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World War 3, Vehicle I-D: Serbia’s new T-72MS

Video January 1, 2023 Hutchins AAron

During the Cold War, Yugoslavia developed their own version of the Soviet T-72, using NATO targeting systems, called the M-84. Now, Serbia is using the new MS (MC in Serbian Cyrillic) version of the T-72.

Mounting the 12.7mm heavy machine gun. Photo via Ministry of Defense Republic of Serbia, 26SEP2022.

Photo via Ministry of Defense Republic of Serbia, 26SEP2022.

Tank Commander station. Photo via Ministry of Defense Republic of Serbia, 26SEP2022.

Photo via Ministry of Defense Republic of Serbia, 26SEP2022.

The battalion that operates the T-72MS is known as the ‘March 2022 Generation’ T-72M Battalion.

Photo via Ministry of Defense Republic of Serbia, 20JUL2022.

‘Punching’ the gun tube. Photo via Ministry of Defense Republic of Serbia, 20JUL2022.

Checking the fuel level in the fender mounted fuel tank. Photo via Ministry of Defense Republic of Serbia, 30DEC2021.

The abilities of the T-72MS were presented to the Serbian taxpayers during wargame Lighting Strike 2021, in June 2021.

During wargame Lighting Strike 2021. Photo via Ministry of Defense Republic of Serbia, 27JUN2021.

Serbian Defense Ministry video, T-72MS action during Lightning Strike 2021:

During wargame Lighting Strike 2021. Photo via Ministry of Defense Republic of Serbia, 27JUN2021.

Photo via Ministry of Defense Republic of Serbia, 21JUN2021.

The Serbian Defense Ministry claims the T-72MS is a joint development between Russia and Serbia. However, all 30 T-72MS tanks were made in Russia. They are described as having ‘special protections’, and is basically an upgraded T-72B1. The deal was announced in 2019, with the first Serbian ‘White Eagles’ arriving towards the end of Gregorian 2020.

Photo via Ministry of Defense Republic of Serbia, 23MAY2021.

In May 2021, the donated T-72MS were paraded in front of Defense Ministry officials:

Photo via Ministry of Defense Republic of Serbia, 23MAY2021.

Vehicle I-D: NATO SLOVENIJA uses Cold War era M-84, updated to A4 SNIPER, 2021

World War 3: RUSSIA DEPLOYS MORE T-72B3M

Biden’s War: U.S. TAXPAYERS TO UPGRADE COLD WAR ERA T-72B FOR UKRAINE!

International, Technology

Serbia still uses Cold War era NATO M47?

Image January 1, 2023 Hutchins AAron

On 08DEC2022, the Serbian CBRN (Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear) forces decontaminated an old Cold War era M47 Patton tank.

Photo via Ministry of Defense Republic of Serbia, 08DEC2022.

The CBRN decon truck is made in Serbia, called the MDP-09.

Photo via Ministry of Defense Republic of Serbia, 08DEC2022.

Cold War Vehicle I-D: KOREAN 대한민국 M47

Vehicle I-D M47: DUMMIES, ORPHANS, TARGETS & GATE GUARDS

Weapon I-D: COLD WAR COPPERHEAD, STILL IN USE

International, U.S.

Biden’s War: U.S. Army admits it’s all about making money for NATO-Greece!

Image December 28, 2022 Hutchins AAron

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“The Greek population directly benefits as each company eligible to compete on U.S. Army contract actions will provide the population of Greece a steady and reliable source of income as our posture grows or is sustained in support of Atlantic Resolve.”-Major Luis Palma, Balkans Regional Contracting Office Chief, 409th Contracting Support Brigade, U.S. Army

Photo via Vata Burim, 28NOV2022.

On 28NOV2022, as many as 1-hundred Greek vendors attended the Thessaloniki Vendor Outreach Fair, put-on by the United States Army, and the U.S. Consulate General, and the Thessaloniki Chamber of Commerce and Industry. It was a workshop to teach local Greek businesses how to get their share of the U.S. taxpayer funded military-civilian contracting system.

