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31 July, 2006
Hizbullah Uses Top ATGMs Against Israel
TEL AVIV [MENL] -- Israel has determined that Hizbullah deployed
advanced anti-tank weapons in the war in Lebanon.
Israeli military sources said many of the Hizbullah weapons were
Russian-origin anti-tank guided missiles believed to have been supplied
to Syria. They said the weapons were transferred to Hizbullah over the
last year.
The sources said Hizbullah used the advanced systems during the battle
of Bint Jbail, regarded as the movement's capital in southern Lebanon.
Israeli troops recovered shells or launchers of the Milan and Kornet
anti-tank systems.
The Hizbullah acquisition of the AT-14 Kornet was said to have alarmed
commanders in the Armored Corps. The Kornet, guided by a laser tracker,
has a range of five kilometers, greater than that of Israel's anti-tank
weapons.
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