Russia and Ukraine

[Thumpalumpacus]

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Several Donbas draftees have been issued with a rifle called a Mosin, which was developed in the late 19th century and went out of production decades ago, according to three people who saw conscripts from the separatist region using the weapon.

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A bit of ignorance here..

The rifle they are describing is either the Mosin Nagant 91/30 or M44 carbine. While these are older rifles - with lousy finish - they are none the less a capable battlefield rifle. Additionally - it uses a more powerful cartridge 7.62x 54 than the AK47 uses, 7.62 x 39. 

Sure it is a bolt action - but it is capable of making long range shots an AK47 could not.

I have owned both - and would not be afraid of trusting one to work as needed....

As Brian has already noted, a weapon is only as good as the man using it. But let's face it, using a bolt-action in large-scale combat in 2022 is not exactly cutting-edge.

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Scraping the bottom of the barrel. The Russians would be making a laughingstock of themselves were it not for the fact that even in their incompetence they're killing thousands ... including their own.

Remember when i said that manpower was to russian leaders always just another resource, an expendable one at that?
If the "Mosin" rifle mentioned is the Mosin Nagant then....why not giving them consripts some clubs?

A modern army like Russia's needs firewood to cook its food!

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Unless this war go nuclear, no one thinks this war will take a toll on Russian demographics similar to WWII.

What it will take a toll on is Putin's domestic support. How much? That remains to be seen. But bodybags are hard to hide.

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The idea that workers' rights required communism is just.....Wow 

Yeah, stretch you mind a bit,  you have nothing but naivety, idiot complacency and moronic self righteousness to lose.

Seriously, you think the upper leadership of the USSR gave two shits rubbed together about workers?