Libyan Conflict - Photos and Videos

[RogueAdventurer]

Here are two new ones for you guys.

A Russian GM-94 grenade launcher and a Beretta Cx4 Storm carbine.

[kalerab]

Do you have any additional pictures of those two Khrizantemas which were used during battle of Sirte?

[CanAT]

Has anyone else come across linked 40x53mm rounds in some of the Libyan photos?

I've attached one of the best shots I've found; the inside of the cases don't look like the pressure chambers I've seen on other rounds. Anyone have any thoughts? Or better yet, photos of the systems they were in use with?

RA

Those are quite normal for 40x53 high pressure rounds. The 40x46 low pressure cases have little turrets sometimes, but all the 53s I've seen have had the high pressure chambre making up the entire bottom of the cartridge.

[RogueAdventurer]

Those are quite normal for 40x53 high pressure rounds. The 40x46 low pressure cases have little turrets sometimes, but all the 53s I've seen have had the high pressure chambre making up the entire bottom of the cartridge.

Thanks for that. I've only had hands-on experience with 40x46s which have had either 'turrets' like you say, or 'perforated turrets' but nothing quite like that. Thanks for the info!

Of course, now the question is - what were they being used with? And who's got pictures?

[RogueAdventurer]

Do you have any additional pictures of those two Khrizantemas which were used during battle of Sirte?

Same five or six pics everyone else has, I'm afraid. Still trawling through a few thousand more media outtakes though, so I might find something in days to come.

Best info so far has been here: http://esotericarmour.blogspot.com/2...zantema-s.html

[RogueAdventurer]

I did find this odd photo of what appears to be a TS-45-2 Chinese air rifle!

[mptrooper]

[RogueAdventurer]

Libya never ceases to amaze me with the sheer variety of unusual weapons systems that crop up. I have a new post up focusing on a Romanian-made, Russian naval cannon-based AA gun, that probably got there via Liberia, for example!

http://rogueadventurer.wordpress.com...0-30mm-aa-gun/

[RogueAdventurer]

Here are a few weapons I expected to see, but haven't found photos of yet:

Tokarev (TT-30/TT-33)
Makarov (PM) - I have seen one, but it was a gold-plated example and not in combat.
RPG-2/Type 69
RP-46
MAT-49 - mentioned in a post by C.J. Chivers, though I haven't seen any in photos.
Breda 30
SG-43 Goryunov

Anyone seen any of those? Links to pictures would be greatly appreciated.

Also, here's a link to a short piece I wrote (that came out today) on cataloguing Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW) in Libya.

http://us1.campaign-archive1.com/?u=a46096ff6c3ec8082e2f1764d&id=07ccbfe0eb&e=a376388cc9

Anyone who can help should get in touch with me!

[kalerab]

Only thing I found and remember is that golden Gaddafi´s Makarov which was taken from him after he was captured and killed in Sirte.

[RogueAdventurer]

Only thing I found and remember is that golden Gaddafi´s Makarov which was taken from him after he was captured and killed in Sirte.

I think the Makarov was found at Bab al-Aziziya, and the gold-plated Hi-Power was taken from him in Sirte? Or the other way around, I forget.

[Laworkerbee]

Good stuff Rogue!

[He219]

Yes, cool to document them all in one place.

Same five or six pics everyone else has, I'm afraid.

lol, where do you think those came from?

An anti-Gaddafi fighter shows the media what they say was the golden Browning HP of Muammar Gaddafi, near Sirte October 20, 2011.

A Libyan National Transitional Council (NTC) fighter holds a golden Makarov, marked in Arabic al-Jamahiyra (Kafhafi's people's republic) -- which he says he found in the compout of Libya's ousted leader Moammar Kadhafi in Bab al-Azizizyah in the capital Tripoli -- during a battle against Kadhafi loyalists on September 25, 2011 on the frontline near the desert city of Bani Walid, one of two remaining bastions of pro-Kadhafi diehards.

Libyan rebels show a FN F2000 assault rifle with grenade launcher they found after surrounding a building to find weapons provided by ousted Libya leader Moammar Gadhafi to the population in Tripoli, Libya, Monday, Sept. 5, 2011.

A rebel fighter looks through the site of his rifle in Ragdalin, western Libya, where rebels were battling loyalists, on August 28, 2011, trying to take full control of the west of the country.

I recall commenting on huge numbers of odd equipment and weapons here.
They should be in this thread, or what's left of it ..

The Mauser 98K with triangle folding stock in Benghazi is probably the most ridiculous ..

Libyan Transitional National Council chairman Mustafa Abdel Jalil, left, holds up a pistol given to him by a revolutionary fighter as a symbol of returning the weapon, as Benghazi President of the local council Saleh Al Ghazal looks on during the celebration at Saha Kish Square in Benghazi, Libya, Sunday Oct. 23, 2011 as Libya's transitional government declare liberation of Libya after months of bloodshed that culminated in the death of longtime leader Moammar Gadhafi.

[RogueAdventurer]

I recall commenting on huge numbers of odd equipment and weapons here.
They should be in this thread, or what's left of it ..

The Mauser 98K with triangle folding stock in Benghazi is probably the most ridiculous ..

Yeah, I trawled through this whole thread, as well as all the major photo agencies and news outlets.

I've come across that last shot with the handgun a few times, but I couldn't quite place it. Anyone?

[RogueAdventurer]

Also, I have another thread up here: http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums...ve-assistance!