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Libyan WHIF's

Started by grumpybadger, May 14, 2011, 09:35:25 AM

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grumpybadger

May 14, 2011, 09:35:25 AM
Well sorta...footage of a Libyan rebel pickup fitted with a turret from a BMP.  So not truly a WHIF, more food for thought I guess.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmZyqjLjx5U&feature=player_embedded#at=22

Jschmus

#2
May 25, 2011, 07:05:44 AM
I've been watching this thing in Libya since it kicked off, checking the news for interesting photos.  I've uploaded a bunch of them to Photobucket, in another public album:

http://s19.photobucket.com/albums/b170/jason_schmus/Libya%202011/
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grumpybadger

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May 25, 2011, 09:01:25 AM
Very nice  ;D

IanH

#4
May 27, 2011, 12:56:57 PM
That is one SERIOUS piece of kit...

Spey_Phantom

#5
May 28, 2011, 12:18:14 AM
you gonna hand it to those rebels, they make the A-team look like pansies  ;D
on the bench:

-all kinds of things.

dumaniac

#6
May 28, 2011, 02:54:55 AM
desperate times call for desperate measures - that's some serious calibre they are using

makes the parking in a the supermarket on Saturday mornings pale into insignificance

Jschmus

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May 30, 2011, 08:37:47 PM
I added a few more images over the weekend, though I had a devil of a time doing it.  The internet's been wonky around here the last few days.

One of the images shows a Galeb trainer sitting in the hangar with the gun access panel flipped up.  The rebels found it in a hangar in Misrata, and opened it up intending to strip out the machine guns for other use.  Alas, someone else had already snagged them.  Another photo shows a group of rebels praying.  In that one photo are two variations on woodland camo, a couple of soldiers wearing one of the newer desert schemes, and four guys wearing the Desert Storm-vintage chocolate chip stuff.  These guys will use whatever they can get their hands on.
"Life isn't divided into genres. It's a horrifying, romantic, tragic, comical, science-fiction cowboy detective novel. You know, with a bit of pornography if you're lucky."-Alan Moore

IanH

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May 31, 2011, 11:38:35 AM
There's some devastating Tacticals there...

Jschmus

#9
May 31, 2011, 11:42:21 AM
Quote from: IanH on May 31, 2011, 11:38:35 AM
There's some devastating Tacticals there...

I think you mean Technical, but yeah, if it's big and loud, and they can bolt/weld it into the bed of a truck, they'll do it.
"Life isn't divided into genres. It's a horrifying, romantic, tragic, comical, science-fiction cowboy detective novel. You know, with a bit of pornography if you're lucky."-Alan Moore

IanH

#10
May 31, 2011, 11:53:52 AM
 :banghead:D'oh  About the cammo uniforms they use - have you seen the BGS Sumpfmuster yet?:
http://www.kamouflage.net/camouflage/00077.php

Jschmus

#11
May 31, 2011, 02:33:55 PM
Added a few more.

They're still using the old recoilless rifles.  No idea how effective they are.


I love this one.  The dude with the binocs is blurry, but the technical is completely in focus.
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Thiel

#12
May 31, 2011, 11:25:47 PM
I do believe the gunners seat is from an old Volvo.

NARSES2

#13
June 01, 2011, 01:38:54 AM
That photo of the recoiless rifle is one of the best of seen which explains why not to stand behind it !
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IanH

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June 01, 2011, 02:13:13 AM
Quote from: NARSES2 on June 01, 2011, 01:38:54 AM
That photo of the recoiless rifle is one of the best of seen which explains why not to stand behind it !
The Soviet Tankies Helmet on the gunner gets me!
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