Large Weapons Cache Uncovered In AR Ramadi, 23 Detained

CJTF7 ^ | Jan. 18, 2004

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Large Weapons Cache Uncovered In AR Ramadi, 23 Detained


RAMADI, Iraq – Members of Task Force “All-American” conducted cordon and search missions in western Ramadi last night to capture anti-Coalition forces identified in previous interrogations. In addition to the 23 personnel detained in the operations, two weapons caches, which were the largest found to date in Al Anbar province, were also captured.

At the first site, Coalition Forces found: three SA-7 missiles, 105 rocket-propelled grenades, 125 RPG boosters, 16 RPG launchers, two RPG sights, two 14.5 mm anti-aircraft machine guns with 3,000 rounds, one Belgian 7.62 mm machine gun, one MG-42 World War II German crew-served weapon, ten 7.62 mm machine guns with 18,800 rounds, two 7.62 mm sniper rifles, three spare 7.62 mm barrels, three 7.62 mm bipods, one .50 caliber machine gun with 700 rounds, three Russian RPK machine guns, 20,000 .22 caliber rounds, 500 .30 caliber rounds, 200 9 mm rounds, 2,300 5.56 mm rounds, 40 60 mm mortar rounds with two mortar tubes and four tripods, 15 82 mm mortar rounds with four mortar tubes, six fuses and three tripods, one mortar baseplate and two fragmentation grenades.

After searching the second site, Task Force “All-American” soldiers found: one SA-7 missile, 95 RPG’s with 24 RPG launchers, 43 RPG motors and 7 RPG sites, 19 82 mm RPG adapters, one rifle-launched grenade, 152 60 mm mortar rounds with 16 tubes, two baseplates and two tripods, 145 82 mm mortar rounds with 149 fuses, 52 120 mm mortar rounds, 30 pounds of mortar zone charges, 46 37 mm projectiles, 29 57 mm rockets, 23 90 mm projectiles, three 107 mm Chinese rockets, two 100 mm artillery rounds, 17 155 mm artillery rounds, 12 anti-tank mines, 104 hand grenades, 24 hand grenade fuses, one flash grenade cartridge, one sniper rifle, four 7.62 mm machine guns, three AK-47’s, 1,400 loose and 500 linked 7.62 mm rounds, 200 14.5 mm rounds, three smoke generators, 125 pounds of TNT, 100 pounds of plastic explosives, 500 meters of detonation cord, 20 pounds of black powder, 71 blasting caps, 16 fuse igniters, six wick fuses, 25 pounds of propellant, five tank propellant charges, one flare gun with 20 flares, 20 white-star cluster flares, two pairs of binoculars, 10 radio-controlled transmitters and seven receivers.

The large caches were used by anti-Coalition forces to attack friendly soldiers and Iraqi people supporting the democratic changes. Since the capture of Saddam Hussein and Kahmis Sirhan the cooperation of those who feared the return of the old regime are now free to assist Coalition Forces by providing information on the location of cache sites and anti-Coalition forces. This increased cooperation has led to the successful capture of key anti-Coalition personnel and more caches.

The recent capture of these personnel and the confiscation of these weapons will aide the soldiers of Task Force “All-American” in their pursuit of peace in the Al Anbar province. Task Force “All-American” will continue its operations in the Al Anbar province to help increase the safety and security for the people of Iraq.

Release #040118a

[Bringbackthedraft]

Good stuff! How can we get it to the Iranian opposition?

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

At the first site, Coalition Forces found: three SA-7 missiles, 105 rocket-propelled grenades, 125 RPG boosters, 16 RPG launchers, two RPG sights, two 14.5 mm anti-aircraft machine guns with 3,000 rounds, one Belgian 7.62 mm machine gun, one MG-42 World War II German crew-served weapon, ten 7.62 mm machine guns with 18,800 rounds, two 7.62 mm sniper rifles, three spare 7.62 mm barrels, three 7.62 mm bipods, one .50 caliber machine gun with 700 rounds, three Russian RPK machine guns, 20,000 .22 caliber rounds, 500 .30 caliber rounds, 200 9 mm rounds, 2,300 5.56 mm rounds, 40 60 mm mortar rounds with two mortar tubes and four tripods, 15 82 mm mortar rounds with four mortar tubes, six fuses and three tripods, one mortar baseplate and two fragmentation grenades.

After searching the second site, Task Force “All-American” soldiers found: one SA-7 missile, 95 RPG’s with 24 RPG launchers, 43 RPG motors and 7 RPG sites, 19 82 mm RPG adapters, one rifle-launched grenade, 152 60 mm mortar rounds with 16 tubes, two baseplates and two tripods, 145 82 mm mortar rounds with 149 fuses, 52 120 mm mortar rounds, 30 pounds of mortar zone charges, 46 37 mm projectiles, 29 57 mm rockets, 23 90 mm projectiles, three 107 mm Chinese rockets, two 100 mm artillery rounds, 17 155 mm artillery rounds, 12 anti-tank mines, 104 hand grenades, 24 hand grenade fuses, one flash grenade cartridge, one sniper rifle, four 7.62 mm machine guns, three AK-47’s, 1,400 loose and 500 linked 7.62 mm rounds, 200 14.5 mm rounds, three smoke generators, 125 pounds of TNT, 100 pounds of plastic explosives, 500 meters of detonation cord, 20 pounds of black powder, 71 blasting caps, 16 fuse igniters, six wick fuses, 25 pounds of propellant, five tank propellant charges, one flare gun with 20 flares, 20 white-star cluster flares, two pairs of binoculars, 10 radio-controlled transmitters and seven receivers.

