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Silah Report is a non-commercial research project exploring contemporary and historical small arms & light weapons in the Middle East & North Africa (MENA), and Central Asia regions. A project of Armament Research Services (ARES), Silah Report is committed to producing original, regionally focused content. Silah is the Turkish word for ‘weapon’, coming from the Arabic and Farsi, “سلاح”. Silah Report is committed to producing timely, regionally focused content that educates our readership abo ...
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V33: Iranian Submachinegun History & Design Evolution with Yousef Riazi
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In this fascinating episode, we were honored to have Mr. Yousef Riazi back on our podcast and this time to tell us more about the history of the development of Iranian Submachineguns that proliferated throughout the Middle East due to the ongoing conflicts in which Iran plays a major role in.From the very first foreign SMGs that entered Persia to I…
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V32: Yousef Riazi and Iranian Small Arms in use by the Iranian Military
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In this episode, Miles and Yousef Riazi discuss in great detail the different types, and quality of Iranian-made small arms that are issued to the infantry of the Iranian army, as well as Yousef's experience dealing with them as a former conscript who served in the Iranian army.Credits-Introduction audio is taken from the movie Son of a Lion, with …
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V31: Persian Persian Fire and Steel With Dr.Manouchehr Khorasani
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In this episode, Miles and Dr. Manouchehr Khorasani dive deep into the amazing history of firearms in Persia throughout different time periods as well as the cultural and religious relation with weapons. Dr. Manouchehr is a historian who delved deep into the history of Persian arms and armor, including Persian martial arts. He has an incredibly vas…
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Archival images have shown varying examples of M16A1-patterned rifles in use by Soviet forces throughout the conflict in Afghanistan during the 1980s. We discuss some of these images and their possible origins with Caden, an SR researcher. These rifles appear to have been issued in limited numbers and haven't turned up en masse throughout the count…
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In this first episode of the Bizaar Chat, we talk to Caleb, an SR intern who has been researching the AR7 survival rifle in Israeli Air Force service, in addition to when it entered the US market as a surplus arm. We talk about some of the difficulties and misconceptions of the kind of research we try to execute at Silah Report as well!…
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