Posted on 03/05/2023 12:10:31 PM PST by 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...
(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...
They beat their own officers with shovels: https://sot.com.al/english/gossip/video-skandaloze-ushtaret-ruse-terheqin-zvarre-komandantin-e-tyre-te-plag-i568647
“Sorry, I’m not gonna believe that they ran out of AKs. Or Nagants, for that matter.”
So you’re not going to believe the Russians? Because they been posting videos online about how they were issued non-functioning rifles for months.
They’re so used to their army not having ammo when they need it that they learn things like this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxxXw83ifaU
This has been going on for weeks apparently. Here is a video in which the troops are said to be ordered to use shovels: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phi8wGnXcCc
WWII Swiss and German training films on how to use a shovel in combat: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HqzF9Ib1wE
“There was a group of captured Russians the Ukrainians were executing after surrendering.”
Would you be so kind as to post a link to this video of yours?
Thank you.
That’s what our democrats would have us do if they had their way.
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