6/17/2024–|Last updated: 6/17/202410:34 AM (Mecca time)
On June 15, the Al-Qassam Brigades hit an Israeli armored vehicle with an Al-Yassin 105 shell, burning it including the soldiers inside it, and the occupation army was unable to identify the bodies of its soldiers.
Al-Qassam explained that it targeted a D9 bulldozer with an Al-Yassin 105 shell in the Saudi neighborhood in Rafah, killing and wounding its crew. Immediately upon the arrival of a rescue force, it targeted a Tiger troop carrier with an Al-Yassin 105 shell, which led to its destruction and the killing of all its members. .
The Israeli army acknowledged in a brief statement that soldiers, including a deputy company commander, were killed in the operation. Controversy arose in Israel about the strength of the operation and the occupation’s inability to identify the charred bodies.
What is the Al-Yassin missile that became the password in Al-Qassam specific operations?
The Al-Qassam Brigades – the military wing of the Hamas movement – was able to rely on itself by manufacturing the “Al-Yassin 105” anti-armor shell, which costs $500, and provided large quantities of it, enabling its fighters to train in its use.
The Al-Yassin 105 in its current form is a development of the Russian “Tandum 85” missile, which was used by the resistance for the first time in the “Al-Furqan” battle in January 2009.
The Al-Qassam Brigades announced the use of the “Al-Yassin 105” missile for the first time in the “Al-Aqsa Flood” war, and this was revealed by its spokesman, Abu Ubaida, in a speech on Saturday, October 28, 2023.
This shell was dropped at the beginning of the battle on a tank from the air by a drone, and the resistance fighters also targeted Israeli tanks from close ranges in several areas in the Gaza Strip.
Features and specifications
The Al-Yassin 105 shell consists of a double destructive head, containing two charges that explode in two stages, the first explodes and penetrates the outer armor, and the second penetrates the steel of the tank and explodes inside it.
The range of the “Al-Yassin 105” missile is estimated at between 100 and 500 metres, its effective range is within 150 metres, and its maximum speed is 300 meters per second.
Its most prominent specifications and characteristics are as follows:
- High destructive capacity.
- Used against highly armored vehicles.
- It is fired from a shoulder-mounted RPG launcher.
- It has a dual warhead that shatters the outer armor of the mechanism, penetrating it and destroying it from the inside.
- Shell caliber: 64/105 mm.
- Total weight: 4.5 kilograms.
- Effective range: 100 meters.
- Effective range: 150 metres.
- Penetration ability in steel: 60 cm beyond the outer armor.