On February 12, a mysterious weapon knocked out a battle tank of the Syrian Arab Army (SAA)<\/strong>\u00a0in the southern Idlib countryside.<\/strong><\/p>\n The battle tank blew up in the early morning hours after being hit with an unknown object. The battle tank was situated south of the government-held town of Ma`arat al-Nu`man, way behind the frontline.<\/p>\n Opposition sources reported the incident, with some claiming that the battle tank was hit with an artillery round fired by Greater Idlib militants.<\/p>\n However, this high-level of accuracy is nearly impossible to achieve with unguided artillery rounds. The battle tank was also situated beyond the militants\u2019 line of sight.<\/p>\n The battle tank may have been targeted by one of the Turkish combat drones which operate over Greater Idlib on a regular basis. Another possibility is that the battle tank was struck with a laser-guided artillery shell or rocket, after being illuminated by a Turkish drone.<\/p>\n Last year, Turkey\u2019s ROKETSA revealed its TRLG-230 laser-guided rocket system. The system was\u00a0successfully deployed<\/a>\u00a0against Armenian forces during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war. The Syrian battle tank may have been struck with the TRLG-230 or a similar system.<\/p>\n![\"Mysterious](\"https:\/\/southfront.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/234.jpg?x55781\" "\\"Mysterious")
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