Reply With QuoteEthiopian T-72B1V:
Modified Ethiopian T-55 tanks. As far as I know, the 'upgrade' was carried out locally.
Ethiopian T-72B1V:
did isreal help south sudan attack on heglig by providing them with satellite photos of the sudan army defences on the borderline and heglig
Ooooh... T-72 at 2:00. Very interesting video.
Pretty amazing video. When is the reality series?
that's was my impression the first time i watched this video,that s what happens when you give a soldier a camera crazy.my only question is how could a not so professional army carry out such a assault?hellfish did you see those t-72 Kenya bought but ended up southern sudan army?
I think South Sudan bought them...?Originally Posted by maumau
The impression I got from watching the video is that the Sudanese were very well dug in, by many standards. I don't know why they seemed to flee so immediately, and with seemingly so few casualties, leaving behind so much stuff. Maybe they were surprised? Maybe the SPLA had an overwhelming volume of fire directed against that line? Maybe they just didn't want to fight? I don't know...
Any videos of Kenya in Somalia?
An African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) tank patrols after fighting between insurgents and government soldiers on the outskirts of Mogadishu May 22, 2012. Fighting erupted outside Somalia's capital as African Union and government troops launched attacks against al Shabaab insurgents in a push to seize further ground from the rebels, AU officials said on Tuesday. *******/Feisal Omar
A Somali soldier looks at a burnt vehicle belonging to the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), as he patrols Dayniile district, on the outskirts of Mogadishu May 22, 2012. Fighting erupted outside Somalia's capital as African Union and government troops launched attacks against al Shabaab insurgents in a push to seize further ground from the rebels, AU officials said on Tuesday. *******/Feisal Omar
Somali government soldiers drive a convoy of tanks towards Elasha town May 29, 2012. Somalia's al Shabaab rebels ambushed an armoured convoy carrying the President Sheikh Sharif Ahmed during a rare overland trip outside the capital on Tuesday, a ******* witness said. President Ahmed was unharmed in the attack which occurred on the outskirts of Elasha town, located between Mogadishu and the former rebel stronghold of Afgoye, about 30 km (18 miles) northwest of the city. *******/Feisal Omar
Somali government soldiers drive on a convoy after an ambush by al Shabaab rebels on the outskirts of Elasha town May 29, 2012. Somalia's al Shabaab rebels ambushed an armoured convoy carrying the President Sheikh Sharif Ahmed during a rare overland trip outside the capital on Tuesday, a ******* witness said. President Ahmed was unharmed in the attack which occurred on the outskirts of Elasha town, located between Mogadishu and the former rebel stronghold of Afgoye, about 30 km (18 miles) northwest of the city. *******/Feisal Omar
An African Union tank, left, escorts Somali President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed traveling in the military armored car, right, near Elasha Biyaha outside Mogadishu Somalia. Tuesday May 29, 2012 .The spokesman for the African Union force in Somalia says that militants ambushed a convoy of vehicles carrying Somalia's president but that the attack was repelled. Lt. Col. Paddy Ankunda said Tuesday's attack against the president's convoy happened as the president was traveling from the newly liberated town of Afgoye back to Mogadishu. African Union and Somali troops took control of Afgoye, 30 kilometers (20 miles) outside of Mogadishu, over the weekend. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)
Ugandan soldiers serving in African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) open fire during an ambush by al Shabaab rebels on the outskirts of Elasha town May 29, 2012. Somalia's al Shabaab rebels ambushed an armoured convoy carrying the President Sheikh Sharif Ahmed during a rare overland trip outside the capital on Tuesday, a ******* witness said. President Ahmed was unharmed in the attack which occurred on the outskirts of Elasha town, located between Mogadishu and the former rebel stronghold of Afgoye, about 30 km (18 miles) northwest of the city. *******
SOMALIA, Afgoye: In a photograph released by the African Union-United Nations Information Support Team 25 May, an African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) armoured tank patrols land to the west of Afgoye following an advance on the town, itself located to the west of the Somali capital Mogadishu. AMISOM and Somali National Army (SNA) troops swept through Afgoye without a shot being fired today, liberating the area and its population – including 400,000 internally displaced people – from the control of the Al-Qaeda-affiliated extremist group Al Shabaab. AU-UN IST PHOTO STUART / PRICE.
