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Soviet Influenced Heavy Machine Guns in Afghan Service

Posted May 4, 2018 in Daily News, Defense, Machine Guns by Miles with No Comments

Similar to many small arms in use by Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF), the diversity of Soviet patterned Heavy Machine Guns is quite high among the ANSF forces of today. Almost to a point where every derivative and variant produced in other countries is [Read More…]

The Kunduz MK 17 SCAR, or a Chronology of SCAR rifles Among the Taliban

Posted March 5, 2018 in Defense, Flashlights, News, Optics, Other Gear & Gadgets, Reflex/Red Dot, Rifles, Scopes, Semi-Auto by Miles with 32 Comments

In a recent propaganda video released by the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (Report Number 190 to be precise), a 7.62x51mm NATO MK 17 SCAR was spotted over the course of the propaganda video. Of course, there is nothing new about this development, we’ve covered [Read More…]

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Soviet Influenced Heavy Machine Guns in Afghan Service

The Kunduz MK 17 SCAR, or a Chronology of SCAR rifles Among the Taliban