wwcollector90 Posted February 18, 2015 Share #1 Posted February 18, 2015 Greetings fellow forum members, I have recently acquired a large amount of captured Iraqi uniforms and equipment from a Desert Storm vet and am a bit overwhelmed. The vet is a friend of my Dad who served with the Special Forces from the mid 70’s to the early 90’s. While visiting his house the other day he asked whether I would be interested in his Desert Storm bringbacks. I of course said yes, thinking to myself it would be neat to have a helmet or two. What came next blew my socks off. He proceeded to pull boxes upon boxes of captured militaria out. I could hardly fit it all in my car for the drive back to my house! He was a Lt. Col at the time and is going to write me up a letter regarding the items and his service. I know many members of the forum are Gulf War vets and I would love to get their opinion on what some of the uniforms are especially the camo stuff. My favorite pieces are the AK bandoliers with the magazines still in them. They were pretty rusty but I have cleaned them up a bit and they look great. Hope you all enjoy the photos -John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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GeneralCheese Posted February 18, 2015 Share #5 Posted February 18, 2015 Wow! That's pretty incredible. Seems like a lot of Iraqi lizard camo and some blue DPM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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wwcollector90 Posted February 18, 2015 Author Share #12 Posted February 18, 2015 I set up a little display with one of my semi auto ak's. What do yall think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wwcollector90 Posted February 18, 2015 Author Share #13 Posted February 18, 2015 Thanks! General Cheese Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baron3-6 Posted February 18, 2015 Share #14 Posted February 18, 2015 Very nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wwcollector90 Posted February 18, 2015 Author Share #15 Posted February 18, 2015 One of the tags in a camo fatige Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oefoifcollector Posted February 18, 2015 Share #16 Posted February 18, 2015 Great ! Thanks for sharing ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blitzkrieg gsd Posted February 18, 2015 Share #17 Posted February 18, 2015 That was a big haul nice stuff to I'm with you the bandoleersare cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agate hunter Posted February 18, 2015 Share #18 Posted February 18, 2015 Nice items!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SergeantMajorGray Posted February 18, 2015 Share #19 Posted February 18, 2015 That's one hell of a haul! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longbranch Posted February 18, 2015 Share #20 Posted February 18, 2015 Easily one of the coolest lots of Desert Storm bringbacks I have ever seen. About a dozen decent Iraqi helmets, a smattering of field gear and chest rigs, some neat camouflage uniforms, etc. Extremely cool. You know... you have GOT to play those cassettes. Wonder what the heck is on those? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost Posted February 18, 2015 Share #21 Posted February 18, 2015 Easily one of the coolest lots of Desert Storm bringbacks I have ever seen. About a dozen decent Iraqi helmets, a smattering of field gear and chest rigs, some neat camouflage uniforms, etc. Extremely cool. You know... you have GOT to play those cassettes. Wonder what the heck is on those? Probably Madonna's greatest hits! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mvmhm Posted February 18, 2015 Share #22 Posted February 18, 2015 C'mon....Iraq? Desert? It's gotta be the Beach Boys: Little Deuce T-72, Help Me Saddam, Sloop Saddam Hussein, In my bunker, Will I live long enough to grow up to be a man?, you know - all the hits. Mark sends Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wwcollector90 Posted February 18, 2015 Author Share #23 Posted February 18, 2015 Actually the cassett behind the one with all the arabic written on it is RUN DMC!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hessian Posted February 18, 2015 Share #24 Posted February 18, 2015 Actually the cassett behind the one with all the arabic written on it is RUN DMC!! LOL. Thats about right.... Great haul, congrats! I have the same duffel bag with the triangle on it. Brought it back full from the 2003 Invasion, er, I mean 'liberation' or whatever they PC police dubbed it.... Really like what you did with the display and AK. Nice. Surprised there were no flags in the lot? DM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bellasilva Posted February 18, 2015 Share #25 Posted February 18, 2015 Holy smokes! Amazing haul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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