Russian reservists fought with shovels during assault on Ukrainian stronghold, says UK Ministry of Defence

cnn ^

[BenLurkin]

Designed in 1869, the ministry described the lethality of the standard issue MPL-50 entrenching tool as "particularly mythologised" in Russia.

According to evidence obtained by the ministry, there has been a rise in close combat...

[BenLurkin]

[BenLurkin]

In Russia, shovel digs you.

[MeganC]

Leave it to the Russians to bring a shovel to a gun fight.

[Pikachu_Dad]

Article says ‘FIREARMS and shovels’ …

They ignored the Firearm part for their title.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Orange Putin Stupid

Globohomo Puppet Smart

[wildcard_redneck]

Propaganda for idiots by idiots.

[marktwain]

In WWI, sharpened short shovels were often used in close-in trench fighting.

In Ukraine, much of the war has devolved into trench warfare.

[BrexitBen]

CNN is all in on Ukraine.

That should concern the chickenhawk RINOs.

[PGR88]

[GrumpyOldGuy]

CNN? UK minister?? Well then it MUST be true.

[wildcard_redneck]

The rate of ammunition and equipment consumption in the Ukraine War can only be sustained by a large-scale industrial base. This reality should be a clear warning to the West, who have diminished their military capacity and sacrificed scale and effectiveness for efficiency. This strategy relies on ludicrous assumptions about the future of war fighting, and has been influenced by both the bureaucratic culture in Western governments and their legacy of low-intensity conflicts against third world adversaries. Currently, the West may not have the industrial capacity to fight a large-scale war.

If the criminals that run the Forever War enterprise intend to keep their scam going they had better re-industrialize America or they will kill us all.

[Manuel OKelley]

Of course they did despite i being at the beginning:

“Russian reservists said they were ordered to attack a Ukrainian strong point armed only with “firearms and shovels,” according to the UK Ministry of Defence.”

That aside, I own one of these (as well as a wide variety of axes, tomahawks, machetes and so forth) and it’s probably the most versatile and effective of the bunch for anything other than breaking through a hard barrier

[BobL]

Seems like Russian shovels defeated the BEST NATO WEAPONS, at least in Bakhmut.

[Wilderness Conservative]

I just hope those savages dont misgender any of those little Azov angels.

[DesertRhino]

Yeah.... the same Government that claims Trump is a Russian spy, the earth is roasting alive, and Covid occurred naturally.

The UK government is a liar.

[BenLurkin]

The article (and heaine) is globalist proaganda.

[OKSooner]

Sorry, I’m not gonna believe that they ran out of AKs. Or Nagants, for that matter.

[sauropod]

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[Red6]

It sounds good to me.

Therefore it must be true.

Everything which feels good and the majority agrees upon is scientific truth, objective and factual reporting, ethical today. Modern society is simply a form of mob rule may it be college loan repayments (paid for by middle class folks that have no college mostly), LGBTQIA, or a so called “insurrection” where many are thrown in jail because they essentially committed trespassing (all they really had).