PDA

View Full Version : Militants in Afghanistan


Double Tap
09-19-2005, 05:35 PM
http://img320.imageshack.us/img320/4081/137411047ad2fc898eo0mr.th.jpg (http://img320.imageshack.us/my.php?image=137411047ad2fc898eo0mr.jpg)
http://img320.imageshack.us/img320/548/137425787b764fc2cco7sb.th.jpg (http://img320.imageshack.us/my.php?image=137425787b764fc2cco7sb.jpg)
http://img320.imageshack.us/img320/1885/13741302049b631ed1o1bd.th.jpg (http://img320.imageshack.us/my.php?image=13741302049b631ed1o1bd.jpg)
http://img389.imageshack.us/img389/3699/13738834830527acc5o2mo.th.jpg (http://img389.imageshack.us/my.php?image=13738834830527acc5o2mo.jpg)
http://img389.imageshack.us/img389/1194/13738769fc95bb007co4zk.th.jpg (http://img389.imageshack.us/my.php?image=13738769fc95bb007co4zk.jpg)
http://img389.imageshack.us/img389/8968/13738732462cbcbdd6o8yp.th.jpg (http://img389.imageshack.us/my.php?image=13738732462cbcbdd6o8yp.jpg)
http://img389.imageshack.us/img389/1663/13738691d10572cedeo6oh.th.jpg (http://img389.imageshack.us/my.php?image=13738691d10572cedeo6oh.jpg)

It never said who they were
WackyWoodChuck
09-19-2005, 05:41 PM
cool thanks
Aerosoul
09-19-2005, 05:48 PM
There was an amazing article published in the April 2004 issue of NG's Adventure magazine. Robert Young Pelton wrote it, he's pretty well-known. Very interesting guy IMO. The link below is related to the article, and has some good photos.

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/adventure/0404/photo_index.html
Kingswat
09-19-2005, 05:55 PM
Cool pics
SuperShot5000
09-19-2005, 06:06 PM
If they're Taliban or Osama-blowers, I hope they've currently got a hole in their head.

Probably Northern Alliance, al-Qaeda doesn't have that high-quality pics. Their vids always suck, you can barely tell what's going on.
Aerosoul
09-19-2005, 06:09 PM
If they're Taliban or Osama-blowers, I hope they've currently got a hole in their head.

Probably Northern Alliance, al-Qaeda doesn't have that high-quality pics. Their vids always suck, you can barely tell what's going on.

Not necessarily an accurate statement. Just because the pics are good quality, doesn't mean they aren't AQ/Tali.
Peiper_76
09-19-2005, 06:57 PM
http://img389.imageshack.us/img389/8968/13738732462cbcbdd6o8yp.th.jpg (http://img389.imageshack.us/my.php?image=13738732462cbcbdd6o8yp.jpg)


The rifle in the foreground has a very interesting receiver. It is obviously an older 1979-1981 run rifle due to the two-digit prefix for the serial number, type B magazine dimple, the type A magazine catch, the older type top cover, etc (nice sling, I wonder if it is OTK even). However, note the reinforced barrel trunnion usually associated with RPK receivers, yet it has the receiver parts typical of an AKS-74 (Bulgarian?). Does anyone have any insight as to what type of receiver the rifle has?
UraBudanov
09-19-2005, 08:19 PM
Both rifles are in 7.62x39

First one is the RPK reciever with a skeleton AKS-74 stock. Custom job which is common in Afghanistan. The resiever looks to be Vyatskie Polyani "MOLOT markings"
AKM bakelite magazine.

The rifle in a back is a Soviet AKM with an AKM bakelite mag.