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9K310 MANPADS captured from rebels in South Sudan
February 1, 2014 · by N.R. Jenzen-Jones · 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 […]