HADJI\'s - AP, HE, IED, RPG

[blu97]

Found a pic. here the PG-9 with proppeling charge

 

[Mike P.]

Thanks for posting that Blu ..that explains volumes.
Several of the guys told me they did run up against a few of these Recoiless "Rifles" when we first went in. They are not easily hidden so , I guess the "insurgents" have given up on using them these days ..but they still have the rounds .
I don't know if the Iraqi Police or Army still have any BMP's in service

 

[Mike P.]

Here's another example that they tell me has been now showing up over there.
RPG75 ..looks like a cross between an M72 LAW and an RPG

 

[Mike P.]

Deactivated by punching holes in the Tube --

 

[Mike P.]

Tube extended

 

[Mike P.]

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[Mike P.]

Flip Up Sight

 

[Mike P.]

The Instructors were VERY interested in that 75 since ..although it doesn't pack the same "punch" as an RPG7 ...it's a lot easier for them to conceal.
Not exactly what we need at this point.

 

[spotter]

Sorry for deviating the post but whats an HADJI

 

[blu97]

Some where in here there must be some.(taken in my days in Cambodia)

 

[blu97]

There they are

 

[blu97]

And the projectile

 

[Mike P.]

spotter wrote:

Sorry for deviating the post but whats an HADJI

Hi Spotter you remember how the American Soldier was always referred to as Joe , the British Tommy, Germans Jerry
The American Soldiers today refer to the Locals as Hadji right along those same lines.

 

[spotter]

Thanks for that Mike

 

[Mike P.]

Great pictures Blu ..

 

[blu97]

TC-6 AT mine used a lot as roadside mombs in Afghanistan

 

[Mike P.]

I just had this sent to me from a friend on duty in Afghanistan. He saw this "Poster" (looks like a bed sheet) hanging on the wall in a School

 

[waffenamt]

I would guess thats a warning poster for the kids not to touch anything they find?

best

waff

 

[Mike P.]

That's got to be a big part of growing up over there ..learning what NOT to touch. Imagine what they find in the caves. One SF SM (also a Collector) told me they found a Cave way up north that had a stack of French Lebels and a few Adrian Helmets ...he said he expected to find British Enfields..maybe even a few Martinis ..but he never expected to find anything pre WW1 French and wondered what they were doing there.