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Syrian Rebels with improvised rocket.

Falcon

Falcon

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I saw this photo online earlier.

It shows Syrian rebels setting the trajectory of an improvised rocket using an adjistable angled spirit level.

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I have a number of similar pictures, been doing a bit of work on improvised Syrian rockets recently. Will post them when i get home later.

Pete
 
Here's some more. I may have pulled some of these off the web. Interesting all the same.

Note the smart phone being used as an electronic compass in picture 7 and the IEDs in picture 15!!!!

Cheers

Pete

A Free Syrian Army fighter assembles homemade missiles at a workshop in north Aleppo.jpgA member of the Free Syrian Army lies down on a bed next to weapons inside a house in Aleppo.jpgA man works on an improvised mortar shell for the Free Syrian Army inside a factory which previo.jpgA man brings together hand-made missiles in a secret rebel factory in Al-Bab.jpgA young man works on the production of hand made missiles in a secret factory in Al-Bab.jpgFree Syrian Army fighters prepare a homemade missile before they launch it towards the military .jpgFree Syrian Army fighters use the electronic compass of a smartphone.jpgMembers of the Free Syrian Army use a catapult to launch a homemade bomb.jpgRebel arms maker Abu al-Fadhel shows off a row of homemade weapons including a hand-grenade.jpgSyrian brothers who used to be musicians make homemade explosives for the Free Syrian Army.jpgSyrian rebel fighters stand around a cache of homemade missiles in Aleppo.jpgSyrian rebels adjust a homemade mortar launcher in the northern city of Aleppo.jpgSyrian rebels launch a missile near the Abu Baker brigade in Albab Syria.jpgSyrian rebels prepare missiles for launch near the Abu Baker brigade in Albab.jpgA bomb maker.jpg
 
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The big rocket with the concentric ring around the front in photo 9 is curious. Does anyone know the theory behind this, or is it just to sabot the rocket in a tube launcher?
 
I thought it was part of the rocket at first but I can see it now as well. It's a reinforcement of the launcher that is made to clear of the rocket fins.

It would be interesting to see some videos of these actually firing. I wonder how stable they acually are in flight. I can see some of them tumbling and shooting off in wild directions.
 
I have some video of exactly this happening, not sure if i can post it yet, but will have a look.

Cheers

Pete
 
Have you seen the video of them taking dud PTAB 2M bomblets, removing the fins and fuze, putting on a PD fuze then threading the bomblet into a rocket mortar boby? looks pretty interesting and it doesn't fly all over the place just a nice fast gentle arc
 
Some of those rockets look remarkably like the stuff that gets fired into Israel from Palestine....(Qassam rockets, I think)
 
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