An African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) armoured personel carrier moves along a road past an abandoned vehicle 22 May 2012, during a joint AMISOM and Somali National Army (SNA) operation to seize and liberate territory from the Al-Qaeda-affiliated extremist group Al Shabaab. AMISOM Force Commander Lt. Gen Andrew Guti announced 22 May the beginning of 'Operation Free Shabelle' aimed at bringing security and econonic revival to the estimated 400,000 people of the Afgoye Corridor and beyond in the Lower Shabelle region of Somalia, located to the south and west of the country's capital Mogadishu. AU-UN IST PHOTO / STUART PRICE.
SOMALIA, Afgoye: In a photograph released by the African Union-United Nations Information Support Team 24 May, Ugandan tanks serving with the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) move out to take up defensive positions in the early evening on the outskirts of the town of Afgoye, located to the west of the country's capital Mogadishu. A joint AMISOM and Somali National Army (SNA) advance called 'Operation Free Shabelle' faced no resistance on its 3rd day as forces advanced a further 6km closer to the town of Afgoye, home to approx. 400,000 internally displaced people. AMISOM and the SNA, having strategically planned the operation to avoid areas of civilian populations, now sit 2km outside the town having steadily moved through and capturing swathes of territory over the last 3 days previously under the control of the Al-Qaeda-affiliated extremist group Al Shabaab. AU-UN IST PHOTO / STUART PRICE.
SOMALIA, Afgoye: In a photograph released by the African Union-United Nations Information Support Team 24 May, soldiers of the Somali National Army (SNA) gesture as they cross agricultural farmland near the outskirts of the town of Afgoye, located to the west of the country's capital Mogadishu. AU-UN IST PHOTO / STUART PRICE.
SOMALIA, Afgoye: In a photograph released by the African Union-United Nations Information Support Team 24 May, Ugandan soldiers serving with the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) and Somali National Army (SNA) troops pass over open ground near the outskirts of the town of Afgoye, located to the west of the country's capital Mogadishu. AU-UN IST PHOTO / STUART PRICE.
SOMALIA, Afgoye: In a photograph released by the African Union-United Nations Information Support Team 24 May, Ugandan soldiers serving with the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) pass through thicket near the outskirts of the town of Afgoye, located to the west of the country's capital Mogadishu. AU-UN IST PHOTO / STUART PRICE.
SOMALIA, Shabelle: In a photograph released by the African Union-United Nations Information Support Team, Colonel Kayanja Muhanga (right) commander of Ugandan Battle Group 8 serving with the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) and a Somali National Army (SNA) commander discusst 23 May as an AMISOM battle group and SNA forces cross bushland west of Deynile, in an area north-west of the Somali capital Mogadishu. AU-UN IST PHOTO / STUART PRICE.
SOMALIA, Shabelle: In a photograph released by the African Union-United Nations Information Support Team, Ugandan soldiers serving with the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) are seen the glass of an armoured personel carrier advance during a firefight 23 May as a battle group crosses bushland west of Deynile, in an area north-west of the Somali capital Mogadishu. AU-UN IST PHOTO / STUART PRICE.
SOMALIA, Shabelle: In a photograph released by the African Union-United Nations Information Support Team, Ugandan soldiers serving with the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) stand atop an armoured personnel carrier 23 May as a battle group prepares to cross bushland west of Deynile, in a n area north-west of the Somali capital Mogadishu. AU-UN IST PHOTO / STUART PRICE.
SOMALIA, Shabelle: In a photograph released by the African Union-United Nations Information Support Team, a tank of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) advances forward 23 May as a battle group prepares to cross bushland west of Deynile, in an area north-west of the Somali capital Mogadishu. AU-UN IST PHOTO / STUART PRICE.
