A U.S. soldier secures the site of a car bomb blast, in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, March 9, 2006. A dust storm driven by howling wind enveloped the Iraqi capital Thursday, muffling the sound of a series of heavy explosions, including two car bombs that killed at least 11 people and wounded 15, all of them civilian passers-by, police said.(AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)


A U.S. soldier holds a weapon at the scene of a car bomb attack outside Yarmouk hospital in Baghdad March 9, 2006. A car bomb exploded in a busy street outside one of Baghdad's main hospitals on Thursday, killing two people and wounding at least seven, police said. REUTERS/Ali Jasim


A U.S. soldier aims his weapon while a fellow soldier from the 22nd Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division, looks from a binoculars during operations pursuing suspected insurgents near the village of Oswesat in Iraq March 12, 2006. REUTERS/ Staff Sgt. Kevin Moses Sr/Handout


U.S. soldier Staff Sergeant James C. Sanchez of the Regimental Combat Team 5's Personnel Security Detachment aims the M-32 multiple shot grenade launcher at a range near Falluja, 50 km (30 miles) west of Baghdad in this photo taken March 9, 2006 and released March 12, 2006. U.S. Marines recently introduced the M-32 as an experimental weapon to increase the small-team capability to rapidly launch indirect grenade fire. REUTERS/Gunnery Sgt. Mark Oliva/Handout


An Iraqi soldier provides rear security for a convoy during training at Camp Taji, Iraq, on March 7.
Photographer's Mate 1st Class Michael Larson / U.S. Navy


Iraqi army soldiers patrol in Baghdad , Iraq, Friday, March 10, 2006. Dealing with a civil war in Iraq would be the responsibility of Iraq's own security forces, at least initially, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld told Congress on Thursday. As, two car bombs exploded within minutes Friday in Baghdad, injuring at least two people, and the bodies of six men, slain by bullets to the head, were found in two east Baghdad suburbs, police said. (AP Photo/ Mohammed Hato)


Iraqi soldiers inspect site of a car bomb explosion, in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, March 9, 2006. A dust storm driven by howling wind enveloped the Iraqi capital Thursday, muffling the sound of a series of heavy explosions, including two car bombs that killed at least 11 people and wounded 15 all of them civilian passers-by, police said.(AP Photo/Mohammed Hato)


New recruits for the Iraqi army practice shooting at the Iraqi army training center in Sulaimaniyah, 260 kilometers (160 miles) northeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, March 9, 2006. The United States wants to leave behind a strong central authority and has made that a precondition for its hopes to begin drawing down American forces this summer. Iraqi President Jalal Talabani issued a decree Friday that orders Iraq's new parliament to hold its first session on March 19, 2006.(AP Photo/Yahya Ahmed)


Israeli border policemen shoot rubber bullets at Palestinian stone throwers during a protest against the controversial Israeli barrier in the West bank village of Beit Sira March 10, 2006. REUTERS/Oleg Popov


An armed Israeli settler disguised as a clown gives a Purim gift to a border policeman, during the Purim parade, in the divided West Bank city of Hebron, in March 2005. Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz ordered a lockdown of the Palestinian territories over the Jewish festival of Purim.(AFP/File/Gali Tibbon)


Israeli border policemen fire rubber bullets at Palestinian demonstrators during a protest against the Israeli controversial barrier in the West bank village of Bilin March 10, 2006. REUTERS/Ammar Awad


Israeli solders patrol in the market in the West Bank town of Hebron, Saturday, March 11, 2006. (AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi)


Iranian female police officers, wearing chadors stand at attention, with their G-3 assault rifle, during a female police graduation ceremony at the Police Academy in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, March, 11, 2006. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)


Iranian policewoman with blindfold reassembles a AK-47 gun during a graduation ceremony at the police academy in Tehran March 11, 2006. REUTERS/Morteza Nikoubazl


Three soldiers were killed in western Nepal when Maoists detonated a bomb at a security checkpoint, an army official said.(AFP/File/Devendra M. Singh)


A Police Service of Northern Ireland officer secures the area around Irish Republican Army's alleged chief of staff Thomas'Slab' Murphy's farm in South Armagh, Northern Ireland, Thursday, March, 9, 2006. The farm which straddles the border with the Irish Republic was raided by the security forces investigating alleged Irish Republican Army activity. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)


