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9K310 MANPADS captured from rebels in South Sudan

February 1, 2014 · by · in Ammunition & Ordnance, Arms & Munitions ID, Small Arms & Light Weapons · Leave a comment

  This post originally appeared at The Hoplite, the ARES company blog.  Seen at the bottom centre in the photo above is a 9K310 Igla-1 (NATO designation: SA-16 Gimlet) man-portable air defence system (MANPADS). The weapons pictured were purportedly captured by soldiers of the Uganda People’s Defence Force (UPDF) stationed in South Sudan to protect key […]

9K338 Igla-S and other MANPADS in Syria

May 31, 2013 · by · in Arms & Munitions ID, Syria · 1 Comment

The image above, a screenshot from a recently uploaded video, appears to show a fully assembled 9K338 Igla-S (NATO reporting name: SA-24 Grinch) in the hands of rebel forces in Syria. The fighters, from the Alasala Watanmia Front, exhibit four different man-portable air defence systems (MANPADS) in the video uploaded on May 30, 2013. From left […]