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Originally Posted by TLAM Strike
Interesting UnderseaLcpl. I noticed that this rounds is used in some Sniper Rifles much like our Barrett. I wonder if the Taliban got it hands on some  |
I'm sure they have. The 14.5mm was used in the old Soviet PTRS anti-tank rifles. A lot of Soviet gear was captured in the Soviet-Afghan war, so it wouldn't surprise me if the round came from a PTRS.
Other weapons, such as the KPV heavy machine gun used the 14.5mm, but the fact that it was a HEI round leads me to believe that it was fired from a PTRS. That's pure speculation, though. I don't know anything from ground perspective in Afghanistan, but I know that insurgents in Iraq would often confuse round types in RPGs and HMGs (firing Anti-personnel warheads at armored targets and fortifified walls) I could show you if I could get my movies off my old laptop.
Going OT for a sec, does anyone know about how much it would cost to recover contents from a hard drive, or how likely it would be to be successful? I have a lot of footage and pictures that I can't get off my old HP laptop because it won't boot correctly. Thanks in advance for any help.
