Reserves go to the front: Turkey deploys Leopards in Syria

Damascus and Ankara are building up forces in Idlib, pulling up military reserves on the front formed in the northwestern part of the country. On February 22, high activity was noticed during the transfer of new units to the theater.

For the first time in the ranks of reinforcements sent to the front by Ankara, the main combat Tanks “Leopard” modifications 2A4, which are the main striking force of the Turkish army. All MBTs of this family are in the army, which indicates their high weight in the armed forces.

In total, according to IISS, a year ago Ankara owned 316 Leopard 2A4 machines; 170 Leopard 1A4; 227 Leopard 1A3. The main acquisition of the tank during its modernization in option 2A4 was a fully digital fire control system and an improved tower with titanium / tungsten armor.

At the same time, additional Syrian troops are being pulled to the front line. In particular, new motorized infantry units, mechanized and artillery units are being deployed. At the same time, when they approach the war zone, there is a chance to "meet" with jihadists. As shown in one of the videos, when transporting a tank (or self-propelled guns) on a tractor, the militants hit armored vehicles from the ATGM. Apparently, the Syrian troops have serious problems with guarding the MBT, and not only on the battlefield.

Comments

[horus88]

let's see how the Sultan goes, but I would not want him to attack Syria seriously. Because again our flyers will have to substitute ...

[Olgovich]

Quote: horus88

Because again our flyers will have to substitute ...

We must avoid a direct military confrontation between Russia and Turkey, diplomats and Syrians should work ...

[Krasnodar]

Quote: Olgovich

We must avoid a direct military confrontation between Russia and Turkey, diplomats and Syrians should work ...

That's right. Happy holiday!

[cniza]

All efforts are thrown at it, the Sultan also understands this ...

[Misha Honest]

Quote: Olgovich

We must avoid a direct military confrontation between Russia and Turkey, diplomats and Syrians should work ...

Diplomats - diplomats, but there will be no sense. There is nothing for the parties to offer each other. Erdogan Idlib will not give in an amicable way, and Assad cannot give it to Erdogan. Dead end.
And the dead end is ...

[smart ass]

I think Russia should also print out storage warehouses to send equipment to the Syrian army

[Livonetc]

It has long been printed and the equipment is delivered by Syrian express.

[Real Vugluskr]

What happened before that? These are all T-62s with "Brezhnev's eyebrows".

[kutuz]

"our flyers will have to substitute" - your flyers will have to meet with their С400.

[PROXOR]

Kurds have already shown what these leopards are worth.

[bessmertniy]

Sultan is playing on the nerves. So the tourist season can disrupt.

[DTM]

Do not forget about the tomatoes!

[V.I.P.]

Tomatoes and tourists ??? ... Ha. Do not forget about the answer. Turkish stream pipes. Earlier, he could not economically answer. Now there is something to push Gazprom ...

[Misha Honest]

Quote: V.I.P.

Tomatoes and tourists ??? ... Ha. Do not forget about the answer. Turkish stream pipes. Earlier, he could not economically answer. Now there is something to push Gazprom ...

You're right. The Russian government itself gave the "Sultan" trump cards against itself.
It seems to me that our rulers live in some kind of parallel reality, where they all have friends and partners ...

[MY THOUGHT]

Do not invent, 65 billion cubic meters through Ukraine this year block everything with interest, nothing has changed with the introduction of the tour flow, then he himself can only profit from the transit

[Misha Honest]

Quote: MY THOUGHT

Do not invent, 65 billion cubic meters through Ukraine this year block everything with interest, nothing has changed with the introduction of the tour flow, then he himself can only profit from the transit

In a normal country, yes. But in our government there are entirely businessmen, oligarchs and officials - and they only care about their wallet and strangle for every penny ... Capitalism ...
Remember the supply of s-400 ... what for it was to do a potentially hostile country - NATO country! How many times have I written on this site that this is complete nonsense, that the Turks will betray us anyway ....... While everyone praised Erdogan!
So get your honestly deserved knife in the back!

