GrogHeads Forum

IRL (In Real Life) => Current Events => Topic started by: steve58 on May 15, 2014, 06:46:12 PM

Title: Syrian rebels use tunnel bomb at Assad army base
Post by: steve58 on May 15, 2014, 06:46:12 PM
An old, but sometimes still effective tactic...

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/world/dramatic-images-show-moment-syrian-rebels-use-tunnel-bomb-at-besieged-assad-army-base/story-fni0xs61-1226919742440

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fresources2.news.com.au%2Fimages%2F2014%2F05%2F16%2F1226919%2F744530-eb90d3e8-dc7d-11e3-bb5e-bb14174cd6c1.jpg&hash=5634ff0a81b2f83bc99d767bd3460efe9602b968)


...as a side note, I came across this story while checking out the above story:  50,000 lb WWI Bomb Found Under Belgian Farm (http://www.rense.com/general47/50000lbWW1bomb.htm)
Title: Re: Syrian rebels use tunnel bomb at Assad army base
Post by: Airborne Rifles on May 15, 2014, 07:09:59 PM
Reminds me how the British used 22 mines and close to 500 tons of explosives to blow up Messines Ridge near Ypres in in 1917:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messines_Ridge (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messines_Ridge)

I believe only 19 of the mines went off. One was discovered and destroyed by the Germans and the other two are still buried under the Belgian countryside somewhere...
Title: Re: Syrian rebels use tunnel bomb at Assad army base
Post by: Greybriar on May 15, 2014, 08:00:16 PM
It brought to mind The Battle of the Crater (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Crater) during the American Civil War.

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Foi57.tinypic.com%2Foity6o.jpg&hash=3dbb0304b6045533985598d3c777bf6145132425)
Title: Re: Syrian rebels use tunnel bomb at Assad army base
Post by: Gusington on May 15, 2014, 09:05:22 PM
Wow. I wonder how long the Syrian rebels were working on that.
Title: Re: Syrian rebels use tunnel bomb at Assad army base
Post by: TheCommandTent on May 16, 2014, 07:40:27 PM
Those are some crazy pictures.