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Texas National Guard training for duty in Iraq
Posted: Sun Jun 28, 2009 1:44 pm
by seamusTX
Article in the Houston Chronicle:
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/6501078.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
What kind of rifles are these, and where do you think they came from?
- Jim
Re: Texas National Guard training for duty in Iraq
Posted: Sun Jun 28, 2009 1:53 pm
by joe817
AK-47 from Egypt?
Re: Texas National Guard training for duty in Iraq
Posted: Sun Jun 28, 2009 5:39 pm
by ELB
They are Kalashnikov type rifles. They could be AKMs of any of about a dozen countries, or AK-74s. Would have to get up close to see. As to where they come from, so many countries manufactured them, who knows. They are certainly available to our military in Iraq and Afghanistan. Heck, you can build one at home with parts kit and an 80% receiver. Doubt the Tex NG did that tho...
Re: Texas National Guard training for duty in Iraq
Posted: Sun Jun 28, 2009 5:50 pm
by joe817
From the picture, it looks like it doesn't have the long muzzle break/flash hider that an AK-74 has. I say it's a 47.
I just said Egypt because it's in the desert too.
Re: Texas National Guard training for duty in Iraq
Posted: Sun Jun 28, 2009 9:30 pm
by ELB
Good eyes on the non-flash-hider...
Another forum I saw this in has a poster saying these are hard rubber simulated AKs --- not real ones at all.
Re: Texas National Guard training for duty in Iraq
Posted: Sun Jun 28, 2009 11:16 pm
by joe817
ELB wrote:Good eyes on the non-flash-hider...
Another forum I saw this in has a poster saying these are hard rubber simulated AKs --- not real ones at all.
Good grief! When they have 30 bazillion surplus AK's available for training they use rubber toy one's?
I don't doubt what you're saying one bit. But it really seems kinda silly.
Re: Texas National Guard training for duty in Iraq
Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2009 4:24 pm
by WarHawk-AVG
They so have "The Charlies Angels - Operation Baghdad" pose down though don't they
Re: Texas National Guard training for duty in Iraq
Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2009 5:06 pm
by bryang
WarHawk-AVG wrote:They so have "The Charlies Angels - Operation Baghdad" pose down though don't they
I thought something about that photo looked familiar...
-geo