Adham, Analyst Mick, Daniel Casingena, Vladimir, and Miles talk about Egyptian small arms in the NFC Pattern Room in Leeds, mind-boggling Kalashnikov stocks and even a North Korean Type 68 rifle for sale in Idlib.
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Adham takes off the podcast in showing us some of the entries in the NFC Pattern Room collection database that are related to Egypt, an FN Model D , VZ26 LMG, an Alfa MG, and an SGM machine gun, all of Egyptian origin. But through this discussion Adham figures out that
Analyst Mick posted this photograph of an Al-Qassam fighter from Hamas in Gaza, also with an AR-M9 variant.
Adham found this AR-M9 variant on display with a criminal during a media presentation in Cairo.
Analyst Mick posted this photograph of an MPiKM-patterned rifle with a locally produced stock.
And then Vladimir graces us with this fantastic story about how an Erbil-based security supervisor had to actually put glue on the East German MPiKM stocks in order to prevent guards from exchanging them for imitation ones at the local markets.
Some examples of the YPG-
Vald shares these receiver covers that he intends to destroy. These photographs come from Iraq and Syria.
Mick brings the rarely seen egg scrambler stock to the table.
In addition, he also shows the stock in use on what appears to be an Albanian or Chinese Type 56 with a Jaish al-Islam fighter.
Vlad throws this picture that he noticed from a photograph coming out of Iraq.
Vlad compares this indigenous stock to Orcs from War Hammer.
Another example of Vlad finding a Smith & Wesson M&P-15 in the MENA region where a safety lever was taped in the fire mode in order to fix it.
Adham shares what appears to be a slam-fire craft produced shotgun caught in Egypt. Daniel fills us in.
Luger-variant and an AKMS-variant used by Egyptian criminals.
In addition to what might be a Sudanese or Iranian origin G3 in Egypt.
A North Korean Type 86 for sale in Idlib as posted by Mick.