V21: Marwan the Iraqi Gunsmith

On the 21st episode of Silah Report Podcast, we had an amazing guest who is famous for his RPD conversion to a pseudo M249 but focusing mainly on functionality, Mr. Marwan! An amazing Iraqi Gunsmith and a member of one of the many PMU militias in Iraq. In this episode, we asked Marwan on his treasured conversion, what inspired him, how he learned the skills necessary to carry it out and various other questions from our fellow patrons! The article will be uploaded very soon on silahreport.com, meanwhile, you can check out our patreon page here if you would like to have your questions answered by our panel during an edition of the podcast, please support Silah Report on Patreon and submit questions as often as you like! https://www.patreon.com/join/SilahReport 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

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