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Iraq, Military

Video: Rare Weapons of Saddam’s Iraq 1979 to 2003 by jmantime

Rare Weapons of Saddam's Iraq 1979-2003: Saddam Hussein holds rifle Tariq 7.65mm pistols made in Iraq, rare weapons from Saddam's era. Man in military uniform holding a golden AK-47 assault rifle Man in balaclava with AK-47, representing Saddam's Iraq weapons. Iraqi soldier in desert camouflage uniform aiming AK-47 rifle in desert Man with AK-47 in Iraq, part of Saddam's era weapons. Iraqi T-62 tank in desert conditions, featured in "Rare Weapons of Saddam's Iraq Saddam's Iraq: Rare self-propelled howitzer weapon.

I like jmantime’s videos – lots of photos, organized and set to music.  He assemble this video around the weapons found in Iraq during Saddam Hussein’s reign between 1979 and 2003.  The video ranges from Tariq handguns and Tabuk rifles all the way up through through tanks, the Babylon Gun, rocket launchers and so forth.  This video is only 14:39 video and worth the time given all that he has assembled.

I mainly focus on firearms:

  • Tariq 1, Semi-automatic pistol, 7.65x17mm
  • Tariq II, Semi-automatic pistol, 9x19mm
  • Tabuk, Assault RIfle, 7.62x39mm  [Their licensed version of the Yugo M70]
  • The Golden Tabuks they found in palaces
  • Tabuk, Designated Marksman Rifle (DMR), 7.62x39mm
  • Al-Kadesih, Semi-automatic Marksman Rifle, 7.62x54R [Their version of the Dragunov]
  • AI-Quds, Light Machine Gun, 7.62x39mm [Their licensed version of the Yugo M72B1]

From there it covers tanks, self-propelled guns and so forth.  All in all, it’s a neat video with lots of photos that jmantime collected.

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