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Tango01  | 06 Dec 2014 12:26 p.m. PST |
… protecting borders from jihadi groups. "Britain's ambassador to Lebanon confirmed Friday the United Kingdom has spent around $30 USD million to build watchtowers and deliver military equipment to the Army to protect its borders from jihadi groups, reported yesterday the Lebanese newspaper Daily Star…"
Full article here
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 Doms Decals  | 06 Dec 2014 12:46 p.m. PST |
"UK admits…" …thing it publicly announced over a year ago. Yep, real breaking news there…. ;-) link |
 David Manley | 06 Dec 2014 2:21 p.m. PST |
In other news, Ladysmith relieved! |
 Legion 4 | 06 Dec 2014 3:13 p.m. PST |
Hey !! Thats' an M113 with what looks like some sort of dual .50 mount ! |
| Black Bull | 06 Dec 2014 3:45 p.m. PST |
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| Legion 4 | 06 Dec 2014 3:52 p.m. PST |
Yeah, at first glance, I thought it was Russkie ! |
| Doms Decals | 06 Dec 2014 4:04 p.m. PST |
Yeah, just a ZPU-2 bolted on top. The Libyans have some interesting M113s too: link Lots of interesting kit, but particularly about a quarter of the way down. The M106 with a 90mm turret from an Engesa Cascavel is particularly neat. |
| Weasel | 06 Dec 2014 6:16 p.m. PST |
Inbetween all the misery and grief of modern warfare, one of the things that always amazes me is the creativity in bolting random guns to random hulls. |
| Jemima Fawr | 06 Dec 2014 7:32 p.m. PST |
There was also a story in the BBC last week, featuring a British officer advising the Lebanese Army on construction of fighting positions using Hesco, etc. As has been said, what exactly is being 'admitted'? Yes, ZPU-2. The ZPU-1 is also a popular M113 fit in the Lebanese Army. |
| Sobieski | 06 Dec 2014 10:43 p.m. PST |
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