AK-74's stolen from a U.S. military base?

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Cross training and familiarity for US soldiers. Or possibly used for OPFOR weapons,

Heck, maybe the ATF took them and sent them to Mexico:D
 
Probably is some sort of specialized or at least other-than-infantry unit ... I know a standard principle of Special Forces which like "The Unit" later adapted was using "local weapons" - this helps you both blend in, utilize local ammo, therefore utilize captured ammo, in extreme emergency capture a local weapon which would therefore theoretically be what you or similar to what you were using.... Etc.



OR it would make your unit look like you weren't American ....... a platoon of soldiers wielding Russian AK-74's and covered by a Dragunov creeping around certain oil fields or better yet nuclear energy plants .... perhaps even demilitarized zones on particular parallels ... would not appear they were American forces.......
 
The military has long possessed and used comblock wepons in exercises; small arms, tanks, aircraft, etc. It makes aggressor forces more realistic. "Know thy enemy" also includes his weapons. I wouldn't be at all surprised if the U.S. military possessed the samples of the current weapons of any potential enemy force.
 
The theft happened at Ft Irwin , the old National Training Center in the Mojave Desert . It's pretty much standard for Army bases to have a least some former Soviet gear and guns ( and tanks , etc ) for training .
 
Ft Irwin has an OPFOR (Opposing Forces Unit) That was styled on the Soviet Union. Do not know what the model is now but since Soviet style weapons are used in Iraq and Afghanistan they probably use them for training and for the OPFOR.

At JRTC at Ft. Polk they had some Soviet Helicopters. I enslisted in 75 So we trained to fight the Soviets. MY first trip to JRTC is was kind of unnerving for a second seeing that Soviet Helicopter fly around.
 
since this is a training command they probably have them for training purposes, though the ak47 is much more prolific in the middle east than the 74 from my understanding. also since it was sitting in a warehouse it could have also been confiscated weapons
 
Threat Weapons

Most units have threat weapons available for training purposes, though many have the barrels welded closed. Pretty much any corporal can sign them out. However I wonder why A. they were in a supply warehouse.... I mean the US Army is the best supply system the Marine Corps has, si getting stuff from supply isn't hard at all. B. If there were weapons in there why wasn't there a guard?
 
anyone seen The Unit episode where the Hispanic gang that SFC Grey was a former member of, was robbing the Army blind of weapons and finally binary explosive? sounds like this.

Cause shoot I would love to be able to get a real deal awesome AK74, imagine if they're like high qual, full auto Saiga AK-74's awww yeah, and maybe a real deal Dragunov from Russia thats all accurized and stuff.. Awesome! Shoot I hear military guys sell the stuff they steal all over the US but I can't never find any lol, cause I would buy some!
 
The Eleventh Cavalry Regiment (BLACKHORSE) provides bodies for the Opposition Force (OPFOR) at the National Training Center at Fort Irwin, California.

Civilian Contractors have also come into the mix to provide "authenticity" during unit rotational exercises. Having native Arab, Dari, or Pashto speakers requires rotating units to use interpreters and practice "cultural awareness" during the exercise.

I won't get into details about how or where the OPFOR weapons are stored, but suffice to say that no warehouse is completely secure and I wouldn't want to be the poor sap that failed in his job to secure those weapons.

Jimro
 
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