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Footage from a failed coup attempt in Venezuela in 1992 shows an F-16 shooting down an OV-10 Bronco with a burst from the fighter jet's six-barrel 20mm Vulcan gatling cannon. Turncoat pilots were using the OV-10 to supply rebel forces at various remote outposts. The loyalist pilot made predictably short work of the utility aircraft and sent it burning to the ground. The coup was one of two failed attempts led by Hugo Chavez, who would later become the communist dictator of Venezuela after winning the presidential election in 1998. The F-16s were sold to Venezuela by the US prior to the socialist takeover.

Rosgvardiya (Russian National Guard) helicopter (Mi-8MTV2) over Ukraine.

The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) separatist group released a video showing an improvised explosive device (IED) attack against Pakistan Frontier Corps troops that took place on Oct. 22, 2021. Based on the footage, the insurgents appear to have buried the command detonated device at an unguarded water or supply point at the base of a hilltop outpost. The blast looks impressive, but even the insurgents' own figures claim a single soldier was killed. The device may have been buried too deep or not enough fragmentation was used in its creation. The various Baluchistan insurgent groups are fighting for independence from Pakistan as they claim the Pakistan government offers their ethnic group no representation within the government, while extracting resources from their mineral rich province and selling out their ancestral lands to Chinese investors.

Russian Orlan-10 UAV footage reportedly of a strike on a Ukrainian vehicle or equipment.

Footage released by the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA), a separatist group operating in the Pakistan Baluchistan region, shows an improvised explosive device (IED) attack on a train they claimed was carrying Pakistani troops on Jan. 18, 2022. The BLA stated the attack killed multiple and wounded multiple, however local reports suggest that five people were injured and taken to the hospital. While the train may have been carrying Pakistani troops, the Balochistan Chief Minister Mir Abdul Qaddos Bizenjo condemned the attack, claiming it was a passenger train also carrying civilians. The various Baluchistan insurgent groups are fighting for independence from Pakistan as they claim the Pakistan government offers their ethnic group no representation within the government, while extracting resources from their mineral rich province and selling out their ancestral lands to Chinese investors.

A Russian BMP-2 was hit by Ukrainian fire, filmed by a DJI drone.

A Ukrainian BTR-4 took out a Russian tank with 30mm autocannon fire in #Donetsk Oblast recently.

Video from March 2022 showing Ukrainian farmers recovering a Russian BRM-1K.

A drone operated by the 92nd Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Army dropping munitions onto a T-72B3 tank of the Russian Army, leading to it being destroyed. Note that it does move after the first strike, but is hit a second time.

Video shows Ukrainian artillerymen using a drone to adjust indirect fires on Russian positions, and they reportedly destroy a BTR-82 with a direct hit. The use of drones in combat has significantly increased the effectiveness and lethality of artillery operations. Adjustments can be made in realtime with better accuracy than traditional forward observer procedures without the risk of putting soldiers within close proximity to the enemy.

Destroyed Russian soldier with a chainsaw

Rare combat footage of FGM-148 Javelin in action in Ukraine - a Russian BM-21 Grad multiple rocket launcher being destroyed by the US-supplied anti-tank guided missile.

A projectile launched by the Ukrainian troops hitting the side of what appears to be Russian BTR-80 armored personnel carrier in Mariupol. It is likely to be damaged.

A Russian vehicle struck and destroyed by Ukrainian indirect fire, somewhere in the South. It appears to be a BM-21 Grad MRL or similar.

Indirect fire from the 14th Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Army striking Russian targets, observed from both TB-2 and commercial drones. Although what is hit is very unclear, it appears that 3+ vehicles are damaged or destroyed.

The exact circumstances are still not clear. Analysis suggested the Ukrainian troops complacently mistook approaching Russian tanks for friendlies, resulting in the deadly incident. Other online discussions have considered the incident as an instance of fratricide or "friendly fire." Other online sources have identified the targeted unit as members of a volunteer battalion that regularly uploaded videos to social media. Moments before the shot, they can be heard making jokes that the tank might shoot them, according to translations. An additional translation suggested they may have been searching the downed Russian BMP for war trophies so they can claim they killed a DPR separatist, which further suggests this happened in far eastern Ukraine, possibly the Donetsk region of Donbass.

KwaZulu-Natal torrential rains and flooding has caused at least 20 deaths while scores of people are believed to be missing. Residents have laid the blame of flooded roads and overflowing stormwater drains squarely at the feet of government.

Video from Ukraine's 81st Airmobile Brigade showing strikes on Russian armored vehicles. The first looks like an ATGM strike.

These two strike reportedly occurred by the Illich Iron & Steel Works plant in Mariupol.

CCTV security footage reportedly recorded on April 8, 2022 shows Russian rockets pounding the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv. The munitions were likely Tornado-S MLRS rockets with a parachutes.

Video from Ukraine's 59th Motorized Brigade reportedly showing Russian troops running away from Ukrainian artillery strikes.

Russian T-72 tank targeted by Ukrainian forces inside a forest. UAV drone footage.

Video reportedly from April 9 showing Russian air defense systems launching missiles at aerial targets from Shakhtarsk, Donetsk Oblast.

#Ukraine: An Azov fighter hitting a Russian BMP-2 infantry fighting vehicle with a RPO-A Shmel rocket-assisted flamethrower at close range in #Mariupol. The BMP appears to be damaged and crew, as claimed, were killed.

Russian combat air controllers use a laser designator to paint a Ukrainian position for a precision munition strike in Mariupol.