Russian conscripts turning up with AJ-47s ordered from XYZZY on Amazon.
this post was submitted on 22 Apr 2025
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XYZZY AK-47 KALASHNIKOV F16 COLT AR-15 7.62x45, 5.56x39 FOR HUNTING, GARDENING, KITCHEN, GENOCIDE, SCHOOLS, CHILD SAFE NEW
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ships from the following warehouses:
- china
- russia
- belarus
Russian gear is more expensive but better, and people will always choose quality."
The existance of Wish and its ilk show this to be a lie.
That said, I'm surprised that Russian-Chinese relations are such that they aren't issuing Chinese-pattern kit to the troops. I guess that'd be too blatant a snub of embargos for the international community.
I remember a big list of "army facts", I think of aussie origin. One of the items says:
- Never forget that your equipment is supplied by the lowest bidder