[MY THOUGHT]

Gave birth because with the advent of hyperweapon 400c ceased to be invulnerable

[Grits]

Quote: Misha Honest

You're right. The Russian government itself gave the "Sultan" trump cards against itself.
It seems to me that our rulers live in some kind of parallel reality, where they all have friends and partners ..

They used to say that our gas pipelines are a way of putting pressure on Europe. Now, it turns out just the opposite. All these pipes are a way of putting pressure on us.

[Misha Honest]

Quote: Gritsa

Quote: Misha Honest

You're right. The Russian government itself gave the "Sultan" trump cards against itself.
It seems to me that our rulers live in some kind of parallel reality, where they all have friends and partners ..

They used to say that our gas pipelines are a way of putting pressure on Europe. Now, it turns out just the opposite. All these pipes are a way of putting pressure on us.

Here is the thing - if the country had a patriotic government which is for the people, then it would be so ...
I’ve been saying on this site for a hundred years that the only thing that will save the remnants of our country is either a military dictatorship, or a truly patriotic dictatorship, or total communism.
Bullshit and capitalism are just killing our country! This is obvious to any normal person ...

[Paul Siebert]

All of these pipes are a way of putting pressure on us.

Alexander!
Gazprom is not Russia in its purest form. This is a corporation selling our Russian gas abroad.
Selling "national property" - have you seen Gazprom's ad on TV?
The fact that Gazprom managers do not receive their extra-profit Russians care less. Fewer sports cars will drive around Moscow.
According to the Constitution, mineral resources belong to to the people.
In this case, can people ask what to do with the extracted gas?
Can deploy it to Russia - to our production, energy and social programs?

[Papapg]

Maybe gas will appear in our village? Gas pipe behind the garden passes

[Livonetc]

That is, you offer the Faberge Turks to crush themselves.
The economic situevina in Turkey is extremely complex.
They cannot afford it.

[Grits]

Quote: Livonetc

The economic situevina in Turkey is extremely complex.
They cannot afford it.

Apparently, Erogan is not thinking about income, but about the honor of the state.
With us - just the opposite.

[Ural resident]

Turkey also benefits greatly from the pipe, so the damage will be mutual.

[16329]

Quite right, the losses from the income of the tourism business, agricultural producers and builders will be supplemented by losses from the lack of gas for resale, and then there is the war in Syria, the costs of the loss, then the opposition of the White Party will be happy.

[Ildar with]

You are a little mistaken in this !!! Gasprom only supplies GAS via the South Stream to Turkey, but Turkey redistributes or resells this gas to customers! That is the gain in these STREAMS - delivery to the border and not any TRANSIT !!!

[Shuttle]

Quote: bessmertniy

Sultan is playing on the nerves. So the tourist season can disrupt.

He will only lag about until April-May. By the time of the mass flight of Russo-tourist, it will acquire a moral and moral character.

[bessmertniy]

Well, and not get - damn it!

[Simple]

Quote: bessmertniy

So the tourist season can disrupt.

I think that the "Tourist Season" is now the lesser of evils for the Turkish president.

[Mountain shooter]

Erdogan did not understand the hints ... Does he need Aleppo? And in general, what did he forget in Syria? And how to explain to the Sultan that he is wrong?

[gel]

You can explain it very simply by providing massive military assistance to the Kurds ..

[Same lech]

just by providing massive military assistance to the Kurds ..

ATGM, MANPADS ... anti-tank and anti-personnel mines ... on order .

[cost]

The key for the Kurds is the Afrin region, and not Idlib. The Kurds are now just waiting and studying the situation. The Kurds have learned a good lesson from Operation Source of Peace in October, thanks to which Turkey secured a foothold east of the Euphrates.
They became convinced that excessive trust in the United States was a mistake, that they should not ignore Russia, and that a settlement could only be achieved through negotiations with Damascus.

