Dispatches from the streets JAN.28.2014

| Alta, Los Santos | A volley of small arms fire fells a combatant on Power Street. photo by jackson_smart

| Downtown Los Santos | A tank takes aim at a helicopter on Las Lagunas Blvd. photo by LeathxInsanity

| Burton, Los Santos | A sniper lines up a shot while perched on a billboard. photo by Foodmonger52

| Rockford Hills, Los Santos | High powered weapons, high powered cars. photo by Sparx73

| Morningwood, Los Santos | A masked assailant holds up Rob's Liquor on Prosperity Street. photo by Locke2030

| Grand Senora Desert | A fighter jet destroys a helicopter over the Ron Alternates Wind Farm. photo by Phoenix8994

| La Mesa, Los Santos | An unidentified combatant sums up the situation on the ground in Los Santos. photo by victorbrd

Weekly Shooting Challenge - Women in Combat

photo by SOM1aPERSON

The violence that has erupted across the state has brought with it a vast array of combatants. This is not a war between street gangs, or organized crime families. This conflict rages between all manners of faction, militias, gangs, and lone wolf warriors. One fairly common sight in the streets is that of female combatants. While some might look twice at the sight of woman in a business suit firing automatic weapons at passing cars, they are just as dangerous and unpredictable as their male counterparts. The warfare in Los Santos and the surrounding communities has proven a few old adages to be true, time and time again. "Looks can be deceiving" and "trust no one."

photo by gamefish

photo by gamefish

photo by gamefish

photo by wheelfoot

photo by killerdead77

photo by Xynthantion

photo by Glacroix

photo by sterdecan

photo by sterdecan

photo by cy_sperling

photo by mervschmaed

As our photographers have shown, the women fighting throughout the state, regardless of faction, are heavily armed and merciless. As the fighting continues, we will continue to bring you first hand, close up accounts of life and death in San Andreas.

photo by Xynthantion