March 18, 2025: Philippine Soldiers made “War Sculptures” using Leftovers from their Supplies during the 2017 Battle of Marawi
Also shown during the 5th Marawi Liberation Anniversary at the Philippine Army (PA) Headquarters in Taguig City back in October of 2022 were these “War Sculptures” made by Filipino Soldiers during the 2017 Battle of Marawi using only Leftover Materials from their Supplies.
Not all of the Soldiers were fighting the Islamic State of Iraq (ISIS) Terrorists all the time during the Battle, and during some of these “Downtimes”, some of the more Artistic Soldiers started creating these Sculptures using Leftover Materials from their Supplies.
As we can see from the Pictures, one was a Fighter or Bomber Jet Aircraft made from reshaped Brass Casings and Bullets while another one was a Tank made from Rifle and Machine Gun Brass Casings, Ammunition Links, 40 mm Grenade Casings and some other Material. Pretty creative, and a nice Memento for that particular War.
March 11, 2025: Improvised Grenades w/ Coins or Concrete Nails for Shrapnel used by the Terrorists were shown at the 2022 Marawi Liberation Anniv.
Among the Items shown during the 5th Marawi Liberation Anniversary at the Philippine Army (PA) Headquarters in Taguig City back in October of 2022 were these Improvised Grenades that were used by the Islamic State of Iraq (ISIS) Terrorists against our Soldiers during the 2017 Battle of Marawi.
As can be seen from the Pictures, these were basically just small Cylindrical Containers with Explosives and a Delayed Detonating Mechanism on the Inside, and improvised Shrapnel on the outside. One used large Philippine Coins while the other used Concrete Nails as Shrapnel Lining.
They used either clear Cellophane Tape or Electrical Tape to attach the Coins or Nails to the outside of the Container. Despite being just improvised, these definitely does and did a lot of Damage and Casualties against our Troops during the Battle of Marawi.
These Examples were recovered by our Forces during or after the War and of course has now been deactivated.