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“The Zionists should know that with the massacre of the people of Gaza, they will receive a heavier slap…. The actions of the Zionists brought this disaster on them. When cruelty and crime passes the limit, when rapacity reaches its peak, one should wait for the storm.”-Seyyed Ali Khamenei, Iran’s Islamic Revolution Ayatollah, 10OCT2023

Israel’s ‘Iron Dome’ air defense system is only 10% to 15% effective, according to Russian military analyst Yuri Knutov, the director of Museum of Air Defense Forces explained that “When there is an intense raid, the system chokes and does not have time to digest the number of rockets in the air.”

IDF photo.

Israeli Defense Forces released photos showing weapons captured from Palestinians near the city of Ashkelon, which Israel says came from NATO supported Ukraine! The weapons included U.S./NATO assault rifles and former Soviet designed grenade launchers. The grenade launchers carried the markings of a Ukrainian military unit based near the Ukrainian city of Mukachevo! Some U.S. politicians suspect some of the weapons also came from Afghanistan.

On 09OCT2023, the U.S. broadcast news outlet ABCNews made a report about hostages. In the report the family of one of the hostages, who is a female Israeli border guard, reveal that the border guards were not issued weapons on 07OCT2023:

On 09OCT2023, an anonymous Palestinian official reported that Operation al Aqsa Storm included the participation of Israeli soldiers who knew the details of Israel’s border wall defenses! This is according to an Arab language newspaper report, which also says that some Israeli border guards told Palestinians the location of Israeli armories! Palestinians were not only able to capture Israeli weapons but at least 1-hundred thousand rounds of ammo!

Palestinian video showing Israeli border guards did not put up much of a fight, it was too easy:

On 09OCT2023, Palestinians released video of their low-altitude anti-aircraft Soviet Cold War era 9K32 (NATO reporting name Grail), which might have come from NATO-Germany via Ukraine. The video also shows new Palestinian homegrown rocket artillery launchers:

Israel bombing Gaza:

“Since its first day, the Israeli regime has been the foster child of the arrogant colonial powers, starting with Britain and ending with the U.S., and it has enjoyed, in all stages until now, unflinching support from the Americans and the Western countries.”-Abdul-Malik al-Houthi, leader of Yemen’s Ansarullah resistance movement, 10OCT2023

Aftermath of Israeli bombing of Gaza:

As part of the activation of 3-hundred thousand reserves, Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) deploy mech-infantry using old Cold War era U.S. made M113 APCs:

On 08OCT2023, the United Nations World Food Program (WFP) “…urges safe and unimpeded humanitarian access to affected areas, calling on all parties to uphold the principles of humanitarian law, taking every necessary measure to safeguard the lives and well-being of civilians, including ensuring access to food.”

The ancient empire of Babylon covered and area from present day Israel in the West, to Iran in the East. “‘Fallen! Fallen is Babylon the Great!’ She has become a dwelling for demons and a haunt for every impure spirit, a haunt for every unclean bird, a haunt for every unclean and detestable animal. For all the nations have drunk the maddening wine of her adulteries. The kings of the earth committed adultery with her, and the merchants of the earth grew rich from her excessive luxuries.”-from Revelation 18 (supposedly King James Bible)

Al-Aqsa Storm: GLOBAL SUPPORT FOR PALESTINE? U.S. JOINS THE WAR! Why was the Massachusetts National Guard at an Israeli ‘planning’ meeting in Ramla, at the end of July?

Technology

Vehicle I-D: Canada’s British Empire M113, not your Uncle Sam’s M113

Video December 24, 2022 Hutchins AAron

Canada began using the original M113A1 (Diesel powered version) in the late 1960s, it is not to be confused with the earlier M113 Command & Recon Lynx, which was a shortened, lightweight version of the gasoline powered M113.

A derelict M113C&R Lynx is used for vehicle recovery training, in Valcartier, Québec, 20OCT2021. Canadian Forces photo by Corporal Hugo Montpetit.

The original M113 was developed by the United States based FMC, then continued under United Defense, then taken over by the British empire’s BAE Systems. The BAE upgraded M113s are known as Mobile Tactical Vehicle Light (MTVL), or also as Tracked Light Armoured Vehicle (TLAV). And to confuse you even more, each ‘fit-out’ (version) of the MTVL/TLAV has its own special acronym.

An MTVL during NATO wargame Trident Juncture, in Portugal, 02NOV2015. Canadian Forces photo by Corporal Jordan Legree.

