Thud_and_Blunder 0 Posted March 27, 2004 There is a quite-well-known video sequence of a BTR-series APC with troops on board being blown-up. Another (aviation-related) bulletin board I occasionally read has had pictures from this video posted as a "sequence from a US TACP", claiming that it is the result of an airstrike on a Taleban target. I find this very unlikely - the video quality is too good, for a start - and would like to find out definitive information on the origin/provenance of the video so that I might disabuse the other forum members. I suspect that it is news footage of Afghan regular troops pre-2001, but can't find anything to prove it. Can anyone in the OpFP community help out with the background to this film clip? Thanks. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ralphwiggum 6 Posted March 27, 2004 just for precaution, i hope no one posts link to those two images. it's against the forum rules. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Balschoiw 0 Posted March 27, 2004 If you are talking about this incident, it were chechen resistance who blew up the russian BTR. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thud_and_Blunder 0 Posted March 27, 2004 Thankyou for your replies. Balschoiw - that is the video sequence in question; do you have any references which show who carried out the filming? You may indeed be correct about the Chechen involvement, but I need to disprove the US/aviation connection to the satisfaction of the moderators on the other board. Cheers Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Balschoiw 0 Posted March 27, 2004 Filming was done by Chechen Mujahideen. I send you PM. Edit: Sent. I included two different sources. 1. Kavkaz center (deals with chechen Mujahideen operations) 2. Strategypages (deals with international scenarios) The Taliban don´t have BTR´s at all. Funny that they think so. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thud_and_Blunder 0 Posted March 27, 2004 Again, my thanks to those who, by PM, have given me the references required to refute the disinformation on the other bulletin board. Moderators - please feel free to close/delete this (very helpful) now-complete thread. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
