‘Operation Commando Hunter’ team finds 123 weapons caches in the triangle

‘Operation Commando Hunter’ team finds 123 weapons caches in the triangle

Staff Sgt. Angela McKinzie
2nd BCT PAO, 10th Mtn. Div.

BAGHDAD – Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldiers continue to find weapons caches as part of Operation Commando Hunter.
The Soldiers from 4th Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, seized 55 weapons caches between Oct. 14 and Oct. 20, bringing the total to 123 caches seized in the area near Yusufiyah, 20 miles southwest of Baghdad.
The 55 additional caches consisted of an AK-47, 53,000 7.62mm AK-47 rounds, 4,000 14.5 mm anti-aircraft rounds, 12 23mm rounds, seven 90mm recoilless rifle rounds, 100 pounds of artillery propellant, 100 pounds of plastic explosive, 265 pounds of home-made explosives, a mortar tube, 82 60mm mortar rounds, nine 105mm artillery rounds, 104 120mm mortar rounds, 17 82mm mortar rounds, ten 130mm artillery rounds, 40 pressure plates, 97 directional charges made with HME, a ready-made improvised-explosive device, 17 armor-piercing IEDs, two rocket-propelled-grenade launchers and assorted IED-making supplies.
On Oct. 13, Operation Commando Hunter Soldiers from 4-31 seized 21 caches near Yusufiyah, 20 miles to the southwest of Baghdad.
Those 21 weapons caches consisted of three blocks of dynamite, 21 120mm mortar rounds, five 60mm mortar rounds, 80 7.62mm rounds, an AK-47 assault rifle, three rocket-propelled grenade launchers, five RPG rounds, an improvised rocket launcher, a Meals, Ready to Eat bag containing explosive materials, 54 20mm anti-aircraft rounds, three 105mm artillery rounds, seven 82mm mortar rounds, an improvised-explosive device air compressor, a sniper rifle, four 82mm mortar tubes, a 14.5mm receiver barrel, 17 rigged and ready to use IEDs, an anti-aircraft gun and various bomb-making materials.
Operation Commando Hunter is a 2nd BCT, 10th Mtn. Div.’s operation intended to deny the terrorists sanctuary near Yusufiyah, south of Baghdad.