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Posted: 2/20/2002 10:11:36 PM EDT
[img]http://us.news1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20020220/i/3959488578.jpg[/img]
U.S. Special Forces Master Sergeant Neil Estrada (R) teaches a Filipino counterpart how to use a M4 A1 assault rifle during training inside the remoteTabiawan camp on Basilan island in southern Philippines, February 20, 2002. U.S. Special Forces commandos are on the island to train Filipino soldiers in an effort to defeat the Muslim Abu Sayyaf rebels linked to Osama bin Laden and his al Qaeda network. REUTERS/Erik de Castro
Link Posted: 2/20/2002 10:12:29 PM EDT
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Link Posted: 2/20/2002 10:13:05 PM EDT
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U.S. Special Forces Staff Sgt. Bryan Davis from Texas, left, and Technical Sgt. Scot Nowlin from Seattle armed with an M-4 rifles walk inside the Philippine Marines advance command post in the mountain area of Maluso town in Basilan island in southern Philippines on Monday, Feb. 18, 2002.
Link Posted: 2/20/2002 10:13:48 PM EDT
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An American soldier secures an athletic field in Isabela on Basilan island February 17, 2002, in the southern Philippines.
Link Posted: 2/20/2002 10:14:49 PM EDT
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A U.S. Special Forces member stands beside his colleague at the 103rd Infantry Brigade in Basilan island, southern Philippines Sunday, Feb. 17, 2002.
Link Posted: 2/20/2002 10:15:31 PM EDT
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An armed U.S. soldier rides with Filipino soldiers aboard a Philippine military helicopter conducting a reconnaisance mission on Basilan island
Link Posted: 2/20/2002 10:16:44 PM EDT
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U.S. Special Forces Master Sergeant Neil Estrada (2nd-R) gives training to Filipino soldiers how to use an M4 A1 carbine assault rifle inside the remote Tabiawan camp on Basilan island in the southern Philippines, February 20, 2002. U.S. Special Forces commandos are on the island to train Filipino soldiers in an effort to defeat Muslim Abu Sayyaf rebels linked to Osama bin Laden. REUTERS/Erik de Castro
Link Posted: 2/20/2002 10:24:00 PM EDT
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That flash suppressor kinda looks like the HK suppressor on the G36 with its four open ended prongs.  Wouldn't that be disadvantageous in a jungle environment...like the 3-prong flash suppressors on the early M16's in Vietnam.
Link Posted: 2/20/2002 10:49:37 PM EDT
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That would be one of the first times seeing a vortex flame supressor on an M4 on Gov. issue.
Link Posted: 2/21/2002 3:38:23 AM EDT
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Cool camo on the M4's.  But since they camo'd the entire gun, don't you figure they would camo the inside of the scope cover?  Same with the inside of the ejection port cover.  I know there is only so much you can do, but why leave those out.  Then again, maybe it really doesn't matter at 50 yards and is not really needed.

Thanks for the photos.
Link Posted: 2/21/2002 3:48:00 AM EDT
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An American soldier secures an athletic field in Isabela on Basilan island February 17, 2002, in the southern Philippines.
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What kind of optic is that?
Link Posted: 2/21/2002 3:53:34 AM EDT
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It's an EO Tech
Link Posted: 2/21/2002 4:04:07 AM EDT
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Cool camo on the M4's.  But since they camo'd the entire gun, don't you figure they would camo the inside of the scope cover?  Same with the inside of the ejection port cover.  I know there is only so much you can do, but why leave those out.  Then again, maybe it really doesn't matter at 50 yards and is not really needed.

Thanks for the photos.
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What about camo on the magazines?
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