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Calibanibal
Aug 25, 2015

PhilippAchtel posted:

https://twitter.com/_amroali/status/493356985975574528

My first thought, of course, is to wonder if she's still alive...

:sigh:

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Sancho Banana
Aug 4, 2023

Not to be confused with meat.

Justin Tyme posted:

a SSG is responsible for a squad (like 7-10 troops)

But that's the thing about the IDF, they aren't. PVT - CPL - SGT - SSG is just the list of fake promotions that any man in the IDF goes through merely by virtue of serving their mandatory 2 years and 8 months in literally any job whatsoever, including the cooks or whatever. (women only do 2 years, so unless they sign up for more, they never reach SSG).

Al-Saqr
Nov 11, 2007

One Day I Will Return To Your Side.
Abu Ubeida is on aljazeera, he just released what I can only describe as some of the most insane combat footage I have ever seen

1) he says in the last 24 hours hamas destroyed 25 IDF vehicles and tanks.

2) he announces that they're using a TBG RPG, which is a thermobaric missile that is essentially a room clearing RPG to clear out entire rooms of IDF whenever they try to set up frontal operating bases.


3) he then shows a bunch of clips of Hamas fighters constantly getting to within 15 feet or zero distance of several israeli tanks and destroying them, absolutely insane footage. they are always at point blank range. it's loving insane.

4) one of the shots is a hamas fighter CLIMBING AN IDF BULLDOZER , lighting it on fire and planting a flag on it.

None of the IDF tanks have infantry around them at all, literal sitting ducks. there's like five tanks in a row, and the hamas guys can walk to within 15 feet and shoot all of them.

Al-Saqr has issued a correction as of 18:18 on Nov 4, 2023

ten_twentyfour
Jan 24, 2008

Calibanibal posted:

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Strep Vote
May 5, 2004

أنا أحب حليب الشوكولاتة

Al-Saqr posted:

Abu Ubeida is on aljazeera, he just released what I can only describe as some of the most insane combat footage I have ever seen

1) he says in the last 24 hours hamas destroyed 25 IDF vehicles and tanks.

2) he announces that they're using a TBG RPG, which is a thermobaric missile that is essentially a room clearing RPG to clear out entire rooms of IDF whenever they try to set up frontal operating bases.


3) he then shows a bunch of clips of Hamas fighters constantly getting to within 15 feet or zero distance of several israeli tanks and destroying them, absolutely insane footage. they are always at point range. it's loving insane.

4) one of the shots is a hamas fighter CLIMBING AN IDF BULLDOZER , lighting it on fire and planting a flag on it.

None of the IDF tanks have infantry around them at all, literal sitting ducks.

Indeed, Allah has the power to grant them victory.

mags
May 30, 2008

I am a congenital optimist.

Al-Saqr posted:


None of the IDF tanks have infantry around them at all, literal sitting ducks.

yeah lol did they really expect to roll in unopposed in their expensive death machines and not provide them any cover?

Calibanibal
Aug 25, 2015

Allahta good that does em. Gaza looking like a dumpster fire right now

Al-Saqr
Nov 11, 2007

One Day I Will Return To Your Side.
lol several of the shots have the brand new ultra modern quadrillion dollar merkavas getting wiped by a 500 dollar ATGM.

Cerebral Bore
Apr 21, 2010


Fun Shoe

Al-Saqr posted:

If this picture is true, it's probably the most embarrassing photo of all time for the IDF

https://x.com/ahmedalshedee/status/1720366536907432190?s=20

Al-Saqr posted:

Abu Ubeida is on aljazeera, he just released what I can only describe as some of the most insane combat footage I have ever seen

1) he says in the last 24 hours hamas destroyed 25 IDF vehicles and tanks.

2) he announces that they're using a TBG RPG, which is a thermobaric missile that is essentially a room clearing RPG to clear out entire rooms of IDF whenever they try to set up frontal operating bases.


3) he then shows a bunch of clips of Hamas fighters constantly getting to within 15 feet or zero distance of several israeli tanks and destroying them, absolutely insane footage. they are always at point blank range. it's loving insane.

4) one of the shots is a hamas fighter CLIMBING AN IDF BULLDOZER , lighting it on fire and planting a flag on it.

None of the IDF tanks have infantry around them at all, literal sitting ducks. there's like five tanks in a row, and the hamas guys can walk to within 15 feet and shoot all of them.

did hamas literally get solid snake to train their dudes or what?

bobtheconqueror
May 10, 2005

Sancho Banana posted:

But that's the thing about the IDF, they aren't. PVT - CPL - SGT - SSG is just the list of fake promotions that any man in the IDF goes through merely by virtue of serving their mandatory 2 years and 8 months in literally any job whatsoever, including the cooks or whatever. (women only do 2 years, so unless they sign up for more, they never reach SSG).

Actually reminds me of the US Army Reserves. National Guard and Active units have restrictions on rank based on authority, which kind of sucks since people can be stuck in a queue waiting for somebody to retire or switch units to get ranks (and associated pay increases), but means that the rank and authority structure makes sense. The reserves in the states don't have that kind of restriction, so the hospital unit I was in way back in the day was bloated with NCOs and mid rank officers.

