First Infantry, ING Soldiers Find Caches Near Ad Duluiyah
Tikrit, Iraq -- First Infantry Division and Iraqi National Guard Soldiers found two caches near Ad Duluiyah at about 5:30 p.m. on Nov. 3.
The first cache uncovered by Soldiers from 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment consisted of one .30-caliber machine gun, three RPG rounds,16-60mm mortars, 11-60mm mortar fuses, six rocket fuses, three-4.2 inch rockets, three-30mm rounds, nine blasting caps, 21-107mm rockets, two mines, five pineapple grenades, 20 yellow grenades, five RPK grenades, four RPK grenade fuses, one high-explosive grenade, seventy blocks of plastic explosives, one bag of propellant and an assortment of ammunition.
Another cache, found nearby by the 203rd ING soldiers, contained 9,000 PKC rounds. The weapons and munitions were transported to a Multi-National Forces facility for disposal.
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