U.S. Army Soldiers from Troop B, 2nd Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team from Fort Lewis, Wash. and 717th Ordnance Company EOD, 184th Ordnance Battalion, Combined Joint Task Force Troy, Ft. Campbell, Ky., empty a massive weapons cache that was discovered at Sa'ada village, Iraq, Oct 23. The cache marks the largest discovery of explosively formed penetrators ever found in Iraq at one location. The cache included 124 fully-assembled explosively formed penetrators, 159 copper disks of four different sizes used in making EFPS (including 12-inch disks - one of the largest ever discovered in Iraq), 600-plus pounds of C4 and other explosive materials, 100 mortar rounds of various caliber, 31 70mm rockets, two mortar tubes and 20 claymore-type mines. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Dennis J. Henry Jr.)
Date Taken: | 10.23.2007 |
Date Posted: | 10.26.2007 15:24 |
Photo ID: | 62911 |
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Location: | FORWARD OPERATING BASE TAJI, IQ |
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