Syrian war video footage

[sasha]

Videofeed from pro-assad journalists (russian) with many tactical aspects of battle shown (which is rarely seen in rebel's videos)

www.youtube.com/channel/UCjGfTXe4NyUI4pPA440GLlA/videos


Some videos have english subtitles (turn them on at right window corner):










About importance of capturing hills first, before clearing adjacent towns:



The most impressive captured radio talk, 15th minute:

[sasha]

Urban combat shown in these videos leaves an impression that syrian army infantry and armor do not support each other 100%. Tank crews take the brunt of street fighting. Also it may be that due to rebel poor AT capabilities army decides to risk tanks rather then put to slaughter not so well trained infantry. Idk - its my view on this

And - shit, this battleground is absolutely like a Stalingrad...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Stalingrad

[sasha]

This video is dramatic:



T72 surviving rpg hits but not a mine
Engineer vehicles at work
Scoped PKM MG used as sniper weapon
Tanks supporting infantry


And here is Syrian army's combined arms tactics to cross open road and capture adjacent buildings:

[sasha]

FSA side infantry line firefight:



Note they all use semi not automatic fire. At the end they seem to become suppressed thought the fight ended ok for them since video is on youtube.

[bravonovember]

Wow! Thanks for these Sasha, will check them out tommorrow! Been wondering if there's anything out there on this topic. Take care.

[sasha]

This is Hesbollah in 1998, attack on Hadatha (need to check what that was). It seems Hesbollah are professionals, no wonder Israel lost its war in Lebanon... Striking difference to videos from FSA militia inexperienced fighting

[sasha]

Convoy ambushes are there in Wiki, but, strange, i cant find any information in internet about any Israely bases/outposts being stormed in these years. Internal Lebanon strife or fake?

[KSK]

What I found:
www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-15534802.html
Have no access to full article, but last sentence...and it's Jerusalem post...so no fake, I assume.

...and this:
www.aparchive.com/search?query=robot&allFilters=07:Keyword,98,%20EXPLOSION:Keyword,%28a%29%20WTN%20%28b%29%20CH2:Source
...direct clicking wont work, so copy-paste whole line and it should work... 02.07.1998

[sasha]

Yep, thanks KSK, no fake

So the lesson for anyone - invest in training