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http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg123/adam21avenger/RussianAKMSSilenced.jpg I wonder if it gets dirty enough to actually need cleaning. That's the first suppressed AK I've ever seen. mjohn3006 on here has one IIRC. |
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That's ugly. |
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Field expedient. |
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Quoted: It sure is, but I hope it gets put in a museum: it is still an ugly part of historyThat's ugly. |
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That's rustedace. |
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Back when more contractors were rolling armed I knew one guy that had picked up a rather nice '44 Remington Rand on the local market. Getting .45 ammo, on the other hand, wasn't near as easy. Contractors are allowed to bring back stuff, right? |
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That wouldn't be The Rear Admiral Chuck Kubic Golden AK would it?? I was somewhat involved in that mess. Story time!? Thanks for serving, fellas! |
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That wouldn't be The Rear Admiral Chuck Kubic Golden AK would it?? I was somewhat involved in that mess. Story time!? Let's just say there may or may not have been a shipping container(s) at a certain Seabee Camp in Kuwait that was loaded with items that came out of Iraq. The official story was this stuff was "Supposed" to be donated to the Seabee Museum but some of the stuff "May" have be destined for the Admiral's personal collection. |
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kickass thread
I wish they would allow at the least for C&R items to be brought back, I would grab me an enfield or two out of that big pile |
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Quoted: Quoted: I seen a few pics where troops were holding captured M1 Garands from the iraqi insurgents. In a warehouse in Kabul: http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p296/rlanicek/CFD%2002-13-2008/CFD0213-10.jpg http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p296/rlanicek/CFD%2002-13-2008/CFD0213.jpg That's a picture of a shitty one. I seen a picture of a soldier holding a captured one that was in pretty damn good condition and operable. |
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I seen a few pics where troops were holding captured M1 Garands from the iraqi insurgents. In a warehouse in Kabul: http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p296/rlanicek/CFD%2002-13-2008/CFD0213-10.jpg http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p296/rlanicek/CFD%2002-13-2008/CFD0213.jpg That's a picture of a shitty one. I seen a picture of a soldier holding a captured one that was in pretty damn good condition and operable. Give that a decent cleaning and I would call it operable |
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Very nice assortment. Just out of curiosity has anyone ever seen any AK-74s in use over there?
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Quoted: How the hell do you manage to get rust in a desert?! Sweat will do the trick too. |
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Very nice assortment. Just out of curiosity has anyone ever seen any AK-74s in use over there? Thats a good question, I have never seen any varients in the multitude of pictures posted. |
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Very nice assortment. Just out of curiosity has anyone ever seen any AK-74s in use over there? Thats a good question, I have never seen any varients in the multitude of pictures posted. I have seen some Tantals in IP hands,they might be imports after the invasion. |
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Quoted: Quoted: Back when more contractors were rolling armed I knew one guy that had picked up a rather nice '44 Remington Rand on the local market. Getting .45 ammo, on the other hand, wasn't near as easy. Contractors are allowed to bring back stuff, right? No. |
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That wouldn't be The Rear Admiral Chuck Kubic Golden AK would it?? I was somewhat involved in that mess. Nevermind Neat pics |
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To answer DT120's question:
No. Although rumored to exist, I have never seen an AK-74 or variant thereof in Iraq. However, one Zarqawi video featured an AK-74 variant, with the pathetic grenade launcher attached. So...one existed. Most things found were plain-vanilla communist-bloc AKMs, with a few SVD Dragunovs, more Romanian PSLs than Dragunovs, lots of PKs (Russian and Romanian w/ light and heavy barrels), two Hakims I had, Tokarevs (TT33), SKSs ("Siminovs) "Tariqs" (think single-stack Beretta), and some Star BMs in 9x19 and .380! Also, I've seen two Colt Diamondbacks, a Detective Special, a Browning "Sweet 16", many airguns, and a nickeled US Property .45 with a nickeled Commander slide. ––Oh...and also a 98k Mauser (1944), and many SMLEs. I've only had one Makarov in my hand. ..and a KPV machinegun last year (ZPU-1 when mounted) ..oh..and Iranian G3s.. |
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I'd like to have the recoilless rifles in the second pic and the Webleys, please.