A member of, Women Say No To War, walks past an armed British police officer outside the American Embassy in London, during a protest by women against the war in Iraq, on International Women's Day, Wednesday March 8, 2006. (AP Photo/Max Nash)


Brazil's soldiers guard the entrance of the Providencia hillside slum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Saturday, March 11, 2006. The occupation by some 1,600 troops came in response to the robbery of 10 assault rifles and one pistol stolen from army barracks last Friday by seven gunmen wearing army-issue camouflage gear and ninja masks. Police now say some 20 people were involved in that robbery, with 13 others outside the barracks providing cover. None of the weapons has been recovered, but many in Rio have long yearned for the military to take over the city's shantytowns, which are controlled by armed drug gangs who frequently light up the night sky with tracer bullets. (AP Photo/Andre Luiz Mello)


A Brazilian soldier guards suspected drug gang members who were detained during an operation looking for stolen weapons at the Providencia hillside slum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Friday, March 10, 2006. Clashes between soldiers and drug gang members continued into the daylight hours Friday, a week after the army launched a major operation to recover stolen weapons. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)


Brazilian soldiers during an operation looking for stolen weapons at the Providencia hillside slum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Friday, March 10, 2006. Clashes between soldiers and drug gang members continued into the daylight hours Friday, a week after the army launched a major operation to recover stolen weapons. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)


Brazillian soldiers look for stolen weapons in the Providencia hillside slum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Friday, March 10, 2006. Sixteen hundred army troops are occupying eight of the city's most notorious shantytowns and have set up checkpoints on Rio de Janeiro's major access roads in an effort to recover 10 assault rifles and one pistol stolen last week by seven gunmen wearing army-issue camouflage gear and ninja masks. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)


Brazil's soldiers stand guard as a child walks at the entrance of the Mangueira hillside slum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Thursday, March 9, 2006. Army troops and federal highway police set up checkpoints on Rio de Janeiro's major access roads Wednesday, trying to prevent thieves from fleeing with rifles stolen from a Brazilian army barracks last week. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)


Brazilian soldiers stand guard at the entrance of the Mangueira hillside slum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Thursday, March 9, 2006. Army troops and federal highway police set up checkpoints on Rio de Janeiro's major access roads Wednesday, trying to prevent thieves from fleeing with rifles stolen from a Brazilian army barracks last week. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)


A Brazilian army soldier stands guard during an operation to search for weapons at the Providencia slum in Rio de Janeiro March 9, 2006. The army operation was prompted by the theft of 10 assault rifles by a group of masked, armed men in camouflage who robbed an army transport unit in north Rio on Friday night. REUTERS/Sergio Moraes


Brazilian soldiers take position during an operation looking for guns at the entrance of the Mangueira hillside slum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Wednesday, March 8, 2006. Army troops backed by tanks invaded a hillside slum known for its carnival samba in a widening search for rifles stolen from an army barracks. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)


A Brazilian soldier stands guard at the entrance of the Mangueira hillside slum, in a widening search for rifles stolen from an army barracks, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Tuesday, March 7, 2006. Army troops backed by tanks invaded the Mangueira hillside slum, a bastion of carnival samba, in a widening search for rifles stolen from an army barracks, police said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)


A woman and a child run as Brazil's police make an incursion at the Morro da Providencia slum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Monday, March 6, 2006. The Brazilian army on Saturday deployed more than 500 troops to Rio de Janeiro's shantytowns to try to recover weapons stolen from its barracks a day earlier, authorities said. About 100 police officers also were involved in the operation. The troops made incursions into several of the city's shantytowns in search for the 10 assault rifles and the 9 mm pistol taken away from the barracks on Friday by gunmen disguised as soldiers. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)


A Brazilian policeman takes position during an operation to search for weapons at the Morro da Providencia slum in Rio de Janeiro March 6, 2006. Brazilian soldiers and policemen clashed with drug traffickers in a Rio de Janeiro slum on Monday as they hunted for gangsters who had stolen a cache of weapons from a military base. The army operation was prompted by the theft of 10 assault rifles by a group of masked, armed men in camouflage who robbed an army transport unit in north Rio on Friday night. REUTERS/Sergio Moraes


