And Libya goes on...

[Rex Brynen]

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/21/wo...ef=global-home

BENGHAZI, Libya — A PKT machine gun, a weapon designed to be mounted on a Soviet tank and fired electronically by a crew member inside, has no manual trigger, no sights and no shoulder stock. That does not prevent many Libyan rebels from carrying it as if it were an infantryman’s gun.

...although the actual picture on the NYT website shows a truck-mounted PKT equipped with a home-made electrical trigger (note the cable running from the rear of the weapon, which probably runs from the PKT's solenoid trigger to a foot-switch and battery). That would work.

It might lack sights, but I'm not sure the Libyan rebels aim all that much anyway...

[AdamG]

AJDABIYA, LIBYA — The United States, European allies and other nations have dispatched representatives to the Libyan opposition’s ruling council. But on the ground here, credit for helping to get the rebel army into shape goes to military advisers from the tiny Arabian Peninsula emirate of Qatar.

Qatar was the first Arab country to formally recognize the political legitimacy of the rebel council in Benghazi and the first to provide military assistance, sending six Mirage fighter jets to help NATO enforce the no-fly zone in March. Qatar also helped the rebel leadership sell oil to help finance the fledgling administration. Now, it is alone in providing military training to the rebels, officials say.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/...V1G_story.html