Nagorno-Karabagh: Military Balance Between Armenia & Azerbaijan

[armnuke]

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Azeri mortar battery taking direct hits.

[bayhye]

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I don't know how or why we allowed them to fortify that position. Nevertheless, interesting they need a printed out cheat sheet to figure out what our equipment looks like. Rookies on the front line.

Looks like Azeris have built first rate bunkers on Lele Tepe. They have made it a show piece and trying to make sure it is impenetrable so could not be taken.
But there is nothing that cannot be taken.
If we needed to take it, simply flank it and go around. Azeris are never known to put Donetsk airport type resistance. Az soon as they see the danger of being surrounded, they flee as fast as they can. Commanders first.
But soon or later we have to put and end to clown charade they are performing on Lele Tepe.

[armnuke]

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I don't know how or why we allowed them to fortify that position. Nevertheless, interesting they need a printed out cheat sheet to figure out what our equipment looks like. Rookies on the front line.

Those fortifications are useless when thermobaric weapons are used.

[burjuin]

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Դիմանկարներ Արցախի առաջնագծից

[Ak105]

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http://barevhayer.com/video-news/reportage-reportaj/77909-մարտունու-հատվածում-ընկած-են-մնացել-ադրբեջանական-դիվերսանտների-դիակները

Clear thermal video showing the Azeris getting ready to attack. 2 things get my attention fast, 1 of them is how close they are to our guys. Literally just a few meters away. And 2, almost all of Azeris died, so props to our guys

[armnuke]

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Ադրբեջանի ԶՈւ պաշտոնաթող գնդապետ, ռազմական փորձագետ Խեթայի Բախիշովը (Xətai Baxışov) նշում է, որ փետրվարի 25-ի կեսօրվա դրությամբ մարտերն ընթանում էին Նարգիզթեփե (Nərgiztəpə) ռազմավարական նշանակության տարածքի համար: Ադրբեջանցի գնդապետը նշում է, որ «եթե այդ շրջանը անցնի հայկական կողմի ձեռքը, ապա նրանք վերահսկողություն կհաստատեն Բեյլագանի, Աղդամի, Ղուզանլիի, Աղջաբեդիի, Ֆիզուլիի ճանապարհների վրա, ու կկարողանան վերահսկել տարածքը»:
Քարտեզում ներկայացրել ենք Նարգիզթեփեի հեռավորությունը Արցախի շփման գծից:

[Hakob]

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Ադրբեջանի ԶՈւ պաշտոնաթող գնդապետ, ռազմական փորձագետ Խեթայի Բախիշովը (Xətai Baxışov) նշում է, որ փետրվարի 25-ի կեսօրվա դրությամբ մարտերն ընթանում էին Նարգիզթեփե (Nərgiztəpə) ռազմավարական նշանակության տարածքի համար: Ադրբեջանցի գնդապետը նշում է, որ «եթե այդ շրջանը անցնի հայկական կողմի ձեռքը, ապա նրանք վերահսկողություն կհաստատեն Բեյլագանի, Աղդամի, Ղուզանլիի, Աղջաբեդիի, Ֆիզուլիի ճանապարհների վրա, ու կկարողանան վերահսկել տարածքը»:
Քարտեզում ներկայացրել ենք Նարգիզթեփեի հեռավորությունը Արցախի շփման գծից:

If this news is correct, then this is the way to derail azeri plans because,
a) Their infiltration could have been a coverup and attention diverter from a larger and main plan on another section.
B) As April nears, Azeris will try to create a political/military situation in response to
genocide commemorations. Turk's mentality plays role here.
But as we say, "grandpa does not eat pilaf every day", our army can turn tables around.
Instead of carying their plans, Azeris may end up having to go to damage control and trying to stop Armenian actions.
Our Diplomatic core should go to overdrive and government dig into it's positions and harden them.
Unless Azeris will not abide by Vienna agreements the events may not go to their favor.

[armnuke]

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Richard Giragosian's take:

Escalating Risk of Renewed Hostilities over Nagorno-Karabakh
A recent round of serious fighting broke out on late Friday night into early Saturday morning, 24-25 February, as Azerbaijani military reconnaissance units launched a limited operation targeting the south-eastern and eastern sections of the heavily militarized “line of contact.” The Azerbaijani operation was more than the usual probe defensive positions, but involved a targeted mission to conduct more in-depth reconnaissance after overcoming a small minefield. The operation was fairly quickly discovered, however, and resulted in at least five Azerbaijani casualties before being fully repulsed in a more serious counter-offensive alter on Saturday.
The bodies of the Azerbaijani fatalities, which include two officers, remain unreachable in the “neutral zone” between the two sides. Officials of the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry confirmed the overnight clashes, but insisted that they were started by the Karabakh side. It also admitted casualties, without specifying a number, and said the Karabakh forces had launched an unsuccessful offensive for the purpose of “improving their positions.”
Azerbaijan’s Defense Minister Zakir Hasanov and army chief of staff, General Nejmeddin Sadiqov, visited the demarcation line around Karabakh just two days before the latest escalation. News reports said they instructed Azerbaijani frontline troops to take “tougher and more resolute measures” in response to what they called growing Armenian “provocations.”
Such violations have steadily intensified in recent weeks after several months of relative calm that followed four-day hostilities around Karabakh in April 2016. The two sides have accused each other of using mortars and rocket-propelled grenades on a virtually daily basis.
Analysis & Implications
As the risk of renewed hostilities over Karabakh is clearly escalating, a repeat offensive by Azerbaijani forces within the coming two months is ever more likely. Similar to the April 2016 offensive, the temptation for Azerbaijan to seek a repeat military success, aimed at seizing and securing territory, combined with the effective distraction from Azerbaijan's domestic economic problems, suggest a dangerous and destabilizing fresh round of fighting.
However, there are two distinctly different factors that will limit the potential gains from any renewed offensive by Azerbaijan- the element of surprise is no longer an advantage, and second, the defending Armenian and Karabakh sides are better equipped to repulse any attack.
Therefore, the next round of fighting may be more deadly, as the Azerbaijani offensive will quickly stall, becoming more of a drawn out battle of attrition that may trigger the deployment and use of more deadly offensive weapon systems, including artillery, multiple launch missile launchers and (rotary wing) air power.
Sadly, as diplomacy remains deadlocked, there is no real deterrence to such a scenario.
As an independent think tank based in Yerevan, Armenia, the Regional Studies Center (RSC), regularly monitors the military security situation related to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

[Joseph]

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razinfo site must be under cyber attack just now,
unreacheable.
This means they planned a bigger operation than what did happen yet, their cyber army was ready ..

Their Facebook page is going strong. The Azeris are going nuts over there. Razminfo has translated much into Azeri and Russian- most Azeris still don't believe it happened....sheep.

[Hakob]

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I don't know how or why we allowed them to fortify that position. Nevertheless, interesting they need a printed out cheat sheet to figure out what our equipment looks like. Rookies on the front line.

That cheat sheet they printed out actually shows how they copy something without really knowing why and how they work.
The cheat sheets were used in WWII navies to help gunners identify and differentiate fast moving enemy aircraft from friendly, so they would not shoot their own flying overhead, or think approaching enemy is a friendly and get bombed.
What is even more funny is the fact those tanks, bmp's or helicopters they have on their cheat sheets for Armenian are exactly the same as what they have.
So actually this sheets can make an Azeri (being stupid as they are) think that their own tank on distance is Armenian and shoot.