A Lebanese Forces militia M325 Cargo "A" and an M325 Ambulance in 1982-83
A Lebanese Forces militia M325 Patrol and a Lebanese Army M813A1 in the same period
Photo Source: ITALCON
The M325 Command car (Part 2)
Monthly Archives: November 2010
Chaimite in the 1980s
A Lebanese Internal Security Forces V-200 Chaimite in 1983, Beirut.
Two V-200 Chaimite of the Lebanese Internal Security Forces in the mid 80s. Note the two different colors used by the ISF back in those days.
Photo Source: ITALCON
Nahr El Bared Battle Helicopters.
The Nahr El Bared Battle in 2007 witnessed a heavy usage of helicopters by the Lebanese Armed Forces. The types used were mainly the ones the Lebanese Air Force had available at that time :
- The Robinson Raven R44 used as fighting assistance helicopters
- The Aerospastiale SA-342 Gazelle used as ground attack helicopters.
- The UH-1H used as Casualty evacuation and Bomber helicopters.
The Idea of using the Huey as a bomber wasn’t a new thing but the Lebanese Army showed some nice skills in converting a transport helicopter into a bomber. A very fine article on the Huey bomber can be found on Vatche Mitilian’s website on http://www.lebaneseairforce.info/combat1.htm.
The Following photos are originally Lebanese Air Force photos now available on the net:
The Raven II:
The Robinson R-44 Raven II used as fighting assistance helicopter during the battle.
The Gazelle:
An ex-UAE SA-342 Gazelle still in it's desert camouflage is being unloaded from an Ant-124 on it's arrival to Beirut in 2007.
A Gazelle charging on Nahr El Bared camp.
The Huey:
A Lebanese Air Force UH-1H during testing phases and experiments.
The Locally made LAF-GS-ER2 250Kg Bomb.
The locally made LAF-GS-ER3 400kg Bomb
French T-200 400 kg bombs waiting to be loaded.
A Lebanese Air Force UH-1H used as Casualty evacuation
A 27 years come back?
Recently announced was the donation by the Italian government of a number of military vehicles to the Lebanese Army. According to local Lebanese medias these vehicle would be Fiat AR76 Campagnola. The vehicle was used by the Italian Army from the mid 1970s till the mid 1990s. The vehicle was already used in Beirut by the Italcon between 1982 and 1984 during the Multinational Forces mission in Lebanon
Here are some Italcon Campagnolas in Beirut in the 1980s:
An Armored version and a standard AR76.
Armored version AR76s and a US Marines M151A2.
By 2008 , a new Fiat Campagnola appeared on the military market under the designation of the Iveco Massif:
The Militarized Iveco Massif shown at Eurosatory 2008.
After Battle Remenants
Back in 1967 for a change with a couple of photos of war remenants on the Egyptian front.
An Egyptian Army T-34/85 in the Sinai, 1967. Note the mounted DShKM machine gun.
A rarely seen Egyptian Army AT-L M Artillery Tractor in Sinai, 1967.
Lebanon still waiting for its Leopard tanks purchased from Belgium
Belga 25.11.10 – 14:58
“Lebanon has taken delivery of a small number of used APCs sold by Belgium to strengthen its army, but still waiting for the 43 Leopard heavy tanks included in this sale, failing to grant permission from Germany, as was reported this thursday by the Belgian Ministry of Defence.
The sale was completed in December 2007, Lebanon finalized then the purchase of 71 used armored vehicles from Belgium for an amount of 4.442 million euros. The deal included 43 Leopard 1A5 for 3.312 million, sixteen armored tracked type AIFV (Armoured Infantry Fighting Vehicle) with 25 mm cannon for 900,150 euros and twelve M-113 armored ambulance version for 240,000 euros, as well as ammunition.
Twelve M-113A1 and sixteen AIFV have been delivered, confirmed a spokesman of the Belgian Department of Defense.
The sale was in fact approved by the United States, which issued a “Third party transfer authorization” since it was American-designed equipment.
However, delivery of the Leopard tanks has not occurred yet in the absence of licensing for export from Germany, the source said, The manufacturer of these tanks being the German company Krauss-Maffei.”
Military Ambulance
Another Lebanese Army vehicle not shown on the Parade is the M106 Ambulance. Here is a vehicle of the 8th Mechanized Brigade.
A Lebanese Army M106 Ambulance of the 9th Mechanized Brigade. The vehicle is transported on a MAN TGA 33.400 tank transporter / Atlas trailer
Cedars Protectors
A notable missing Lebanese Army vehicle not seen usually on the parade is the M35A3.
The Lebanese Army Maghaweer Regiment M35A3 in the cedars forest.
Lebanese Independence Day Parade
Some photos of the Lebanese national day parade.
Another courtesy from Elite Group Lebanon.
Syrian Police Day
A Honda Accord Sedan 2008 model of the Syrian Protection Police
An Opel Omega Stationwagon 1997 model Of the Syrian Police Rescue.
An Opel Omega Stationwagon 1997 model of the Syrian Traffic Police
A Toyota Land Cruiser FJ45 Hard Top of the Syrian Disciplinary Police
