2006-08-15 00:49:28 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Military
In Iraq in 03 - 04 all kinds of people would pick up the expended brass... melt it down and make other stuff out of it. I suspect much the same thing is going on there...
An expended round cartridge has almost no value and is of less concern to the soldiers who fired it... I know the two times I fired my rifle in Iraq... the last thing on my mind was policing my brass... but I'm sure there's a tree hugger out there that is going to be upset about that...
2006-08-16 15:06:43 · answer #1 · answered by dlp1701 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's possible some middle eastern scavengers pick them up. Perhaps some more diligent soldiers would pick their own up...though I imagine there aren't that many out there...
I wonder what an empty cartridge would be worth...scrap metal? or resell on the weapons market?
2006-08-15 07:54:43 · answer #2 · answered by greenguy415 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