The gun markets of Pakistan

Richard Marcincko, founder of Seal Team Six and author of the quasi-fictitious "Rogue Warrior" series writes of those markets in Pakistan in (I think it was in) "Blue Team". HIs books are like "red team", "Green team", "blue team", "designation gold" etc so hard to keep track of the different onces.
 
Yeah, some of those copies are actually surprisingly good. Fooled many an unfortunate buyer at the KAF market back when weapons were still allowed there.
 
Probably looking at Norinco,s biggest market.Notice the old guy playing with the m213 9mm pistol.I am sure that is why Norinco does not get to many brownie points with the U.S. government.As for make i doubt more like refurbish junk that has been picked up after previous battles have ended.
 
This video was posted a few months back but it is interesting to see it again. I still want to pick up that Artillery Luger for cheap ;).
 
It is therefore more than interesting, that CNN is reposting this footage in its world news. Must be very relevant again to event happening in that volatile and explosive parts of the world, right now...

This news clip also mentioned the that all british soldiers (16000) that went through the Kyber Pass (1837) died, (except for one who could tell the story).
 
bjhill said:
Probably looking at Norinco,s biggest market.Notice the old guy playing with the m213 9mm pistol.I am sure that is why Norinco does not get to many brownie points with the U.S. government.As for make i doubt more like refurbish junk that has been picked up after previous battles have ended.
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They do actually copy guns from scratch.
 
snowhunter said:
and without CNC machinery :)
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Methinks they could teach Remington a thing about quality control. :D

Also one interesting feature about those arms towns is no police...Instead the tribal elders spend the day sitting in high towers overlooking the town cleaning their guns and sipping tea...just watching, just waiting for any trouble. :D
 
I have seen pictures of signs in the english language, going into these pakistani "tribal" areas, that forbids "foreigners" from entering those "tribal" areas, years ago.

I was never really bothered by these signs, since I never wanted to venture into these "tribal" areas anyway. I think the men inside these "tribal" areas are affraid of the realities of the outside world, like educated women and other cultures ?

It is therefore neat to see this footage by journalist who was able to sneak in and "blend in" with some of the the local gun producers/retailers, which according to this story, produces about 350.000 guns a year, which means that these "craftmen" must have some form for mass production and assembly systems, as well as modern machinery, in order to produce that number of "home made" guns, ammunition, and as well as having a very established infrastructure of raw matereal suppliers from clips, various springs, screws, barrel making machinery and stocks, etc ?

I suspect that the pakistani government, and it's intelligence apparatus is deeply involved in the production and distribution of these "home made" weapons, and that is the real reasons for that these "tribal" areas are closed to foreigners ?
 
Also, if you go to "Youtube" and search under "pakistani guns", there are few other stories/dvd clips of guns produced in Pakistan, including and ad from the Pakistani Governments arsenal factory, which produces ammo for western and chinese arms in its inventory.
 
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