Since the IDF is mostly a reserve force they probably modeled it based on reservists in the US so that makes sense, although yeah in the US the length of service required for a rank was still pretty high, so it's still a bit out of whack to have senior NCO ranks given to a kid at 20 or 22.

bobtheconqueror has issued a correction as of 18:24 on Nov 4, 2023

Red Baron
Mar 9, 2007

ty slumfrog :)

Oglethorpe posted:

using the turtling strategy and half your people are rapid-response anti-armor units

Gaza doing a no infrastructure, no city challenge with all tiles pillaged and STILL owning all of Israel

folks, you love to see it

Raiad
Feb 1, 2005

Without the law, there wouldn't be lawyers.


Justin Tyme posted:

the mickey mouse-rear end structure of the IDF is loving with me, like 20 year old staff sgts and 22 year old sergeant first class. a SSG is responsible for a squad (like 7-10 troops) and a SFC is responsible for an entire platoon (30-40 troops). In competent militaries these would be like 24-25 year olds with a 6 to 7 year time in service minimum respectively. A 20 year old reservist ssg is asking for trouble and its a miracle they can even leave the motorpool in an organized fashion (but as we have seen with the fields of merkavas haphazardly rolling out in a giant blob, even that might be up in the air)

starting to think that the idf is just a place for people who are still basically children to be indoctrinated into a fascist cult and taught how to genocide

officership is given out like a participation trophy

Cerebral Bore
Apr 21, 2010


Fun Shoe
almost like a military that hasn't waged a real war in decades is gonna get owned when they try to take on an enemy that's dug in like ticks on steroids

Foxrunsecurity
Aug 10, 2008
Has any military ever tried separating pay grade and rank so they don't get peter principled into idiocy?

Calibanibal
Aug 25, 2015

That doesn't matter at all? The IDF are true gamers, they've waged a million virtual wars across a thousand worlds. They just need some time to get used to the controls

Confusedslight
Jan 9, 2020
https://twitter.com/aliciavperry/status/1720826908605022550?s=20
The French are alright.

Chillgamesh
Jul 29, 2014

Al-Saqr posted:

Abu Ubeida is on aljazeera, he just released what I can only describe as some of the most insane combat footage I have ever seen

1) he says in the last 24 hours hamas destroyed 25 IDF vehicles and tanks.

2) he announces that they're using a TBG RPG, which is a thermobaric missile that is essentially a room clearing RPG to clear out entire rooms of IDF whenever they try to set up frontal operating bases.


3) he then shows a bunch of clips of Hamas fighters constantly getting to within 15 feet or zero distance of several israeli tanks and destroying them, absolutely insane footage. they are always at point blank range. it's loving insane.

4) one of the shots is a hamas fighter CLIMBING AN IDF BULLDOZER , lighting it on fire and planting a flag on it.

None of the IDF tanks have infantry around them at all, literal sitting ducks. there's like five tanks in a row, and the hamas guys can walk to within 15 feet and shoot all of them.

Guys I think the Trophy ADS might be more trouble than it’s worth

AFancyQuestionMark
Feb 19, 2017

Long time no see.

Cerebral Bore posted:

almost like a military that hasn't waged a real war in decades is gonna get owned when they try to take on an enemy that's dug in like ticks on steroids

they did a ground operation in 2014, which makes it even more embarrassing that they are somehow doing even worse this time around

Red Baron
Mar 9, 2007

ty slumfrog :)

Cerebral Bore posted:

almost like a military that hasn't waged a real war in decades is gonna get owned when they try to take on an enemy that's dug in like ticks on steroids

hmmm the softest, 2-ply army to ever exist, unable to function without access to all the western capitalist treats they “need”

vs the people engaged in a decades-long struggle to be allowed even to exist in their own homeland, fighting what they have correctly surmised as the last chance they’ll ever get, emerge victorious or be erased.

yeah I’m gonna have to say the Palestinians have it

Red Baron
Mar 9, 2007

ty slumfrog :)

Calibanibal posted:

That doesn't matter at all? The IDF are true gamers, they've waged a million virtual wars across a thousand worlds. They just need some time to get used to the controls

IDF tripped up by Nintendo’s YX/BA layout instead of Xbox’s XY/AB.

Meanwhile Hamas has several dozen flawless community configurations for their Steam controllers, remapping buttons on the fly mid combat to most thoroughly stunt on their foes.

Al-Saqr
Nov 11, 2007

One Day I Will Return To Your Side.
I genuinely wish the israelis would stop giving that cretinous hypocrite Erdogan any credit.

https://twitter.com/spectatorindex/status/1720854003322626105?s=20

bobtheconqueror
May 10, 2005

Foxrunsecurity posted:

Has any military ever tried separating pay grade and rank so they don't get peter principled into idiocy?

Back in WWII, the US Army had enlisted ranks up to specialist, then it split into two branches for either leadership roles, non-commissioned officers starting with sergeants, and a non leadership branch that was still just called specialist. The rank and pay would increase and was an indicator of experience but not authority. Sometime after WWII they dropped the upgraded specialist rank.

