Soldiers Find Caches Near Balad
Tikrit, Iraq -- First Infantry Division Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 77th Infantry Regiment discovered three weapon caches near Balad on Nov 6.
The first cache was discovered at about 1 p.m. A continued search of the area found two other caches with the following items: 27 PG-9 rockets, 27 OG-9 projectiles, one BK-88m projectile, two PG-7M rockets, nine OG-7 projectiles, three F3B Bombs, two 60mm HE mortar rounds, seven PE-4A 2.3kg demo, 20 Electric cap demo, three S-5M rockets, three RCM rockets, three AT mines, 375 M6 fuses, three PKG-3EM Grenades, four Smoke pots, 40 assorted grenades, 26 V5K PD fuses, one 122mm BK6M Projectile, 55 120mm HE mortar round, 3,000 small arms rounds, 26 82mm illumination mortar rounds, 24 82mm HE mortar rounds, two SA-14 guided missiles, three RPG launchers, six 60mm mortar tubes, one OG-9 launchers, one bolt-action rifle and one 25mm machine gun barrel.
The weapons and munitions were destroyed in place.
Release #041107b
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