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Sri Lanka Army

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Large Haul of LTTE Weapons &;amp; Explosives Found

MULLAITTIVU: TROOPS engaged in search and clear operations in VALAYALAMADAM south, and  UDAYARKATTU areas recovered seventy-eight hand grenades, one Multi Purpose Machine Gun (MPMG) ammunition box, one LTTE combat kit, two LTTE pouches, one pack, two fiberglass boats, one 81 mm mortar base plate, seventy 82 mm mortar bombs, seventy 81mm mortar bombs, one 60 mm mortar bomb, five hundred and fifty 81mm mortar cartridges, three T-56 weapons, eighteen MPMG (Multi Purpose Machine Gun) tripods, one hundred and eighteen rifle grenades, two hundred and eighty-nine RPG (Rocket Propeller Grenades), five hundred and fifty-four 81 mm mortar fuses,  55 kg of C-4  explosives, 4.5 kg of gun powder, two hundred sixty explosive chargers, 40 m long detonator codes, seventy safety fuses, five hundred and eighty electric detonators, one thousand and five hundred electric fuses, thirty-nine jumping mines, forty-two anti personnel mines, seven Rocket Propeller Guns (RPG), five MPMG weapon barrels, two unidentified mortar tubes, six hundred and ninety eight SMG (Sub Machine Gun) weapons, one hundred and fifteen G3 and A3 weapons, one thermo baric weapon, one RCL barrel, one improvised mortar rocket, one heavy gun tripod, three heavy machine gun bipods, six hundred and fifty-six T-56 magazines, thirty-three receiving covers, one hundred and seventy-two T-56 pistons, one hundred and thirty SMG magazines, two hundred and forty G3 and A3 magazines, five LMG (Light Machine Gun) drums, seventy-six RPG shells, three hundred and twenty-five 81 mm mortar shell-connected booby traps, forty jenny mines, twenty electric mines, four thousand electric mine detonators, ninety-nine primer charges, three hundred forty anti personnel mine detonators, 550 kg of steel balls, five thousand two hundred IED (Improvised Explosive Device) electric switches, eleven thousand and eight hundred anti personnel mines plastic cases, twelve thousand string holders, six hundred IED springs, three thousand IED fuses, nine hundred and forty anti personnel mine primers, booby trap accessories, twenty-eight mortar shell booby traps, seventy-five trip wire reels, four thousand accessories of improvised switches, two hundred plastic gas masks, twenty seven 2.5kg weighing of copper rods, some aluminum sheets and three thousand and sixteen ammunition  on Friday (01.

Meanwhile, twelve hand grenades, two thousand one hundred and twenty six T-56 ammunition, twenty five mm bombs and two 81 mm para bombs were found by the troops from MULANKAVIL, NIVIL south on Friday (01).