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The Islamic State going DIY, the birth of the battle tram
Images coming out of the recently captured town of Bashiqa, Mosul revealed the presence of an all too familiar Islamic State armoured fighting vehicle. Hidden under a tree and abandoned by its previous...
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Replenishing the Stocks: Russian deliveries of T-62Ms and BMP-1s reach Syria
Following many rumours concerning the delivery of new armoured fighting vehicles to the Syrian Arab Army, images coming out of Syria have now confirmed such a delivery did indeed take place. These...
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A Forgotten Army: Transnistria's DIY APCs
Transnistria, officially the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (PMR), is a breakaway state in Eastern Europe that has remained in the shadows ever since its self-proclaimed independence as a Soviet...
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Photo Report: The Syrian Arab Army (2)
By Stijn Mitzer and Joost OliemansWith the Syrian Ministry of Defense finally having embraced 21st centurymedia technology, it now regularly uploads high-definition images on both its official website...
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Back and Forth: How the Islamic State retook Tadmur
By Stijn Mitzer and Joost OliemansWhile the city of Tadmur has been recaptured again by the Syrian military on the 2nd of March 2017, this article will be released to give insight in the Islamic...
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Striking from the Dark, Jaish al-Islam fires Iranian Zelzal-2 rockets
By Stijn Mitzer and Joost OliemansJaish al-Islam has once again secured its place in the spotlight after firing at least two Iranian Zelzal-2 artillery rockets against regime positions in Syria on the...
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Armour in the Islamic State, the DIY works of Wilayat al-Khayr
By Stijn Mitzer and Joost OliemansThe rise of the Islamic State from an militant group operating in Iraq to a self-proclaimed caliphate controlling large swaths of land in Iraq, Syria and further...
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A rare species: Cuba's David IMV exported to Angola
By Stijn Mitzer and Joost Oliemans Cuba is well known for its former leader Fidel Castro, its communism and its renowned cigars, exporting the latter two to numerous countries throughout the world. In...
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Another One Bites the Dust: Major arms depot falls to Islamic State
By Stijn Mitzer and Joost OliemansJust over a year after capturing Deir ez-Zor's Ayyash weapon depot in the largest arms haul of the Syrian Civil War, the Islamic State has once again got its hands on...
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Suicide drones: The Islamic State's newest threat?
The battle for Mosul has entered its seventh month of fierce fighting for the largest city in the hands of the Islamic State, with the most difficult fight for Mosul's Old City still to be fought....
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Exotic Armour, an inside look at Sudan's armour repair facility
By Stijn Mitzer and Joost OliemansSudan is arguably one of the most interesting countries when it comes to the variation of military equipment in use with its army, owing to its diverse range of...
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Probe-and-drogue, the story of Libya's ill-fated in-flight refuelling programme
Libya's aerial refuelling programme has only been rarely reported on since its inception in the late eighties, and suffered from a series of setbacks that ultimately led to the abandonment of the...
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Flying under the radar, Syria's 'Special Purpose' Mi-17s
The Syrian Arab Air Force's Hip fleet is perhaps best known for its leading role in the indiscriminate bombing of civilian areas across Syria with what have popularly become known as barrel bombs, an...
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Syria Rearms: Russian deliveries of BMP-2s and 2S9s arrive
By Stijn Mitzer and Joost OliemansAfter the first deliveryof T-62Ms and BMP-1s to the Syrian Arab Army earlier this year, new imagery coming out of Syria has now revealed that more types of armoured...
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Sanctions Busting, SyrianAir acquires A340 passenger jet via Iran
By Stijn Mitzer and Joost OliemansSyrianAir can look back on a turbulent six years of operations serving a country thorn apart by Civil War. Heavily impacted by the implementation of sanctions against...
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Armour in the Islamic State, the Story of 'The Workshop'
By Stijn Mitzer and Joost OliemansThe Islamic State's rise to the status of one of the most sophisticated designated terrorist groups ever to exist has been accompanied by an unprecedented level of...
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Back from retirement, Sudan's BO-105s take to the skies
By Stijn Mitzer and Joost OliemansThe Sudanese Air Force has had a turbulent history ever since its founding in January 1956, the year that the Sudan gained independence from the British. Originally...
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Back from retirement, Sudan's BO-105s take to the skies
By Stijn Mitzer and Joost OliemansThe Sudanese Air Force has had a turbulent history ever since its founding in January 1956, the year that the Sudan gained independence from the British. Originally...
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A Forgotten Army: Transnistria unveils new type of multiple rocket launcher
By Stijn Mitzer and Joost OliemansTransnistria, officially named the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (PMR), is a breakaway state in Eastern Europe that has remained in the shadows ever since its...
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