This video, provided by the predominantly Chechen "Sheikh Mansur Battalion", shows a truck-mounted rocket system being used to attack a Russian position. In military parlance, civilian vehicles retrofitted with arms and armor are known as "technicals."

The weapon system appears to be activated by a Big Green Button (TM) and the soldier at the switch clearly seems to get a kick out of doing it. Interestingly, while one of the operators is apparently happy to be interviewed and recorded, another is censored. He may have more to do with how the system is aimed. The video ends with a drone's-eye-view of the area which the crew was shelling.

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