V16 Sniper Rifles And Tactics Against IS In Syria, SMLE In Afghanistan, Counterfeit Revolver In Iran

Our guest speaker and main presenter this podcast is Ed Nash, author of Desert Sniper. Ed took part in the fighting against the so-called Islamic State when he traveled to Syria to fight with the Syrian Democratic Forces, ending up as a precision rifleman in the campaigns of Hasakah, Shadaddi, and eventually Minbij where he ended his tour. He covers everything from the odd tactics in use with the YPG, types of precision rifles employed, and some of the bits of kit that helped him through the fighting. Our next speakers are Daniel Casingena and Analyst Mick from Twitter who both have significant small arms they came across in their research that they would like to share. As provided by Mick, Daniel came across an early SMLE rifle captured from the Taliban in Helmand province, Afghanistan, complete with volley sights and pre-World War One round-nosed ammunition still in the stripper clips. Mick then showed a counterfeit revolver that has both Smith & Wesson and Colt markings on it, yet has features of neither. Check out the published post when it goes live with accompanying photographs here- http://silahreport.com/2019/12/28/v16-sniper-rifles-and-tactics-against-is-in-syria-a-smle-lee-enfield-in-afghanistan-and-an-odd-revolver-in-iran Credits- Introduction audio is taken from the movie Son of a Lion, with permission of the director Benjamin Gilmour. The conversation takes place in the Kyber Pakhtunkwa (KPK) region of Pakistan and is between a customer examining a "Krinkov"-patterned rifle that is for sale. Music is traditional Arabic Dabkha by the name of اغاني دبكة تي رش رش Patreon Shoutout- If you want to support our work on researching small arms and light weapons in the MENA and Central Asian regions, please consider joining our Patreon support network that allows us to get articles, videos, and podcasts such as these to an international audience. Check us out here! www.patreon.com/SilahReport

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Silah Report is a non-commercial research project exploring contemporary and historical small arms & light weapons in the Middle East & North Africa (MENA), and Central Asia regions. A project of Armament Research Services (ARES), Silah Report is committed to producing original, regionally focused content. Silah is the Turkish word for ‘weapon’, coming from the Arabic and Farsi, “سلاح”. Silah Report is committed to producing timely, regionally focused content that educates our readership about the current and historical disposition of small arms & light weapons in the MENA and Central Asia regions.