More patrolling.
You see the Iraqis are evidently taught to keep the index finger of the trigger hand on the selector.
I always learned to use the middle finger because it's a longer finger and you have more "reach."
Here you see evidence of that "single point sling" again: front swivel apparently not used at all since you can't see the sling, and the rear swivel used for both ends of the sling.
Checkpoint in Iraq. This one is ineresting mainly because most of the ING buttstocks are marked only with a number. This one has the entire Iraq flag on it.
Training at Kirkush Military Base under Australian supervision.
The photos are kind of grainy, but I zoomed in on them in Photoshop, and they DO appear to be milled Bulgarian rifles. The lower handguards are obviously the polymer ribbed type characteristic of Bulgarian AK's, for one thing.
Every once in a while, I do a search on Google or something to find more pics. What's surprising is that if I find some pics, I can do an identical search a week later and these same pics are GONE!
I HOPE that the moderators or some of you other viewers out there are downloading these pics to your computers. If my Photobucket account ever goes belly up, a lot of these pics are gone forever!
For example: the pic showing the Iraqis cleaning their weapons is one that I saw exactly ONE time. Had I not downloaded it then, I probably would not be able to find it now.
Something just occurred to me: doesn't it look like the soldier on the right is using part of the gas tube to move the lower handguard lever forward (or back)?
Anybody ever done this? What part of the gas tube do you use?
It appears to have been wrapped in black tape or plastic material, which covers some of the contours.
Patrolling, with the usual "close up" enhanced in Photoshop.
This is an interesting photo.
It appears to be the same Iraqi National Guardsman as on page one of this thread holding a Bulgarian AK with a 90-degree gas block .
An Iraqi National Guard (ING) soldier, 404th Battalion (BN), 50th ING Brigade, crouches during a joint patrol by ING and US Marine Corps (USMC) Company A (Alpha Co.), Battalion (BN) Landing Team, 1st BN, 4th Marine Regiment, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Special Operations Capable (SOC), forces of a palm tree grove looking to sweep it clear of potential enemy mortar sites during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. (Released to Public)
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