SOMALIA, Deyniile: In a handout photograph released by the African Union-United Nations Support Team, a soldier serving with the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) looks on as an earth mover clears ground for a mortar team 22 May, during a joint AMISOM and Somali National Army (SNA) operation to seize and liberate territory from the Al-Qaeda-affiliated extremist group Al Shabaab. AMISOM Force Commander Lt. Gen Andrew Guti today announced the beginning of 'Operation Free Shabelle' aimed at bringing security and econonic revival to the 400,000 people of the Afgoye Corridor and beyond in the Lower Shabelle region of Somalia, located to the south and west of the country's capital Mogadishu.AU-UN IST PHOTO / STUART PRICE.
A Ugandan gunner serving with the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) sits atop an armoured personnel carrier at a location south of Afgoye town, west of Mogadishu, May 26, 2012. AMISOM and Somali National Army (SNA) are on a joint mission to drive out al Shabaab militants from the Afgoye corridor. Picture taken May 26, 2012. *******/Stuart Price/African Union-United Nations Information Support Team/Handout
SOMALIA, Baidoa: In a photograph dated 15 May and released by the African Union-United Nations Information Support Team 16 May, Ugandan soldiers serving with the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) man positions along a defensive line in the area surrounding Baidoa airstrip in central Somalia. An advance joint-contingent of 120 Ugandan and Burundian AMISOM troops are on the ground in Baidoa, 240km west of Mogadishu and are the first forces the AU mission has deployed outside the Somali capital since its initial deployment in 2007. Ethiopian forces took control of Baidoa from the Al-Qaeda-affiliated extremist group Al Shabaab in February of this year, one of string of strategic losses Shabaab has suffered with the group losing ground on three separate fronts to allied Kenyan and Somali National Army (SNA) forces in the south of the country; being driven from the Somali capital by SNA and AMISOM forces and conceding territory to the Ethiopians and pro-government militia in the west. AMISOM will soon deploy several thousand troops to Baidoa and the surrounding area, replacing the Ethiopian forces currently on the ground and expanding its operations throughout the country. AU-UN IST PHOTO / STUART PRICE.
SOMALIA, Baidoa: In a photograph dated 15 May and released by the African Union-United Nations Information Support Team 16 May, Burundian soldiers serving with the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) sit in the back of a pick-up as it speeds along Baidoa airstrip in central Somalia. AU-UN IST PHOTO / STUART PRICE.
SOMALIA, Baidoa: In a photograph dated 15 May and released by the African Union-United Nations Information Support Team 16 May, Burundian soldiers serving with the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) man a checkpoint in the area surrounding Baidoa airstrip in central Somalia. AU-UN IST PHOTO / STUART PRICE.
SOMALIA, Baidoa: In a photograph dated 15 May and released by the African Union-United Nations Information Support Team 16 May, Ugandan soldiers serving with the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) man positions along a defensive line in the area surrounding Baidoa airstrip in central Somalia. AU-UN IST PHOTO / STUART PRICE.
SOMALIA, Baidoa: In a photograph dated 15 May and released by the African Union-United Nations Information Support Team 16 May, a Burundian soldier serving with the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) holds a rocket-propelled grenade launcher manning a position along a defensive line in the area surrounding Baidoa airstrip in central Somalia. AU-UN IST PHOTO / STUART PRICE.
SOMALIA, Baidoa: In a photograph dated 15 May and released by the African Union-United Nations Information Support Team 16 May, Ugandan soldiers serving with the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) rest near a defensive line in the area surrounding Baidoa airstrip in central Somalia. AU-UN IST PHOTO / STUART PRICE.
SOMALIA, Baidoa: In a photograph dated 15 May and released by the African Union-United Nations Information Support Team 16 May, Ugandan soldiers serving with the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) man positions along a defensive line in the area surrounding Baidoa airstrip in central Somalia. AU-UN IST PHOTO / STUART PRICE.
SOMALIA, Baidoa: In a photograph dated 15 May and released by the African Union-United Nations Information Support Team 16 May, a Burundian soldier serving with the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) mans a position along a defensive line in the area surrounding Baidoa airstrip in central Somalia. AU-UN IST PHOTO / STUART PRICE.
