The Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant Megathread

[CountDeMoney]

Creepy ass krauts.

[celedhring]

The Spanish army still uses a model derived from the MG 42. It's just a very successful design.

[The Brain]

The Spanish army still uses a model derived from the MG 42. It's just a very successful design.

[Viking]

You want WW2 nostalgia? This was the MG we used when I was in the service in the 90s:

thats the MG-3 a modern machine gun, it just look almost identical to the MG-42.. then again the Panzerfaust 3 and the Leopard look supiciously Panzerfaust-44 and Tiger-1 like.

[CountDeMoney]

I was referring to the inventory order form.  The Germans sure do like accounting for things, especially with serial numbers.


And their pacifism is total bullshit;  they won't do it, but they'll sell the shit out of it.

[Berkut]

The Spanish army still uses a model derived from the MG 42. It's just a very successful design.

Isn't the US Army M-60 considered to be a derivation from the MG42?

[Razgovory]

I know Pakistan still uses the MG 3.

[Zanza]

Germany still uses the MG3 in vehicle-mounted roles.

[Syt]

I was referring to the inventory order form.  The Germans sure do like accounting for things, especially with serial numbers.


And their pacifism is total bullshit;  they won't do it, but they'll sell the shit out of it.

Oh, we're proud weapons exporters to almost anyone who will pay.

Rheinmetall is battling a recent government veto on their selling a modern battlefield simulation system to Russia, though.

[derspiess]

The Spanish army still uses a model derived from the MG 42. It's just a very successful design.

Isn't the US Army M-60 considered to be a derivation from the MG42?

Partly, but I think it gets overstated sometimes.  Plus it's not as cool looking or sounding as an MG42

[Jacob]

Kurds and Shia volunteers retake Northern towns from IS and kill at least two senior IS leaders: http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2014/09/iraq-retakes-more-towns-from-islamic-state-20149183142780549.html

Iraqi Kurdish forces and Shia armed volunteers have retaken more northern towns from the Islamic State group, killing at least two of its senior fighters, sources have told Al Jazeera.

A day after breaking the siege in the town of Amerli north of Baghdad, government forces retook the town of Sulaiman Bek on Monday, removing another key stronghold of the Islamic State group.

Iraqi officials said they killed, Mussab Mamoud, the town's Islamic State head, and Mazen Zaki, the military wing commander, along with more than 20 other Sunni rebel fighters.

[derspiess]

Did they kill that big dude with the 12.7mm Russian MG yet?

[jimmy olsen]

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-29038217

An Islamic State video has appeared which purports to show the beheading of Steven Sotloff, a US journalist being held hostage by the militants.

Mr Sotloff, 31, disappeared in Syria in 2013. He appeared at the end of a video last month which showed fellow US journalist James Foley being killed.

A militant in the latest video also threatens to kill a British hostage.

Mr Sotloff's family said they were aware of the video and were "grieving privately".

After Mr Foley's death, Mr Sotloff's mother appealed to IS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi to save her son's life.

White House spokesman Josh Earnest said US officials were checking the reports.

The US has recently carried out dozens of air strikes against IS targets in Iraq.

BBC security correspondent Frank Gardner says the apparent beheading is a way for IS to get back at the US for its actions.

[CountDeMoney]

I'm sure some redshirt on the deck of the George H.W. Bush is chalking his name on some ordnance tonight.  A small consolation.

[Razgovory]

The Spanish army still uses a model derived from the MG 42. It's just a very successful design.

Isn't the US Army M-60 considered to be a derivation from the MG42?

Partly, but I think it gets overstated sometimes.  Plus it's not as cool looking or sounding as an MG42

Yeah, the MG42 worked better as well.