Karen weapons, a living arms museum at work
Photo by Jason Florio. By the way is that an RPG-2 (made in the PRC of course) or an RPG-7?
Jason Florio, perhaps one of the most talented photojournalists in the business, has traveled the globe in recent years to places like Silafando, Mogadishu, and Makasutu. On a trip to Burma he took a series of amazing portraits of Karen National Liberation Army freedom fighters.
Photo by Jason Florio The old “in the white” M16A1 is great as is the 20-round mag on the AK overfolder.
For those who don’t know, the Karens have been fighting the Burmese government since 1949 pretty much non-stop. Located in the Golden Triangle, their equipment runs the gamut from captured French Lebels left over from Colonial Indochina, to Japanese WWII equipment, 1960s era U.S. gear left over from Vietnam, and (slightly) more modern Chinese kit.
Photo by Jason Florio Can you dig the Karen Bloop gunner? What is the shelf-life of a 40mm fuse stored at 99% humidity in the jungle? What that TD though.