Iraqi confiscated “weapons”

I got a really good laugh from these photos. The caption is:

Iraqi soldiers display confiscated weapons and ammunition at a Military base in Baquba, northeast of Baghdad, Iraq, 08 September 2008, following a military operation in the outskirts of the city

Now look at the weapons:

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If I had this kind of junk I would pay them to remove it. The officer pictured above, a Captain, seems impressed enough to take a photo. Maybe they are moonlighting as Garbage removal professionals ;)

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Steve Sep 10th 2008 military Tags: , 6 Comments

6 Responses to “Iraqi confiscated “weapons””

  1. SwissFreekon 11 Sep 2008 at 12:07 am link comment

    Interesting cammo pattern the guys are wearing in the first picture. Haven’t seen that before. It’s like the ABU only truly digicam.

  2. Jennersenon 11 Sep 2008 at 11:31 am link comment

    Looks like they have a stack of CIA Romanian G kits. LOLOL

  3. 22lron 13 Sep 2008 at 2:34 am link comment

    I swear that one is an air rifle, cus i have the same piece of junk gun myself. At least it looks identical to my gun, LOL good find a $20 dollar gun.

  4. Steveon 13 Sep 2008 at 3:53 pm link comment

    22lr, I also thought one looked like an air rifle. Those sneaky terrorists, no one would suspect an air “assault” rifle ;)

  5. Jcameloon 25 Oct 2008 at 5:12 pm link comment

    lol ;) sweet pellet gun jeez i kno cuz i have the same 700 feet per second one at home. lmao.

  6. Crabulaon 24 Apr 2009 at 10:08 am link comment

    Yup! Definately an air rifle stock, but I don’t really see a barrel or any hardware to go with it. If you look closely, you can see the reciever assembly of an RPK, which would explain the magazines. It would seem that there are some abuses that even the great Kalashnikov can not handle. All and all, I don’t think that there are enough parts in that pile to assemble even a single complete firearm.

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