A few interesting things spotted in the Taliban parade in #Bagram today.
1st of all, Scuds! Several 9P117 TEL complete with the 8K14 liquid-fuelled missiles of the 9K72 Elbrus ballistic missile system, better known to us as the SS-1C Scud-B. These are ancient & non-functional.
Some more sensible indirect fire assets- several 9P140 launcher vehicles of the BM-27 220mm MRL system. Much like the Scud-B, ancient, and I doubt there is any rockets to be found that could work.
However, the 122mm Grad MRL and 122mm D-30 howitzers could be feasible.
When it comes to aircraft- nothing new by now- Mi-24, Black Hawk, Mi-17/171, and Little Birds. All ex ANA and very well covered so no need to delve into these.
A number of T-55/54 tanks, again all Soviet era, along with at least one T-62M. I guess these have a chance of being somewhat functional, but TB didn't trust them enough to roll under their own power it seems.
Maybe they can lend the 62M to the DNR?
Plenty of Humvee, Rangers, M1117, MRAP, etc, with M240, M2, etc.
I won't go into small arms as it's literally nothing new. Overall, a quite interesting mix of ancient Soviet and US hardware recovered or captured over the years.
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Wait, I lied. TB with just so many B-10 pattern RCL, presumably Type 65/78 from China, which were always way more popular than the SPG-9 locally for some reason.
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