Thread by @Oded121351

#Libya- thread about the #LNA's 106 bde. "Lieutenant General Wanis Bukhamada" live-fire exercise south of #Benghazi (area of Qaminis) in the presence of Major General Abdul Salam al-Hassi (who seems unwell...) with a couple of other very important guests...

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#Libya- bottom line up front: a casual flyby by a pair of SU-24 that were recently delivered by #Russia, and are seemingly currently sporting Libyan flags on their tails

https://twitter.com/Oded121351/status/1273577554641932290

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The LNA officer narrator has a very lucrative (in country) monocular NVG on the entire time. Clearly a status symbol, as the entire exercise is in broad daylight and he isn't participating...
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Helo insertion by Mi-17, seemingly simulating securing and extracting a downed pilot.

I'm not necessarily against the leafy camouflage, I just don't particularly think it fits the surroundings...
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Securing and extracting the "downed pilot"
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Armored column - a couple of (relatively rare...) T-72, ~7 T-55 and a BMP-1
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A pair of Mi-35 providing CAS
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A closer look at the pair of Mi-35 (one of which is number 954) providing CAS
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Artillery cover: 3 120mm mortars & 6 M1938 (M-30) howitzer
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Poor man's CAAT: 9K111 Fagot/AT-4 Spigot ATGM mounted on Toyota Hilux
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The exercise concludes with the removal of the flag of #Turkey and replacing it with the flags of #Libya and the #LNA (and then stomping on the Turkish flag)

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I will be bumping this thread with some of the more interesting HD photos of the exercise that were recently released, starting with this #Egypt|ian Paratroopers SF patch

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Some truly beautiful shots of the pair of SU-24 that were recently delivered by #Russia, and are currently sporting Libyan flags on their tails

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Mi-35 numbers 735 & 954 providing CAS.

Again- beautiful shots of the rocket volley

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Close-up of the armor column, led by the T-72 with reactive armor * Mi-17 serial number 8338 touching down
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I'll be completely honest - I have no idea what's going on with this battle map....

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Some more CAAT action

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AK+EOTech+PEQ escorting al-Hassi & Khalid Haftar (?) off the stage

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