Silah Report Podcast Vol.1: Kalashnikov Heat Treatment in Darra, Egyptian Hand Grenades

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Welcome to Silah Report’s inaugural podcast! Today we had Hrachya, Adham, Abdullah, Vladimir, and Miles discussing everything from barrel heat treatment in KPK to obscure Egyptian hand grenades.

The podcast can be listened to here on Soundcloud, but stay tuned here and follow along because we share a number of the images that are being discussed in this post.

An image that Adham found on Yemeni social media that shows the Galil he was talking about.
Hrachya brought up these images so the group could see the barrel machines used in KPK historically and today.
The ‘ugly’ handgun that Vlad was discussing-
In reference to the Istiglal from Azerbajan that Miles, Vlad, and Hrachya brought up.
https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2018/01/30/azerbaijans-prototype-23mm-anti-material-rifle/
Turkey is going to produce 12.7mm Istiglal sniper rifle (IST-12.7 Anti-Material Rifle) created by Azerbaijani engineers, Mechanical and Chemical Industry Corporation (MKEK) of Turkey told APA

Istaqlal means liberation in Arabic-استقلال
http://www.akfiles.com/forums/showthread.php?t=262454
https://www.gunstar.co.uk/new-speci-egyptian-ak-47-7-62mm-assault-rifle-a-semi-auto-ri/rifles/5283
New Speci Egyptian AK-47 7.62mm Assault Rifle a Semi-Auto Rifles for sale in Hampshire, South East, United Kingdom

Adham gets into grenades both in service with the Egyptian armed forces and produced indigenously.
https://www.lexpev.nl/grenades/middleeastasia/egypt/egyptiangrenades.html
Grenades, Mines and Boobytraps reference
http://bulletpicker.com/grenade_-hand_-frag_-no_-1.html
Description No description available. See Also Nothing else to see. Source(s) Iraq Ordnance Identification Guide (2004)
https://www.nti.org/learn/facilities/411/
http://bulletpicker.com/pdf/Iraq%20Ordnance%20ID%20Guide.pdf#page=465
http://bulletpicker.com/pdf/Afghanistan%20Ordnance%20ID%20Guide,%20Volume%201.pdf#page=228
https://www.lexpev.nl/grenades/middleeastasia/egypt/grenadeno2.html
Grenades, Mines and Boobytraps reference
Miles shares an image of a slab-sided steel magazine found leftover in Baghouz, Syria.
Vlad on Egyptian Maadi rivet issues.
A note on Cuban forces fighting in Afghanistan-
https://www.telesurenglish.net/opinion/When-Afghanistan-Called-Cuba-and-Fidel-Answered-20161127-0020.html

Adham shared some photographs of Egyptian laser designators in current use by the Egyptian armed forces.
Thank you all who participated in the podcast and we look forward to the next one!

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