Very quick Canadian Forces video of MTVL ‘Medic Track’ off-load from cargo ship in Setubal, Portugal, for NATO wargame, 07OCT2015:

MTVL on Garrison Wainwright, Alberta, 30APR2015. Canadian Forces photo by Corporal Nédia Coutinho.

MTVL in Wainwright, Alberta, 03JUN2016. Canadian Forces photo by Master Corporal Jonathan Barrette.

A major visual difference between a new NATO-Canadian M113 and the old NATO-U.S. M113 can be seen in the types of tracks and drive sprockets used, and the fact that they have six roadwheels as opposed to the U.S. M113s with five roadwheels!

Mobile Tactical Vehicle Fitter (MTVF):

Kandahar Air Field, Afghanistan, 06JUN2007. Canadian Forces photo by Sergeant Craig Fiander.

This M113 MTV-Fitter helped move a World War Two Flakpanzer on Canadian Forces Base Borden, 24OCT2016. Canadian Forces photo by Ordinary Seaman Justin Spinello.

Photo via International Movies Services Limited.

Mobile Tactical Vehicle Engineer (MTVE):

Photo via International Movies Services Limited.

NATO-Denmark uses Canadian/BAE style drive sprockets and Band-Tracks on their five road-wheeled M113s:

BAE ‘Band-Tracks’ on a Danish M113 during a NATO wargame on Hohenfels, Germany, 03NOV2014. U.S. Army photo by Private First Class Shardesia Washington.

A Danish M113 crewman shows-off the Canadian style track system to a U.S. recovery vehicle crewman, 27MAY2015. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sergeant Carol A. Lehman.

Denmark M113 during NATO wargame in Latvia, 27SEP2015. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sergeant Brooks Fletcher.

Mobile Tactical Vehicle Recovery (MTVR):

20APR2018.

MTVR on Wainwright Training Area, Alberta, 23SEP2020. Canadian Forces photo by Corporal Djalma Vuong-De Ramos.

Tank Recovery, in a city park:

Canadian Forces photo by Justin Spinello.

HOW TO MOVE YOUR 1:1 SCALE WHIRLWIND FLAKPANZER, IN CANADA!

Vehicle I-D: Canadian C2 MEXAS ARMOR (I mean, ARMOUR?) AFGHANISTAN

LAST DAYS OF THE DIGGER’S (Australian) M113

IDAHO SHOWS YOU HOW TO ENGINE SWAP A 1:1 SCALE M113

British Empire Take Over, October 2022: THE NEW U.S. ELECTRIC WARRIOR, FROM THE BRITISH EMPIRE, WITH LOVE!

Idaho, International, Technology, U.S.

Biden’s War: Idaho based Snake-River invades Texas, next stop; Kuwait & Iraq!

Image October 17, 2022 Hutchins AAron

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Snake River M1A2SEPV2 Abrams. Idaho Air National Guard photo by Master Sergeant Becky Vanshur, 13SEP2022.

In September 2022, the Snake River Brigade’s 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team (CBCT) was busy in Texas, where it was transformed into Task Force Rattler, next stop Kuwait and Iraq.

The Army National Guard’s 116th CBCT is based in Idaho, but has units spread through Florida, Montana, Nevada and Oregon.

South Carolina MRAPs. Idaho Air National Guard photo by Master Sergeant Becky Vanshur, 13SEP2022.

Ohio’s HMMWV Ambulances. Idaho Air National Guard photo by Master Sergeant Becky Vanshur, 14SEP2022.

The 118th Infantry Regiment from South Carolina Army National Guard, as well as the 285th Medical Company from the Ohio Army National Guard, have joined with the 116th CBCT. They are all being deployed to relieve another 116th CBCT led unit which was deployed in November 2021.

Snake River M113 Mortar Carrier. It is basically an upgrade to the old M113 based M106/M125 mortar tracks. New version can carry the 120mm mortar. Idaho Air National Guard photo by Master Sergeant Becky Vanshur, 14SEP2022.

It is all part of the ongoing Operation Spartan Shield. The U.S. Army side of Operation Spartan Shield is called Task Force Spartan, which is dependent upon part time Army National Guard and Army Reserve units. Task Force Rattler will be the second, back to back, 12 months deployment for the 116th CBCT.

Snake River M2 Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicle. Idaho Air National Guard photo by Master Sergeant Becky Vanshur, 15SEP2022.

