[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.

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[Tunehead54]

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

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Keep up your good work! ;-)

[Rebelbase]

I had to look up the MG-42

[McGavin999]

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

[solo gringo]

Thanks for the good news I love it Our troops are doing a hellva job GOD BLESS THEM AND KEEP THEM SAFE.

[The KG9 Kid]

This is a huge score.

[fso301]

Keep a close eye on the news from Pakistan and India and you'll frequently see MG-42s mounted on military vehicles. Most recently, I saw them associated with footage of the aftermath of the failed bombing attempt on Musharraf.

My understanding about the MG-42 was that it's very high cyclic rate of fire made its recoil difficult to control resulting in reduced accuracy, especially at longer ranges. Its high cyclic rate also meant the ammo carriers got a real workout trying to keep it fed. On the plus side, a gunner who could control the recoil could lay down a withering fire. American GI's called it Hitlers buzzsaw.

I always thought the M-60s detachable barrel was influenced by the MG-42s detachable barrel.

[sdk7x7]

Nice website... look at the status of the top 55 Most Wanted in Iraq: http://www.cjtf7.army.mil/irag-faqs/most-wanted.htm

[Travis McGee]

Thanks for your terrific "News from the Front" posts!

[FBD]

good Iraq news bump.

[Free Vulcan]

That cache list could easily double as my Christmas list if all that stuff were legal.

[ruoflaw]

thanks for the good news!

[mtbopfuyn]

Give it a week and there'll be a retraction stating we only found 2 sling shots and 6 old spit wads.