Brazilian soldiers an a police officer partake in an incursion as a child runs by at the Morro da Providencia slum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Monday, March 6, 2006. The Brazilian army on Saturday deployed more than 500 troops to Rio de Janeiro's shantytowns to try to recover weapons stolen from its barracks a day earlier, authorities said. About 100 police officers also were involved in the operation. The troops made incursions into several of the city's shantytowns in search for the 10 assault rifles and the 9 mm pistol taken away from the barracks on Friday by gunmen disguised as soldiers. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)


Brazil's police partake in an incursion at the Morro da Providencia slum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Monday, March 6, 2006. The Brazilian army on Saturday deployed more than 500 troops to Rio de Janeiro's shantytowns to try to recover weapons stolen from its barracks a day earlier, authorities said. About 100 police officers also were involved in the operation. The troops made incursions into several of the city's shantytowns in search for the 10 assault rifles and the 9 mm pistol taken away from the barracks on Friday by gunmen disguised as soldiers. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)



A Colombian soldier stands guard near communication towers at the outskirts of Cali, Colombia, March 11, 2006. Colombian rebels killed eight soldiers and a policeman in three separate attacks on Saturday, part of a show of force before a legislative election that has left dozens dead, authorities said. REUTERS/Carlos Duran


Seventy members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, (FARC) prepare to surrender their arms in Alvarado, Tolima, Colombia Tuesday, March 7, 2006. (AP Photo/Luis Ramirez)


Vermont National Guard's Honor Guard fires a gun salute during funeral services, Saturday, March 11, 2006, in Morrisville, Vt., for National Guard Spc. Christopher Merchant, 32, of Hardwick, Vt., who was killed March 1, 2006, near Ramadi, Iraq, while serving with Task Force Saber. (AP Photo/Alden Pellett)


Det. James Barnes, center, with the New York Police Departments's Emergency Services Unit, patrols Wall Street and the flag-draped New York Stock Exchange Wednesday, March 8, 2006 in New York on the day that the exchange becomes a publicly listed company. The exchange completed a merger with electronic trading company Archipelago on Tuesday. Now that the NYSE is a publicly traded company, its agenda _ staying competitive with faster all-electronic markets _ will remain in place even as its corporate structure changes. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)


An Alexandria, Va. police officer, who would not give his name, scans the area surrounding U.S. District Court in Alexandria, Va., Thursday, March 9, 2006, where Zacarias Moussaoui is in the fourth day of his sentencing trial for his alleged participation in the attacks against America on Sept. 11, 2001. Witnesses who are testifying about Moussaoui's flight training will take the stand Thursday to explain Moussaoui's suspicious behavior during his flight training, which triggered the F.B.I.'s involvement in the case. (AP Photo/Caleb Jones)


An Alexandria, Va. police officer stands guard outside U.S. District Court in Alexandria, Va. Thursday, March 9, 2006 where Zacarias Moussaoui is in the fourth day of his sentencing trial for his alleged participation in the attacks against America on Sept. 11, 2001. (AP Photo/Caleb Jones)

Thanks lump...

These are always good.

This pic rocks

LOVE the 40mm action - hot stuff!


...and wtf is up with those Brazilians all palming the bottom of the mags? That has to be really awkard shooting stance and can't do much for maintaining stability for follow up shots.

Thanks Lumpy!

Nice as always

Thanks for the pics Lumpy.

Is that a M1919 he's carrying?

Excellent thread as usual Lumpy!

thanks...I needed that.

Me likes all the .308

Great set of photos, Lumpy!

Now I need to open the safe for some early morning Fal-fondling.

One of the better sets of pics I've seen. Good stuff. Enough FAL goodness to last an entire week!

Quoted: us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20060308/capt.208c93f763e14c9f8df2a1f50f090876.colombia_guerrilla_demobilization_bog102.jpg?x=244&y=345&sig=3ujMJ9KSGBMVDrhBmPL8Zg-- Is that a M1919 he's carrying?

yep, looks like the guy behind him has the tripod...
Seeing the Brazilian Imbels makes me feel all warm inside....