Before they actually deploy to The Middle East, units must spend 45 days on Fort Bliss, Texas, conducting final deployment training, despite having trained in their home states for as long as two years, and very likely having been deployed many times before.

This AH-64 Apache was being used by the evaluation team out of Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington. Idaho Air National Guard photo by Master Sergeant Becky Vanshur, 14SEP2022.

To make things more confusing, the U.S. Army evaluation team on Fort Bliss is not based in Texas. The U.S. Army evaluators are from the 189th Infantry Brigade Combined Arms Training Battalion, normally based on Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington.

Biden’s War: IDAHO, MONTANA, OREGON DEPLOY, YET AGAIN!

IDAHO, MONTANA, OREGON STUCK IN A DEPLOYMENT LOOP!

2017: IDAHO MILITIA HAS RECORD NUMBER OF DEPLOYMENTS IN ONE YEAR?

Idaho, Kit Bashing, Technology

NATO Vehicle I-D: Idaho shows you how to engine swap a 1:1 scale M113

Video May 2, 2022 Hutchins AAron

Idaho Army National Guard photo by Thomas Alvarez, 31MAR2021.

Idaho Army National Guard’s Maneuver Area Training and Equipment Site (MATES) might have a Boise address, but it is actually located on the Orchard Combat Training Center (OCTC, formerly known as Orchard Training Area or OTA), about 18 miles south of Boise, on federal Bureau of Land Management (BLM) property.

Dust storm on the OTCT. Idaho Army National Guard photo by Thomas Alvarez, 13AUG2021.

OCTC is in the middle of nowhere, and MATES is where depot level work is done on ground vehicles.

An M113 Command Post, official nomenclature is M577, now being used as an ambulance. Idaho Army National Guard photo by Thomas Alvarez, 10MAR2021.

Idaho Army National Guard photo by Thomas Alvarez, 11MAR2021.

Idaho Army National Guard photo by Thomas Alvarez, 10MAR2021.

A gutted M113 engine/transmission compartment.

Idaho Army National Guard photo by Thomas Alvarez, 10MAR2021.

Idaho Army National Guard photo by Thomas Alvarez, 31MAR2021.

Idaho based 116th Cavalry (Cav-all-ree) Brigade Combat Team’s MATES operation is considered a ‘premier’ maintenance shop, servicing vehicles for Army National Guard units in Idaho, Nevada and Oregon.

Idaho Army National Guard photo by Thomas Alvarez, 31MAR2021.

Idaho Army National Guard photo by Thomas Alvarez, 07APR2021.

Idaho Army National Guard photo by Thomas Alvarez, 09APR2021.

M113 Mortar Track, official nomenclature is M106, waits for fire orders on OCTC. Idaho Army National Guard photo by Thomas Alvarez, 18MAY2021.

‘My” M981 FiSTV (artillery forward observer M113), on Idaho’s Orchard Training Area (now called Orchard Combat Training Center), Summer 1997.

U.S. President Joseph R. Biden Junior ordered 2-hundred M113s for Ukraine. It has been revealed that those M113s are coming from the Army National Guard inventories of at least five states! Is the President planning on replacing them for those states?

On 27APR2022, the Indiana Army National Guard issued video (by Sergeant Hector Tinoco) explaining their part in sending Ukraine Viet Nam era M113 APCs:

Biden’s War: IDAHO ABOUT TO DEPLOY HUNDREDS OF TROOPS, YET AGAIN! FIRST TIME USE OF JAVELIN MISSILES!

NATO Vehicle I-D: POLAND’S KRAB (HALF BRITISH, HALF KOREAN?)

Vehicle I-D, 2020: HOW TO BUILD A 1:1 SCALE U.S. ARMY ‘FAKE NEWS’ BMP-2 USING THE M113

International

Biden’s NATO War: “New Strategic Concept”, buying new allies while keeping old enemies

Video April 30, 2022 Hutchins AAron

Just a little bit of what NATO is doing in relation to the Ukraine Crisis, for the month of April 2022.

U.S. Army photo by Chris Gardner, 17MAR2022.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is managing the construction of a new US$360-million Army Prepositioned Stock, or APS, facility in Powidz, NATO Poland. So not only has NATO absorbed Eastern European countries, it is now expanding huge weapons storage facilities closer to the border with Russia. The APS is the largest project in Poland being managed by U.S. Army Europe District’s Northern Europe Area Office.

