A Geórgia em sua transição de Exército Conscrito para Exército Profissional e alinhado politicamente com o Ocidente, está substituindo suas AK-47 pelas M-4A1.
Georgia's President-elect Mikhail Saakashvili hands over U.S. made M4 carbine to soldiers during an opening ceremony of a new military base in the town of Gori some 80 km west of Tbilisi, 18 January 2008. Georgia decided to say 'good-bye' to the famous 'Kalashnikov' and start to use U.S.-designed M4 carbines in a move to turn its army into a professional force
Georgian soldiers march during rehearsal of a parade devoted to inauguration ceremony of president-elect Mikhail Saakashvili in Tbilisi, Georgia, 18 January 2008. Inauguration ceremony is set on 20 January
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U.S. Army Soldier Pvt. Samuel Glanzer conducts security as the pick-up zone is established along the Zaghytun Chay river, about 50 miles southeast of Kirkuk, Iraq. Glanzer is a designated marksman from Charlie Company, 2nd Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Samuel Bendet)
Kiowa helicopter crew searches for possible enemy activity along the Zaghytun Chay river in northern Iraq, Nov. 20.
A U.S. Army Soldier from Alpha Company, 2-23 Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, provides cover as his teammate opens the front gate in Muqdadiyah, Iraq, Dec. 19, 2007. (U.S. Army Photo/Spc. Shawn M. Cassatt)
U.S. Army Soldiers from Alpha Company, 2-23 Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, take control of a bridge before bounding forward to their next objective in Muqdadiyah, Iraq, Dec. 19, 2007. (U.S. Army Photo/Spc. Shawn M. Cassatt)