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Aleppo, BMP-1 SVBIED, captured car bomb, captured SVBIED, Captured VBIED, Car bombs, Covert VBIED, Daraa, Drones, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), HMMWV (Humvee), Homs, Idlib, Jabhat al-Nusra (JaN), Jabhat Fateh al-Sham (JFS), Jaish al-Fatah, Jund al-Aqsa, Main Battle Tank (MBT), paraplegic, Raqqah, RC-VBIED, Remote controlled, SVBIED, Syria, Tanks, Turkistan Islamic Party (TIP), Uncategorized, up-armoured SVBIED, VBIED · May 24, 2021

The SVBIEDs Of The 2016 Aleppo Offensives – Part 1 – One Step Behind

First of all, I would like to thank a number of people who assisted me with information, translations, geolocations, and footage for this article. These people include, among others; E_Of_Justice, John Marquee, Suheil al-Ghazi, Samir, Qalaat Al Mudiq, Danspiun, Jakub Janovsky, …

Aleppo, Camouflaged SVBIED, captured car bomb, captured SVBIED, Captured VBIED, Car bombs, Covert VBIED, IS (Islamic State), ISI (Islamic State of Iraq), Mosul, SDF (Syrian Democratic Forces), SVBIED, Syria, Uncategorized, up-armoured SVBIED, VBIED · April 26, 2021

Triumph & Symbolism – What Happens To Captured Car Bombs

Ever since the conflicts in Syria and Iraq progressed toward semi-conventional fighting in 2013-2014, up-armoured suicide car bombs, or Suicide Vehicle-Borne IEDs (SVBIEDs) have been a recurring feature of the battlefields. Lacking air superiority, non-state actors in both countries have resorted to …

Aleppo, BMP-1 SVBIED, Car bombs, Covert VBIED, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), Idlib, Jabhat al-Nusra (JaN), Jabhat Fateh al-Sham (JFS), Jaish al-Fatah, Jisr al-Shughour, Jund al-Aqsa, Qormid, SVBIED, Syria, Turkistan Islamic Party (TIP), Uncategorized, up-armoured SVBIED, VBIED · March 24, 2021

The Last Victory – The SVBIEDs Of The 2015 Idlib Offensive

This article covers the 2015 Idlib offensive extensively, with some background. If you're interested in a broader view of how Jabhat al-Nusra's (now Hayat Tahrir al-Sham/HTS) use of SVBIEDs has changed over time as part of different phases up until the 2019-2020 Greater Idlib offensive, read my case …

Car bombs, cinema, cinematic depictions, Damascus Time, film, IS (Islamic State), Media, mock SVBIED, Mosul, movie, palmyra, SEAL Team, SVBIED, Syria, Tanks, Uncategorized, up-armoured SVBIED, VBIED · February 17, 2021

Cinematic Depictions of Up-Armoured SVBIEDs: A Review

Following the rise of the Islamic State (IS), directors around the world have sought to capture this multi-faceted phenomenon on the big screen. Movies and TV shows have covered IS in different ways, with stories ranging from the qualms of IS foreign fighters to the grinding counter-IS fight …

Anbar province, Car bombs, Fallujah, HMMWV (Humvee), Iraq, IS (Islamic State), Islamic State West Africa Province, ISWA, ISWAP, Jaish Khalid Bin al-Walid (JKBW), Liwa Shuhada al-Yarmouk (LSY), Mosul, Ninawa, SVBIED, Syria, Transplanted armour, Uncategorized, VBIED, Wilayat Hawran · January 18, 2021

Transplanted Armour: The Franken-SVBIEDs of the Islamic State

In the process of capturing a piece of territory that at its height was larger than the UK, the Islamic State (IS) was able to capture large quantities of armoured vehicles from its opponents. While many of these vehicles (primarily those of Soviet origin) were reinserted into their stated combat …

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