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Now they trying to scare us showing some BS organisational plan

Defencewire said...
snakevi,
Jeyanthan- Commanded by 'Lt Col' Jeyarthan, the regiment comprises of mostly Eastern Cadres from Trinco, Batti and Ampara. Involved in Oyatha Alaikal and attacking SLA during jayasikurui, the unit used to wear a cama similar to SLA in battle, making it difficult to identify them in the heat of battle. They even copied our arm band which we changed daily with a different colour.

When Karuna defected, majority of Jeyanthan defected. This included fighters like, Mangalam, Vannalan, riya seelan, ineya parathi, reagan, reggie (Karuna's brother), raabert, jimkelly thaththa, wawa, jeyam (not 'Col' Jeyam), pillaian etc. Some died fighting LTTE, others surrendered through intervention of bishop Kingsly Swamipillai and were executed.

About 500 cadres that remained in Jaffna performing various duties were sent to attack Karuna. There was a situation where brother was fighting a brother. The remaining cadres of this regiment were closely followed by Northern Cadres from Charles Anthony because Prabha didn't trust their commander Ramesh. They were and are still misfits after Karuna's defection. Contrary to what people believe, their method was mainly psy-ops than actual fighting.

The regiment was LTTE's best. Charles Anthony is majorly overrated as it was the first structured battalion similar to a regular army. If jeyanthan was in tact, capturing East would have been very difficult. It comprised of tough tamil youth from sea faring villages like Mutur, Kinniya, echchalampattu, and from paduwaankarei, eluwaankarei and also various parts of Ampara. This is the second oldest regiment in LTTE. 'colonel Ram is the so-called 'colonel commandant' of the unit.

Charles Anthony was one of LTTE's first organized regiments (Padai Pirivu. Padai means force) It was under Swarnam, Col Nagulan, lt. col Nakulan etc. Swarnam's presence in Mannar now would also indicate the presence of this regiment. There could be as many as 1000-1500 cadres in this unit. Hardcore cadres could be around 500. They are almost entirely northern Tamils. It was one of Prabha's earliest 'creations'. It is about 15 years old. The unit has also been trained by Balraj.

The Vithusha regiment comprises of Malathi, sothia and kutti sri mortar units of the women's regiment and commanded by Vishu alias vithusha. it is about 12 years old. Earlier, tamil women fighting was a novelty. So women were given mortar gunnery positions. Since then. they have participated in many battles performing supporting roles and even active duty.

LTTE's 'equal opportunity' employment policy came as the cadre decreased in major battles. They were then allowed to start wearing trousers and taking on active duties.

Charles Anthony was one of Prabha's earliest bodyguards. Others included Karuna, swarnam, Thamilselvan etc. Charles anthony is also the lethargic son (known to be a couch potato) of Prabha and head of the IT division.

The leopard commando unit is a specially trained unit capable of some amphibious warfare as demonstrated in their attack inside thenmarachchi box when they captured the navatkuli bridge during the jaffna seige. Its a reserve unit, usually heavily armed and trained, comprising the most battle hardened guerrillas from other units.

The Victor anti-tank regiment, named after a famous Tiger from Mannar, was formed as an RPG unit (initially called RPG Commando) They dig sand pits, trenches, set traps and mines at armoured columns but mostly use anti-tank weapons with high explosive anti-tank (HEAT) warheads on RPG-7 variants. They use large anti-tank mines also. Their leader was Lt. Col Akbar killed in a sla attack. Their most famous victory was very recent in Muhamalai. Until then they were marginalized. The unit is deployed almost entirely in the Muhamalai and Nagarkoil sectors.

The sea tigers and air tigers are a creation of 'Col' Shankar alias vaithialingam sornalingam killed by LRRP while driving a cab in the general area oddusudan using a 15kg claymore. He was a dual diploma-holder in nautical and aeronautical engineering from, Chennai. A poet, engineer and ruthless operator, shankar was right-hand man of Prabha and number two in LTTE.

The sea tigers are top of the rung in LTTE and are rated higher than all land-based regiments. Their higher profile is due to the dangers of operating at sea requiring courage, facing the attacks by Dvoras and the importance of smuggling in weapons and ordnance in floating warehouses from all over the world which all fall on them. There are many 'eelam songs' dedicated to them.

The Black Tigers originally comprised of young tamils affected by 1983 riot (Black July). combined with the martyrdom concept imported from lebanon (Hizbollah) about which prabha was fanatic at the time, the unit first saw action thrugh 'captain' Miller. Majority of blask tiger attacks target political, military leaders, economic targets and military targets. They are usually screened before selection. usually, the more disgruntled you are or sexually abused you are or more fanatic you are, they will turn you in to a black tiger. you will be trained everything from jumping at a target, body posture, concealing suicide jackets, putting it on, assembling and disassembling the jacket,trailing a target, unarmed combat etc. This unit is under Prabha and Poddu. majority of their attacks have come in the sea. They also use cripples for the attacks.

Where is the Toilet Cleaning Brigade?