Re: StG44 in Iraq

From: Juergen Nieveler (juergen.nieveler.nospam_at_arcor.de)
Date: 03/12/05 

Date: 12 Mar 2005 14:47:48 GMT

tim gueguen <tgueguen@shaw.ca> wrote:

> Thumbing thru one of the US gun magazines today I stumbled across the
> interest fact that WW2 German StG44 assault rifles are turning up in
> Iraq of all places.

WHAT? Can you scan that and email me a copy, please? :-)

> The article in question included a shot of one amongst some other
> weapons seized in Iraq. The suspicion is that these came from a batch
> of old German arms the Russians shipped the Syrians sometime after
> WW2. I can only wonder how old the ammunition they're using in them
> must be.

Making ammo isn't THAT difficult, of course, and surplus ammo sometimes
has an amazing shelf-life if stored properly.

Juergen Nieveler 

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