Photo via Vata Burim, 28NOV2022.

The U.S. Army’s 266th Finance Support Center admitted that already $2-billion worth of contracts have been issued to Greek contractors since the Ukraine Crisis started, in 2014 (remember, the U.S./NATO instigated coup in Ukraine where U.S. politicians, both left & right, actually went to Ukraine and egged-on the coup leaders)!

Hellenic Army photo by Colonel Vasilis Yaglis, 25NOV2022.

Since that 2014 coup, U.S. led NATO launched Operation Atlantic Resolve, ostensibly to counter ‘Russian aggression’. NATO-Greece became a major port of disembarkation for the U.S.-NATO forces assigned to Atlantic Resolve: “We’ve been doing this at Alexandroupoli for years now. This meeting was helpful… because they received all the guidance they need to get registered and examine the platforms the U.S. government uses. This is always good, to get local business involved with the military operation. We have the approval of the community because they gain something. It’s a win-win situation.”-Colonel Vasilios Yaglis, Hellenic (Greek) Army

Hellenic Army photo by Colonel Vasilis Yaglis, 25NOV2022.

But wait, there is more! The U.S. Army revealed that troop and material shipments through Greece will only increase, and that more permanent operations are planned, meaning even more taxpayer funded business for Greek vendors: “The continued increase of U.S. and NATO presence at Alexandroupoli, has leveraged positive impacts to the community, bolstering the economy to include jobs. U.S. military operations have supported the continued growth of the city to become a critical strategic node for transport and military logistics.”-Andre Cameron, director of Transportation Corps Detachment, Eastern Mediterranean-Greece, Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command

“With Soldiers rotating there every other month, let’s put up more permanent structures and improve the quality of life. As opposed to putting a tent up for 40 days, we’re looking at pre-fabricated modular type structures.”-Colonel Matthew DiNenna, commander of Area Support Group Balkans

The U.S. Army’s 21st Theater Sustainment Command also revealed that in just the month of November 2022, more than 2-thousand-4-hundred major pieces of military gear went through the NATO-Greek ports of Alexandroupoli and Thessaloniki, and the NATO-Poland port of Gdynia.

Biden’s War: YET ANOTHER NORTH CAROLINA GUARD UNIT DEPLOYING TO AFRICA, AND ANOTHER TO THE O-I-R!

“The cost per missile is $250,000; per fire unit, $15 million; and per battery, $30 million.” And you are giving them away to Ukraine!

M1117, GUARDIAN OF SECURITY OR A FRANKENSTEIN? U.S. taxpayers paid at least $809-thousand-5-hundred each, and now Biden is giving them away to Ukraine!

World War 3, 2014 (when it all started, and you’re paying for it): UNITED STATES MILITARY ADVENTURES vs RUSSIAN MILITARY ADVENTURES, SINCE 1990: WE’RE ALL LIVING IN AMERIKA!

MORE PROOF OF THE HELL OF OBAMA LIES! EUROPEAN ELECTION OBSERVER SAYS CRIMEAN REFERENDUM WAS LAWFUL!

OBAMA REGIME SNIPER CAUGHT SHOOTING AT BOTH UKRAINIAN & CRIMEAN TROOPS!

ARGENTINA SUPPORTS CRIMEA-RUSSIA!

U.S. TAXPAYERS SPENT $5-BILLION FUNDING Ukrainian INSURGENTS!

OBAMA REGIME PREPS FOR WAR! RUSSIA ACCEPTS CRIMEA’S RETURN! GERMANY SAYS THIS IS WAR! SHOTS FIRED IN CRIMEA!

PUTIN vs OBAMA

ETHNIC RUSSIANS TAKE CAPITOL BUILDING IN LUGANSK! RESIDENTS OF DONETSK CALLING FOR RUSSIAN REFERENDUM!

