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# The Syrian rebel tank that uses a PlayStation controller
- URL: https://www.killscreen.com/syrian-rebel-tank-uses-playstation-controller/
- Published: 2012-12-10T19:20:17.000Z
- Updated: 2015-11-17T14:44:40.000Z
- Description: Photo: Agence France-Presse The Syrian rebels, deep into the second year of their struggle against the repressive Assad regime, don’t have the resources of a national armed forces; they have to improvise. This AFP piece gives the layout of the homemmade Shams II armored vehicle, which is a: fully-en
- Author: Joseph Bernstein
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![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/25/84/2584b75d-4bd6-4cce-8259-f1d1c65abbb5/content/images/previously/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/afp.jpg)

*Photo: Agence France-Presse*

The Syrian rebels, deep into the second year of their struggle against the repressive Assad regime, don’t have the resources of a national armed forces; they have to improvise. This [AFP piece](http://www.france24.com/en/20121209-sham-ii-new-fighting-machine-syria-rebels?ref=killscreen.com) gives the layout of the homemmade Shams II armored vehicle, which is a:

> fully-enclosed vehicle made from light steel…about four metres (yards) in length and two metres across, mounted with a 7.62 mm machinegun controlled from inside the cabin.  
>  
> The vehicle has five cameras: three at the front, one in the back and another attached to the gun.  
>  
> The crew inside the cabin are fully protected, with the driver manoeuvring the vehicle by watching a screen which displays video from the cameras.  
>  
> The gunner, seated next to the driver, can activate the machinegun by watching another screen and using a control stick equipped with push buttons.

That stick? A PlayStation controller.