This was my thought as well - unless this lady has access to several cans worth of SS109 ammo, this seems like a bad set up for fighting off a Russian invasion force or being part of a militia unit/potential guerrilla force The whole pic looks staged for propaganda purposes.
They'll be getting thousands of tons of NATO ammo if things really kick off but i agree that 5.45 is more practical there. But AR-15's are as exotic and sought after in Russian and eastern europre like AKMs are here.
Seems real for the most part. Anyone recognizes the optic or mount? It's definitely propaganda, but now I'm just curious about the little autistic details.
During the Cold War it made sense, but now the balance of power has shifted and it's losing its value as a blunt instrument against Russia. Trump's issue was the inequity in military spending between the US and other NATO members, which also is a valid point from the perspective of the Americans.
Heh, "grass is always greener" effect. Reminds me of when Forgotten Weapons/InRange interviewed the Varusteleka guys about gun culture in Finland - over there, everyone coveted AR-15s, while the Chinese Polytech AK's that have become legendary unobtainium in the U.S. are considered cheap junk.
Pray that WW3 actually happens*. Its the only way we'll ever stop arguing about it.
The Marines? About 8500 of them, from what I heard.
Combination of sunk cost fallacy/bureaucratic inertia ("we've always focused on Russia as a threat, why should we change?") plus the fact that while the Russia hysteria is overblown insanity, there still are nonetheless many geopolitical issues with which the U.S. has serious differences with Russia. Primarily that Russia continues to be the main economic and military partner for nations that are hostile to us and our allies/interests such as Syria, Iran, and Venezuela. Russia of course will not cut these nations off because that would be a net negative for them both economically and diplomatically, and our own policy makers can't or at least shouldn't just hand-wave those nations receiving Russian military or economic aid as "lol, no biggie" because them becoming stronger while still being adversarial would not benefit us.
That's a lot of crayons.
They manufacture AR-15s locally in Ukraine and Russia, it's not a difficult rifle to put together.
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This level of tension is usually intentional, it distracts from other issues and makes everyone involved look good when inevitably nothing happens.
Question is, is the quality control for Russian-made AR's as bad as they tend to be for U.S.-made AK's?That's a lot of crayons.
They manufacture AR-15s locally in Ukraine and Russia, it's not a difficult rifle to put together.
ZBROYAR - 10.5" SBR AR-15 from Ukraine -
I discovered this Ukranian Short-Barrelled Rifle at a Swedish dealer. Ukranian arms manufacturer aren’t too common, so I wanted to share the pictures and spread the light and perhaps learn a thing or two. I’m sure there are difficult times there now. Zbroyar seems to be a small privately owned...
Any gun experts here got an answer to that
Quality should be okay as long as they use a decent barrel and materials, and a lot of those ARs are built by smaller shops with better attention to detail.
After however many years of being brainwashed by Ukrainian TV it seems they're ready to pull the trigger at anything. At least he only shot an AC unit.
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The collector opened fire near the building of the Security Service of Ukraine in the center of Kiev, reports UNN citing a source
""Representatives of the NGO 'Ukrainian Flag' tried to stick stickers on the currency exchange office ... After that, a car of collectors drove up to the exchange office, who probably regarded the actions of the activists as an attack"
Kinda looks like the SLx 1-8x24mm SFP that Primary Arms.com sells. They sell a mount for it, but there's no shortage of places to get a scope mount. Other companies also make similar looking ACSS scopes. The Keymod rail could be from anywhere; which as someone else said "yuck keymod." MLOK Master Race all day. I also forgot to mention the ambidextrous charging handle, which looks like a Radian Raptor series. Again kind of a mall ninja addition, especially the ones with really large latches which can snag on equipment. An autistic nit pick of mine is how the rail and scope mount look like some kind of Field Dark Earth color. Always bothers me when I see FDE furniture being used in an environment that isn't at all arid or sandy; if you're gonna go with something other than standard black then pick a color that matches your environment, like Olive Drab or Foliage Green.
The problem with nukes that were in Ukraine in 1991 is that while yes they physically possessed the nuclear weapons, the command and control control system as well as the launch codes were in Moscow.
There's an AR manufacturer in Ukraine which is why back in 2014 there was a photo of a Alfa Group operator using one in Crimea during the storming of the holdout Ukrainian military bases.
Oh that pisses me off because I came across a 223 Polytech for $850 at a local gunshop back in 2018 but I was too broke
Null for ambassador to Ukraine. What diplomatic fuckup can't be solved with a little pizza?
They're shit but they'll do what you need it to do. U.S. AK imo slightly higher quality.
Great now Ukraine will be torn between the PRC and Israel.
It all comes down to who likes catboys more.
I'm pretty sure the Navy did a retroactive cost analysis and since it's inception the F-18 program has been as expensive as they projected the F-35 would be. (I might be eating LockMart sales pitch though, so take it with a grain of salt).