FALSE FLAG SHOTS FIRED IN CRIMEA? OBAMA RESORTS TO PAPER TIGER GAME OF SANCTIONS!

UKRAINIAN AIR FORCE DEFECTS TO CRIMEA! DONETSK OBLAST JOINS RUSSIA? CRIMEA TO ANNEX SEVASTOPOL! G-7 PROMISES KIEV MORE MONEY! EMERGENCY MEETINGS!

NAZI GERMANY vs SOVIET UNION = UNITED STATES vs RUSSIA

ON THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF WORLD WAR ONE, WORLD WAR THREE IS TO BE?

143-THOUSAND UKRAINIANS ASK FOR HELP FROM RUSSIA! RUSSIA TO OPEN DOORS TO UKRAINIAN REFUGEES! PUTIN TELLS OBAMA, UN & NATO ‘WE WILL TAKE ACTION!’

CRIMEAN TROOPS STOP UKRAINIAN INVASION!

NATO THREATENS WAR WITH RUSSIA!

CRIMEA DECLARES DIRECT RULE BY THE PEOPLE! RESISTANCE TO OBAMA REGIME & THE TRILATERAL COMMISSION BUILDING!

International, Technology

Vehicle I-D: Armenian Armor Հայկական զրահ

Video December 22, 2022 Hutchins AAron

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Armenia joined NATO’s North Atlantic Cooperation Council in 1992, joining NATO’s Partnership for Peace program in 1994. But, it was not until 2015 that Armenia was officially certified to take part in NATO ‘peacekeeping’ operations.

Incomplete list of armored ground vehicles.

BMP-1:

Armenia Defense Ministry photo, 03APR2020.

BMP-2:

Armenia Defense Ministry photo, 24SEP2020.

M939, 5-tons truck with armored cab:

Mostly silent U.S. Army video from May 2006, Armenian military Engineers operating out of Camp Delta, Iraq, using armored cab M939s:

MTLB 9K35 Strela-10:

Armenia Defense Ministry photo, 21MAY2020.

T-55:

Armenia Defense Ministry photo, 08DEC2021.

Armenia Defense Ministry photo, 22SEP2020.

T-55 and T-72, 25JUN2020.

T-72:

Armenia Defense Ministry photo, 07AUG2021.

Armenia Defense Ministry photo, 27MAY2021.

Armenia Defense Ministry photo, 14MAY2021.

Armenia Defense Ministry photo, 04MAY2021.

Armenia Defense Ministry photo, 15SEP2020.

Armenia Defense Ministry photo, 22JUN2020.

Armenia Defense Ministry photo, 22MAY2020.

Armenia Defense Ministry photo, 04AUG2019.

Armenia Defense Ministry photo, 06AUG2018.

TOS-1A:

Armenia Defense Ministry photo, 17DEC2021.

ZSU-23-4:

Captured by Azerbaijan, December 2020.

Vehicle I-D: EGYPTIAN ARMOR درع المصري

SOVIET ERA ARMOR USED BY NATO BULGARIA, PLUS THE BULGARIAN BMP-23

Influenza, International

Government Shenanigans: Japan caught lying about cost of Olympics!

December 21, 2022 Hutchins AAron

21 December 2022 (13:58-UTC-07 Tango 06) 30 Azar 1401/27 Jumada l-Ula 1444/28 Ren-Zi 4720/21 Декабрь 2022 года

Is this the real reason they didn’t want to cancel the Olympics? Yet more proof The Olympics is nothing more than a scam-job to steal from taxpayers: Government cost of Tokyo Olympics proven to be several billions of U.S. dollars more than officially reported!

The accounting ‘error’ was discovered by Japan’s Board of Audit, which concluded that the government of Japan spent US$3.5-billion on the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, about two-and-a-half times more than what the Tokyo Games Committee reported in June.