[Shurik70]

In fact, who started selling the United States - will continue to be sold.
No matter how he was deceived or betrayed.
If the leadership ceases to "trust" it will simply be replaced. Accident, exposure and arrest of a criminal, anger of the people, kamikaze. The CIA has many tools for changing power, the main thing is to gain influence on the top, and then not lose it.

[Butchcassidy]

Nothing they have entrenched in any opinion. Kurds do not particularly draw conclusions from their mistakes

[V.I.P.]

The Americans deliver all this to them. Including Javelins and Toe pseudomonas. And the Americans and the Turks agreed that the Kurds would withdraw from their positions and would not attack the Turks ...

[tech3030]

A subtle hint is needed, such as when two Turkish "cobras" were shot down by the Kurds.

[bang]

just by providing massive military assistance to the Kurds ..
ATGM, MANPADS ... anti-tank and anti-personnel mines ... on order
Only now, as the penguins start whispering all sorts of tenderness into the ears of the Kurds again, then the news that the arsenal transferred to the Kurds will also begin to appear under the wheels of the RF VP.

[smart ass]

Bad idea, it is not clear where and against whom this weapon will be directed

[cniza]

Quote: Mountain Shooter

Erdogan did not understand the hints ... Does he need Aleppo? And in general, what did he forget in Syria? And how to explain to the Sultan that he is wrong?

The method and method has been known for a long time, to hit the "head" and harder, but who can and who?

[Tochilka]

So you see, the Syrians will troph Leopard. And ours will study it properly.

[Wanderer039]

It has long been studied. A shot in the area of ​​the second rink leads to an explosion of ammunition ... There is a part of the ammunition

[Vol4ara]

Quote: Wanderer039

It has long been studied. A shot in the area of ​​the second rink leads to an explosion of ammunition ... There is a part of the ammunition

And in the frontal projection?

[Incvizitor]

The lower part of the armor but still get there, but the sides are cardboard, of course not like abrashki but the same.

[Vol4ara]

Quote: Incvizitor

The lower part of the armor but still get there, but the sides are cardboard, of course not like abrashki but the same.

If the abrashka also had sides that were the same as the forehead of the tower, then this would be a modern mouse that can not stand more than one bridge.
By the way, about the abrams, as far as I understand, we don’t have shells for MBTs that can penetrate his tower, or am I mistaken?

[Incvizitor]

New ones should break through https://topwar.ru/152610-2a82-i-vakuum-1-novinki-dlja-tankovyh-vojsk.html
and the old ones only at medium-close distances. In general, I doubt that they will ever fight with "wedges" head to head, now in local conflicts, I think it would be more correct to cover the sides even by sacrificing a part of the frontal armor; global decisions will be more likely aviation and even strategic nuclear forces.

[Essex62]

It is strange that the Turks aboard the slat armor, following the example of the Canadian 2A6, did not cover. Very effective and not expensive protection against RPGs, for this theater in the very color. And from the anti-tank systems - a chance.

[Lamata]

Erdog is drawn into the conflict more and more.

[Mytholog]

Quote: Mountain Shooter

Erdogan did not understand the hints ... Does he need Aleppo? And in general, what did he forget in Syria? And how to explain to the Sultan that he is wrong?

All evil spirits from all over the world gathered in Idlib, as in a purulent abscess. And to Erdogan - he does not smile at all then to catch and shoot them at home. Assad wants to give them all together. He has his own truth, you can’t explain anything to him.

[Simple]

Quote: Mytholog

He has his own truth, you can’t explain anything to him.

You said it right.
Only not "with him", but with "them".
Because it is not known who is now leading the country, the President or the right-wing radicals.

[Thrifty]

Tractors from the Turks are painfully familiar brands, a kind of advertisement of unobtrusive technology. ..

[Simple]

And how many "Tayot" is in the background.

