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#Mexico 🇲🇽: Daughter of a “Jalisco New Generation Cartel” ( #CJNG ) member posing with a trophy weapon captured from Mexican Forces in #Michoacán.
The daughter of the gunmen is carrying a domestic FX-05 “Xiuhcoatl” (Fire Serpent) carbine chambered in 5.56x45mm #NATO.
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#France 🇫🇷: A gang member selling a rare 3D-printed 9x19mm “Rogue-9” submachine gun on the black market in #Oise.
The asking price for the full-auto DIY Rogue-9 SMG is €3,800 which is fairly over priced.
#Mexico 🇲🇽: “Mayo Flaco” Cartel drone-bombed the members of their rival “Los Chapitos” Cartel in #Sinaloa.
MF cartel members likely used a DJI Mavic / Matrice COTS Drone armed with an air-dropped Improvised Explosive Device (IED).
#Italy 🇮🇹: Gunmen blew up an Armored Van belonging to BTV Company and attacked Carabinieri near #Tuturano in #Puglia.
Gunmen used Kalashnikov assault rifles with jungle-taped mags and removed buttstocks —some seem to be #Chinese 🇨🇳 Type 56 / #Albanian 🇦🇱 ASh-78 Tip-1 rifles.
#France 🇫🇷: A gang member is selling numerous cut-down (chopped)“Kalashnikov” assault rifles on the French black market in Saint-Étienne.
Several #Albania made 🇦🇱 ASh-78 Tip-1 rifles, #China made 🇨🇳 Type 56 rifles and Yugoslavian Zastava M70 / M70B1 rifles are on sale for €5500 each.
#France 🇫🇷: A gang member displaying a batch of brand new weapons for sale on French black market in #Oise:
Numerous Full-auto "Colt M4 PDW / Commando" pattern carbines, Glock pistols and Mission First Tactical 5.56mm / .223 Rem magazines are on sale.
#Russia / #Ukraine 🇷🇺🇺🇦: A photo posted by a foreign fighter of the #Ukrainian Forces —who's an #Anarchist from #France 🇫🇷.
The French Anarchist fighter is seemingly using a customized Soviet-made AK-74 assault rifle with wrapped buttstock Ⓐ.
Northern #Ireland 🇮🇪: Armed Irish Republican group “Óglaigh na hÉireann” ( #ONH ) fired volley shots in the city of #Derry.
The gunman who fired the shots is notably armed with what seems to be a #Poland made 🇵🇱 FB PM-63 “RAK” submachine gun.
#Russia / #Ukraine 🇷🇺🇺🇦: A new photo posted by a fighter of the #Russian Armed Forces with a rare weapon.
The fighter is carrying a 7.62x54mmR “Type 73” (73식 경기관총) Light machine gun —made and supplied by #NorthKorea ( #DPRK ) 🇰🇵.
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#Thailand / #Cambodia 🇹🇭🇰🇭: “Thai Air Forces” reportedly bombed a casino building which was being used by the “Cambodian Army” on the border.
Thai Army possibly used F-16(A/B) fighter aircraft with Mark 82 (MK-82) aerial bomb and Precision-Guided Glide Bomb system.