NATO video from 03APR2022, showing French Combat Air Patrol operations over NATO Poland:

U.S. Army photo by Captain Angelo Mejia, 05APR2022.

On 05APR2022, the U.S. Army’s V Corps got a new (yet officially temporary) home in NATO Germany. In 2012, V Corps was officially inactivated, but don’t blame the Ukraine crisis for its rebirth. V Corps was officially reborn in 2020, with HQs in Kentucky and NATO Poland. Now, V Corps is in Ansbach: “The United States Army and Bavaria go back for a long time, being loyal partners and friends for more than 65 years. Bavaria is proud to host the largest concentration of U.S. land forces in Europe and all the personnel working with the forces.”– Johannes Urban, Armed Forces Affairs, Security and Defense Policy in the Bavarian State Chancellery

Puerto Rico Army National Guard photo by Sergeant Agustín Montañez, 06APR2022.

German made Norwegian Leopard 2 tank prowling the forests of NATO Latvia during wargame Rising Griffin, 06APR2022.

New World Order! 06APR2022, NATO press conference reveals that Biden is using Russia/Ukraine crisis to build a neu NATO. Upcoming NATO Summit will be about creating “a new strategic concept” (new reason for existing) for NATO:

Puerto Rico Army National Guard Photo by Staff Sergeant Gabriel Rivera, 07APR2022.

On 07APR2022, soldiers of the U.S. Army’s repositioned V Corps began arriving in Torun, NATO Poland.

U.S. Air Force photo by Eric Dietrich, 07APR2022.

On 07APR2022, the U.S. Secretary of the Air Force met with NATO Norway’s Secretary of Defense, in the U.S. state of Virginia, to discuss the current structure of NATO (Norway was one of the founders of NATO) and the Ukraine crisis.

U.S. Air Force photo by Technical Sergeant Maeson L. Elleman, 08APR2022.

On 08APR2022, NATO United Kingdom officially began Combat Air Patrol missions from Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base, in NATO Romania.

On 10APR2022, six Chinese Y20 transport aircraft flew through NATO airspace (Turkey and Bulgaria) to deliver antiaircraft missile systems to Russia’s long-time ally Serbia.

U.S. Air Force photo by Technical Sergeant Jack Sanders, 11APR2022.

On 11APR2022, Indian Defense Minister Rajnath Singh arrived in Washington DC. The United States is trying to convince India to to give up its ‘non-alignment’ policy, and move away from Russia.

U.S. Army Photo by Specialist Thurnapuf Valle, 11APR2022.

Also on 11APR2022, U.S. Congressional Representatives paid a congressional delegation visit with U.S. forces on Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base, NATO Romania.

Video, U.S. President Joseph R. Biden Junior tries to woo over Indian Prime Minister Narendra Damodardas Modi, 11APR2022:

NATO video from 13APR2022, showing Romanian, French and Belgian soldiers training for war in NATO Romania:

Hungry U.S. Sailors onboard USS Ross (DDG 71) go through a pallet of food delivered by the French ship FS Marne (A 630) on 02APR2022. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Second Class Claire DuBois.

It was revealed, on 14APR2022, that the U.S. military is now spending U.S. taxpayers’ money on purchasing food directly from European NATO members! It is known as the Acquisition and Cross-Servicing Agreement (ACSA), and the first deliveries of food went to the Sailors and Marines onboard the USS Ross (DDG 71) and USS Roosevelt (DDG 80). The ACSA began in March, U.S. Navy officials blame it on government Pandemic Mandates which are interfering with globalized supply systems: “Due to time constraints and unique global supply chain challenges, the ACSAs to procure food entirely through our NATO Allies were crucial to our acquisition strategy to keep our ships in foreign waters at an optimal fill levels to maintain readiness and the health and well-being of personnel.”-Captain Douglas S. MacKenzie, U.S. Naval Supply Systems Command Fleet Logistics Center Sigonella

U.S. Army photo by Jason Tudor, 16APR2022.

