A US Army soldier secures the area after a car bomb exploded in the center of Baghdad, Iraq (news - web sites), in this Oct 12, 2003 file photo. The U.S. command reports that 59 car bombs were detonated or discovered before going off in September 2004, the highest total since the war began. They killed 29 Iraqi and multinational troops, along with scores of civilians. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus, File)


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BAGHDAD, IRAQ: A US soldier gestures as he stands in front of mortar and rocket heads including 'SAM' (L) heads at the Al-Jazayer police station in the poor neighborhood of Sadr City in Baghdad, 13 October 2004. Dozens of men lined up for the third day to hand over their weapons at police stations in the Iraqi capital's Sadr City slums in line with an initiative by radical Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr. The weapons handover is expected to run for the next two days, after which Iraqi forces backed by US troops will conduct searches and sweeps in Sadr City to verify the extent of disarmament. AFP PHOTO/Ahmed AL-RUBAYE (Photo credit should read AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/Getty Images)



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BAGHDAD, IRAQ: Hanan, a member of the Iraqi National Guard holds her rifle as she and her comrades protect the area where Iraqis are queuing to hand in their weapons for cash outside the Al-Jazayer police station in the poor neighborhood of Sadr City in Baghdad, 13 October 2004. Hanan is the first ever woman in the ING and the Iraqi Police to enter the Sadr City area to work, carrying out the same duties as her male colleagues. Dozens of men lined up for the third day to hand over their weapons at police stations in Sadr City in line with an initiative by radical Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr. AFP PHOTO/Ahmed AL-RUBAYE (Photo credit should read AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/Getty Images)


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KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - OCTOBER 13: U.S. Army Medic Sargent Joshua Stephens with the Charlie Co. 151st Infantry Brigade from Indianapolis, walks patrol October 13, 2004 in Kabul Afghanistan. The U.S. military patrols 2-4 times a day to increase their presence for security in and around the capitol city. Afghans voted for the first time October 9 in an election to choose a president. (Photo by Paula Bronstein/Getty Images)


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KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - OCTOBER 13: U.S. Army Specialist Zachary Jernberg with the Charlie Co. 151st Infantry Brigade from Sullivan, Indiana, walks patrol October 13, 2004 in Kabul Afghanistan. The U.S. military patrols 2-4 times a day to increase their presence for security in and around the capitol city. Afghans voted for the first time October 9 in an election to choose a president. (Photo by Paula Bronstein/Getty Images)


KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - OCTOBER 13: U.S. Army Specialist james Wiley with the Charlie Co. 151st Infantry Brigade from Newcastle, Indiana, walks patrol October 13, 2004 in Kabul Afghanistan. The U.S. military patrols 2-4 times a day to increase their presence for security in and around the capitol city. Afghans voted for the first time October 9 in an election to choose a president. (Photo by Paula Bronstein/Getty Images)


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KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - OCTOBER 13: U.S. Army Specialist Zachary Jernberg with the Charlie Co. 151st Infantry Brigade from Sullivan, Indiana, patrols October 13, 2004 in Kabul Afghanistan. The U.S. military patrols 2-4 times a day to increase their presence for security in and around the capitol city. Afghans voted for the first time October 9 in an election to choose a president. (Photo by Paula Bronstein/Getty Images)


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KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - OCTOBER 13: U.S. Army Medic Sargent Joshua Stephens with the Charlie Co. 151st Infantry Brigade from Indianapolis, waves to Afghan children as he patrols October 13, 2004 in Kabul Afghanistan. The U.S. military patrols 2-4 times a day to increase their presence for security in and around the capitol city. Afghans voted for the first time October 9 in an election to choose a president. (Photo by Paula Bronstein/Getty Images)


KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - OCTOBER 13: U.S. Army Private First Class Bill Jones with the Charlie Co. 151st Infantry Brigade from Knox, Indiana, patrols October 13, 2004 in Kabul Afghanistan. The U.S. military patrols 2-4 times a day to increase their presence for security in and around the capitol city. Afghans voted for the first time October 9 in an election to choose a president. (Photo by Paula Bronstein/Getty Images)


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NEGEV DESERT, ISRAEL: Cammouflaged Israeli special forces soldiers take part in a massive training operation on an Israeli base in the Uvda Valley, 13 October 2004. The training exercise involved infantry, armor corps, engineers and air force and the objective was to take a Palestinian town, below, constructed mostly of small wood houses. Smoke rises behind from artillery fired from kilometers away. AFP PHOTO/EPA/JIM HOLLANDER (Photo credit should read JIM HOLLANDER/AFP/Getty Images)


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HEBRON, -: Israeli soldiers arrest Imad Qawasmeh, a top military leader of the radical Palestinian Hamas movement, in the divided West Bank town of Hebron 13 October 2004. Qawasmeh, 32, who has been held responsible by Israel for masterminding a double suicide bombing in the town of Beer Sheva in August, was arrested in Hebron. AFP PHOTO/Hazem BADER (Photo credit should read HAZEM BADER/AFP/Getty Images)


Israeli soldiers arrest a local commander of Palestinian militant group Hamas, Imad al-Kawasme during a military operation in the West Bank city of Hebron October 13, 2004. Imad al-Kawasme, Hamas's commander in the West Bank city of Hebron, was arrested by Israeli troops on suspicion of orchestrating August 31 suicide attacks on two buses in the Israeli city of Beersheva, witnesses and Israel Army Radio said. REUTERS/Nayef Hashlamoun


Palestinian youths look on as a masked militant from the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades stands guard in the street in the Jebaliya refugee camp, northern Gaza Strip (news - web sites), Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2004. The Israeli army expanded its two-week-old offensive in the northern Gaza Strip, with tanks moving deeper to try to stop Palestinian rocket fire at Israeli border towns, the Israeli army said. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)



South Korean special policemen take position as they move into a building during an exercise against possible terrorist's attack in Seoul Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2004. South Korea (news - web sites) stayed vigilant after a statement on an Islamic Web site warned that al-Qaida members will attack the country unless it withdraws troops from Iraq (news - web sites) in two weeks, officials said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon).


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SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA - OCTOBER 13: South Korean special police officers participate in an anti-terror drill on October 13, 2004 in Seoul, South Korea. A self-proclaimed al-Qaeda-linked organisation warned of attacks on South Korea and its troops in Iraq unless the troops are withdrawn within two weeks. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)


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SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA - OCTOBER 13: South Korean special police officer participate in an anti-terror drill on October 13, 2004 in Seoul, South Korea. A self-proclaimed al-Qaeda-linked organisation warned of attacks on South Korea and its troops in Iraq unless the troops are withdrawn in two weeks. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)


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SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA - OCTOBER 13: South Korean police officers disguised as terrorists participate in an anti-terror drill on October 13, 2004 in Seoul, South Korea. A self-proclaimed al-Qaeda-linked organisation warned of attacks on South Korea and its troops in Iraq unless the troops are withdrawn within two weeks. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)

Quoted: Check out the first Israeli picture, the one with the 203.  I've never seen a shrouded barrel on an M4 type weapon.

Link to a larger pic of the shroud

I have no idea why.  Maybe someone can enlighten us.

Quoted: It is probably not an M4 so it dosent have the step down barrel for the 203, the shroud looks like it has a clamping point for the 203. EDIT:  ya that looks like an older upper look at the sites probably has the thinner barrel and the shroud is there for the 203

Good point.  Im assuming it acts as a recoil shoulder then.

BTT for the very late night crew.