News Photo: Iraq Ak Rifles (With Pic)
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308sc
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Most are probably Russian made, age I would say 50-70's manufacture
justin 561
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It looks like a lot of those were dug up, most likely been buried for 3 or 4 years.
scrat
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they pretty much look like crap. sad part is someone is going to load one up and start shooting it. Where if it were us. That gun would be totally taken apart cleaned inspected lubed then inspected by someone else even before thinking about putting a round through it.
jakemccoy
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The fact that anybody's talking about loading and firing those guns is a tribute to the AK-47 design because we know many will actually fire.
gtmerkley
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what happens to all these couse the last I herd they ran um over with tanks then bought them brand new ones "Dumb"
"The ak47 if a fine rifle I would be willing to Take one of em off the streets"
"The ak47 if a fine rifle I would be willing to Take one of em off the streets"
DoubleTapDrew
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Those look rough, but I'd gladly take a few arm-fulls off their hands. They'll never be fired in anger again, just fun. Too bad our laws don't allow them to come here. Could pay for a few new bradleys or MRAPs.
ETA: What do Iraqis have against stocks?
ETA: What do Iraqis have against stocks?
camslam
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Excellent point. Don't you love hypocrisy?
Alot of these are "family guns' just like yours and mine, only they get to play with ones with the switch, if you are carrying it for years at a time and only firing at weddings and funerals, then carrying with a folder is a heck of a lot easier.
most are so old that I would bet that they are mostly Russian. Some of the newer ones won't stick out because of how poorly they were maintained. I bet there are a good deal of Yugos and romy's, and maybe some Bulgy's in there, but they won't stick out because the desert pretty much ate them up so bad that they look as old as the Russian ones
GlowinPontiac
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they will probably be crushed and then the scrap metal will be sold to china who will in turn use it to make more weapons.
The family is allowed one firearm for defense and I think one magazine, do not know about ammo allowance. The G.I.'s etch the GPS coordinate onto the stock so know where they are supposed to be. Watch out when the Iraqi's win soccer matches, lead is flying everywhere!! The people turning these cache locations in are tired of the foolishness of certain groups. Lastly, we are arming the Iraqi Army with M16's. It is easier for us to train rifle marksmanship and we control the flow of ammo. Now I am not sure what the incidence of G.I.'s being shot with our own firearms is to date. Wait and see and pray.
I lived in the middle east from 1978 to 1981. Lots of weapons like those shown in the pictures are made by local manufacturers with names you've never heard, like Misr and Insas and Tabuk. Some are made by manufacturers you might have heard, like Maadi. And we saw the occasional Type 56 with no identification whatsoever. Most were already 20 years old in 1980.
The quantity and type you see in those images are quite common throughout Africa and the East. That many AK and AKM clones in one spot are unusual to us, but ubiquitous throughout those lands.
The idea that all families have at least one: Most families can't afford them. Most people in that area of the world are unarmed simply because common folks make about a dollar a day for labor. With government controls on rent and staples, the family can get by from month to month. But buying a gun is way outside the means of common families.
The quantity and type you see in those images are quite common throughout Africa and the East. That many AK and AKM clones in one spot are unusual to us, but ubiquitous throughout those lands.
The idea that all families have at least one: Most families can't afford them. Most people in that area of the world are unarmed simply because common folks make about a dollar a day for labor. With government controls on rent and staples, the family can get by from month to month. But buying a gun is way outside the means of common families.
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The reason "baiting" is wrong, hobo joe iraqi thinks he's going to make a few bucks by picking up an ak he found.. boom...
Geronimo45
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A lot of those are underfolders. Some may have a broken/rotted stock.
CaptMac
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They appear to be AKM's as the AK47 of course had a milled receiver and those that you can see clear enough are stamped.
Imagine if these and others were dumped on the US market and the restrictions currently in place didn't exist - the price would plummet! I'd be more than happy to take one or three no-name select fire models for $100-150 apiece, even in that condition. They'd probably clean up very nicely; sand may be abrasive but it certainly doesn't have the corrosive qualities that water has. 
JColdIron
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A fair amount of them are Romanian. They have the vertical foregrip
There is no reason to scrap them. I wish our govt would get smart and let a contractor demil all of those into parts kits and sell them in the US. Could help balance the war budget!
There is no reason to scrap them. I wish our govt would get smart and let a contractor demil all of those into parts kits and sell them in the US. Could help balance the war budget!
Thin Black Line
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Or cast into cheap toys, dipped in lead paint, and sent to the toy aisles
of big box stores across America...
BTW, interesting that Saddam the tyrant allowed his people to have AK47s, huh?
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