Firefight in Cykla | Marines

The strike took place near Haditha in the village of Cykla, where insurgents were using buildings as safe houses and firing positions. Marines and Iraqi security forces were on patrol when insurgents armed with rocket-propelled grenades and small arms fired at them from three buildings. Three laser-guided bombs and one global positioning system-guided bomb successfully destroyed all three buildings and caused minimal collateral damage to the surrounding community.

Conflict:
Iraqi Freedom

Equipment:
M4 Carbine - The M4 Carbine is a family of firearms tracing its lineage back to earlier carbine versions of the M16, all based on the original AR-15 made by ArmaLite. The weapon is a shorter and lighter version of the M16A2 assault rifle, achieving 80% parts commonality with the M16A2. The M4 has selective fire options including semi-automatic and three-round burst (like the M16A2), while the M4A1 has a "full auto" option in place of the three-round burst. The M4A1 is sometimes also found with a heavier barrel to withstand heat from sustained fully-automatic fire.

M249 SAW - The M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (M249 SAW) is the United States military designation for a sub-family of the Minimi squad automatic weapon, or Mini-mitrailleuse, for "mini-machine gun". Both are 5.56 x 45 mm NATO light machine guns manufactured by Fabrique Nationale (FN) and its subsidiaries.

Location:
ykla, Iraq - Cykla is a village near Haditha, which is a city in the Iraqi province of Al Anbar, about 240 km northwest of Baghdad.

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