Thread 63958225

Now that all is said and done, I wanted to see if anyone had pics or info regarding these jabronis.
I don't know much myself other than they were a militia with some sort of association with the Air Force and Intelligence service.
Although Baathists are seemingly guaranteed to always lose, these guys seemed to hold it together for a while.
>Neat images
>Interesting stories
>Hearsay
>Unit history
>Memes
I'm open to it all.

>>63958225 (OP)
Adding some pics to start

>>63958225 (OP)
There is something timeless about woodland camo in the desert.

>>63958225 (OP)
And last for now

>>63958225 (OP)
if I remember right they were a paramilitary organization heavily backed by the Russians. And their leader was a open homosexual and his closest men were his bottoms.

>>63958225 (OP)
They were a competent and loyal faction of the SAA that were better than most other factions within the Syrian armed forces. There were other groups like the Desert Hawks but none compared to the favored and feared Tigers.

Their general, Suhayl al-Hasan, was believed to be a homosexual and there was conspiracy about body doubles or replacements as he seemed to have differing facial features in various photographs throughout the years. Weight change, aging, beard growth, makeup such as beard dye, and possibly even cosmetic surgery are the more realistic factors.

He had a cult following in Assadist Syria, making him a a tool for the regime while also seen as a potential adversary that could rival members of Assad’s family.
He survived multiple attempts on his life before, adding to his mystic and to the theories of the body doubles.

I think he was the regimes most capable and experienced leading general, along with being the most popular with the pro-regime crowd. If he was an homosexual, then that was something that Assad tolerated in exchange for his service and abilities. Assad was fine with his relatives doing naughty things behind closed doors, his talented general had the same favor.

>>63961223
I believe much of his cult of personality/propaganda/PR was from his Russian backing. The Tiger Forces had very strong social media presence and the Russians went heavy on this for their paramilitary efforts in places like the Donbass.

>>63961223
>They were a competent and loyal faction of the SAA that were better than most other factions within the Syrian armed forces.
You know, I actually thought this as well. But I feel like (I don't have a proof, just some comments) Tiger Forces was mainly a propaganda thing. If they were loyal, competent and in enough numbers to have achieved what they achieved previously, we would've seen a lot more of their impact when the Assad government collapsed. Instead, we saw no significant resistance.

Again, I have no proof, but the way Assad government collapsed after Iranian and Russian support ended makes me believe that Assad wasn't really that popular to begin with among Syrians. I don't understand how it could've collapsed as fast as it did otherwise.

>>63962304
That's the fascinating thing. I remember them boasting about how they had things under control and were charging boldly into battle even as the regular army was retreating...like hours before the regime imploded.
I'm curious how much they were just a ghost brigade.

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>>63964129
Doesn't matter how competent, well-equipped, or sizeable a single unit is when quite literally everything around them collapses.

>>63964247
That's also a very fair point.
Especially when the whole fucking house of cards comes cascading down all at once. In classic Baathist tradition when shit hits the fan it hits it hard and fast.
Reminds me of the debate that the Brits had over the Chindits in Burma. Elite units are all well and good but they don't compensate for wider failure and collapse on the theater level.

>>63964247
We didn't see their impact at the beginning of the rebel advance (before the government forces fully collapsed) either. It's more similar to Felix Steiner situation in Battle of Berlin I think.

>>63964129
My guess is that there was probably a small capable unit operating with Iranians/Russians that was successful but their impact was widely exaggerated and used for propaganda.

>>63958225 (OP)
rayped and beheaded by Uzbek Mujahid award

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>>63958233
>this was Assad most loyal and capable force

I can't immagine the state of the rest of the SAA but I can immagine how they folded in a week

>>63962304

I'm gonna guess that the Tigers were actually a decent force at one point, but by late-2024, they had atrophied like the rest of the SAA. The Syrian Civil War went on for nearly 12 years before the regime finally fell, that's a long time. You would have had multiple generations of men serving in the unit. Very few who joined the unit when it was originally formed in 2013 would have still been on active duty by 2024, those who were would likely have since been transferred to other units and/or suffering from "burnout".

Speaking of which, what happened to Suhayl al-Hasan anyway? Wikipedia and the scant news sources I could find just say he's believed to be in hiding.

>>63968307
He's either gone insurgent (less likely) or he fled to (more likely Russia), Either way the guy had intelligence background so I wouldnt expect him to make too many mistakes that give away his status.

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>>63968316

He was probably one of the first to know the collapse was coming and snuck away to Moscow right around the same time as Assad. We won't know anything about his wherabouts until he pops up in the news dead somewhere. Guaranteed some spook agency knows where he is, no point in killing him though, his career and life are basically over