Bakhtiar Sadradin Aziz holds an RPK variant which he says is to be modified to accept 7.62x39mm ammunition, as it is easier to find.
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Bakhtiar Sadradin Aziz holds a Tokarev pistol in his workshop in the basement of the Citadel of Erbil.
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Bakhtiar Sadradin Aziz holds an AK-47 that has been modified to accept 7.62x25mm ammunition and pistol magazines.
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The lower receiver of an M16 rifle lays on the desk of Bakhtiar Sadradin Aziz, a gunsmith who works in the basement of the Citadel of Erbil. This M16 has been cut down and modified to function as a carbine-length rifle.
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Peshmerga Capt. Amir Mohamed chats with Bakhtiar and Abdel Hakim in their family's shop in the basement of the Citadel of Erbil.
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Bakhtiar Sadradin Aziz holds an AK-47 that has been modified to accept 7.62x25mm ammunition and pistol magazines.
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Bakhtiar Sadradin Aziz holds 7.62x25mm ammunition for PPsH submachine guns and various Soviet pistols.
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Bakhtiar Sadradin Aziz holds a PPsH submachine gun that has had a grip installed and its butt stock removed.
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Bakhtiar Sadradin Aziz reinstalls the front sight assembly onto a shortened M16 barrel in his workshop in the basement of the Citadel of Erbil.
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Customers browse Bakhtiar’s shop and bring in weapons to be repaired, as seen in a mirror on the wall surrounded by belts full of shotgun shells and shotguns.
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