And that was for the national government’s costs, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government itself spent US$4.5 billion! Japan’s Board of Audit says total overall cost to conduct the Tokyo (Pandemic) Olympics is currently at US$12.9 billion!

The Japan Sports Agency claims it is working with the national government to come up with a better way of reporting event expenses!

Hunger Games, October 2022: BOLIVIA HALTS FOOD EXPORTS! IS IT SUPPLY PROBLEMS, OR GOVERNMENT SHENANIGANS?

U.S. Logistics Shenanigans, April 2022: CONTAINER SHIPS GOING DOWN, U.S. TAXPAYERS TO THE ‘RESCUE’!

Government Shenanigans: ALREADY-PAID-FOR OBAMA-ERA PATROL BOAT, SUNK BY BIDEN? RE-FLOATED BY UKRAINE CRISIS!

International, Technology

World War 3 Vehicle I-D: Hind Users

Video December 19, 2022 Hutchins AAron

Probably the most prolific combat helicopter ever made, incomplete list of current users:

Afghan Mi-24 Hind-D.

Algerian Super Hind (modified in South Africa).

Angolan Hind.

Armenian Hinds.

Belarussian Mi-24.

NATO-Belgium operated Mi-24P helicopters during NATO wargame Saber Junction, in Vilseck, Germany, 10OCT2012. U.S. Army photo by Specialist Evangelia Grigiss.

Brazilian AH-2 Saber (Mi-35M).

NATO-Bulgaria Mi-24 Hind-D. U.S. Army photo by Sergeant Robert Douglas, 11JUN2019.

Cuban Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias Mi-24 Hind-D, not known when photo was made.

NATO-Czech Republic (Czechia) Mi-24V.

Egyptian Mi-35M.

NATO ‘partner’ Georgia’s Hind-D, 30APR2022. Photo via Georgian Ministry of Defense.

Ministry of Defense of Georgia video showing new facility where Hinds, and other aircraft, can be re-built, released October 2020:

NATO Hungary Mi-24 Hind-D, 03JUN2021. U.S. Army photo by Major Robert Fellingham.

See more NATO-Hungarian Hinds in NATO WEAPONS: APACHES & HINDS, FOR THE FIRST TIME?

India’s Mi-35 Hind.

U.S. Army video showing Indonesian Mi-35P, September 2014:

Iraq’s new Mi-35M Hind.

Brand new Mi-35M for Kazakhstan, still wearing Russian flag on tail.

A recent, but not clear, photo of a Kyrgyz Republic (Kyrgyzstan) Hind. They still use the Red Star of the old Soviet Union.

Libyan ‘Haftar’ Mi-35.

Macedonian Mi-25(24) Hind-D. U.S. Air Force photo by Technical Sergeant John M. Foster, 04SEP2003.

Mozambican Mi-25(24).

Myanmarese Mi-35P.

Nigerian Mi-35.

Peru’s Hind-D, March 2018.

NATO-Poland Mi-24 Hind-D, 13OCT2022. Hawaii Army National Guard photo by Specialist Kevin T. Brown Junior.

Serbian Defense Ministry video, arrival of new Mi-35Ms dubbed Vučić’s Flying Tanks, 16AUG2019:

Syrian Hind-Ds.

Turkmenistan’s Mi-24P.

NATO-United States, Mi-24 Hind-D, Yuma Marine Corps Air Station-Weapons and Tactics Instructor Course, 09OCT2015. U.S. Marine Corps photograph by Staff Sergeant Artur Shvartsberg.

A NATO-United States Mi-24 Hind-D on Lancaster Airport, Texas, 29JUN2022. It is painted in the Cold War era style of Warsaw Pact Bulgaria. U.S. Air Force photo by Airman First Class Courtney Sebastianelli.

Uzbek Army ‘live-fire’ video posted July 2022, Uzbekistan tries out its new Mi-35M:

https://youtu.be/PK_6PaQ0sYA

Venezuelan Mi-35 goes down.

