• Rhodin@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    While this was a nice gesture, would 101 random weapons bought off equally random Florida Men all at least share the same ammo? A gun’s just an awkward club without proper ammo.

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      1 year ago

      The ones in the picture are likely a mix of 5.56 and 7.62 firearms. Both Ukraine would have in abundance

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        Heaps of 7.62 here. Not so many 5.56 or 9mm, you have to import it, AK74 uses incompatible Soviet 5.45 caliber.

        Assault rifles are welcome, anything is better than standard-issue AK74, which combines excess weight with poor accuracy and awkward handling. Even smaller guns are fine, SMGs are pretty much the same 200 meter effective range as AK while being shorter. As long as you can find ammo for them.

        Please send some grenade launchers and RPGs, they are immediately useful.

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          1 year ago

          You can use the more random arms for non front line use. Even if you need to find an ammo you don’t normally stock, a normal police office only carries a few mags on hand anyways.

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          Please send some grenade launchers and RPGs, they are immediately useful.

          I wish I had some spares but I have to hold on to everything I’ve got, sorry.

          (For the non-americans and ATF agents out there, the joke is that we can’t fucking get those. Don’t come kill my dog, my dog is a cat anyway.)

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          please send some grande launchers and RPGs

          Texan border malitias start sweating nervously

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          I’m surprised the Miami police don’t have a bunch of confiscated RPGs it would seem like they would.

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        Real issue is actually going to be a (lack of) full auto. Sincerely doubt anything in these pics is an MG. Even if Ukraine fabricates automatic components (drop-in-auto-sears do exist for ARs), the barrels aren’t going to hold up to automatic fire well.

        They might be useful in a police/border guard/militia capacity, though?

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      Depends, looks like the rifles here are AK and AR style, so they probably take 7.62mm (which I imagine is pretty common in Eastern Europe) and 5.56/.223 (which the US military is probably supplying them by the bucket), respectively. That said, the hand guns are probably a mix of .22, 9mm, and .45 among other random less common calibers

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        The 7.62x51 NATO round used in AR-10/LR-308 pattern rifles isn’t the same as the common 7.62x39 used in AK-47 pattern rifles. But I’m sure getting NATO ammo isn’t exactly hard for them right now.