MCG said:
I've said it before, showing of battle damage is a foolish way to hand the enemy information on the strengths ans weaknesses of our armour.
+1.
If I was the "button pusher" on this IED I would be very grateful for those who posted it on the World wide web.Yes I may have seen that I disabled the vehicle from my position 2000m on a hill.
However I maybe didn't know the two inside survived,also I can now see the weaker parts of the vehicle (missing parts on the cab).Where shrapnel penetrated etc.
Army regulation 530-1 (US)
f. Technical Intelligence (TECHINT).
(1) TECHINT is derived from the collection and analysis of threat and foreign military equipment and associated
material for the purposes of preventing technological surprise, assessing foreign scientific and technical capabilities,
and developing countermeasures designed to neutralize an adversary’s technological advantages.
(2) Adversaries seek TECHINT on U.S. equipment and material in order to learn their vulnerabilities and counter
U.S. technological advantages. As an example, adversaries want to know the vulnerabilities of U.S. vehicles and armor
protection in order to conduct effective improvised explosive device (IED) attacks against U.S. forces.
g. Counterintelligence (CI). Counterintelligence counters or neutralizes the adversary’s intelligence collection efforts
MCG said:
I've heard trophy photos, of soldiers' blown up vehicles, are starting to catch peoples radar.
Good point actually.One only has to look at regimental websites to find it actually.Many sites I have visited in the past little while has the crews/occupants posing next to their vehicles.As I can understand wanting to have a pic for the old memory box,I believe we have to be more careful on where these photo's end up.
Or maybe were just paranoid.
Time to throw in black sabbath and enjoy my sunday with my tinfoil hat on.