bcoy SG Found these photos - Among a pile of old weapons, in the middle, a Ultimax 100 without its barrel, and on the right, 2 SR88a with its distinctive butt (white tape). Pile of SR88a rifles, spray painted in camo green/brown - Report of the use of the SR88a in the Soloman islands - http://rspas.anu.edu.au/papers/melanesia/working_papers/Tanis-Gray.rtf About 300 SR88s' and 50 Ultimax 100 are supposed to exist within the Soloman islands from this report (PDF) - http://hei.unige.ch/sas/AddRes/Weapons%20Free%20Villages%20Evaluation%20Nelson%20Muggah.pdf
MobyDog SG Yaeh.. so.. they were captured form the police in an ambush... so what what's your point? I read the the second pdf file and the american arms are 100 fold larger.. and again.. what's your point ?
tvdog SG I count at least 6 SR-88 in the first pic. Nearly all the black rifles in there are SR-88. And the camo weapon in the second pic ia also SR-88. Once again, ST is selling weapons to all and sundry. Has anyone ever used a SR-88 beffore? It's one ugly sumbi.tch
tankee1981 SG Actually i think the old WW2 rifles such as the MK1 and MK3(i think) look cool despite being obsolete in the modern battlefield! Reminds me of my time in NPCC in the past !
gary1910 SG In the pdf report, it also mentioned CIS GL and CIS GPMG( FN copy). SG made weapons were sold to many third world nations,afterall she was and maybe still is the world top ten small arms producer.
bcoy SG For those interested - there is another PDF report (138 pages) about gun running in Papua New Guinea. http://hei.unige.ch/sas/Special%20Reports/SR%20PNG.pdf Gun running in Papua New Guinea, from arrows to assault weapons in the southern highlands. Contains black market prices of arms including the Ultimax 100 - US$5000 (Lowest), US$13,330 (Highest), average price US$8,530.
tankee1981 SG I think those arms are made in Singapore itself and exported to the Soloman Islands instead of making them there.
ceecookie SG the 3rd weapon on top from left is quite an old one...seen it in WWII battles and in movies like Band Of Brothers
gd4u SG Hello, i think most NPCC units dun even have Mk.4 or Mk. 5 liao. I think the only place u gonna find these guns is in SAFPU ...
madman_me SG some units still have some of e rifles.. and i believe the name for it is Mk1 no 4, 5 not mk 4 or 5.. did some research on it before..
MobyDog SG Sorry.. bcoy. I thought that it will be another one of those tread about " why is Singapore arming questionable groups" again..
