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Anemos Major	Posted: Jan 31 2011, 10:51 PM
5% Armaments Designer Group: Members Posts: 107 Member No.: 491 Joined: 17-September 08	http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12321556 If you scroll rightwards, you'll eventually get to a close-up picture of an Egyptian guard toting a rifle with a riot helmet with the caption 'Armed troops are now guarding the Egyptian National Museum...' Isn't that a SIG 552? Since when have the Egyptians had SIG 552s?

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Franberry	Posted: Feb 1 2011, 12:26 AM
You have way too much time on your hands ... Group: Members Posts: 4,838 Member No.: 17 Joined: 10-April 07	whats so surprising about Egyptian police having a gun from the 70s --------------------

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QUOTE (1010102 @ Feb 1 2011, 12:25 AM)

More importantly, when did they stop riding camels into battle?

They didn't.

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Posted: Feb 1 2011, 02:16 AM

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QUOTE (Franberry @ Jan 31 2011, 08:26 PM)

whats so surprising about Egyptian police having a gun from the 70s

Sig 552 is from the mid-late 1990s. You're thinking Sig 542.

And yes, it's a 550 series.Dunno when they got them.

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Posted: Feb 1 2011, 02:36 AM

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QUOTE (Sumer @ Feb 1 2011, 01:16 AM)

QUOTE (Franberry @ Jan 31 2011, 08:26 PM)

whats so surprising about Egyptian police having a gun from the 70s

Sig 552 is from the mid-late 1990s. You're thinking Sig 542.

And yes, it's a 550 series.Dunno when they got them.

It isn't the army so I'd imagine the police force can buy and use whatever rifle they want.

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Anemos Major	Posted: Feb 1 2011, 07:38 AM
5% Armaments Designer Group: Members Posts: 107 Member No.: 491 Joined: 17-September 08	There's nothing on the internet about the acquisition of SIGs by the Egyptians. Since when could they afford them?

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QUOTE (Anemos Major @ Feb 1 2011, 06:38 AM)

There's nothing on the internet about the acquisition of SIGs by the Egyptians.

Since when could they afford them?

Ever since they could afford a thousand M1's.

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Posted: Feb 1 2011, 08:52 AM

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QUOTE (Izistan @ Feb 1 2011, 08:15 AM)

QUOTE (Anemos Major @ Feb 1 2011, 06:38 AM)

There's nothing on the internet about the acquisition of SIGs by the Egyptians.

Since when could they afford them?

Ever since they could afford a thousand M1's.

With US military aid. But if the Egyptians were buying rifles, I'm sure the US would put pressure on them to acquire US weapons.

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QUOTE (Anemos Major @ Feb 1 2011, 03:52 AM)

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QUOTE (Anemos Major @ Feb 1 2011, 06:38 AM)

There's nothing on the internet about the acquisition of SIGs by the Egyptians.

Since when could they afford them?

Ever since they could afford a thousand M1's.

With US military aid. But if the Egyptians were buying rifles, I'm sure the US would put pressure on them to acquire US weapons.

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Most of the Egyptian armed forces is payed for by the United States (I would imagine, although I make no guarantee, as part of concessions for maintaining peace with Israel).

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QUOTE (Anemos Major @ Feb 1 2011, 06:38 AM)

There's nothing on the internet about the acquisition of SIGs by the Egyptians.

Since when could they afford them?

Cost of Sig 552: $2-3,000 (google)

GDP of Egypt: $500,000,000,000

dunno rly maybe they took out a loan

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Posted: Feb 1 2011, 05:47 PM

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QUOTE (Anemos Major @ Feb 1 2011, 03:38 AM)

There's nothing on the internet about the acquisition of SIGs by the Egyptians.

Since when could they afford them?

even if the budget of the egyptian gov was $0, they get 1.3 billion usd per year courtesy of uncle sam so ...

And ever since the war on terror, subsidies for military go to police and intelligence services.

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