Obsolete weapons in use

[Sasabune]

What it says in the title... post pictures of obsolete weapons applied to use in clever ways.

I'll start off with these French soldiers in WWI with a homemade catapult for lobbing hand grenades:

[LordHalbert]

M79 - Should be obselete but it's still used in Iraq.

[Ghelp]

A old M-8 vehicle and mounting a TOW rocket on top and other conversions.

[ArmyJonHall]

M79 - Should be obselete but it's still used in Iraq.

Well it can fire a wider range of ammunition than the standard pump-opened M203. Longer cased 40mm rounds (Illumination rounds, for instance) can't be inserted into the M203. Since the M79 is a break-opened mechanism, you can fit any length case into the chamber.

[Canuck Farrier]

whats the kick like from the M79????????

[sir-chimp]

whats the kick like from the M79????????

it has no legs silly

[Hydro]

There were Brazilian cops cutting about with Madsen LMG's in a Todays Pics thread some time ago. They've been in production in one form or another since 1890.

[goat89]

There were Brazilian cops cutting about with Madsen LMG's in a Todays Pics thread some time ago. They've been in production in one form or another since 1890.

I am not very sure, but are you talking about a Brazillian unit called B.O.P.E using a Bren in a firefight? Sounds different, but cstill contributing.

[SBL]

Haiti:





Check out the M1s.

[Hydro]

Don't know the unit, but we do know they definitely were not using Bren's - they were Madsens.

[wicked_hind]

Doesn't the Indian Army still use the .303 Bren LMG or a rechambered 7.62mm version of the same weapon?

[wicked_hind]

Hey snakebite, thanks for the photos. I remember when 10th Mountain Div. went into Haiti in 94', there was footage of Haitian police and soldiers carrying the ol' Garand as well as the M-14. Do you or anyone else know what other infantry weapons the Haitians use? I've seen some M-16A1s and FN-FALs here and there as well as Uzi SMGs.

[Kenshin]

I dont consider weapons as obsolete as long as they can do what they are intended to do.

[goat89]

Don't know the unit, but we do know they definitely were not using Bren's - they were Madsens.

I see. Thx.
Wow. M1's... nice...

[SBL]

Hey snakebite, thanks for the photos. I remember when 10th Mountain Div. went into Haiti in 94', there was footage of Haitian police and soldiers carrying the ol' Garand as well as the M-14. Do you or anyone else know what other infantry weapons the Haitians use? I've seen some M-16A1s and FN-FALs here and there as well as Uzi SMGs.

They also use the R4

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R4_assault_rifle