[Wanderer039]

It already was ... Ended up with 5 blown up Leopards-2 and burnt crews

[501 Legion]

Turks go home critters

[xambo]

Eh Erdogan, on your part it all looks petty

[svp67]

"The clouds are gathering," let's see "if a storm breaks out" ...
Yes, in the video where the militants hit the trailer with the rocket in the tank, they were not very lucky. The saddest thing that could happen there was that the tank was damaged by the chassis, and so, it seems to me that they generally got into the trailer

[Izotovp]

Probably, the flyers will already conclude a bet which of them is the first to write this cat to their account and continue the work of their grandfathers to tame cats).

[Vol4ara]

Quote: Izotovp

Probably, the flyers will already conclude a bet which of them is the first to write this cat to their account and continue the work of their grandfathers to tame cats).

Flyers squeeze the sphincter, the saturation of Idlib MANPADS is great. This is especially true for attack aircraft flyers. Nobody wants to be a hero posthumously

[cniza]

Reserves go to the front: Turkey deploys Leopards in Syria

All the same, the Sultan decided to go to the end ...

[Ros 56]

Following the logic, it is time for our people and the Syrians to bring the “Hyper-Hunters” into the case, and it will be right.

[Pastor]

The Sultan raises the stakes and goes for broke. And our "Fabergés" are now under threat: the north stream 2 was not completed, they invested in the Turkish one, and we are still politically losing Ukraine. Eh, I hope this will simply strengthen the occupied positions, since the Syrians will not take Idlib themselves, and we cannot, in any way, be in a direct clash in the tkrkami.

[Livonetc]

Turkish stream to Sulan as a beloved wife.
He will not touch him.
The Sultan is stuck in the most Faberge.
And the Nord Stream and the Russian Federation are a life buoy for the Turkish economy.
Let's see if the Sultan has suicidal tendencies.

[Simple]

Quote: Livonetc

Let's see if the Sultan has suicidal tendencies.

Become a martyr for an idea? Yes, it is quite.

In the meantime, discrediting evidence is gathering on him in a quiet glanders in the West:

[Livonetc]

Erdogan is a very thoughtful representative of the Muslim Brotherhood.
Most likely will compromise.
However, the complete failure of the Turkish army has not yet been proven.
A small town success is still possible.
Then he will have more serious positions for negotiations.
A new transfer of equipment confirms the preparation of which attempt.

[Simple]

Everything is in a bunch there: "Muslim brothers" and the ideology of "gray wolves" and NATO and somehow to present Turkey as a secular society (not secular, in Turkey this option is now basically impossible).
In fact, he supports armed groups that also commit war crimes. Now initiated an armed intervention in a sovereign country.
Once the Americans tried to overthrow him, there was nothing to see.
In general, his fate is unenviable.

[unhappy]

To win, the Turks need to enter not 3 thousand but 30 thousand fighters. If the sky is closed, and the Syrians have fire and numerical superiority, the leopards will burn better than under El Bab.

[SSR]

Quote: unhappy

and Syrians have fire and numerical superiority

Syrians on their land and are already fighting so much that they themselves can teach in Turkish universities. Another thing is that after so many years the Syrians have been tearing with resources at the seams and only our aging conservative helps them out. And they themselves are trying to modernize, the same birdhouses from the early.

[unhappy]

enough for 3000 resources, not for 30000.

[Livonetc]

Here the role will be played not by the number of infantry, but by superiority in air and artillery.
Without this, the number of special superiority will not.

[aszzz888]

Turkey Deploys Leopards in Syria

Perhaps the Turk takes to Arap, driving away a lot of equipment and people. Or to save face)) with a bad game? We will see. I would not want new losses.

[unhappy]

T-90 with thermal imaging sight modernization? Or reconnaissance and targeting drones? These are elements of modern technology.

[Vasyan1971]

For the first time in the ranks of reinforcements sent to the front by Ankara, the main Leopard battle tanks of the 2A4 modification were seen

Will the Leo clash with the T-90?

