A Cuban (Czechoslovakian-made) M-53 quad 12.7 mm anti-aircraft machine gun seized at Point Salines airfield during the multi-service, multinational Operation URGENT FURY. Additional captured weapons and equipment can be seen behind the gun. A C-130 Hercules aircraft lands in the background

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A Cuban (Czechoslovakian-made) M-53 quad 12.7 mm anti-aircraft machine gun seized at Point Salines airfield during the multi-service, multinational Operation URGENT FURY. Additional captured weapons and equipment can be seen behind the gun. A C-130 Hercules aircraft lands in the background

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Subject Operation/Series: URGENT FURY

Country: Grenada (GRD)

Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Mike Creen

Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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Date

28/10/1983

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The U.S. National Archives

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