Libyan Conflict - Photos and Videos

[Ronguild]

Mad Max style?

I have a deep respect for all the civilians who dare taking arms against the bastard that rules Lybia for 42 long years.
All these men, even if they are equiped the MadMax way, desserve our support.
I hope they'll manage to continue the revolution till a victorious ending.

[REMOV]

I haven't seen the FN F2000 assault rifles that Libya purchased recently in hand of loyalist nor rebels. I wonder, if they finally appear.

[pride]

I have a deep respect for all the civilians who dare taking arms against the bastard that rules Lybia for 42 long years.
All these men, even if they are equiped the MadMax way, desserve our support.
I hope they'll manage to continue the revolution till a victorious ending.

Totally agree.

[REMOV]

I have a deep respect for all the civilians (...) All these men, even if they are equiped the MadMax way, desserve our support.

Most of the civilans took part in fight had a 18-months conscript service behind them, some of them served in People's Militia. The Mad Max way as you called it, is quite popular in those countries among paramilitary and militia units. The pick-up is far cheaper than 4-, 6- or 8-wheeled APC.

[King of Scandinavia]

Libyan army military power
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nen8nTp-AX4

Interesting, I haven't seen 2S1, Palmaria, M113, Frog-7, and SCUD. I wonder if there are few that still fully functional.

[MkayNow?]

We saw 2S1 being used in a roadblock, for direct fire purposes I guess. Not sure if rebel or loyalist.

[solidarnosc]

I haven't seen the FN F2000 assault rifles that Libya purchased recently in hand of loyalist nor rebels. I wonder, if they finally appear.

I suppose at the "end game" in Tripoli if it ever comes to that together with the other FN stuff Libya recently bought.

[Bloo]

Since the youtube vid seems to be trying to figure out Libya's author, here's what I got with the Libyan army from INSS:

-MBT: 800 (200 T-72, 100 T-62, 500 T-55)
-APC/IFV/Recce: 2,065 (28 M113, 750 BTR-60/50/152, 100 EE-11, 67 OT-64, 1,000 BMP-1/BMD-1, 50 BRDM-2, 70 EE-9)
-Towed Artillery: 647 (42 M101, 190 D-30, 60 D-74, 330 M-46, 25 ML-20)
-SPG: 444 (130 2S1, 60 2S3, 80 SpGH DANA, 160 Palmaria, 14 M109)
-MLRS: 830 (~300 Type-63, ~200 BM-11, ~230 BM-21, 100 RM-70)
-Army Air Defense: (24 Crotale, 400 SA-7/SA-9/SA-13, 250 ZSU-23-4, ~300 ZU-23-2, 100 ZPU, 50 L/70, 90 S-60)
-SSM: 47 FROG-7, ? Scud-B/C

They seem to have way more ZPU's at least.

[solidarnosc]

Firing Grads now? If this is no Civil War I don't know what to call it.

A North-African tea party?

[solidarnosc]

Well it looks clear Gaddafi's airforce generally has one intention and that's not to kill anyone. All the pics and video show near misses to scare and that's as far as it goes. The pilot goes home without bombs in order to help bluff his way to the next day perhaps.

Or they are bad pilots.

[KoTeMoRe]

Ha Ha Ha...you got a point.

[Sweetwater]

Lots of great photos... interesting assortment of uniforms and weapons.

That's Kenny f***ing Powers

[Red_Fern]

That's Kenny f***ing Powers

It has to be... there's no other explanation!

[Grantman]

Or they are bad pilots.

Not a chance. They consistently drop bombs immediately next to huge, sprawling mobs of people and vehicles. Not just once, but ever single time. It couldn't be more obvious they don't want to hit them. This whole time there hasn't been a single documented episode of planes bombing the daylights out of the people. The rebels complain they are being terrorised by them, but that's all the pilots are doing, scaring them and flying back home.

[King of Scandinavia]

Some videos from the last 2 days