SOMALIA, Baidoa: In a photograph dated 15 May and released by the African Union-United Nations Information Support Team 16 May, a Burundian soldier serving with the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) holds a rocket-propelled grenade launcher manning a position along a defensive line in the area surrounding Baidoa airstrip in central Somalia. AU-UN IST PHOTO / STUART PRICE.
SOMALIA, Baidoa: In a photograph dated 15 May and released by the African Union-United Nations Information Support Team 16 May, a Burundian soldier serving with the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) mans a position along a defensive line in the area surrounding Baidoa airstrip in central Somalia. AU-UN IST PHOTO / STUART PRICE.
Ugandan soldiers of 341 Battalion serving with the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) man the frontline 30 April 2012, near the main road on the northern edge of Maslah Town, the northern city limit of the Somali capital Mogadishu. AMISOM troops, now numbering 11,400 out of a mandated total of 17,731, supporting forces of the Transitional Federal Government have driven the Al-Qaeda-linked extremist group Al Shabaab out of the Somali capital where life is returning to the seaside city after years of conflict and Somalis are enjoying the longest period of relative peace not experienced since 1991. AU-UN IST PHOTO /STUART PRICE.
Soldiers serving with the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) walks in front of an armoured personel carrier 22 May, during a joint AMISOM and Somali National Army (SNA) operation to seize and liberate territory from the Al-Qaeda-affiliated extremist group Al Shabaab. AMISOM Force Commander Lt. Gen Andrew Guti announced 22 May the beginning of 'Operation Free Shabelle' aimed at bringing security and econonic revival to the estimated 400,000 people of the Afgoye Corridor and beyond in the Lower Shabelle region of Somalia, located to the south and west of the country's capital Mogadishu. AU-UN IST PHOTO / STUART PRICE.
Soldiers serving with the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) rest 22 May, during a joint AMISOM and Somali National Army (SNA) operation to seize and liberate territory from the Al-Qaeda-affiliated extremist group Al Shabaab. AU-UN IST PHOTO / STUART PRICE.
A soldier serving with the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) takes up a defensive position during a firefight 22 May, during a joint AMISOM and Somali National Army (SNA) operation to seize and liberate territory from the Al-Qaeda-affiliated extremist group Al Shabaab. AU-UN IST PHOTO / STUART PRICE.
Soldiers serving with the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) take up position along a road 22 May 2012, during a joint AMISOM and Somali National Army (SNA) operation to seize and liberate territory from the Al-Qaeda-affiliated extremist group Al Shabaab. AU-UN IST PHOTO / STUART PRICE.
A soldier with the Somali National Army (SNA) walks through scrubland 22 May 2012, during a joint African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) and SNA operation to seize and liberate territory from the Al-Qaeda-affiliated extremist group Al Shabaab. AU-UN IST PHOTO / STUART PRICE.
A field commander serving with the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) walks in front of an armoured personel carrier 22 May 2012, during a joint AMISOM and Somali National Army (SNA) operation to seize and liberate territory from the Al-Qaeda-affiliated extremist group Al Shabaab. AU-UN IST PHOTO / STUART PRICE.
A Somali woman waves towards a convoy carrying Ugandan soldiers serving with the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) 25 May 2012 as it arrives in the centre of Afgoye town to the west of the Somali capital Mogadishu. AMISOM and Somali National Army (SNA) troops swept through Afgoye on the morning of the 25th, without a shot being fired, liberating the area and its population - including 400,000 internally displaced people - from the control of the Al-Qaeda-affiliated extremist group Al Shabaab. AU-UN IST PHOTO STUART / PRICE.
Somali civilians look on as a truck carrying Ugandan soldiers serving with the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) arrives 25 May 2012 in the centre of Afgoye town to the west of the Somali capital Mogadishu. AU-UN IST PHOTO STUART / PRICE.
A Ugandan soldier serving with the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) runs past a Somali woman towards his fighting vehicle 25 May 2012, near the centre of Afgoye town to the west of the Somali capital Mogadishu. AU-UN IST PHOTO STUART / PRICE.
A Somali woman waves towards a convoy carrying Ugandan soldiers serving with the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) 25 May 2012 as it arrives in the centre of Afgoye town to the west of the Somali capital Mogadishu. AU-UN IST PHOTO STUART / PRICE.