This is the drive-thru, isn't it? |
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http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg123/adam21avenger/P5160103_SKS_pistol.jpg That looks like a cut down Dominican San Christobal Submachine gun or a Hungarian Danuvia 39 !!??? Holy Shit !! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cristobal_(carbine) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danuvia_43M Kind of looks like a SKS BUBBA Pistol job to me... At first I thought it was an SKS too but no extended internal Mag for 7.62 x 39 Huh? That's the standard 10 round mag............. |
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Had a friend in the UD Army that found this in Al Taji 1919A6 http://accuracyspeaks.com/public_html/images/derrickiiraqphoto/1919A6%201.JPG Brand new in the wrapper http://accuracyspeaks.com/public_html/images/derrickiiraqphoto/7.62mm%201919%20%202.JPG http://accuracyspeaks.com/public_html/images/derrickiiraqphoto/1919A6%207.JPG http://accuracyspeaks.com/public_html/images/derrickiiraqphoto/1919A6%206.JPG http://accuracyspeaks.com/public_html/images/derrickiiraqphoto/1919A6%205.JPG I would love to have that gun...my grandfather's issue weapon in WW2. |
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I would love to have that gun...my grandfather's issue weapon in WW2. you can get semiautos for not all that much money. at the very least get someone to let you swing theirs on your shoulder, you'll have a whole new appreciation for your grandfather |
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IMO, our government is destroying troop morale by not allowing soldiers to bring back whatever non-explosive ordnance they want.
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SOME grunt SOME where is sitting at home fondling his gold HK magazine or suppressor cap or a piece of that HK Covert Briefcase that he managed to sneak home. At least I hope. |
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Quoted: SOME grunt SOME where is sitting at home fondling his gold HK magazine or suppressor cap or a piece of that HK Covert Briefcase that he managed to sneak home. At least I hope. Don't bet on it, they go through all your shit in Customs before leaving Kuwait and such to go back home. |
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IMO, our government is destroying troop morale by not allowing soldiers to bring back whatever non-explosive ordnance they want. I am under the impression that a lot of the souvenirs were collected on a unit level during OIF1. For example, the head from the Saddam statue the M1 took out (one of my instructors of Military Science 101 was in that platoon) is sitting at Fort Knox. If there ever were a "good ol' days" for bring backs from Iraq, they're over. |
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Quoted: How well do they inspect the mail that comes in and goes out? Does Iraq have a FedEx hub? Ship it back one piece at a time. If only America was a free country that still let men have souvineers. Hell, I'd go over there just to plunder like the generations before me have. When my family went overseas in war, if it wasn't nailed down, it was taken, and pry bars were taken to what was nailed down. They X-ray the fuck out of it, after hand inspecting.... |
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How well do they inspect the mail that comes in and goes out? Does Iraq have a FedEx hub? Ship it back one piece at a time. If only America was a free country that still let men have souvineers. Hell, I'd go over there just to plunder like the generations before me have. When my family went overseas in war, if it wasn't nailed down, it was taken, and pry bars were taken to what was nailed down. They X-ray the fuck out of it, after hand inspecting.... I'm sure they x-ray it, but I'm here to tell you that when you hand inspect it, they come up with all reasons not to allow you to bring back or ship the stupidest shit. I had dinner at a guy's house back in 2002 and he he was very proud to show me a SVD and Full auto ak. He got them back and I'm also sure he didn't know what he just got himself into. I was in shock that I just meet the guy and he was showing me this shit. I was in awe. |
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How well do they inspect the mail that comes in and goes out? Does Iraq have a FedEx hub? Ship it back one piece at a time. If only America was a free country that still let men have souvineers. Hell, I'd go over there just to plunder like the generations before me have. When my family went overseas in war, if it wasn't nailed down, it was taken, and pry bars were taken to what was nailed down. They X-ray the fuck out of it, after hand inspecting.... I'm sure they x-ray it, but I'm here to tell you that when you hand inspect it, they come up with all reasons not to allow you to bring back or ship the stupidest shit. I had dinner at a guy's house back in 2002 and he he was very proud to show me a SVD and Full auto ak. He got them back and I'm also sure he didn't know what he just got himself into. I was in shock that I just meet the guy and he was showing me this shit. I was in awe. not smart for him.......... |
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Originally Posted By ––bullseye––:
Bandwidth exceeded. Anyone able to rehost the OPs pics? They'll return shortly. Have faith. |
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Quick question before I search CoC. Can we post the picture of the guys that had the weapons?
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Quick question before I search CoC. Can we post the picture of the guys that had the weapons? I tried that once and it didnt work out to well. |
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Quick question before I search CoC. Can we post the picture of the guys that had the weapons? I tried that once and it didnt work out to well. |
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