On 16APR2022, NATO Romania officially activated its Installation Operations Center, on Mihail Kogălniceanu Air Base (MKAB). It was immediately used for the U.S. Army Support Activity-Black Sea Anti-Terrorism/Force Protection (ASA-Black Sea) exercise, which is all about moving U.S./NATO troops closer to the Russian border: “As ASA-Black Sea continues to move its force protection forward, we continue to work closely with our multinational partners and U.S. teams to ensure our readiness is a strength we can all count on in the event of an emergent event.”-John P. Smith the Third, chief of the Directorate of Plans, Training, Mobilization, and Security on MKAB

On 18APR2022, U.S. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Moldovan Foreign Minister Nicu Popescu, specifically about the Russian-Ukraine crisis. Moldova is officially neutral, but is also a member of the North Atlantic Cooperation Council, a kind of first step to joining NATO:

On 19APR2022, NATO deployed U.S. made Patriot missiles, operated by NATO personnel from Germany and Netherlands, to NATO Slovakia:

U.S. Air Force photo by Technical Sergeant Brittany A. Chase, 20APR2022.

On 20APR2022, Minister of National Defense for NATO Poland, Mariusz Błaszczak, spent time at the Pentagon.

West Virginia Air National Guard photo by Major Holli Nelson, 21APR2022.

From 19 April to 21 April 2022, West Virginia Army National Guard, and the North Carolina National Guard, took part in NATO’s Locked Shields which is considered to be the world’s largest international cyber defense wargame. Locked Shields was conducted by the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence in Tallinn, NATO Estonia.

U.S. Army photo by Major Joe Bush, 20APR2022.

From 11 April to 22 April 2022, U.S.-NATO conducted an artillery ‘seminar’ in NATO Estonia, as part NATO’s Enhanced Forward Presence Battle Group Estonia. NATO officials claim this was at the request of the Estonian Defense Force.

On 22APR2022, Ukraine’s Prime Minister spent time in Washington DC. U.S. Secretary of State said it is “…evidence….Ukraine is going to be around a lot long than Putin.”:

U.S. Marine Corps photo by Corporal Adam Henke, 26APR2022.

The U.S. Marine Corps deployed the AN/TPS-80 Ground/Air Task Oriented Radar (G/ATOR) system to Siauliai Air Base, NATO Lithuania.

On 26APR2022, the U.S. Secretary of State met with the Foreign Minister of NATO Czech Republic:

U.S. Department of Defense photo by Chad J. McNeeley, 26APR202.

Also on 26APR2022, the U.S. Secretary of Defense led a meeting of the Ukraine Defense Consultative Group with NATO counterparts, and other nations, on Ramstein Air Base in NATO Germany, discussing both the current and future military needs of Ukraine (can they predict the future?).

A USMC F/A-18D in Poland. USMC photo by Corporal Adam Henke, 27APR2022.

USMC F/A-18C/D Hornets of VMFA 312, 2nd MAW are now operating from Łask Air Base in NATO Poland.

On 27APR2022, the Indiana Army National Guard issues video (by Sergeant Hector Tinoco) explaining their part in sending Ukraine Viet Nam era M113 APCs:

New York Army National Guard-138th Public Affairs Detachment photo by Staff Sergeant Amouris Coss, 28APR2022.

On 28APR2022, Virginia Army National Guard’s 116th Infantry Brigade Combat Team conducted a weapons qualification for NATO soldiers from Germany and Poland. The weapons training was held on Camp Bondsteel in Kosovo, and involved U.S. M4 assault rifles, M17 pistols and M249 machine guns.

U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Third Class Thomas Boatright, 28APR2022.

Somewhere in the Adriatic Sea, the command staff of the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) watch as a C-2A Greyhound lands, 28APR2022. Onboard the Greyhound are the U.S. Ambassador to NATO Slovakia, as well as the Prime Minister of NATO Slovakia.

On 29APR2022, NATO issued yet another promotional video to justify their existence:

On 29APR2022, tiny NATO Latvia held an emergency meeting concerning refugees from Ukraine. It was decided to cap the number of Ukrainian refugees at 40-thousand.

NATO Response 2022: “THIS EFFORT IS AMERICA’S EFFORT.” ‘INTERNATIONAL LAW’ REVEALED TO BE ABOUT NATO? FUEL SANCTIONS BLOW-BACK ON USAF!

NATO Vehicle I-D: POLAND’S KRAB (HALF BRITISH, HALF KOREAN?)

Soviet era weapons now in use by NATO:

Official acceptance ceremony for Slovakia’s new Zuzana-2, 22JUL2021. Photo via Slovak Ministry of Defense.

DANA AND THE NEW ZUZANA

Technology

Vehicle I-D: Egyptian Armor درع المصري

Video December 4, 2021 Hutchins AAron

Egyptian Ministry of Defense video report from October 2021, showing M60A3, BTR-50, ZSU-23-4, and other weapon systems:

Egyptian Ministry of Defense promotional video showing artillery systems, including the M109, MLRS and ZSU-23-4, October 2021:

In 2020, Egypt agreed to buy 5-hundred of the Russian T-90MS.

