Military Reports

Military Reports

UK MoD for November 23, 2016 – November 24, 2016
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Report Date

November 24, 2016

Wednesday 23 November – Typhoons attacked a machine-gun position south-west of Mosul, while to the south-east of the city, a Reaper destroyed two mortars and an anti-tank gun…The following day [Nov 23rd] , a Reaper was again in action south-east of Mosul. Most of its mission was devoted to hunting terrorist heavy weapons teams and conducting very patient surveillance to ensure there were no civilians at risk in the area. The Reaper directly supported one coalition air attack on an armed vehicle, and used three of its own Hellfires to destroy two Daesh mortars and a recoilless anti-tank gun which had all been observed when they attempted to engage the advancing Iraqi units. Meanwhile, south-west of Mosul, a Typhoon flight used a Paveway IV against a terrorist heavy machine-gun position.

Report Date

November 24, 2016

Wednesday 23 November – Typhoons attacked a machine-gun position south-west of Mosul, while to the south-east of the city, a Reaper destroyed two mortars and an anti-tank gun…The following day [Nov 23rd] , a Reaper was again in action south-east of Mosul. Most of its mission was devoted to hunting terrorist heavy weapons teams and conducting very patient surveillance to ensure there were no civilians at risk in the area. The Reaper directly supported one coalition air attack on an armed vehicle, and used three of its own Hellfires to destroy two Daesh mortars and a recoilless anti-tank gun which had all been observed when they attempted to engage the advancing Iraqi units. Meanwhile, south-west of Mosul, a Typhoon flight used a Paveway IV against a terrorist heavy machine-gun position.