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(NSFW) Syrian Arab Army Lob Bomb Truck Destroyed by TOW Missile
Published 2 years ago
Video recorded by the Free Syrian Army near Aleppo in 2015 shows the destruction of a Syrian Arab Army IRAM truck with an exposed crew sitting on the roof of the vehicle's cab.
A Lob Bomb, otherwise known as an IRAM, is an improvised rocket assisted mortar system. Generally speaking, these munitions are entirely homemade with the main ingredients being homemade or military grade explosives that are packed into empty propane-style tanks. When fired normally, a 107mm rocket is used to propel the projectile towards the target.
In this video, you're looking at the destruction of a lob bomb vehicle. The vehicle is essentially a homemade MLRS that uses homemade munitions to inaccurately carpet bomb an entire area with lob bombs. The Free Syrian Army however are armed with the far superior BGM-71 TOW missile system that was supplied to them by the American Central Intelligence Agency.
It's unlikely that any of the exposed crew members survived the explosion.
