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Feb 16, 2022, 9 tweets

[THREAD]
#Lebanon 🇱🇧: #Hezbollah's Special Forces "#Radwan Unit" has released a video of their training in snowy terrain ❄️.

The video shows various interesting scenes including usage of snowmobiles & skis along with shooting and hand-to-hand combat trainings.

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In general, the unit appears to be using 5.45x39mm AK-74 & AK-74M rifles mostly —sourced from #Syria.

Rifles seem to be equipped with various scopes and accessories including Aimpoint CompM4 RDS, 1-6x24 scope, GP-25 UBGL, UAS-AK stock and FAB Defense GL-CORE AR15 stock

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In addition to these an AKS-74U carbine and PKM machine gun can be seen as well.

This GPMG seems to be equipped with a locally-added foregrip and Aimpoint CompM4 red dot sight as well.

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Also at least one of the members of the unit seems to be using an AKS-74U carbine (sourced from #Syria as well).

Also an AK-104 pattern carbine with GL-CORE stock can be seen too —Might be based on a shortened AKM rifle and seems to be the only 7.62x39mm rifle in the video.

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The group seems to be using at least two different pistols. These pistols seem to be Croatian HS-9 and Russian MP-446 "Viking" pistols —both chambered in 9x19mm Parabellum and common in the region.
Also the HS-9 pistol appears to be equipped with a pistol light as well.

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Also the video shows the hand-to-hand combat trainings and shooting drills on snowmobiles and skis. The weaponry looks rather standard yet the video seems to be quite noteable due to various footages.

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Most of them seems to be sourced from Syria as noted before.
Most of the rifles (and the PKM MG) are equipped with Aimpoint CompM4 RDS and all weapons are wrapped with winter camo wraps.
As a result it can be said that the members of the unit use quite common weapons.

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