines and utilize infantry support. Apparently the have too many to spare - 150 ATGM launches in October alone and counting - let's see how long they can keep that up. At least those Shia PMU (which have interesting similarities to ISIS, just from the Shia side) have better cavalry-based tactics, hence why Iran brings them in together with Hezbollah, Hazara and their own officers instead of relying on the SAA.
And yet, they ran away at the sight of one tank, losing this village of Tell Bajer. So this is a succesfull assault. As I said. No matter how ****** the driver is.
As to personal bias, this is getting tiresome. You of all people trying to tell me anything about it is making me chuckle.
Lel, yes, SAA has been pretty bad, but there's no way "they're a sitting turd" they're taking ground, and your ISIS buddies are being pounded hard, once those Turkish supply lines are cut it'll be only a matter of time and some good ol' mop up ops (not exactly a failed offensive doctrine). Yep, the counteroffensive could be going a little quicker, but no one ever expected them to win in a month.
Yeah they ran away, pretty dumb. My point was that the assault was a stunning disaster waiting to happen, I mean, seriously seriously bad. I mean they got stuck what? Three times?
What is getting tiresome? You are biased, the very regime you support sells weapons to ISIS affiliates, you clearly get your info from "moderate beheaders" social media, oh and Bellingcat and maybe Jesop whatshisname, maybe a little bit of White Helmet in there as well? You jump up and down everytime Russia suffers a tragedy, it's hilarious. Kinda cute too. I mean, that is Ukraine in a nutshell now amiright?
It's k though, I understand, you folks are trying pretty hard to appear stronk and independent on the world stage, it's a shame everyone has forgotten about you now. The West raped you and left you, so now all you can do is ally with jihadis and continue to cry about the Russkie invasion that isn't happening. :(
I mean, not to laugh at your misfortune, and you probably don't want my pity either, but seriously it's hard not to when your country and you are now supporting some bearded yahoos in the MidEast that will also be extinct within the next ten years.