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druryj

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https://www.foxnews.com/world/us-special-operations-forces-soleimani-strike-aftermath-photos

Can anyone I.D. the pistol shown in the photo? Allegedly this pic was taken at the scene right after Soliemanie was killed. Not sure what the point is in blurring it out.

Soliemanie mystery pistol.jpg
 

gerhard1

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Thats my guess also. Looks like this shows they used it in the Iranian services, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SIG_Sauer_P226
From the linked article:

Manufacture[edit]

SIG Sauer firearms are manufactured in Eckernförde, Germany by Sig Sauer, GmbH and in Newington, NH, United States by SIG Sauer Inc., (formerly SIGARMS Inc.) Both of these companies along with Swiss Arms AG, Mauser Jagdwaffen GmbH, J.P. Sauer & Sohn, John Rigby & Company, German Sport Guns GmbH and Blaser Jagdwaffen Gmbh are subsidiaries of Luke and Ortmeier Gruppe of Emsdetten, Germany.[7]

Copies of the P226 are produced in China by Norinco, under the name of NP226. The ZOAF is made in Iran as the standard pistol of the Iranian military. Copies of P226 are produced by Myanmar for Tatmadaw, under the name of MA5 MK III.[8]
Would the ZOAF not be the most likely?
 

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Shot in (almost) the dark here, but that looks like a Zastava model 99 pistol, which is made in some region/country of the former Yugoslavia.
Some of the pistols made by Zastava are called the model "CZ-xx" which is kind of confusing, as I believe they are NOT made in the Czech Republic and are NOT the "CZ" brand pistols that's I'm familiar with.
The Zastava CZ-99 looks like a copy of the SIG 226, but with ambidextrous decocking levers on both sides of the pistol.

This link has a photo of the right hand side of the CZ99 pistol:
https://military.wikia.org/wiki/CZ_99
 

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