---
title: "This ISIS fighter made a technical out of a shopping cart"
date: "2019-02-27"
modified: "2019-02-27"
authors:
  - name: "Paul Szoldra"
    job_title: "Editor"
    link: "https://taskandpurpose.com/authors/paul-szoldra.md"
url: "https://taskandpurpose.com/culture/isis-fighter-shopping-cart/"
categories:
  - "Culture"
  - "Humor"
  - "Tech & Tactics"
  - "Vehicles"
tags:
  - "central command"
---

# This ISIS fighter made a technical out of a shopping cart

![](<https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/19234012-1.jpg>)

We now know that you can set up a belt-fed machine gun on top of a shopping cart to make a mobile firing platform, but you probably won't be allowed to return the rig back to Target.

That knowledge comes courtesy of an ISIS fighter in Libya, who was spotted in one of the group's propaganda videos free-gunning as any smart shopper would.

Hugo Kaaman, a contributor to Jane's Terrorism & Insurgency Centre, recently [tweeted](<https://twitter.com/HKaaman/status/1100501528631304193>) a clip of the amazing find, which he told Task & Purpose came from ISIS video footage taken in Libya and [released in May 2015.](<https://jihadology.net/2015/05/07/new-video-message-from-the-islamic-state-binghazi-the-meaning-of-stability-wilayat-al-barqah/>)

https://twitter.com/HKaaman/status/1100501528631304193

That's certainly a step up from the spray and pray over walls tactic that is often employed by jihadists. Not only does this combat cart provide some stability for the gun — which seems to be [a Soviet DShK](<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DShK>) heavy machine gun — it even holds a box of ammo. Innovation!

Still, this video may not be the most creative thing to come out of the Libyan battlefield. As Kaaman also tweeted, they also did some testing of combat roller blades.

https://twitter.com/HKaaman/status/1100776425739743232

### SEE ALSO: Here's What 23 Of The World's Most Dangerous Terrorists Look Like Today

## Author
Paul Szoldra was the Editor in Chief of Task & Purpose from October 2018 until August 2022. Since joining T&P, he has led a talented team of writers, editors, and creators who produce military journalism reaching millions of readers each month. He also founded and edits [Duffel Blog](<https://www.duffelblog.com/>), a popular satirical newsletter for the military. Before becoming a journalist in 2013, he served as a Marine infantryman in Afghanistan, Korea, and other areas of the Pacific. His eyes still go up every time a helicopter from Camp Pendleton flies over his office in Southern California.

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