Vehicle I-D:

MIL 24 HIND ‘SATAN’S CHARIOTS’, COLD WAR AND BEYOND (1970s to Ukraine Crisis-October 2022)

ZOMBIE ‘COPTER: HOW THE HIND RETURNED TO AFGHANISTAN (with the help of NATO), AND WHY IT WON’T DIE.

International, U.S.

Biden’s Borderland: How much do those ‘Boat People’ cost the U.S. taxpayers? Hint; you could end homelessness in the U.S.!

Video December 14, 2022 Hutchins AAron

Welcome to borderland hell under U.S. President Joseph Robinette Biden Junior, incomplete (just the tip of the iceberg) list of videos and reports from the United States Coast Guard (USCG) about the increasing flood of boat people from Bahamas, Cuba, and Haiti, for November 2022:

The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) District 7 reported that on 03DEC2022, they returned 79 illegals, captured in November, to their home country of The Bahamas.

The USCG District 7 reported that on 01DEC2022, they returned 118 illegals to their home country of Cuba. The illegals had been captured during six interceptions during the month of November.

The USCG District 7 reported that, on 30NOV2022, 192 illegals were sent back to their home country of Cuba. The USCG reported that the 192 illegals had been captured in 13 separate incidents during November.

The USCG District 7 reported that they had returned 180 illegals to their home country of Haiti, on 25NOV2022.

65 illegals were sent back to Cuba, on 24NOV2022.

185 illegals were sent back to Cuba, on 22NOV2022.

217 illegals from Haiti were transferred to The Bahamas, on 19NOV2022.

The USCG reported that they had returned 95 illegals back to their home country of Cuba, on 17NOV2022.

74 illegals were sent back to Cuba, on 16NOV2022.

U.S. Coast Guard District 7 photo, 09NOV2022.

A boat full of illegals from Cuba, captured near Elbow Cay, Bahamas, 09NOV2022. The USCG returned 91 illegals to Cuba on 14NOV2022.

A USCGC Atlanitc Area photo by Petty Officer Third Class Bethany Squires, 13NOV2022.

USCG crew captures illegals from Cuba, somewhere in the Atlantic Ocean, 13NOV2022.

83 illegals were sent back to Cuba, on 12NOV2022.

67 illegals were sent back to Cuba, on 07NOV2022.

68 illegals were sent back to Cuba, on 04NOV2022.

FLORIDA: According to data collated by World Population Review, ‘Boat People’ and other illegals entering through the state of Florida cost taxpayers $5.46-billion between 2020 and 2022!

USCG District 7 photo, 28NOV2022.

About 15-miles southwest of Marquesas Key, yet another boat full of illegals from Cuba is captured, 28NOV2022.

Near Upper Matecumbre Key, the USCG District 7 intercepted a boat full of illegals from Cuba. Video by Petty Officer Second Class Jose Hernandez, 26NOV2022:

On 25NOV2022, the Palm Beach Sheriffs Office notified the USCG of illegals approaching east of Lake Worth Inlet. USCG District 7 video of captured boat:

USCG District 7 video (by Petty Officer Second Class by Michael Himes), capture of illegals from Cuba near Alligator Reef, on 24NOV2022:

USCG District 7 video (by Petty Officer Second Class Jose Hernandez), boat overloaded with illegals from Haiti, near Rodriguez Key, 22NOV2022:

USCG District 7 video (by Petty Officer Third Class Ryan Estrada) of capture of illegals, approximately 9-miles off Islamorada, 14NOV2022:

PUERTO RICO:

USCG District 7 PADET San Juan photo by Ricardo Castrodad, 10NOV2022.

On 10NOV2022, the USCG captured 43 Dominican Republic nationals, and six Haitians, approximately 36-nautical miles northwest of Aguadilla.

USCG District 8 photo, 28NOV2022.

TEXAS: The World Population Review says illegal immigrants in Texas cost taxpayers $8.88-billion from 2020-2022!

