BAGHDAD – Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldiers seized a large weapons and munitions cache Nov. 7 while on a dismounted patrol in Rusafa, a central Baghdad neighborhood.
The Soldiers from Company C, 4th Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, discovered 35 60mm mortar rounds, two 82mm mortar rounds, 20 120mm mortar rounds, five 57mm mortar rounds, six 94mm recoilless-rifle rounds, two 120mm rocket warheads, 50 7.62mm rounds, seven rocket-propelled grenade launchers, six pounds of homemade explosives, two pounds of dynamite, two RPG rounds, two body armor vests and various bomb-making materials.
An explosive ordnance disposal team performed a controlled detonation of the weapons and munitions.
Stryker Soldiers seize large munitions cache in Baghdad
Multi-National Division – Baghdad PAO
BAGHDAD – Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldiers seized a large weapons and munitions cache Nov. 7 while on a dismounted patrol in Rusafa, a central Baghdad neighborhood.
The Soldiers from Company C, 4th Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, discovered 35 60mm mortar rounds, two 82mm mortar rounds, 20 120mm mortar rounds, five 57mm mortar rounds, six 94mm recoilless-rifle rounds, two 120mm rocket warheads, 50 7.62mm rounds, seven rocket-propelled grenade launchers, six pounds of homemade explosives, two pounds of dynamite, two RPG rounds, two body armor vests and various bomb-making materials.
An explosive ordnance disposal team performed a controlled detonation of the weapons and munitions.
