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Unfortunately, all I seemed to ever encounter were the Romanian made variants.

Not one to turn my nose up, I collected/liberated what was available. At that time, 2004-2005 operations were quite frenetic and there was no time or opportunity to build any relationships with locals who may have had access to the Iraqi made variants I was after. Two years later, my second deployment to Iraq was much more sedate. I was able to make friends with one particular Iraqi vendor who would visit our base with various curios to sell from a small shop (really more of a glorified shack). He had a lot of touristy baubles and no shortage of small wooden faux antiques.

Of course the ubiquitous Romanian AK Type I Bayonets were much in evidence and in varying conditions (usually, about five of them on a shelf). Initially, I attempted to ask him about other AK Bayonets he might have to offer for sale. All I received in response were blank stares. Clearly my ability to communicate what I wanted was lost due to the language barrier.įortunately, I had a copy of Martin Ivie’s Kalashnikov Bayonets along with me (I was much better prepared this deployment!) and I made a color copy of the page referencing Iraqi bayonets. When I went back with the copy, the vendor nodded and clearly grasped what I had failed to communicate earlier.

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