[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.
#Iran 🇮🇷: #IRGC "#Saberin Special Forces" relesed a video of their training during snowy terrains after the #Hezbollah's video.
The unit seems to be armed with Iranian Sayyad 5.56 rifles (M16 copies), PKM-T80 machine guns, Sa'aban-1 LMG (modified RPK) and "Ashtara" sniper rifle.
As usual, the unit seems to be using Iranian weapons mostly.
The video is very similar to the video released by the Radwan Unit in #Lebanon.
The link of the thread about the #Radwan Unit's video can be found below.
#Kazakhstan 🇰🇿: Making a new thread about the firearms used and captured during the protests.
First of all, protestors captured at least two possible PG-7V projectile along with other weapons/ammo, misc items from National Guards in #Almaty etc...
#Kazakhstan 🇰🇿: Another video released earlier today shows demonstrators taking a police weapon #Almaty.
The weapon appears to be a tactical shotgun (similar to Mossberg 500/590 variants) with side-folding stock —likely rubber bullets were loaded as well.
Another video from #Almaty shows one of the security forces was shot dead by protestors.
Unfortunately the weapon can not be seen in the video.
[THREAD] #Nigeria 🇳🇬: #AQ-allied #Ansaru released an #EidAlFitr video on November (it was probably scheduled to be released in 2022).
An interesting AK-103 (AK-103-2 from #Libya or AK-103 from #Mali), Zastava M05E1 & E3 rifles and a stockless Zastava M70B1 rifle can be seen.
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Zastava M05E1 rifles are usually smuggled/sourced from #Cameroon. It can be seen in the hands of various groups such as Boko Haram/#JaS and #ISWAP.
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On the other hand, it is possible to see the Zastava M05E3 rifles in various countries in region such as #BurkinaFaso —third photo shows an M05E3 rifle captured by #ISWAP/#ISGS from Police Forces in NE of Burkina Faso on Feb 29, 2020.
[THREAD] 1/ #Afghanistan: Turkistan Islamic Party - #Khurasan Branch (#TIP, ex-#ETIM) released a video of the training of their militants.
Most common weapons are M4(A1)s & M16A4s —which are locally quite common.
2/ M4(A1) carbines & M16A4 rifles can be seen with ACOG scopes, Aimpoint CompM4 scopes, ATN ThOR-HD 384/MARS-HD 384 thermal scopes, 40mm M203 UBGL and Knight's Armament QDSS/NT4 suppressor.
3/ In addition to these; several AKM variants (including both customized and standard rifles) were also used by the militants. Also at least one AKM rifle can be seen with a GP-25 UBGL.