PHOTO FILE: Workshop visit in Mosul

Nothing is as exciting as visiting companies. The arms industry especially. We admit: we haven't been here, otherwise we would probably be an inch shorter and have our own video. Yesterday, the Islamic State released their own video, showing international fighters visiting the weapons workshops in Mosul - with some very interesting insights that we want to show you. Above, for example, a small arms system for fighting in built-up areas. Here, for example, a series of launchers that produce different warheads. High Explosive (HE) and Anti-Tank, for example. Some of the ammunition may be from the PG-9/OG-9 family for the SPG-9. Others may be using PG-15/OG-15 for the BMP1 or S5 rockets. The appearance, however, reminds us of similar German products for ground combat, which are of course more professional. The IS surprisingly produces its own RPG7. Above is the barrel, below is where the trigger assembly is attached. Underneath are the painted devices for the front. The SPG-9 is a Russian-made recoilless gun. As seen in the following pictures, the IS produces these themselves: turning barrels, seemingly die-cast trigger units, adjusting sights … Good for urban combat: rifle grenades from in-house production. These are also dropped by drones, but beforehand in a very clean workshop: Old ideas revamped: it looks like a Goliath, it functions like a Goliath, the German explosive tank from World War II. Operated by remote control, loaded with a tank mine: Remote control not only operates the explosive charge. Sometimes it's better to keep your head down. Here, the IS shows a heavy machine gun that operates via remote control:

SPARTANAT is the online magazine for Military News, Tactical Life, Gear & Reviews.
Send us your news: [email protected]