Thursday, July 12, 2018

Vulcan Yemen.

This is coolbert:

Houthi Beyond Thunderdome Yemen.

Dashka heavy machine gun mounted on a technical we are familiar with.

20 mm cannon mounted on a technical we are familiar with.

But a Vulcan 20 mm rapid-fire cannon we are not familiar with. Until now.

The article as seen at The Drive and thanks to the tip from Freeper:

"Houthi Rebels In Yemen Have Technical Trucks Armed With Vulcan Cannons"

"Technicals, a term typically applied to commercial pickup trucks or similar light wheeled vehicles with improvised weapon mounts, are common among both state security forces and non-state actors, especially in the Middle East. But few are as heavily armed as a type that Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen are employing, which packs a 20mm Vulcan cannon and looks like something one might expect to see in a new Mad Max movie."

"The fearsome combination looks like something out a post-apocalyptic action flick, but gives the group very real mobile firepower."

American Vulcan M163 used in the ground support role during Gulf War One. Able to destroy a thin-skinned vehicle with a single burst and used quite often in this role!

YOU COULD LEVEL A WHOLE FOREST WITH ONE OF THESE VULCAN! BUT THEY DON'T HAVE FORESTS IN YEMEN, DO THEY!

The Houthi if anything very resourceful, resilient, determined, even inspired and worthy of admiration, whether you agree with their cause or not.

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