Music video report, wargame Qadir 2020:

Fahd armored car, June 2019.

Egyptian Ministry of Defense video report from November 2019, air defense artillery (ADA), including ZSU-23-4 and other tracked ADA vehicles:

Exercise Bright Star 2018, U.S. Army photo by Staff Sergeant Matthew Keeler.

Egyptian Army M1A1 Abrams during Exercise Bright Star 2018, Mississippi National Guard photo by Specialist Jovi Prevot.

M113, U.S. Army photo by Staff Sergeant Matthew Keeler, 13SEP2018.

USAF video by Staff Sergeant John Raven, Egyptian M1A1 live fire at the end of Bright Star 2017:

YPR-765 used during the anti-terrorist action on the Sinai Peninsula, 2013.

YPR-765 guarding the border with Gaza, August 2012.

M60A1 during 2012 uprisings.

Egyptian BTR-50, 12OCT2009. Photo by U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sergeant Matt Epright.

Egyptian M109 Self Propelled Howitzer, 15SEP2005, photo by U.S. Army Sergeant Alejandro Licea.

An M113 ‘medic track’, 15SEP2005, photo by U.S. Army Sergeant Alejandro Licea.

An Egyptian Fahd with a BMP-2 turret (Fahd 240), late 1990s, NATO SFOR (Stabilization Force) in Bosnia-Herzegovina.

Fahd armored car about to be sent to Liberia for ‘peacekeeping’ duty. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sergeant Paul R. Caron, 23FEB1997.

Egyptian Army M60A1, USAF photo by Staff Sergeant Jeffrey T. Brady, 18NOV1993.

The 105mm main gun of this M60A1 has been blown out-of-battery. Notice the damage at the end of the barrel, the missing search light, and the position of the bore evacuator! USAF photo by Staff Sergeant Jeffrey T. Brady, 18NOV1993.

Photo by Staff Sergeant Greg Suhay, 01NOV1993.

This is a U.S. Air Force photo by Technical Sergeant H. H. Deffner, showing Egyptian 3rd Armored Brigade’s M60s demonstrating their smoke grenade launchers, apparently in Saudi Arabia. The problem with the rest of the info is that it says it is during Operation Desert Shield, but gives the date as May 1992. Desert Shield ended on 17JAN1991!

Another USAF photo by Technical Sergeant H. H. Deffner, with another incorrect date for Desert Shield; ‘September 1991’. Desert Shield was from August 1990 to 17JAN1991.

Decontaminating an Egyptian M109 155mm self-propelled howitzer, December 1990, Operation Desert Shield. USAF photo credited to Technical Sergeant H. H. Deffner.

Silent U.S. Army video, by Sergeant First Class Jacobs, of U.S. troops checking out an Egyptian BTR-50, during the first Bright Star wargame, November 1980:

Helicopters: EGYPT مصر

Kit Bashing, Technology

Vehicle I-D: More U.S. Army Fake-News tanks, Tiger Stripes anybody?

Video February 6, 2021 Hutchins AAron

U.S. Army photo by Specialist Savannah Miller, 26JAN2021.

Fake-News Soviet 125mm antitank gun, Hohenfels, Germany, January 2021.

USA photo by Specialist Audrequez Evans, 26OCT2020.

October 2020, Hohenfels, Germany. M113 Fake-News T-72 used for crowd control training of Italian troops deploying to Kosovo.

USA photo by Joyce Costello, 26OCT2020.

USA photo by Specialist Audrequez Evans, 26OCT2020.

That’s correct, apparently the Kosovars are so unruly that you need tanks to suppress their protests!

USA photo by Corporal Tomarius Roberts, 04MAR2020.

Yep, another example of peace-keeping training using an M113 ‘T-72’ on ‘Kosovar’ demonstrators, Hohenfels, Germany, this time in March 2020.

USA photo by Corporal Tomarius Roberts, 04MAR2020.

Army National Guard photo by Sergeant Megan Zander, 01FEB2020.

Hohenfels Training Area, Germany, February 2020. This M113 is supposed to be a ZSU-23-4.

USA photo by Specialist Nathan Franco, 14FEB2020.

‘T-72’ drives through a Bradley unit, Fort Irwin, California, February 2020.

