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| 2021-08-25 |
| PolitiFact - No proof Biden left Taliban $80B in weapons, or that he wants Americans’ pistols PolitiFact claimed donations The list of equipment left behind. Its worse than I had thought. Here is a more complete list (Forbes) of US-supplied and left behind equipment list now controlled by Taliban. Makes our efforts look almost minuscule. At least the guys we supported knew SOMEBODY here … gave a shit. -2,000 Armored Vehicles Including Humvees and MRAP’s -75,989 Total Vehicles: FMTV, M35, Ford Rangers, Ford F350, Ford Vans, Toyota Pickups, Armored Security Vehicles etc... -45 UH-60 Blackhawk Helicopters -50 MD530G Scout Attack Choppers -ScanEagle Military Drones -30 Military Version Cessnas -4 C-130’s -29 Brazilian made A-29 Super Tucano Ground Attack Aircraft =208+ Aircraft Total!! -At least 600,000+ Small arms M16, M249 SAWs, M24 Sniper Systems, 50 Calibers, 1,394 M203 Grenade Launchers, M134 Mini Gun, 20mm Gatling Guns and Ammunition -61,000 M203 Rounds -20,040 Grenades -Howitzers -Mortars +1,000’s of Rounds -162,000 pieces of Encrypted Military Communications Gear -16,000+ Night Vision Goggles -Newest Technology Night Vision Scopes -Thermal Scopes and Thermal Mono Googles -10,000 2.75 inch Air to Ground Rockets -Reconnaissance Equipment (ISR) -Laser Aiming Units -Explosives Ordnance C-4, Semtex, Detonators, Shaped Charges, Thermite, Incendiaries, AP/API/APIT -2,520 Bombs -Administration Encrypted Cell Phones and Laptops ALL operational -Pallets with Millions of Dollars in US Currency -Millions of Rounds of Ammunition including but not limited to 20,150,600 rounds of 7.62mm, 9,000,000 rounds of 50.caliber -Large Stockpile of Plate Carriers and Body Armor -US Military HIIDE, for Handheld Interagency Identity Detection Equipment Biometrics -Lots of Heavy Equipment Including Bull Dozers, Backhoes, Dump Trucks, Excavators Related: PolitiFact: 2021-05-13 Border surge: Kamala Harris not doing too well on all those 'root causes' she's still looking for PolitiFact: 2020-07-08 After sending 1000s of COVID patients into nursing homes, New York blames deaths on 'infected staff' PolitiFact: 2019-09-27 Iran uses advanced centrifuges in new nuclear deal breach: IAEA |
| Posted by:3dc |
| #6 Stinger's batteries have an expiration date. That's only good if kept in accordance with instructions. Those flares will be adequate if not. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2021-08-25 17:45 |
| #5 Clears that up for me. Thank you. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2021-08-25 10:48 |
| #4 Murcek, because it's part of the pre-defined load out for a combat brigade. They each have an assigned amount for air defense. (When eldest son was there as a combat engineer, he came upon a battalion strength river bridging unit. Armored bridge carriers, boats, the whole nine yards. Parked near Bagram. Unused.) |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2021-08-25 10:43 |
| #3 Why would we have needed Stingers there? Taliban had no air force and I don't think we would have shot down any Pak aircraft operating on the border. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2021-08-25 09:29 |
| #2 Makes our efforts look almost minuscule. No shit. Next time hubris calls you to jump in with a hundred billion dollars worth of hardware, don't. |
| Posted by: Dron66046 2021-08-25 09:27 |
| #1 How many Stingers and FASCAMs? |
| Posted by: Slenter Panda4300 2021-08-25 08:45 |