On 28NOV2022, the USCG caught four Mexican fishermen with 330-pounds of illegally caught fish, approximately 55-miles north of the Maritime Boundary Line.

USCG District 8 photo, 10NOV2022.

12-miles north of the Maritime Boundary Line, the USCG captured five fishermen from Mexico, illegally fishing in U.S. territory, on 10NOV2022.

Borderland Hell:

G20-BIDEN ADMITS TO FUNDING GLOBAL MIGRANTS & REFUGEES?

Biden’s Borderland: BOAT PEOPLE, 200% INCREASE IN OCTOBER, 2022! ALL FROM CUBA?

International, U.S.

Biden’s War: North Carolina Militia deploys to Africa!

Image December 4, 2022 Hutchins AAron

On 19NOV2022, a deployment ceremony was held for the 258th Engineer Utilities Detachment, 505th Engineer Battalion, 130th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade, of the North Carolina Army National Guard.

North Carolina Army National Guard photo by Sergeant First Class Mary Junell, 19NOV2022.

This deployment, as with the thousands of other National Guard deployments since 11SEP2001, was planned for well in advance: “I can tell you that this team is ready. I can tell you that countless hours, days, weeks, and months have been poured into planning, rehearsing, executing, and refining everything that needs to be done to ensure our Soldiers go do their mission and return home.”-Lieutenant Colonel Robert Felicio, the 505th Battalion Commander

North Carolina National Guard Specialist Daniel Nilssen, with the 258th Engineer Utilities Detachment, stands with his family after a deployment ceremony for his unit at the Soldier Memorial Sports Arena in Butner, North Carolina, 19NOV2022. North Carolina Army National Guard photo by Sergeant First Class Mary Junell.

The deployment for the 258th Engineer Utilities Detachment actually begins in 2023, they are deploying to somewhere on the African continent, in support of Operation Enduring Freedom-Horn of Africa/Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa.

Biden’s War, November 2022: U.S. TAXPAYERS TO UPGRADE COLD WAR ERA T-72B FOR UKRAINE! THAT’S JUST THE TIP OF THE LATEST U.S. FUNDED WEAPON SYSTEMS GIVE-AWAY!

YET ANOTHER DEPLOYMENT FOR INDIANA, THIS TIME FOR NATO OPERATION IN KOSOVO!

International, Technology

Cold War to Ukraine Crisis: Maintaining your Gazelle, the Serbian way!

Video December 4, 2022 Hutchins AAron

The Aérospatiale Gazelle was designed and built by NATO ‘partner’ France, from 1967 to 1996. France was one of the founders of NATO, but in 1966 France supposedly withdrew from full membership. French officials wanted a change in NATO’s command structure. Apparently NATO gave in, and in 2009 France officially rejoined NATO.

Photo via Ministry of Defense of Republic of Serbia, released 10NOV2018.

At least three variants were produced, known as SA 340, SA 341 and SA 342. The Gazelle was not only used by NATO members, but by non-NATO members, and even countries that were/are considered enemies of NATO, like ‘East Bloc’ Yugoslavia/Serbia (Yugoslavia was not part of the Warsaw Pact, but was considered a pro-Soviet East Bloc country by NATO).

During the Cold War, Yugoslavia’s aviation manufacturer, the now defunct SOKO (not to be confused with NATO Spain’s Soko Aviation), license built the Gazelle. Since the collapse of Yugoslavia, Serbia’s military aircraft are produced/rebuilt by Airforce Plant ‘Moma Stanojlović’, which is capable of producing almost every part needed.

The SA-341/342 Gazelle is known in Serbia as the HN-42 Gama.

Students train to maintain the Cold War era NATO designed Gazelle, at the Air Force and Air Defense Training Center in Batajnica. Photo via Ministry of Defense of Republic of Serbia, released 17NOV2022.

Photo via Ministry of Defense of Republic of Serbia, released 17NOV2022.

