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Advanced Infantry Mortar System (AIMS), posted previously mounted on a hilux... This time Aura Maxxing with the absolutely gorgeous 70 series...

This is one of the earliest small Fast Inshore Attack Boats indigenously designed by the Sea Tigers. They were first deployed in the early 1990s to fight against the Sri Lankan navy in Jaffna Lagoon.

A total of 4 were produced in this shape.

Later, a new variant (only one) was produced, but soon it was converted into a bomb-laden craft and used in an attack against SLN (image provided in the comment section).

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Sri Lankan Navy’s Cedric-class boats (formerly known as Arrow boats) were copied and manufactured based on this class’s design.

>In 2006 when a Sri Lankan Navy SBS operation, led by LCDR Mudiyanselage Bandula Dissanayake (who was injured during a LTTE attack in 2009 and retired from the Navy in 2012), discovered where the LTTE was manufacturing the 16-foot boats its forces used for their wolf-pack attacks. SBS personnel found a boat buried in the ground at the site, which was later recovered and brought to the Navy dockyard at Trincomalee. Navy engineers reverse-engineered a version of this boat, which became the SLN’s first 16-foot Arrow Boat. The small, highly maneuverable boat was fitted with a 12.7 mm main gun and an automatic grenade launcher on the stern. Two 115-horsepower outboard engines propelled it to speeds in excess of 25 knots.

(source: https://nps.edu/documents/110773463/120130624/CTX+Vol+2+No+2.pdf/7e23b091-6c64-0081-b3b9-45e1a0f25072?t=1589935699254 )

Arappetti supply vehicles were improvised Mahindra tractors employed by the Tigers to transport essential provisions - primarily food - to the Forward Defence Lines (FDL).

They were called "Arappetti" in Tamil because they were only half the size of a standard tractor trailer (where "arai/அரை" means half, which shortens to "ara", and "petti/பெட்டி" means box/compartment in Tamil).

They were classified as part of the battlefield's “Rear Area Vehicles” (களநிலை ஊர்திகள் / Kaḷanilai Ūrtikaḷ).

More than ten of these vehicles were in operation, each typically manned by a driver and, on occasion, accompanied by an armed guard. They were operated by the Border Force of the Tamil Tigers' People Force.

Three distinct versions of the Arappetti were developed.

1) Arappetti MK-1

These were the most produced ones. There was no armour plate to this version.

2) Arappetti MK-2

These vehicles were introduced in the later stages of the conflict. They were fitted with armour plating around the driver’s seat for added protection. However, this version lacked a driver-side door, requiring drivers to enter and exit through the rear of the vehicle (see Image 3).

3) Arappetti MK-3

These had better upgraded armour when compared to the MK-2. Also, these had driver seat doors too.

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The following info was taken from the documentary named "Armoured Vehicles used by Tigers in the Final War- Documentary" (medium: Tamil), written by Nane Chozhan (A Tamil archiver documenting the Eelam Wars)

Viking Longship of the Royal Norwegian Expeditionary Corps preparing for movement at Al Asad Air Base, Iraq during Operation Inherent Resolve 2024

via Bill Miller

(Created for the Norwegian Vikings Challenge teambuilding and morale even for coalition troops at AAAB)

This aircraft's construction was almost complete, but as the Sri Lankan Army advanced towards the construction yard, the Tigers were forced to destroy the indigenous aircraft. However, a few parts of the aircraft and the blueprint were recoverable by the SLA.

The Sky Tigers were also known as the Tamileelam Air Force (TAF).

Date: 2002/11/27

• Left: Veengkai (Vengkai-subclass fighter craft)
  • Propulsion: 5x 200 HP/ 4x 250HP outboard motors (OBM)
  • Bow Armament: 14.7 mm heavy machine gun
• Right: Uthayachchelvi (Maathavi-subclass fighter craft)
  • Propulsion: 5x 200 HP/ 4x 250HP outboard motors (OBM)
  • Bow Armament: 25 mm cannon

The red-coloured Tiger flag was adopted by the organization as the national flag of Tamil Eelam (the claimed Tamil homeland), while the blue-coloured Tiger flag served as the naval flag of the Sea Tigers.

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To read more about Sea Tigers' boats:

https://yarl.com/forum3/topic/304730-naval-vessels-of-the-sea-tigers-of-liberation-tigers-of-tamil-eelam-ltte-text-documentary/

The Sea Tigers were the navy of the Tamil Tigers. In the above image, you can see the white uniform of the Sea Tigers' sailors with a square rig.

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Winner class boats were designed during the 4th Eelam War to reduce the vulnerability of the enemy's (Sri Lankan Navy) fire during naval battles. The total number of boats produced in the Winner class is unknown. One of the boats was named Parani (image above).

They are armed with either a 12.7 mm or a 14.5mm gun on the bow and a 7.62mm GPMG or a 12.7mm gun on the stern.

OBM: 2x250 hp

• Note: I don't have a high-quality image, and I was able to find only Parani's image online.