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| Hezbollah has U.S. armored personnel carriers. But how did they get them? |
| 2016-11-17 |
| From the Lebanese army, of course. [WASHINGTONPOST] Over the weekend images surfaced online of a Hezbollah parade in Qusair, Syria, featuring U.S. armored personnel carriers affixed with antiaircraft guns. The images prompted a flurry of speculation about the vehicles’ origin and whether the group had pilfered the stocks of the U.S.-supplied Lebanese military. The armored personnel carrier, known as the M113, is one of the United States’ most ubiquitous armored vehicles and has been in service since the 1960s. The tracked semi-rhombus-shaped vehicle comes in numerous variants and can be outfitted to carry troops and artillery; its chassis was even used as the basis for a nuclear-missile carrier. It has appeared in every major U.S. conflict since the Vietnam War and is used by U.S. police departments and dozens of others countries’ militaries around the world. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #6 You didn't have to dig a hole? |
| Posted by: Shipman 2016-11-17 13:03 |
| #5 I can tell you that after a couple of fire fights involving .51 heavy machine guns and mortars, most of my unit's 113s looked like Swiss Cheese. You could slam the hatch and enough light came through the holes to read a map. At least they were better than those crappy flak jackets they gave us and you didn't have to dig a hole AND they had this big old M-2 on top that could rain on everyone's parade |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2016-11-17 11:03 |
| #4 The M113 is so numerous in the world, they could have almost bought them from a used car salesman. Plus, they ain't that great. Protects against small arms and artillery splinters, but anything more than a 7.62 will go through the base models. Even the souped up armored ones have a hard time holding back an RPG. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2016-11-17 09:30 |
| #3 We go out to resupply areas with the Bedouins and trade for them ! |
| Posted by: Goober Wittlesbach5685 2016-11-17 07:14 |
| #2 Al Monty Slim's? (Cheech and Chong reference) |
| Posted by: Cheaderhead 2016-11-17 06:17 |
| #1 whether the group had pilfered the stocks of the U.S.-supplied Lebanese military Everybody, except the official USA, knows "Lebanese military" and Hezbollah overlap. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2016-11-17 03:49 |