172nd Stryker Soldiers discover huge weapons cache
Posted by DarthDilbert at 8/21/2006 10:18:00 AMSoldiers from the 172nd SBCT seized a large weapons cache in a warehouse during a search in support of Operation Together Forward. The cache included 580+ mortar rounds, roughly 39,000 rounds of small-arms ammunition, 100+ RPGs, 270+ rockets, two landmines, a shape charge, a crater charge, 11 fragmentation grenades, several machine guns, ammunition drums, 5,000 feet of detonation cord, mortar tubes with bipods, land mines, 50+ rocket motors and various other bomb-making materials and ordnance. Five hundred buildings were searched during the operation.
BlackAnthem
172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team
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