French missiles abandoned in clashes with Taliban

[Darsh]

Two anti-tank Milan missiles were abandoned by French troops on Saturday, during clashes with Taliban insurgents, the General Staff of France's armed forces said in Paris. The announcement confirmed reports by French news networks TF1 and LCI.

Clashes broke out in Kapisa, east of Kabul , during an operation led by 300 French soldiers of the 8th Regiment of the marine paras (RPIMa), according to TF1’s special correspondent in the region. According to the journalist, no French soldier was hurt, but all 14 Taliban insurgents were killed. Kapisa is the same province where ten French soldiers had been killed in an ambush on Aug. 18.

A French unit was “surrounded by insurgents and we had to pull this group out” said Captain Christophe Prazuck, spokesman of the General Staff of the Armed Forces in Paris. “We weren’t able to recover two missiles and a missile laucher” during the withdrawal from the scene, he added.

http://www.france24.com/en/20081024-...an&navi=FRANCE

[Rapax]

Oh Darsh, why must you paint a bigger target on France in this Forum?

Oh well, maybe the missile is too sophisticated for them anyway.

[Gelgoog]

Oh well, maybe the missile is too sophisticated for them anyway.

I wouldnt count on it. Since they used these same missles with great affect on soviet armor during the soviet-afghan war

[Luxchamp]

[Norge]

Canadians.

[Luxchamp]

Canadians.

with a french missile

[Panzerbear]

hahaha I almost began bricks....

this one is even better.



or this Chechen dumbass

[Gelgoog]

omfg I think I peed myself.

[Hunter Makoy]

i think the more pressing question is y anyone would think a french abandonment to fighting is news.

[Thanatos]

Oh doggone it, not more French bashing.

[Mithie]

Well... considering the US sold them more than 20,000 such missiles during the Afghan war, the only thing you can fault the French for is not asking for a receipt.

[fieldmarshal]

Well... considering the US sold them more than 20,000 such missiles during the Afghan war, the only thing you can fault the French for is not asking for a receipt.

Sold to our Allies then. The US never left such Missiles in Enemy Territory, It would have been destroyed by some controlled explosive.

[PointOfViewGun]

Well... considering the US sold them more than 20,000 such missiles during the Afghan war, the only thing you can fault the French for is not asking for a receipt.

Or a Users Manuel.

[André Masséna]

Why not drop a bomb on the location from the air and turn the missles into crispy blackness?

[Mithie]

Why not drop a bomb on the location from the air and turn the missles into crispy blackness?

Because some insurgent will see a plane coming, see the missiles on the ground, put two and two together, and shoot the plane.

Sold to our Allies then. The US never left such Missiles in Enemy Territory, It would have been destroyed by some controlled explosive.

That would indeed be the proper thing to do. Just be glad the French didn't leave the explosives there next to the missiles.

[Gelgoog]

Because some insurgent will see a plane coming, see the missiles on the ground, put two and two together, and shoot the plane.

they are anti-tank missles not anti-aircraft missles.

[Mithie]

they are anti-tank missles not anti-aircraft missles.

... party pooper.

[Norge]

Because some insurgent will see a plane coming, see the missiles on the ground, put two and two together, and shoot the plane.

A wire-guided anti-tank missile against a plane? You might as well throw a rock into the air and hope for the best.

[Mithie]

A wire-guided anti-tank missile against a plane? You might as well throw a rock into the air and hope for the best.

Why not? Everybody knows French missiles seek out friendly targets like lodestone to Elton John's earring, no matter how fast they are.

[Farnan]

Because some insurgent will see a plane coming, see the missiles on the ground, put two and two together, and shoot the plane.
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Yep and then the missile will totally miss and be worthless as its an anti-tank missile, and even if it was a Stinger wouldn't have the range to hit a plane...

Anyways I doubt the Taliban have the know how to use these weapons.