![]() ![]() ![]() In response, pro-regime propagandists began to spread a counter-narrative, that TOW missiles are not always destroying their targets, and that the rebels are actually claiming a large number of failed TOW hits as tank kills. The so-called Hama “tank massacre”, has been widely accepted as fact. Whilst another rebel source claimed that 36 tanks had been destroyed in Hama province between the 6 th and 11 th of October. Among the more extravagant reports were claims that the rebels had destroyed as many as 17 tanks in Hama province on the 7 th of October alone. Social media has been full of claims and counter-claims that the rebels are exaggerating the number of regime tanks that they are destroying with TOW missiles, and manipulating the video evidence.ĭuring the regime offensives in Hama province and south west Aleppo province, in October 2015, propaganda about TOW tank kills was crucially important for establishing a narrative of rebel success against a backdrop of successful regime offensives into rebel-held territory. ![]() One Lebanese commentator has even gone as far as to cite the well-publicized rebel claims that dozens of regime tanks were destroyed during the regime’s offensives in Hama and south western Aleppo during October 2015, as proof that the Free Syrian Army remains an effective fighting force. Multiple cameramen are embedded with TOW crews, all firings of TOW missiles are filmed, successful hits are reported by the pro-rebel media, and videos are published online. The use of TOW missiles by rebel forces in Syria is generally considered to have been a game changer in the Syrian war, and has come to play a central role in rebel propaganda. ![]()
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