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Gunshow Poophole
Sep 14, 2008

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Calibanibal posted:

That doesn't matter at all? The IDF are true gamers, they've waged a million virtual wars across a thousand worlds. They just need some time to get used to the controls

and yet Hamas are the ones fighting like they'll just respawn

gradenko_2000
Oct 5, 2010

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Nice to see Ella Emhoff make a better positive impact compared to her father, Jack

Fumble
Sep 4, 2006
Probation
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Cerebral Bore posted:

did hamas literally get solid snake to train their dudes or what?

its an entire generation of palastinian jokers.

Centrist Committee
Aug 6, 2019

blessed

Honky Mao
Dec 26, 2012

Palestinian martyrs are reborn as cool guys with fast cars and slain IDF are reborn as worms

RandomBlue
Dec 30, 2012

hay guys!


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Al-Saqr posted:

I genuinely wish the israelis would stop giving that cretinous hypocrite Erdogan any credit.

https://twitter.com/spectatorindex/status/1720854003322626105?s=20

Yeah, it's not the people dropping bombs on them and staving them it's definitely Hamas.

DaysBefore
Jan 24, 2019


Still struggling to believe the existence of based Belgians from last week. Now... some of the French are based? This can't be right

PawParole
Nov 16, 2019

https://twitter.com/nickdearden75/status/1720789556901912974

gradenko_2000
Oct 5, 2010

HELL SERPENT
Lipstick Apathy

Al-Saqr posted:

Abu Ubeida is on aljazeera, he just released what I can only describe as some of the most insane combat footage I have ever seen

1) he says in the last 24 hours hamas destroyed 25 IDF vehicles and tanks.

2) he announces that they're using a TBG RPG, which is a thermobaric missile that is essentially a room clearing RPG to clear out entire rooms of IDF whenever they try to set up frontal operating bases.


3) he then shows a bunch of clips of Hamas fighters constantly getting to within 15 feet or zero distance of several israeli tanks and destroying them, absolutely insane footage. they are always at point blank range. it's loving insane.

4) one of the shots is a hamas fighter CLIMBING AN IDF BULLDOZER , lighting it on fire and planting a flag on it.

None of the IDF tanks have infantry around them at all, literal sitting ducks. there's like five tanks in a row, and the hamas guys can walk to within 15 feet and shoot all of them.

Holy poo poo you weren't kidding the footage is absolutely insane

The IDF is completely loving cooked. Hamas can just walk right up to their tanks and slam an RPG into them while being filmed and they're all none the wiser

Goddamn. Glory to the martyrs

Al-Saqr
Nov 11, 2007

One Day I Will Return To Your Side.
This is definitely a sign that the Israelis are doing great and winning

https://twitter.com/spectatorindex/status/1720858067716411815?s=20

izagoof
Feb 14, 2004

Grimey Drawer

gradenko_2000 posted:

Holy poo poo you weren't kidding the footage is absolutely insane

The IDF is completely loving cooked. Hamas can just walk right up to their tanks and slam an RPG into them while being filmed and they're all none the wiser

Goddamn. Glory to the martyrs

in one clip they just popped their heads over a fence hollering with zero reaction from the vehicles right on the other side, zero awareness

PawParole
Nov 16, 2019

Egypt’s military is so evil.

https://twitter.com/WazirChangezi/status/1720812490936701334

Spoondick
Jun 9, 2000

Al-Saqr posted:

This is definitely a sign that the Israelis are doing great and winning

https://twitter.com/spectatorindex/status/1720858067716411815?s=20

when you find him, bring him in front of the dinosaur on the outskirts of town and make him wear my red hat... then switch on the guided bomb targeting beacon i gave you

Al-Saqr
Nov 11, 2007

One Day I Will Return To Your Side.
wow I cant believe the fascist inhuman military dogs of egypt are fascist and inhuman!

Mandoric
Mar 15, 2003

Raiad posted:

starting to think that the idf is just a place for people who are still basically children to be indoctrinated into a fascist cult and taught how to genocide

officership is given out like a participation trophy

There's a bunch of thought about how rank inflation in the active/volunteer branch of a service that expects to rely on reserves or conscripts in a major war is a good thing, but all that's predicated on the idea that it isn't so much rank inflation as training them on the higher rank's duties and then breveting the large pool of sergeants down to riflemen in peacetime while their putative squads are in civilian employ.

It's completely unsurprising that this would immediately be hollowed out to participation trophies.

Bouillon Rube
Aug 6, 2009


Al-Saqr posted:

This is definitely a sign that the Israelis are doing great and winning

https://twitter.com/spectatorindex/status/1720858067716411815?s=20

lol so they’re trying to do the plot of The Warriors

Dr. VooDoo
May 4, 2006



Has the French government going “Actually you can’t protest, it’s not allowed” ever resulted in anything else but making more people show up to said protest?

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Clip-On Fedora
Feb 20, 2011

Al-Saqr posted:

I genuinely wish the israelis would stop giving that cretinous hypocrite Erdogan any credit.

https://twitter.com/spectatorindex/status/1720854003322626105?s=20

He's probably doubling and tripling the price of gas he's sending to them behind the scenes, because he knows he can.

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