[quote=""'[R-DEV"]Tim270;1966685']Quite a bit of $$$ there too. I remember seeing a article where
some captured small arms were kept in storage, a lot were destroyed.
Kinda surprised there is no sorta, ship back and sell to dealers program? Or is it something quite iffy with the Military selling civs weapons? please enlighten me![/quote]
Some of the more modern ones were used to re-equip the Iraqi Army. A great deal more were destroyed mechanically or explosively, though. Once heard that antique, non-full automatic weapons like the MN and SMLE could actually be taken home as trophies provided the COC issued a certification that the weapon was captured by the troop and accounted for (and had not simply fallen off the truck into the troop's possession) and the certificate was attached to the weapon at all times during transport. But upon getting home some of them were still destroyed, possibly as a matter of local policy.
Mockingbird is correct. The USG actually bringing back a load of these rifles to sell them on the civilian market would probably not bring them anywhere near as much money as it costs to transport them back to the States. They're not in great condition and millions of them were made. Some of the more exotic ones (Stg-44), however, museums and other private collectors might offer a bit for. But most likely any surviving examples will end up in military museums. Until budget cuts force those to close and they'll be destroyed lest another evil antiquated gun find its way onto America's streets .
[quote="obpmgmua""]Will Insurgency ever be fixed?[/quote]
If by "fixed" you mean "removed," which would be a guaranteed solution to the problem, I can only hope.
