"Saudi Troops Are Using This Huge Grenade Launcher" Topic
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| Tango01 | 09 Nov 2019 8:51 p.m. PST |
… Gun That Looks Like An Action Movie Prop. "Saudi Arabia appears to be the first foreign customer for the Chinese-made weapon and its troops in Yemen seem to be the first to use it in combat. Pictures and a video have emerged online reportedly showing a Saudi Arabian soldier engaged in the conflict against Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen using a Chinese-made Norinco LG5 man-portable 40mm grenade launcher. This appears to be the first evidence of the weapon, which looks like a prop gun from a Hollywood blockbuster, being in service outside China, as well as its first use in combat anywhere. Twitter user SulaimanAldoosari, who also goes by SAUDI_POWER0 on Instagram, posted the images of the LG5 in use with Saudi forces in Yemen on social media on Nov. 3, 2019. It is unclear how long the Saudis have been using the weapon, but Defence Blog reported in February 2018, citing unnamed sources, that Chinese state-run arms company Norinco had secured an order for the grenade launchers from an unspecified "Middle East customer.""
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| Thresher01 | 09 Nov 2019 8:56 p.m. PST |
Now that IS a grenade launcher! |
| soledad | 10 Nov 2019 12:16 a.m. PST |
Remake of "say hello to my little friend" :) |
 Jeff Ewing  | 10 Nov 2019 8:05 a.m. PST |
That's certainly GW-esque! |
| Bigby Wolf | 10 Nov 2019 9:01 a.m. PST |
That was my thought, too. Kind of validates a lot of GW's weapon designs. |
| Tango01 | 10 Nov 2019 3:15 p.m. PST |
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| Lion in the Stars | 16 Nov 2019 2:01 p.m. PST |
Yeah, that's a beast all right! I admit, I've been kinda fascinated by the Chinese 35mm grenade launchers. |
| CFeicht | 17 Nov 2019 4:43 p.m. PST |
It's just a modernized jingal. |
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wants to know if you can tell the difference between weaker and stronger magnets with 3mm aircraft.