SAS in Syria (With video)

[MarkOttawa]

BBC story:

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-37015915

Western desert WW II:

Plus ça change...

Mark
Ottawa

 

[jollyjacktar]

Best o'luck to the boys in their playtime against Is Is (I like how Jim Jefferies names daesh). 

 

[jollyjacktar]

BBC story:

Western desert WW II:
Plus ça change...

Mark
Ottawa

But at least Rommel was an adversary you could admire and respect, unlike Is Is.  That is, to me at least a marked difference between then and now.

 

[Kirkhill]

http://www.army-technology.com/projects/althalab/althalab1.html

Interesting vehicle - apparently it is a Toyota Landcruiser pimped out.

No Landrover.  No Jackal.

 

[cupper]

http://www.army-technology.com/projects/althalab/althalab1.html

Interesting vehicle - apparently it is a Toyota Landcruiser pimped out.

No Landrover.  No Jackal.

Spare parts would be plentiful, with the number of Toyotas in the region compared to land rovers, or other vehicles.