[Sarcasm]

In the case of MBT Leopard 2, this only means that Turkey is deploying its army and the offensive will begin in 4-5 days. Most likely, judging by the fact that they are being driven to the border with Syria, the first will be an artillery strike, they will arrange a little hell on earth, when there will be no one to support us and there will be no reason to climb on the rampage, their aircraft will take control of the sky and the ground operation will begin. IMHO, I think it is unlikely that the Syrians will be enough for more than a couple of weeks, there are not many forces, they are stretched, reserves have been significantly expended on the offensive. As evidenced by the same video of knocking out their tank, the rear is not provided, all who and what is on the front end.

Most likely, the Turks will move forward and far from the demarcation line that was earlier under the pretext of creating a "buffer zone". Perhaps they will go further - we will see.

[unhappy]

To deploy an army is more than 30000 fighters - this is a big war, this is open aggression. Erdogan needs a small victorious war.

[Real Vugluskr]

So I think that the Syriac and their friends have already thought of preparing an anti-tank ambush in case Purdy gets out of his way and trample on Damascus. NATO’s charter will not allow him to fall on Assad with all his might, but it will be interesting if the Shiites with the Alawites inflict unacceptable losses on the Asker. Here, after all, there is a slap on the nose for the alliance.

In general, according to the Lugandian experience, it is high time to start counter-battery combat. Leak out at least a battery of GRADs with a margin for a couple of volleys. A raid directly in the "Turkish" zone, turning the Firtins into. Pictures. And read the vidos. The saboteurs will be quickly covered, but it is more convenient for them, the shahids.

[Fishery]

the tanks of the Turks are certainly tired

[Incvizitor]

Wow, as for their bandits, the Turks harnessed as much "gold reserve" of leopards, well, nothing is spent and it will not help them, they are fighting with the people and the people cannot be won.

[gloomy fox]

stupid could not cover the tank with a tight tent during transportation? negligence is direct, if the Russian Aerospace Forces barmalei would have long been predating.

[Alexander Suvorov]

In modern realities, subject to the use of aviation on the battlefield, the survivability of tanks is minimal

[Real Vugluskr]

Give examples. :)
And the specific conditions of "modern realities". Means of destruction, tactical situation, level of crew training.

[Sardanapalus]

The missile struck just a non-working tank! I thought she would fly into the tractor cab (because there is a pace from the engine). Lucky driver. That there are such "smart" missiles.

[Real Vugluskr]

I wonder what is the plan of the Turks? According to the Cypriot scenario, "protect civilians", de facto turning a part of the neighbor's territory into dominion. Concentrate forces, laying before the Asadites with light green meat? Or will make such Turkiye Great Aegain decide and go on the offensive against Damascus? Interestingly, where is the line beyond which the counter-battery struggle, which has been so well-developed in unfortunate Ukraine, will begin, where anti-tank ambushes of the Hezbalons and saboteurs of the IRGC will begin. By the way, about the Iranians. How will they play their card? Again they will wait until the Turks move forward, and the brave satellite will weaken, and then they are such to Perdogan - rrraz, and a knife in the back, below the belt.

[azkolt]

Every time I read comments under the next article, I think what kind of analytics are sitting here, even though everyone’s right down the aisle .... scumbag, for the presidency, and our country is guaranteed prosperity!

[Victor March 47]

Quote: V.I.P.

Tomatoes and tourists ??? ... Ha. Do not forget about the answer. Turkish stream pipes. Earlier, he could not economically answer. Now there is something to push Gazprom ...

The gas in the Turkish pipe is not at all the same as in the Ukrainian one. In Ukrainian, he is Russian to its western border. And the blockade by ukrozopy will respond to the failure to fulfill the supply contracts by Russia. The gas in the Turkish pipe is already Turkish. And then he drives him like his own. Here we do not lose on fines, although there is a decrease in profits due to a possible stop of gas supplies. If he wants to do something, he will lose much more. than we are. This is the difference in price (is it cheaper with us, is it already more expensive, does it have to have something for transit?), And the same fines that are already paid to him.