M79 grenade launchers seized

**zubber** · 14-03-2010, 07:43 AM

March 13, 2010 18:00 PM
Thai Police Seize 100 Arms-Like Machines Ahead Of Anti-Government Rally
BANGKOK, March 13 (Bernama) -- Thai police seized some machines which could be used as firearms, a security agency spokesman said Saturday.

Thai police region 1 raided an auto parts company in Wang Noi County, central province of Ayutthaya and seized some 100 cast iron machines which can be used as M 79 grenade launcher, the Thai News Agency quoted Colonel Sansern Kaewkamnerd, spokesman for the peace-keeping center, as saying.

Wang Noi is a main entrance into Bangkok from the north and northeast region, where several hundred of army and police officers have set up a checkpoint from Thursday to ensure that no weapons will be taken into the capital.

As of Saturday noon, the red-shirted protestors, led by the United Front of Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD), from other provinces have passed Wang Noi, heading to the capital, the National News Bureau of Thailand said.

The UDD is planning to hold a major rally in Bangkok on Sunday to pressure the government to step down and hold a new election.

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**zubber** · 14-03-2010, 07:45 AM

P.Thai doubts M79 launcher seizure

Published: 13/03/2010 at 04:52 PM
Online news: Breakingnews

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The Puea Thai Party has questioned the reported seizure of about a hundred homemade M79 grenade launchers in Ayutthaya, saying it might be a plot to discredit the red-shirt movement.
Spokesman Prompong Nopparit said the party had checked reptedly with its security teams in Ayutthaya’s Wang Noi district and they gave assurances that no supporters of the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) were carrying any weapons to Bangkok.
He suspected a group of people close to the government was behind the reported manufacture and seizure of the weapons from an auto parts firm.
Whoever was attempting to make the UDD’s raliy seem likely to become violent should stop it immediately, he said.
Earlier today army spokesman Sansern Kaewkamnerd said Provincial Police Region 1 had raided Fuji Auto Co, an auto parts maker in Wang Noi district, and found about one hundred homemade devices capable of launching the M79 grenades.

An investigation was underway to figure out who owns the weapons and whether they are linked to the anti-government rallies of the UDD, he said.

**Mid** · 14-03-2010, 07:48 AM

old news zubber

you really must search first or you insult the membership of TD

https://teakdoor.com/thailand-and-asi...arms-like.html (Thai Police Seize 100 Arms-Like Machines Ahead Of Anti-Government Rally)

**blackgang** · 14-03-2010, 10:07 AM

Maybe they just wanted them for firing riot gas and not buck or frag rounds.

**Thetyim** · 14-03-2010, 11:13 AM

^
Can they be used to launch a turd ?

**blackgang** · 14-03-2010, 01:09 PM

If you use a buck shot round they will fly apart, I don't know about launch.

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