Free Syria Army finds a pot of gold, doesn't realise it

[Stolly]

http://www.armoryblog.com/firearms/rifles/free-syrian-army-captures-5000-stg44s/

The FSA capture a container full of rifles, 5,000 of them to be exact. Probably in a forgotten corner of some old army depot. They post it to Youtube thinking they are AK47's. An easy mistake to make since the AK47 was very much based on what they did find, which was a container full of original, probably unused, WWII German StG-44's. The very first assault rifle, actually even the name is the English translation of what StG stands for in German. They go for up to $20,000 each in the US.

The have up to $100,000,000 sat right there, if i've worked it out correctly.

What will probably happen is that they'll try to use them, find they don't use the same ammunition as the AK47 and throw them away. Whoops.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/StG_44

 

[TheVoice]

Says it all when an "army" can't even identify an AK47 correctly.

 

[G|mp]

Says it all when an "army" can't even identify an AK47 correctly.

Lack of COD.

 

[MooMoo444]

I'd love to have a relic like that.

 

[Efour]

That is quite an amazing find. Thx for sharing. The mind boggles how they ended up there....

 

[estebanrey]

They go for up to $20,000 each in the US.

Isn't part of that value related to rareness? If they've uncovered a job lot of them I'd say the people that currently own one stand to lose out big time.

 

[JoeF1]

Great find! - can guarentee they will be used rather than going to collecters etc.

 

[Stolly]

Isn't part of that value related to rareness? If they've uncovered a job lot of them I'd say the people that currently own one stand to lose out big time.

Good point, and also the $20,000 relates to legal rifles imported before new imports were banned in the 1980's. So there would be lot of legal hurdles to overcome before they could even get onto the legal US market.

Still, if they are imported and sold a much less than $20,000 each, its still a huge profit for someone.

 

[TehBluebear]

The wikipedia article states they have been seen used by the FSA.

 

[Stolly]

That is quite an amazing find. Thx for sharing. The mind boggles how they ended up there....

The Syrians got a lot of WWII surplus arms in the 1950's and 60's.

They even used WWII German Panzer IV's against the Israelis up into the late 1960's. Some were captured are in a museum in Israel to this day.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panzer_IV#Other_users

 

[Devlish]

Ive seen video of a guy using one, recognised it instantly. This was a while ago. The one thing the OP is wrong about is how valuable they are though. They cant get them to the places where they would sell well, unless they smuggled them backwards through their supply route and then licenses could be obtained (highly unlikely given their provenance) etc. - so provided they can make the ammo right there and then theyre proving more useful being used against Assad.

 

[Stolly]

The wikipedia article states they have been seen used by the FSA.

So it does. Would love to know where they are getting the ammunition from, can't imagine 70 year old stocks would be very reliable.

 

[Guile]

These Al Qaida fighters already have all the gold they need and it is provided by the UK tax-payer through that Zionist puppet William Hague. You people don't seem to be bothered about that.

 

[Stolly]

Ive seen video of a guy using one, recognised it instantly. This was a while ago. The one thing the OP is wrong about is how valuable they are though. They cant get them to the places where they would sell well, unless they smuggled them backwards through their supply route and then licenses could be obtained (highly unlikely given their provenance) etc. - so provided they can make the ammo right there and then theyre proving more useful being used against Assad.

True enough, they'd need to get them onto the US market legally, and thats going to be hard to say the least. Especially in the current anti "assault weapon" climate.

 

[Devlish]

 

[Stolly]

These Al Qaida fighters already have all the gold they need and it is provided by the UK tax-payer through that Zionist puppet William Hague. You people don't seem to be bothered about that.

Ah yes, its the evil Joos at the root of all known problems. Why, even the recent snowfall is a Zionist plot.

 

[Devlish]

These Al Qaida fighters already have all the gold they need and it is provided by the UK tax-payer through that Zionist puppet William Hague. You people don't seem to be bothered about that.

Thats because you dont have the first clue about the situation other than what Socialist Worker tells you to think.

So tell me, how do you know this particular guy, firing this weapon, is Al-Qaeda? Proper reasoning please or youll show yourself up to be an ignorant ****.

 

[Stolly]

Yowzers. Look at that. Wonder if the chap on the other end had a .303 SMLE

 

[Devlish]

Yowzers. Look at that. Wonder if the chap on the other end had a .303 SMLE

Man, ive shot those a lot, I love that gun more than any other. Still, would like to get my hands on one of these. Down a firing range though, nowhere theres a chance someone could be shooting back.

 

[Guile]

Thats because you dont have the first clue about the situation other than what Socialist Worker tells you to think.

Firstly, that is a publication I would never read and secondly, you are obviously a clueless drone who takes his information from the BBC if you do not realise FSA is largely Al Qaida.

Have you still not found out how they lied to you about Egypt and Libya where there told you the resistance were freedom-loving democrats but they turned out to be hardcore Islamists?

Why are the ignorant the ones who will push their political views so strongly? You clearly have ZERO knowledge of anything that is going on in that region. Try educating yourself.

http://www.businessinsider.com/al-q...e-best-fighters-among-the-syria-rebels-2012-7