April 16, 2008 by netwire
By cunning
Patriot
The LTTE are terrorists, we are not. They show no mercy, but we must because we are just. If we lose sight of this then we too become terrorists. I fear that is already happening. Although most of you celebrate our bomb strikes, don’t you realize we are bombing our own people. Yes, they live in the Wanni under the Tigers, but many have no choice. The bomb at No Limit in Nugegoda was about 10Kg; we are dropping 250Kg bombs (and the bunker busters are even bigger). Do you really believe that these cause no civilian death and injuries? We must show mercy. Morality demands it. FYI, I am not in a NGO. I live in SL (most of you don’t I think). I have my own business, I employ 80 people, I pay a lot of income tax, so I contribute greatly to the government. I have a right to make demands on how we conduct this war. Now that we have the LTTE on the ropes, this is the best time to talk peace. We can win the hearts and minds of the Tamil population in the Wanni. Even if we take the Wanni (which we will), I fear we will become like Iraq (2 bombs per day somewhere in the country). This would be a disaster to us (‘us’ meaning those who still live in SL–you people who live outside don’t have to worry about this).
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April 16, 2008 by netwire
By cobra
lanka news said…
“Dailymirror says,
Police arrest Dambulla bomb suspect
A 48 year old Sinhala woman a resident of Kilinochchi who had brought the bomb which exploded in a private bus at Dambulla on Saturday was arrested by Dambulla police yesterday while she was undergoing treatment for burn injuries at the Dambulla hospital.
anyone got more news about that?”
It’s a twisted life. This vicious women planned to explode the bomb in Anurdhapura during the ceremony. The premature accidental blast may have saved many more lives. Her mother is now in ICU of Kurunegala GH, seriously injured. Her two sons are LTTE members. She lives 34 years already in Kilinochi with her Tamil husband and two tiger cubs.
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April 16, 2008 by netwire
By defence net
wipeltte,
“Can anybody comment on mortar fire SLA received from Palalli base, Is it from this type of weapons?
How many weapons does tigers have of this type? How difficult to detect this type of weapons?”
Recent artillery barrage that hit Palaly were directed using two 130mm artillery guns, not Pasilan 2k.
These weapons are fairly well concealed. Given that they are easy to conceal and their ability to move quite fast (compared to other artillery), they can be hard to detect and destroy via air strikes.
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April 16, 2008 by netwire
By sri lankan
I looked at the video again..there are signs of gunfire on the bus..and given the distribution of the blood stains..some kids were shots after being lined up against the bus.while the injuries of some of the kids are not shrapnel wounds.this mine has done an extraordinary thing..(it has blackened the areas occupied by kids and left the areas not occupied by kids without ANY BLACK MARKS what so ever..its as if the mine said to itself i will blow up those areas where the kids are sitting only, these criminals who made this think we are all fools.
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April 16, 2008 by netwire
By wipe ltte
Courtesy of www.defencewire.blogspot.com
[Pasilan 2000, shown in the above picture has been known as a mortar or arti-mortar like the 122mm canon, successor to the ‘BABA mortar’ used by the LTTE for ground operations since 1980s. A factory manufacturing Pasilan 2000 and other IEDs was destroyed in an air-raid on 16th January 2008 at Puthukudiirippu.
However, latest ground intelligence indicates that Pasilan 2000 has been developed with characteristics similar to a rocket launcher. The way the tube is installed in the above picture is similar to the positioning of rocket pods. The length and caliber of the barrel indicates Pasilan 2000 system has common features to the Chinese made Type 82 130mm 30-tube MLRS (introduced by the Palestinian Liberation Army (PLA) in the early 1980s) rather than rail-guided Katyusha variants such as the Qassam Rocket. The rocket weight for Type 82 is around 25-30kg, and the Pasilan 2000 warhead has been known to have the same weight. Recent intelligence reports have cautioned that the latest variant of Pasilan 2000 may have a range of upto 25kms.
Our speculation about the LTTE’s production of Pasilan 2000 is that the LTTE imported Type 63 130mm MLRS (early version of 130mm Type 82) which is no longer used by PLA, and installed as single tubes on their tractors allowing for greater camouflage and conceal of the weapon and less chances of damage in a single air strike. The rocket has since then undergone some modifications. Pasilan 2000 is not heavily used for ground attacks currently, but if imported artillery and rockets run out, the weapon could become a significant counterbalance to SLA’s MBRL and a hindrance to troops.
Chinese T-82 130mm MLRS used by PLA
The Type 82 130mm 30-tube multiple launch rocket system was introduced by the PLA in the early 1980s as a successor to the ageing Type 63 130mm artillery rocket system deployed at division artillery level. The system is carried by a 6X6 truck with 30 launch tubes grouped in three rows each with 10 tubes. The rocket system made some modest improvement over the Type 63, but is inferior to the Type 81 122mm artillery rocket system. Only a limited number of examples were built before it was replaced by the Type 81. Some Type 82 rocket systems are still in service with the PLA reserved forces (source).
T-82 130 at www.sinodefence.com
Can anybody comment on mortar fire SLA received from Palalli base, Is it from this type of weapons?
How many weapons does tigers have of this type? How difficult to detect this type of weapons?
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April 16, 2008 by netwire
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April 16, 2008 by netwire
By defence net
kiri,
We may have seen this video. If its the same video, yes it does show footage of children and it does seem authentic. As srilankan said some wounds do not seem to be shrapnel injuries.
We’ve seen pictures of the bus that was allegedly hit by the claymore. But there is something odd about it. Simply put, it doesn’t look like a bus that was hit with a claymore mine.
Anyway what we can confirm is that no LRRP missions were launched that day. Only one special mission was conducted (that too by 1SF) but the timing of the mission and blast do not match even to raise suspicion about them. Its a mystery.
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April 16, 2008 by netwire
By defence net
nemesis,
Some of those bulldozers are still with the army but they are rare. As for the quad barelled mortar, it was never mass produced but maybe the prototype is still with ME (not sure though, its more than a decade ago). Reason for not producing them may be us getting more accurate and better weapons such as the 107mm mbrl back in those days.
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April 16, 2008 by netwire
By shyam
It takes more than 9 months to make brand new DVORA . After they made the DVORA they are sending it to somewhere else ( I don’t know the country, must be Singapore ) to install the weapons and other systems thats why it takes a very long period to finish it. if Sri Lanka can install the weapons by their own then it won’t take that long. Anyway Sri Lanka is using their own DVORAs in the NAVY.
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April 16, 2008 by netwire
By nemesis
DefenceNet, David.. anyone
I’m not sure exactly where but I saw and read some where.. In the mid 90s an officer and some NCOs in the Ord; Corp or SLE and ME had made a quad barreled mortar with a wheeled carriage and around the same time a few armored Bulldozers were improvised. What happened to these prototypes? are they kept in storage some where? Can some one shed some light on that.
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