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Armament Research Services has a post on their blog, The Hoplite, that is showing a recent video released by the terrorist group Daesh, in which they display the equipment from a fallen Russian Special Operations advisor to the Syrian Army. As far as knowing what kind of equipment the various SF groups in the world are using, it can be difficult to see some of this because of their secretive nature. However in this case, we looking at some interesting trends and equipment that might be prevalent among Russia’s elite. The rifle is a 5.45x39mm AK74M, that has been heavily accessorized, from the CAA forend, to the AR telescoping (and what appears to be folding) stock, to the pistol grip, suppressor, IWT 640 ‘Haron’ thermal weapon sight with what appears to be an image magnifier, but ARES says it is probably a red dot sight. However, if it were a red dot sight, it would have adjustment knobs or screws, and it doesn’t appear to have any.

froggy wrote:At least it sounds like this weapon was captured as opposed to having been handed over with adequat training by our respective enlighten governments

froggy wrote:A man was killed
yes, I realised that this Russian soldier died protecting us but in all probability was killed by a weapon we supplied & by a killer we might have even trained ...
I wonder what our "allies" Obama & Mc Caine have to say about that ?