Good stuff.......again, L196!

Further reminder of the dangerous world we live in.

and that photo (and all the others previosly published from Iran) of the civilians training up on weapons, is a troubling clue.

The religious zealot parts of their population are preparing for war. With us, and of course Israel.

Thanks!

i gotta get me one of those rubber bullet shootin'  thingy's

Haha!
Fat cops in body armor...

Nice.  I like the tactical clown

Say that rifle in the background, isn't that the rifle from H**T?

Great pics Lumpy, thanks!

The trains aren't running.

Quoted: us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20060308/capt.208c93f763e14c9f8df2a1f50f090876.colombia_guerrilla_demobilization_bog102.jpg?x=244&y=345&sig=3ujMJ9KSGBMVDrhBmPL8Zg-- Is that a M1919 he's carrying?

Yep, hopefully after they surrender their weapons they get lined up and shot.  Commies aren't cool.

Great photos, thanks!  

It's nice to see the "right arm of the free world" still in use.  The FAL is a damn fine weapon.

Quoted: Quoted: us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20060308/capt.208c93f763e14c9f8df2a1f50f090876.colombia_guerrilla_demobilization_bog102.jpg?x=244&y=345&sig=3ujMJ9KSGBMVDrhBmPL8Zg-- Is that a M1919 he's carrying? Yep, hopefully after they surrender their weapons they get lined up and shot.  Commies aren't cool.

Damn commies...

Quoted: us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20060306/capt.ad9e67d3b6e141d2a48d584186addb26.brazil_stolen_weapons_rio102.jpg?x=380&y=262&sig=awnFBgb_P_YBzqM82gPFgA-- Say that rifle in the background, isn't that the rifle from H**T? h.gif Great pics Lumpy, thanks!

From the looks of the magazine, that ones a 5.56. Depends on which rifle in the movie you're talking about. The one that Sizemore (think it was, been awhile) carried in the opening armored truck robbery scene was 7.62, a 50.63 model IIRC. Later in the flick Pacino carried an FNC in the big shootout.

Quoted: LOVE the 40mm action - hot stuff! ...and wtf is up with those Brazilians all palming the bottom of the mags? That has to be really awkard shooting stance and can't do much for maintaining stability for follow up shots. Thanks Lumpy!

Bonus 40mm info

I always look forward to these threads.

Great pics and thanks again.

Quoted: I always look forward to these threads. Great pics and thanks again.

+1

Fal's
1919's
and
G-3's

Oh - MY!

US soldier Marine Staff Sergeant James C. Sanchez of the Regimental Combat Team 5's Personnel Security Detachment aims the M-32 multiple shot grenade launcher at a range near Falluja, 50 km (30 miles) west of Baghdad in this photo taken March 9, 2006 and released March 12, 2006. U.S. Marines recently introduced the M-32 as an experimental weapon to increase the small-team capability to rapidly launch indirect grenade fire. REUTERS/Gunnery Sgt. Mark Oliva/Handout  

That is a Marine, not a Soldier. RLT5 is the 5th Marine Regiment.

Great pics Lump!

BTT

cool

Good pics.

Quoted: This pic rocks

Thats the funniest thing ever... a clown with a gun giving presents to sum guy for some parade crap

Quoted:

Great pic.

Thanks Lumpy.

I love these threads. Thanks Lumpy.

It's nice to see some Galil/R4 still in action around the world


~nb

Quoted: Quoted: us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/afp/20060310/capt.sge.tbw41.100306130123.photo00.photo.default-384x272.jpg?x=380&y=269&sig=NXId0R_ND3meQ9XJEDfmwA-- This pic rocks Thats the funniest thing ever... a clown with a gun giving presents to sum guy for some parade crap

Never trust a clown.

Great as usual!  Thanks Lumpy!

Thats is an awesome posistion.

I was taken back when the clown turned out to be a settler not a Pali. I thought the Paili's were always the clowns.

Thanks lumpy

Mucho thanks

What is the red sticker, "Remove Before Flight?"

I love FALs.

That new grenade launcher is serious looking stuff.
Thanks Lumpy !