A Somali woman waves towards a convoy carrying Ugandan soldiers serving with the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) 25 May 2012 as it arrives in the centre of Afgoye town to the west of the Somali capital Mogadishu. AU-UN IST PHOTO STUART / PRICE.
Somali civilians wave towards a truck carrying Ugandan soldiers serving with the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) 25 May 2012 as it arrives in the centre of Afgoye town to the west of the Somali capital Mogadishu. AU-UN IST PHOTO STUART / PRICE.
A Ugandan tank crew serving with the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) hold position near the outskirts of the town of Afgoye, located to the west of the country's capital Mogadishu on 24 May 2012. A joint AMISOM and Somali National Ar advance my (SNA) advance called 'Operation Free Shabelle' faced no resistance on its 3rd day as forces advanced a further 6km closer to the town of Afgoye, home to approx. 400,000 internally displaced people. AMISOM and the SNA, having strategically planned the operation to avoid areas of civilian populations, now sit 2km outside the town having steadily moved through and capturing swathes of territory over the last 3 days previously under the control of the Al-Qaeda-affiliated extremist group Al Shabaab. AU-UN IST PHOTO / STUART PRICE.
A Ugandan soldier serving with the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) reacts to incoming fire during a firefight 23 May 2012 in bushland west of Deynile towards the Afgoye Corridor, in an area north-west of the Somali capital Mogadishu. AMISOM and Somali National Army (SNA) forces continued for a second day to push out to the west of Mogadishu in a major offensive called 'Operation Free Shabelle' to liberate Afgoye Town and the 400,000 internally displaced people living there, from the control of the Al Qaeda-affiliated extremist group Al Shabaab. AU-UN IST PHOTO / STUART PRICE.
A Ugandan soldier serving with the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) stands 23 May 2012 as a battle group prepares to cross bushland west of Deynile towards the Afgoye Corridor, in an area north-west of the Somali capital Mogadishu. AU-UN IST PHOTO / STUART PRICE.
Ugandan soldiers serving with the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) walk through thicket 23 May 2012 as a battle group crosses bushland west of Deynile towards the Afgoye Corridor, in an area north-west of the Somali capital Mogadishu. AU-UN IST PHOTO / STUART PRICE.
Colonel Kayanja Muhanga (left) commander of Ugandan Battle Group 8 serving with the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) directs his forces during a firefight 23 May 2012 as his battle group crosses bushland west of Deynile towards the Afgoye Corridor, in an area north-west of the Somali capital Mogadishu. AU-UN IST PHOTO / STUART PRICE.
A Ugandan soldier serving with the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) takes up a firing position during a firefight 23 May 2012 as a battle group crosses bushland west of Deynile towards the Afgoye Corridor, in an area north-west of the Somali capital Mogadishu. AU-UN IST PHOTO / STUART PRICE.
Ugandan soldiers serving with the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) and Somali National Army (SNA) troops walk behinfd an armoured personnel carrier 23 May 2012 as a battle group crosses bushland west of Deynile towards the Afgoye Corridor, in an area north-west of the Somali capital Mogadishu. AU-UN IST PHOTO / STUART PRICE.
Ugandan soldiers serving with the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) walk through thicket ahead of heavy rain 23 May 2012 as a battle group crosses bushland west of Deynile towards the Afgoye Corridor, in an area north-west of the Somali capital Mogadishu. AU-UN IST PHOTO / STUART PRICE.
A Ugandan soldier serving with the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) gestures as 23 May 2012 as a battle group crosses bushland west of Deynile towards the Afgoye Corridor, in an area north-west of the Somali capital Mogadishu. AU-UN IST PHOTO / STUART PRICE.
Ugandan soldiers serving with the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) walk through thicket 23 May 2012 as a battle group crosses bushland west of Deynile towards the Afgoye Corridor, in an area north-west of the Somali capital Mogadishu. AU-UN IST PHOTO / STUART PRICE.
I have to say this is by far my favorite thread on here! Keep 'em coming folks!
Great collection of photos.
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