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2023-12-26 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

Russian army will receive updated AK-12s in January

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Posted by badanov 2023-12-26 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11132 views ] Top

#1 I'm not used to saying AK-74 yet. AK-12 sounds like a childs version.

Posted by Ruprecht 2023-12-26 13:19|| 2023-12-26 13:19|| Front Page Top

#2 12 as in 2012. I know military procurement takes time but that's embarrassing.

Hopefully some .277 Fury uppers that can deal with the 80,000 PSI chamber pressure will come on the civilian market this year.

Posted by M. Murcek 2023-12-26 13:26|| 2023-12-26 13:26|| Front Page Top

#3 The AK-12 has been having a shit poor performance in Ukraine so far with crappy construction and poor materials and parts. They gotta tighten up tolerances and production quality and stop stealing the funds.

Not gonna happen which is why the next batch will suck just as much.

Posted by DarthVader 2023-12-26 14:03|| 2023-12-26 14:03|| Front Page Top

#4 Dale says they are the killingest rifles on the planet...

Posted by M. Murcek 2023-12-26 14:06|| 2023-12-26 14:06|| Front Page Top

#5 ^In various places around the world people are still using 70 years old AK-47.

Posted by Grom the Reflective 2023-12-26 14:14|| 2023-12-26 14:14|| Front Page Top

#6 #5 ^In various places around the world people are still using 70 years old AK-47.

Some Russian special forces and mercenaries continue to use the AK-47.

Posted by badanov 2023-12-26 14:54|| 2023-12-26 14:54|| Front Page Top

#7 I'm trying to piece together a C96 right now. Frame was made in the US in the 70s. Everything else is from the 20s? 30s?

Posted by M. Murcek 2023-12-26 14:55|| 2023-12-26 14:55|| Front Page Top

#8 #6 IDF captured several thousand in Gaza - though I'm not sure they aren't Chinese make. Wonder that they'll going to do with them?

Posted by Grom the Reflective 2023-12-26 15:33|| 2023-12-26 15:33|| Front Page Top

#9 There's a strong market. Sell them.

Posted by M. Murcek 2023-12-26 15:58|| 2023-12-26 15:58|| Front Page Top

#10 Wonder that they'll going to do with them?

Melt them down into plowshares, and use them to plow and harrow the Gaza Strip from north to south.

Posted by trailing wife 2023-12-26 16:50|| 2023-12-26 16:50|| Front Page Top

#11 Get them into the Sunni areas in Iran.

Posted by Ululating Platypus 2023-12-26 16:58|| 2023-12-26 16:58|| Front Page Top

#12 Sigh. "Eliminaing guns" never works.

But, "feel good," blah blah blah.

Posted by M. Murcek 2023-12-26 17:03|| 2023-12-26 17:03|| Front Page Top

#13 As for C96 Mausers or Spanish, Brazilian or Chinese copies, the 9mm ones are easy enough to feed, but still not practical in modern daily use. Badge of rank, maybe (although that's sad)

Rare old hardware. Confiscate, auction and send the funds to the widows and orphans. Everyone wins.

Posted by M. Murcek 2023-12-26 17:13|| 2023-12-26 17:13|| Front Page Top

#14 Melt them down into plowshares, and use them to plow and harrow the Gaza Strip from north to south

That's like using a laptop to drive nails, TW.

Posted by Grom the Reflective 2023-12-26 17:22|| 2023-12-26 17:22|| Front Page Top

#15 TW's heart is in the right place. No need to belittle her sentiment.

But, yeah. Grind up the skells, not the guns.

Posted by M. Murcek 2023-12-26 17:30|| 2023-12-26 17:30|| Front Page Top

#16 As Mencken said, "Every problem has a simple, easy to understand, wrong solution."

Good people fall for that too.

Posted by M. Murcek 2023-12-26 17:32|| 2023-12-26 17:32|| Front Page Top

#17 Melt them down into plowshares, and use them to plow and harrow the Gaza Strip from north to south

Need to sow the furrows with salt too.

Posted by DarthVader 2023-12-26 22:18|| 2023-12-26 22:18|| Front Page Top

#18 In a sandy land far from Natasha
Strolls someone in Dickies dishdasha
Who isn't afraid
Of no skunks.
"Though not sprayed,
To be safe, I still carry papasha."

Posted by Ho Chi Slomp5291 2023-12-26 23:45|| 2023-12-26 23:45|| Front Page Top

#19 Need to sow the furrows with salt too.

The world needs wheat. Israel is an expert on making sandy soil bloom.

Posted by trailing wife 2023-12-26 23:50|| 2023-12-26 23:50|| Front Page Top

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