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Why do they describe the AK-74 as "Soviet-era" when it's the main service rifle of both Russia and Ukraine and still being produced? That's like calling the M16 "Vietnam War-era".
Because every sentence in Western media is meticulously crafted to push a narrative. In this case I imagine they are trying to push the idea that Russian tech is inferior
Also the "Soviet-era" ended in the 90s, but the implication is always that it's WW2 technology. The M16 should be called "Nixon-era" or some other nonsense
The M16 is from the leaded gasoline era
Didn't Russia officially replace it with the AK-12 & AK-15? Or at least phasing it out in favour of.
Yep but aren't those also chambered for the same rounds more or less? Either way kalashnikov stays winning
That’s probably not going to happen until after the war is over. It usually takes a while for a big change like that. Getting AK12s to units has been a problem for the Russians and those who did receive them told the MOD that there were problems with them that they have recently fixed from what I understand. Many units still prefer the AK-74 because they still have plenty of suppressors and other attachments for those where as suppressors for the AK-12 are not as readily available yet.
The soviets produced a shit ton of them, so a good percentage were literally produced in the Soviet era. But in this context it doesn’t matter since both modern and soviet era AKs are largely unchanged, and using one or the other doesn’t really matter. It would make sense to specify the era if the production quality was superior or something.
Because it was designed 1974 in Soviet Union
simple solution for ukraine war. give everyone on both sides nothing but a mosin and a shovel.
Are they seriously so desperate that we are sending small arms? I assumed all these packages were for weapons you couldn't just buy for a few hundred a pop.
The US wants to bring Ukraine into the NATO orbit, and making it dependent on the US for ammunition is a deliberate move so that there can be consequences for disobeying.
The problem with capitalism is that you eventually run out of ammunition to send to nazis
I don't think anything considered a sniper rifle is chambered in .556.
Are the rest of his unit necessarily snipers? AK-74s aren’t sniper rifles either
Good point.
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