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Old October 9th, 2008, 11:53 AM
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Default Re: Iraq errors report

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Just for the sake of nitpicking, the .50 MG here looks pretty much like an NSV, save for the chaingun-like belt on left side. And no ammo feed on right side. Conversion with NATO-style feed?
Honestly I just checked that it was not a Dshkm and trusted the caption for the rest.

Iraqi troops training on M240 machine gun alongside PKMs

http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/...raining_lg.jpg

This was a 2006 picture. It does not mean that they were actually issued but there was some interest in the weapon already back then.

New Iraqi security forces RPG-7 gunners

http://newsblaze.com/pix/2006/0511/pix/soldier-rpg.jpg
http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/...sF1Yi/610x.jpg
rpg.jpghttp://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:ISF_member_armed_with_RPG-7.jpg
http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/...tP53I/610x.jpg
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