Military balance in Efrin, Syria.

In the last weeks after rumors of a Turkish invasion of the Syrian province of Efrin, and after an incendiary speech made by President Recep Tayip Erdogan the likeliness of an assault has become a reality where a lot of people has deeply overestimated the military capability of the Kurdish forces in Efrin, so what …

The Battle for Kirkuk: What is Happening?

Kirkuk is a highly polemic city for the Iraqi-Kurdish relations, as far as the local population is divided among the central government and the Kurdish what is linked to the ethnical composition of the city. The real population of Kirkuk is difficult to know due to the war against ISIS, the tensions and the people who …

Military balance: Iraqi Army vs Peshmergas

Introduction Due to the recent self-determination referendum done with the blessing of Barzani, the Iraqi Kurdistan autonomous government has threatened to declare independence, affecting to even disputed areas out of the administrative Kurdish region, so our objective with this analysis is to elucidate if in case of war with the Iraqi State the Kurdish really …

Achtung Leopards in Syria! Full analysis of the Leopard 2A4TR in Syria

THIS ANALYSIS IS LARGELY OBSOLETE BY 2018. For analysis reasons I will let it here, however if anybody needs more indications he can contact me at minstertipo@gmail.com. Table of contents Introduction Operation Euphrates Shield, Syria Details about Leopard 2s in Syria Leopard 2s on the stage Does the cat have a thick fur? Final analysis and …

A deep look at the heart of ISIS war machine: From tactics to doctrine

On this article we will have a deep look at ISIS from the military point of view and so we will analyze their structure, materials, way of fight and different tactics and tricks used by them on the battlefield. If you like it I would be grateful if you could share it. Table of content: …

Protegido: Illuminating the new Turkish M-60T1 Sabra deployed in Syria

No hay extracto porque es una entrada protegida.

Made on the Caliphate Attack Drones: Brief Analysis of the Threat

Along 2016 and 2017 have emerged images and videos showing us an exponential increasing use of drones as attack platforms by ISIS and some rebel groups in Syria and Irak, on this article we are going to treat the evolution we have been able to see in their use their capabilities and the projectiles designed by …

How to defeat ISIS SVBIED fleet

Translation by Victor Lledó. Introduction The VBIEDs Conceptual Framework Outlining the Threat Heavy Machine Guns and Others ATGMs Tanks and Heavy Guns Obstacles How Can We Fight Them? Open Terrain Urban Enviroment The Junction Defensive Approach Also do not forget that we offer military analysis and OSINT services. The B of VBIED means "Borne" we did …

Document 2: NBC equipment in Syria

An article in Spanish will be published few days after the English version of the document. Este mismo artículo será publicado en castellano días después de la versión en inglés. Click here to download the document “NBC equipment in Syria”: This is an  article about the NBC equipment in Syria.  

Anaconda 2016, Cuba

In this article we are going to do a fast ID of images recorded about the recently done Cuban national defense exercise "Anaconda 2016". Special thanks to Oryx for his great article about Cuban fighting vehicles En este artículo vamos a hacer una breve identificación de los vehículos que hemos podido observar durante los ejercicios …