Well I'll throw in my "two sense" here...
1. The T-90 pictured does not appear to have the latest version of the
SHTORA Protection System on it which is now in a 2nd GEN and am not a 100% but possibly 3rd GEN currently or under development.
2. That TOW had to be a
TOW 2A which was the first of the 2nd GEN TOW Systems.
3. The source (With our approval.) of supple was from Saudi Arabia which received in. never mind from one of my refs (Verified by
SIPRI as well.)
"Saudi Arabia signed two foreign military sale (FMS) agreements with the US Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) in
December 2013. The first FMS worth $170m covers 750 BGM-71 2B TOW missiles, seven Fly-to-Buy TOW2B missiles,
1,000 BGM-71 2A TOW missiles, seven Fly-to-Buy TOW2A missiles, and the support equipment.
The second FMS worth $900m covers 9,650 BGM-71 2A TOW RF missiles, 4,145 BGM-71 2B TOW Aero RF missiles, 91 TOW-2A Fly-to-Buy missiles, 49 TOW-2B Fly-to-Buy missiles, and the associated equipment."
http://www.army-technology.com/projects/tow/
Kind of obvious to me they received several thousand more advanced TOW systems and the BGM-71 2A is not a training missile because you can buy them separately and they'd be cheaper as well. The date of the sale and delivery to the Saudis and Syrian rebels makes this a "home run" to me.
Rest of the Refs...
http://www.businessinsider.com/syria...n-syria-2016-2
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...sile-WINS.html
Regards,
Pat
Trying to beat the edit clock!!
Was trying to find something quick on SHTORA and came across this on the incident being discussed. Read the next
VERY CLOSELY if true, though I stand buy what I posted above, I don't know if I should leave it as "those dumb M..... and end it as you choose or just laugh!!!!
SUHIIR already knows that answer, me being a retired "Bubblehead", yeah
I did both.
http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the...who-wins-15638