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| Houthi forces destroy T-34 tank in new missile attack |
| 2019-02-11 |
| [ALMASDARNEWS] The Houthi forces released a new video on Sunday that showed their rocket battalion destroying an enemy tank inside the Dhale Governorate of Yemen. In the video, the Houthi forces’ rocket battalion can be seen using an anti-tank guided missile to strike a T-34 tank that was manned by the pro-government Yemeni Army. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #10 Dunno. Looking up if anyone still manufactured 7.92x33 wiki states, "...still in use by some within the Lebanese Forces militia, Djibouti and Pakistan [19] as well as irregular forces in some countries in the Horn of Africa and the Middle East, where captured German arms were distributed as military aid by Eastern Bloc countries as well as Yugoslavia." Best weapon available in a fight I guess. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2019-02-11 16:41 |
| #9 Why go with a sg44 when AK varieties are so cheap and plentiful? |
| Posted by: Spot 2019-02-11 14:51 |
| #8 Saw a segment on a channel which prides itself on knowing firearms, about some sturmgewehr 44s showing up in Syria. Didn't say whether they were era or recently manufactured; apparently the cartridge is still produced in Serbia. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2019-02-11 11:23 |
| #7 Yemen on paper has 200 of the things, but less than 20 are thought to be serviceable. Vietnam has the largest group of working T-34s still. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2019-02-11 10:17 |
| #6 The Organization for the Preservation of Historical Monuments will sue in 5...4... |
| Posted by: Slats Criting3858 2019-02-11 09:32 |
| #5 ...There were some stories a year or two back - with pics that didn't seem to be faked - of WWII German gear, including a couple of vehicles, that popped up in Syria. More at: https://wwiiafterwwii.wordpress.com/2017/06/27/syrian-civil-war-wwii-weapons-used/ Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2019-02-11 04:18 |
| #4 Not a screw up. Russian sources identify the tank as a T-34-85, and they should know. As a matter of fact, the Russians probably delivered them to then Socialist Republic of Yemen. |
| Posted by: European Conservative 2019-02-11 03:48 |
| #3 It could be a journo screw up. Or, more likely, Russians do not like to throw staff away with so many ways it can be used to cause mischief in "right" hands. And, they haven't discovered "planned obsolescence" until recently. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2019-02-11 03:39 |
| #2 No rust problem in the desert |
| Posted by: European Conservative 2019-02-11 03:33 |
| #1 T-34??? Where are they finding this stuff? |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2019-02-11 02:20 |