Captured AK-47s in Iraq are given a guillotine treatment that would surely put a smile on the Committee of Public Safety :
A worker of the Iraqi Mine/Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) Clearance Organization dumps destroyed weapons in Baghdad January 13, 2009. More than 30,000 weapons confiscated by the U.S. and Iraqi military forces during raids and search operations from different parts of Iraq have been destroyed by the Iraqi non-government organization in Baghdad from September 2008.
I would have given them a good home.
Hat Tip: MP.net
Army Reserve Staff Sgt. Jeffrey Duran takes photos with his camera mounted on a rifle stock-like device. Sounds like a recipe for disaster. Gizmodo reports:
Pointing a long lens mounted on a stock is indeed a recipe for getting shot if you’re not careful. In fact in training at Fort McCoy, Wi., I was “shot” by Soldiers on practice missions.
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Ok. It is an extremely stable platform to shoot pictures with (i.e. that’s why rifles are designed that way). It is very natural and comfortable which results in good images. When using long lenses, holding the camera steady is damn important.
Gizmodo has photos of the rifle stocked camera.
UPDATE: Albert in the comments pointed out that it the “stock” is a ” BushHawk:
BushHawk 320D Shoulder Mount with double handle ($145)
