Hopefully they don't get too good at this. It's rare that a revolutionary army can lay down its weapons after the war. The French thought it would be fun to "liberate" the rest of Europe after their revolution.
DIY Weapons of the Libyan Rebels
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#12I was puzzled that the UB-32 rocket launchers have English instructions printed on them instead of Arabic. The CIA World Factbook does say that Arabic, Italian, and English are all understood in the major cities. Still surprising.
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#13It seems that there is a lot of left over ammo all over the place or are they creating their own ammo? At what point of do the Qaddafi forces run out of cash to keep funding this war. Also, love all the Toyotas.
I think it is mostly captured, except for the moltov coctails and the refilled RPG that they showed. They did show that they were taking the time to get the rust off of ammunition. You probably wouldn't do that if you had means to produce it in quantity.
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#14This is the makings for a hit show on Discovery channel or TLC
Seems like kind of an insensitive thing to say, given that there are people dying over there.
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#15nice free intel work done for the Libyan government this very detailed gallery of the Rebel's arsenal.
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#18This is the makings for a hit show on Discovery channel or TLC
Seems like kind of an insensitive thing to say, given that there are people dying over there.
What's wrong with saying that? I'm just commenting that it's fascinating to see what they are coming up with. Obviously it's just an idea, but if there actually was a show or documentary or something, it would help them get there message out a lot more easily.
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Seems like kind of an insensitive thing to say, given that there are people dying over there.
What's wrong with saying that? I'm just commenting that it's fascinating to see what they are coming up with. Obviously it's just an idea, but if there actually was a show or documentary or something, it would help them get there message out a lot more easily.
Information about the Libyan rebels has been on the frontpage of the news for weeks, I don't think a cable TV show is what they need right now. Their message is definitely out there, and it's being echoed by top US officials. Just a few days ago Hillary Clinton addressed the AU urging them to join in the call for Gaddafi to step down. While it is fascinating (and frightening) to see what these people are going through, I don't think a show on the Discovery Channel about how to refurbish and modify weapons seized from the military is an appropriate thing to talk about. If you want to talk about the journalists and the difficulties they face when trying to document events like these, that's fine.
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#20It's like the A-team for real.