• Liz@midwest.social
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    1 year ago

    Are the Ukrainian grunts really using full auto that much? Does trench warfare make it useful in a way that urban and mobile warfare doesn’t use? My understanding is that basically no one outside of designated machinegunners really use full auto.

    Anyway, like you said, at the very least it’ll free up other weapons for the front lines.

    • bingbong@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      1 year ago

      I’ve seen them use auto bursts plenty of times in combat footage. They need suppressing fire for dismounting their troop carriers and usually empty mags into trenches.

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      1 year ago

      It might could work in a pinch, especially if they used the ARs as squad marksman rifles? I just doubt its the kind of compromise Ukraine wants to make for its front-line equipment.