Gazelles on airfield Morava in Lađevci. Photo via Ministry of Defense of Republic of Serbia, released 15SEP2022.

Distinctive ‘rotor-in-tail’. Photo via Ministry of Defense of Republic of Serbia, released 15SEP2022.

An inside look.

Photo via Ministry of Defense of Republic of Serbia, released 29AUG2022.

Photo via Ministry of Defense of Republic of Serbia, released 28JAN2022.

Photo via Salinger Igor/Aermedia.com, 27JUN2021.

Ministry of Defense of Republic of Serbia video, released 27JUN2021, of Gama/Gazelle 9M14 Malyutka (NATO reporting name AT-3 Sagger) action during the Lightning Strike 2021 war game:

Photo via Ministry of Defense of Republic of Serbia, released 17APR2021.

Ministry of Defense of Republic of Serbia video, released 17APR2021, of Gama/Gazelle action during the Response 2021 war game:

Armed with NATO reporting name AT-3 Sagger anti-tank missile. Photo released 17APR2021.

Photo via Ministry of Defense of Republic of Serbia, released 17APR2021.

After decades of service, the Gama/Gazelle is being phased out with the Eurocopter H-145M, which is also used by various state National Guard units in the United States, under the name Lakota.

Ministry of Defense of Republic of Serbia video, released 04JUN2020:

World War 3, November 2022: RUSSIAN ALLY SERBIA MASSES TROOPS ALONG BORDER WITH KOSOVO?

Cold War to Ukraine Crisis/World War 3: SERBIAN 2S1 GVOZDIKA

Cold War and Beyond: REMEMBER THE TIME THE SERBS CAPTURED A NATO TANK? OR, HOW YOUR GARAGE BECOMES A DUAL-USE “WEAPON STORAGE SITE”!

HOW TO USE C-4 & THERMITE TO KILL A SERBIAN ZOMBIE TANK

2020: Helicopters of Egyptian Military

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Remember the time the Serbs captured a NATO tank? Or, how your garage becomes a “weapon storage site”!

Image November 30, 2022 Hutchins AAron

In 1995(July?), ethnic Serb forces (Army of Republika Srpska) captured several NATO-Netherlands (Royal Netherland Army) armored personnel carriers, which were ‘in-country’ under a United Nations operation. Of course, the Western-NATO news media reported that they were “stolen”.

A tow bar is attached to the AWOL YPR-765, and then to a M88A1 Hercules. U.S. Army (USA) photo by Sergeant Angel Clemons, 12MAR1997.

USA photo by Sergeant Angel Clemons, 12MAR1997.

Two years later, in March 1997, NATO-United States forces made a true ‘barn-find’ when they discovered the ‘AWOL’ (Absent With Out Leave) YPR-765 (a variant of the M113) in a barn/garage in Bosnia & Herzegovina. Of course, the U.S. military referred to the barn/garage as a “weapon storage site”.

USA photo by Sergeant Angel Clemons, 12MAR1997.

USA M88A1 Recovery Vehicle tows the AWOL YPR-765 APC out of a “weapon storage site” in Karakaj, Bosnia-Herzegovina. USA photo by Sergeant Angel Clemons, 12MAR1997.

The U.S. Army (USA) press release also stated they were “confiscating” the YPR-765, referring to it as a Serb Army weapon, and adding that it made multiple confiscations in the first few months of the start of the SFor (Stabilization Force) mission.

The YPR-765 was towed to Camp Dobol, while soldiers with the Bosnian-Serb army watch helplessly. USA photo by Sergeant Angel Clemons, 12MAR1997.

Inside the YPR-765 was found a M2 .50 caliber heavy machine gun, and cans of 50-cal ammo. USA photo by Sergeant Angel Clemons, 12MAR1997.

The USA press releases also contradicted themselves when giving the location, sometimes saying it was Karakaj, sometimes saying it was Zvornik. Zvornik is a city in the Republika Srpska area of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Karakaj is a town north of Zvornik.