"These Funky North Korean Guns Are Turning Up Everywhere" Topic
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Tango01 | 01 Dec 2016 9:40 p.m. PST |
"Between February and March 2016, Australian and French sailors in the Arabian Sea seized small ships — or dhows — smuggling weapons, most likely to militants in Somalia and Yemen. These caches aboard the dhows included examples of one particularly rare firearm, the North Korean Type 73 machine gun. In November 2016, independent monitoring group Conflict Armament Research released a report detailing the captured weapons and their likely points of origins and destinations. According to the analysis, the shipments showed links between Iran and armed groups Tehran supports in the Gulf of Aden region…" Main page link Amicalement Armand |
goragrad | 02 Dec 2016 3:53 a.m. PST |
From the article it appears that the Norks dumped a failed design and that due to numbers and availability it is becoming a staple in some arsenals. Rather amusing. |
zoneofcontrol | 02 Dec 2016 8:54 a.m. PST |
Any MG is better than no MG. Any gun that puts projectiles down range works. Especially if spray and pray tactics come into play. Add to that the expected life span of the gun and user and the combination works well when you are arming legions of fighters. |
Legion 4 | 02 Dec 2016 9:45 a.m. PST |
the shipments showed links between Iran and armed groups Tehran supports in the Gulf of Aden region…" I'm Shocked !!!! I think this another "Eastern" standard. The Enemy of my Enemy is my Friend. islamist support by the North Koreans and/or vis versa ! Say it ain't so !! |
Tango01 | 02 Dec 2016 10:17 a.m. PST |
Agree with zoneofcontrol… Amicalement Armand
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Legion 4 | 02 Dec 2016 3:08 p.m. PST |
Maybe the weapons are so poorly designed, etc., that some may blow up when fired ? That would be a nice turn of events ! |
Dragon Gunner | 04 Dec 2016 9:21 a.m. PST |
It looks like a copy of a Bren gun. |
Deadles | 04 Dec 2016 2:47 p.m. PST |
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