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Iraqi bad guy captives, and grateful Iraqis are talking.

                     Ping!

[Tunehead54]

Good news bump! Amazing how much weaponry litters that country.

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Keep up your good work! ;-)

[AngrySpud]

Enough arms and munitions to outfit the entire French Army!

[Rebelbase]

I had to look up the MG-42

[Happy2BMe]

"one MG-42 World War II German crew-served weapon"

What a collector's item! And the ragheads are still able to find these.

[Happy2BMe]

MG-42, rear-left view, with loose belt inserted

[barker]

The UK papers will report this as finding a few rifles and shells. They did in a large weapons cache we found a couple of weeks ago.

[Happy2BMe]

Hitlers' Germany entered the World War 2 with the MG-34 as a major multipurpose machine gun, but it soon was discovered that MG-34 was less than suitable for high volume wartime production, being too time- and resource-consuming in manufacture and also somewhat sensitive to fouling and mud. The search for newer, better universal machine gun begain circa 1939, and in 1942 the final design, developed by the German company Metall und Lackierwarenfabrik Johannes Grossfuss AG, was adopted as a MG-42. It was manufactured in large numbers by companies like the Grossfuss itself, Mauser-Werke, Gustloff-Werke, Steyr-Daimler-Puch and some others. Being undoubtfully one of the best machine guns of the World War 2, MG-42 still shines and is still in production in more or less modified forms in many countries. In most countries, like the Germany ,Italy and Pakistan, it is used rechambered for 7.62x51mm NATO ammunition, under the names of MG-42/59 and MG-3. In some countries, like Yugoslavia, it is used in its original chambering, 7.92mm Mauser. In any case, some 60 years since its first adoption, MG-42 and its direct descendants are among the best in the world in its class. Total numbers of the MG-42s built during WW2 are estimated as not less than 400 000, and keeping in mind that it is still manufactured in some countries, total numbers of the MG-42 and ist direct descendants produced in the world up to date, can be near the million.

[XHogPilot]

Enough arms and munitions to outfit the entire French Army!

But no white flags...

[Condor51]

Notice The Similarity
M-60

I'm surprised the ref you posted didn't mention that our M-60 is based on many of the design characteristics of the MG-42. (if it did I missed it and I humbly apologize)

[SamKeck]

..20,000 .22 caliber rounds, 500 .30 caliber rounds, 200 9 mm rounds...

Hells bells, I keep that much in my ammo locker at home.

[Renfield]

The M-60 shares only the feed mechanism of the MG-42. The method of operation is different: gas (M-60) vs. delayed roller-lock (MG-42).

[hershey]

Foxnews early this A.M. in a piece about the truck or car bomb at the assassin's gate in Baghdad, mentioned that a line of Iraqui's usually formed about that time at the gate -- either going in to work, or in some cases to talk to American/coalition forces. Last night on Fox the alligator crawl onscreen said that Iraqui's who'd recently come forward to cooperate with our forces had been systematically murdered. It read as if the Iraqui's were knocked off the minute they went back home, so this entire process is being watched by terrorists. (I don't like the word, insurgents -- another feel good liberal euphamism.) We have to figure out a better way to get info or nobody's going to talk.

[McGavin999]

Good job! Just think of the billions of dollars wasted on that stuff.

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Major captives are talking. Our Iraqi allies are coming forward more as we arrest major organizers of attacks against them.

Between the downing of the Blackhawk on Jan. 8 (our troops caught THAT evildoer last week, too), and the Bradley hitting the roadside bomb yesterday, we lost one Soldier to a hostile act in Iraq....with over 120,000 US troops in Iraq, 23 million newly freed Iraqis, across a country the size of California...and NO US Soldier was killed by this 'big bad enemy' in Iraq on Jan. 9, 10, 11, 13, 15, or 16th.

Our troops did conduct multiple raids, capture and kill many enemies and remove massive weapons caches from potential enemy hands.

Check the CJTF7 and CENTCOM for the daily reports the mainstream press ignores, or my homepage.

[John D]

You said,
"Enough arms and munitions to outfit the entire French Army!"

That would be enogh for 20 french armies, The french do not have enough courage, or integrity to fight for ANYTHING. Not even for their own country.

[Tailback]

M-60 has more in common with the FG-42, I think the only thing used from MG-42 was the feed tray.

[Condor51]

I meant two things;
1) The physical resemblance &
2) The feed mechanism - which I believe is almost a direct copy.

I must also apologies for my some of my posts. I'm still getting used to the unlimited word count feature here. The other site I used to frequent (started with and L and ended in .com) had a word limit so you'd have to truncate and a lot was lost in the post. So you'd have to either end a post by : To be continued, or HOPE your point was made.

I'll catch on.
Oh, and 'youze' guys here ARE sharp!