Posted on 10/03/2018 9:02:42 AM PDT by marktwain
An accurate count of the AK47 type rifles confiscated in the Gulf of Aden on 28 August 2018, has been released.
During 2016, the U.S. Navy intercepted and confiscated several shipments of small arms from stateless dhows in the Arabian sea. Thousands of AK type rifles, hundreds of Rocket Propelled Grenades (RPG) were confiscated, along with PKM general purpose machine guns and 21 .50 caliber heavy machine guns. Included in a haul by the French, were some 60 mm mortars, anti-tank missiles, and 64 Dragunov sniper rifles. From a March 2016 navy.mil article:
The U.S. Navy Coastal Patrol ship USS Sirocco, operating as part of U.S. Naval Forces Central Command, intercepted and seized the shipment of weapons hidden aboard a small, stateless dhow. The illicit cargo included 1,500 AK-47s, 200 RPG launchers and 21 .50 caliber machine guns.
The Royal Australian Navy's HMAS Darwin intercepted a dhow Feb. 27, confiscating nearly 2,000 AK-47 assault rifles, 100 rocket-propelled grenade launchers, 49 PKM general purpose machine guns, 39 PKM spare barrels and 20 60mm mortar tubes.
A March 20 seizure by the French Navy destroyer FS Provence yielded almost 2,000 AK-47 assault rifles, 64 Dragunov sniper rifles, nine anti-tank missiles and other associated equipment.
More than two years has elapsed since the last reported seizure. On 28 August, 2018, another seizure was made from a stateless dhow. This dhow was in distress, its engines were inoperative.
(Excerpt) Read more at ammoland.com ...
It was probably intentionally under the radar when that clown was “in charge?”
Maybe they can ne accurized, but during my time in the military throughout the eighties and early nineties I never saw one anywhere that had been accurized. And I shot in a whole lot of places.
If a gunsmith can fix them, that doesn’t render criticism of the basic weapon technically innacurate.
Reading the news today is the same as reading a Tintin book written 60 years ago (The Red Sea Sharks).
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I’d love to snatch one of those Dragunovs cheap.
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