Airborne Combat Engineer’s WTFs
I’ve been regularly visiting this site starting from a few weeks back for their almost daily WTF photos (WTF in this case stands for What’s the Firearm and not the other WTF) And also, despite the name Airborne Combat Engineer, this site isn’t solely about Airborne troops or Combat Engineers per se; it’s more of a mix of security news, US politics and of course, firearms.
The What’s the Firearm photo is basically an edited photo of a real-life firearm where markings have been removed and readers have to guess the make of the weapon. Kind of reminds me of those aircraft recognition guides, but for firearms in this case. Featured in yesterday’s WTF photo is a lavishly gold-plated submachine gun.
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Take the one above (taken from WTF 01 May 2007) for instance. Amateur firearm enthusiasts like me can probably identify it as the Ingram Mac-10 (like the one in Counterstrike) with a reflex sight, a huge suppressor and a really long magazine! but there were commenters who could actually identify it as a Mac 11 variant known as MPA-30.
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Or this firearm held by Indonesian President Dr Yudhoyono. I actually thought it was an M-16. See the actual photo and answer at WTF 02 June 2007.
For the rest of the What the Firearm posts, click here for the archives for the newer WTF category or the older Girls with Guns posts. I like the WTF photos more than the Girls with Guns photos but that’s just my personal opinion.
Anyway, highly recommended for anyone who considers himself/herself a firearm enthusiast.
MORE @ THE DOWNLOAD MUNKEY:
Kiesler’s Weapons Catalog
Modern Firearms by Max. R Popenker
