Eruption: Footage provided by a rebel commander showed the ground balloon up before breaking into a cloud of earth that engulfs the area
The Day The Ground Erupted: Shocking Moment Syrian Rebels Blow Up Army Camp With 60 TONS Of Explosives After Digging Tunnel Under The Base Using Tactic Pioneered In World War I -- Daily Mail
* Footage shows ground balloon up into a cloud of earth that engulfs key government stronghold in Idlib
* Rebel commander believes one more attack will allow insurgency to take control of entire south of city
* Forces opposing President Assad have started using tunnel bombs on military targets in recent weeks
Rebels detonated 60 tonnes of explosives packed underneath a large Syrian army base, blowing a hillside hundreds of metres into the air, an insurgent in the operation who provided footage of the attack said today.
An Islamic Front commander said that his brigade dug a 850-metre (2,800ft) tunnel underneath Wadi al-Deif base, which is surrounded by rebels but has remained inside government control for the entirety of the three-year-long civil war.
The casualty toll from the blast was not immediately known.
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My Comment: This is a tactic that the Syrian rebels are now starting to use more frequently.
3 comments:
Actually, this is al old tactic, going back to at least the 1500s in Europe. One of the more ignominious failures was the seige of Petersberg during the final days of the US Civil War. A huge tunnel was dug under the Rebel lines and filled with explosives. FOllowing the detonation, the follow-up attack failed because the Union troops (including an all-Black division) were ordered to attack THROUGH the tunnel rather than around it.
Who couldve known that such an old tactic still works to this day.....
Salim,
Combat hasn't changed all that much in the last couple thousand years. Technology gives it new wrinkles, but the basics are still the same. What you see here is a classic case letting your enemy have the initiative.
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