Most of those captured seem to be houthis/Yemeni, could be Saudi militia instead of proper soldiers.These are soldiers??
Boy they look bad, I think they are not proper Saudi soldiers ,but street boys handed guns being lead by a few actual soldiers.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cs...y-force-to-reckon-with-as-Little-Sparta-risesAs it showcases its hardware and military expertise, Abu Dhabi is putting the world on notice: The tiny Gulf country that former US Defense Secretary James Mattis affectionately refers to as “Little Sparta” is ready to dominate the ring.
A retired US defence official joked that in the past, all the kingdom’s pilots were selected from the king’s immediate family – because “only they could be trusted not to drop a bomb on his palace”.
The Saudis rely on the Brits to arm and train them and the Brits in turn rely on the Saudis for economic survival.The former senior British official told me he was aghast at the recklessness of Saudi targeting. “This is what would happen regularly,” he told me. “We’d be sitting down for lunch and a Yemeni [from the government in exile] would get a WhatsApp message with a pin on Google Maps saying that there will be Houthis here. On that basis, an awful lot of the targeting was conducted without any verification whatsoever.”
“The Saudi bosses absolutely depend on BAE Systems,” John Deverell, a former MoD mandarin and defence attache to Saudi Arabia and Yemen, told me. “They couldn’t do it without us.” A BAE employee recently put it more plainly to Channel 4’s Dispatches: “If we weren’t there, in seven to 14 days there wouldn’t be a jet in the sky.”
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...out-us-the-uks-true-role-in-yemens-deadly-warThe House of Saud uses its oil revenues to buy British stocks, bonds and luxury property; it currently has £93bn invested in the British economy. David Wearing, a specialist on UK-Saudi relations at Royal Holloway University, estimates that a fifth of the UK current account deficit is financed by Saudi cash, which “stabilises an increasingly vulnerable pound”.
''In this part of the world, the military often does things other than defend the external boundaries,'' said the diplomat.
''The Saudi royal family looks at what happened in Egypt, Yemen, Iraq, Libya, Syria-and it`s a disconcerting set of history.''
The 40,000-man army, equipped with the latest U.S. and British weapons systems, is commanded by Prince Sultan, the defense minister and brother of King Fahd. It is counterbalanced by the paramilitary National Guard, with 10,000 active members and some 45,000 reservists, all drawn from tribal levies.
Similarly, the 18,000-man air force is offset by the 4,000-member Royal Air Defense Force, which is under the ruling family`s command and, if necessary, could shoot down the air force.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1990-11-11-9004030420-story,amp.htmlSome experts argue that the acquisition of highly sophisticated weapons systems has actually hindered the development of the Saudi armed forces by overwhelming their capacity to absorb new technologies and forcing the Saudis to rely on a small army of foreign technicians.
lol houthis threw his job application in the garbage.I hereby recommend to Saudi Arabia that it relieve Rahell Sharif and appoint you as the commander of Houthi campaign. It pays good salary. Unless, you are rich and don't need a good paying job.
its also true that saudi doesnt expect their soldiers to fight cuz them dont trust their soldiers...basically its the same in any arab country.Most of those captured seem to be houthis/Yemeni, could be Saudi militia instead of proper soldiers.
If this assumption is true, then Saudis haven’t lost much..
Those shines are for Saudi fauj.Does anyone find it odd that among the weaponry captured by the Houthis, there is barely any American firearm... most of the captured weaponry seem like they were just picked up from the battlefields of Afghanistan when the Soviets invaded???
There were billions upon billions they paid for arms to the US and the UK....
Which would mean, the Houthis have not really tested themselves against any primary invading force of the Saudis... I find it very odd that all these people who were captured seemed like they got hold of anyone who could carry the weight of an AK and lobbed them over the border at the Houthis.Those shines are for Saudi fauj.
I think those who surrendered r militia led by afsars of Saudi fauj. So no shiny ARs but only roughed ones.
Agreed. Even a chum chum Kashmiri newbie jihadi will fire for sometime. But these cucks despite moving in a secured and heavily armed convoy surrendered within moments of panic. No sign of muscle memory.Which would mean, the Houthis have not really tested themselves against any primary invading force of the Saudis... I find it very odd that all these people who were captured seemed like they got hold of anyone who could carry the weight of an AK and lobbed them over the border at the Houthis.
Maybe these incursions are a ruse to study the fighting patterns of the Houthis or wear them down or create a ruse for the main SA army (maybe with a western/ME coalition) to invade Yemen OR All of the above. If they do choose to invade Yemen, it might trigger a conflagration that can lead all the way up to a direct conflict with Iran.
Lets wait and watch to see how this all plays out.
It's a safe bet to say that our regular CRPF battalions would slaughter these guys if not for air support.Saudi Army National Guard, elite praetorian unit display the full extent of their skills with the choicest of FN firearms like FN Five-seven, FN SCAR-L, FN P90. (2017)
This level of retardation is to be seen to be believed!
https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog...ent=2017-02-07&utm_campaign=Weekly+Newsletter
This piece by TWZ describes just how badly trained and motivated the SANG forces are.
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zo...oncerns-over-the-kingdoms-military-competence
First reason is -> "Being a Paki who have SURRENDER in their DNA"- Laziness
- Bad training
- Zero intelligence gathering
- Mix & match of non-motivated soldiers and mercenaries
- Fear for life
- Poor quality officer cadre
Saudi Bluff being called out..after the pak bluff I guessIt's a safe bet to say that our regular CRPF battalions would slaughter these guys if not for air support.
That's an elite unit, ffs.. What's wrong with these guys?
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