USA photo by Private First Class James Newsome, 10FEB2020.

M113 Fake News BMP-2, Fort Irwin-National Training Center (NTC), California.

USA photo by Private Second Class Sayvon Johnson, 10FEB2020.

HMMWV (High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle) based ‘BRDM’, Fort Irwin-National Training Center (NTC).

USA photo by Private Second Class Sayvon Johnson, 10FEB2020.

USA photo by Private First Class Austin Anyzeski, 26JUN2017.

Which one is the BMP-2, and which one is the T-72? Apparently, the only visual differences between the M113-T-72 and M113-BMP is the size of the gun tube, the front slope, and the BMP version has had the rear ramp removed and a long hull extension with clam-shell doors added-on. The T-72 retains the M113 ramp.

USA photo by Private First Class Austin Anyzeski, 02JUN2017.

This is supposed to be a 2K22 Tunguska (except that it has a ‘BMP’ hull), Fort Irwin, June 2017.

USA photo by Private First Class Austin Anyzeski, 02JUN2017.

Anybody know what this M113 is dressed-up to be?

USA photo by Staff Sergeant David Edge, 08JUN2018.

I think it’s supposed to be an MTLB?

USA photo by Sergeant Josiah Pugh, 10APR2016.

In 2016, the U.S. Army OpFor at Hoehenfels, Germany, used real T-72s from Slovenia.

Video from 2016, by Austin Anyzeski, of Black Horse Fake News tanks at Fort Irwin:

USA photo by Private First Class Austin Anyzeski, 04JUN2017.

This is one of the ‘125mm Soviet anti-tank gun’ that took-out my M981 FiST-V during Idaho Army National Guard’s Fort Irwin rotation in Summer 1998 (see more This is Where Armor Fights). It was hidden on one of the hills in the middle of The Valley of Death.

Before the 2000s, most of the OpFor tanks at Fort Irwin, California, were based on the M551 Sheridan airborne tank.

A M551 BMP-1.

M551 T-72.

A line of M551s in various disguises. In the front is a BMP-1, followed by a ZSU-23-4 and three 2S1 self propelled artillery guns.

HMMWV BRDM nuclear, chemical, biological marker vehicle.

An early attempt to make a M113 look like a BMP.

A real (former Iraqi) MTLB-u.

Here’s a look at some real Soviet vehicles at Fort Irwin, photos I took in 1984 (with a crappy fixed-focus 110-film camera) while on one of my California Army National Guard drill weekends:

T-55

T-62

T-34-85

BTR-60

Plenty of MTLBs!

In the 1970s, U.S. Army in Germany began using ‘acquired’ Soviet armor in NATO wargames.

BMP-1, note the driver wearing the early style (Viet Nam era) CVC (Combat Vehicle Crewman) helmet.

BTR-60 in foreground, in the middle of the line is a BMP-1, in the background with a bunch of U.S. soldiers piled-in is a BTR-152.

BTR-152.

Cold War Vehicle I-D: FAKE NEWS ZSU-23-4 INTO THE J-A-W-S OF DEATH!

2020: IDAHO’S 1:1 SCALE FAKE NEWS RUSSIAN RADAR TANK

U.S. MARINES USE ‘FAKE NEWS’ MIG-23

HOW TO BUILD A 1:1 SCALE U.S. ARMY ‘FAKE NEWS’ BMP-2

Vehicle I-D, 2016: M113 disguised as BMP

Kit Bashing, Technology

How to build a 1:1 scale U.S. Army ‘Fake News’ BMP-2

Image March 14, 2020 Hutchins AAron

U.S. Army photo by Mark Cleghorn, 02OCT2017.

“The vehicles needed a number of redesigns to address these obsolescence issues and known systemic design issues causing failures. One major redesign was the Thermal Sight Unit, which addressed the OSV’s ability to stay competitive and more accurately simulate a foreign force. There is a new emphasis on these systems because they are 20-years old.”-Justin King, U.S. Army’s Integrated Logistics Support Center

U.S. Army photo by Mark Cleghorn, 02OCT2017.

Boyevaya Mashina Pekhoty (Боевая Машина Пехоты)= literally Battle Machine Infantry (not infantry fighting vehicle as many military sites say)

U.S. Army photo by Mark Cleghorn, 03OCT2017.

The following pics are from the 2017 Anniston Army Depot, Alabama, re-build of fake BMP-2 armored vehicles.