August 9th, 2009
Marines Deliver Captured Weapons to Iraqi Forces
CAMP TAJI, Iraq – Marines with the 2nd Marine Logistics Group (Forward), delivered roughly 900 captured enemy weapons to the Taji National Maintenance Depot aboard Camp Taji, Iraq, July 28.
This was one in a series of transfers that have taken place since 2004 under an agreement requiring enemy weapons captured by the U.S. military to be turned over to the Iraqi government for future use by the Iraqi army and Iraqi police.
Only weapons authorized for Iraqi military or police use are issued. Looking at the photos, it’s clear that a wide range of gear shows up:
Marines with Engineer Ordnance Maintenance Platoon, Maintenance Company, 2nd Supply Battalion Reinforced, 2nd Marine Logistics Group (Forward), sort captured enemy weapons at the Taji National Maintenance Depot aboard Camp Taji, Iraq, July 28. The depot is responsible for destroying unserviceable weapons and turning over serviceable weapons to the Iraqi government to support the Iraqi army. Date: 07.28.2009 Posted: 08.07.2009
More photos below:
Marines with Engineer Ordnance Maintenance Platoon, Maintenance Company, 2nd Supply Battalion Reinforced, 2nd Marine Logistics Group (Forward), stand in line to report serial numbers of captured enemy weapons at the Taji National Maintenance Depot aboard Camp Taji, Iraq, July 28. The depot is responsible for destroying unserviceable weapons and turning over serviceable weapons to the Iraqi government to support the Iraqi army. Photo by Cpl. M. M. Bravo Date: 07.28.2009 Posted: 08.07.2009
Unserviceable captured enemy weapons delivered by Marines with Engineer Ordnance Maintenance Platoon, Maintenance Company, 2nd Supply Battalion Reinforced, 2nd Marine Logistics Group (Forward) to the Taji National Maintenance Depot aboard Camp Taji, Iraq, lay in a pile waiting to be destroyed, July 28. The depot is responsible for destroying unserviceable weapons and turning over serviceable weapons to the Iraqi government to support the Iraqi army. Photo by Cpl. M. M. Bravo Date: 07.28.2009 Posted: 08.07.2009
August 10th, 2009 at 8:45 am
[...] Captured weapons in Iraq [...]
August 10th, 2009 at 10:33 am
Wow. Just looking at the first photo I actually want to go there and dig through this pile of guns, purely out of historic interest. Some of this stuff isn’t produced anymore!
August 10th, 2009 at 11:09 am
I’ll take the Dragonov (lower right corner with the open-hole butt stock)
August 10th, 2009 at 10:38 pm
Did the Marines get new shirts?
August 10th, 2009 at 10:48 pm
BRam: I’ve been seeing those lately. Don’t know how long they’ve had them.
August 11th, 2009 at 10:00 am
[...] The Marines sort through weapons captured from insurgents in Iraq [...]
August 11th, 2009 at 2:27 pm
Good lord, are those Mg42’s in the upper middle right?
September 30th, 2009 at 5:08 am
AUGH! Mausers, Lee-Enfields, and other milsurps galore! I even see a Steyr M95 long rifle in the lower right corner! Those haven’t been made since 1920! To heck with the Iraqi military- send ‘em here!