Comments by "" (@TheArklyte) on "The WEIRD Guns Being Used In Ukraine Right Now" video.

Because it was done as requested. AK-12 that was in competition was different rifle from production AK-12. Almost all good features were removed. Basically the whole project was another case of stealing and corruption with "super prototype" done solely to win competition from AEK. And even then, it was mostly just lobby influence that sealed the deal. If Russia would change after these events and shake off corruption and lobbies(I know it's fantasy) then we'll see the "third coming" of AEK and that time it would likely win.
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"picked" implied willingness. Reports(and largely how russians treat them) don't indicate that. Poor bastard is probably used as a way to check if ukranian forces prepared the ambushes. Or mines:(
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Weird thing to say here, but, Brandon, you should look at videos of police(supposedly police as they have no markings) arresting people on red square. They aren't armed(at least you don't see it in the video and pepper spray doesn't count. Even if it's a fire extinguisher sized), but the kit they have is pretty good one. I'd say MUCH better then what even regulars and mercs they've sent into Ukraine got, not to mention the poor sods they've "mobilized" in occupied territory beforehand(that's also likely the guy with Mosin. They don't care what he's armed with since his job is basically a meatshield to bait out ambushes and he has no firearms training). So yeah, spending priorities say a lot:(
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@MrDarthImperius there are two factors at play here that come from who's the user here. Special Operations units: 1)need optics. No question. So they simply have no other options produced in Ukraine as AK-74 haven't gone through modernization program there. There were and (especially now) still are far more urgent things for Ukraine's miserable military budget. Sorry to say it, but the personal weapons of ordinary soldiers are at the bottom of the list. I guess the idea was to use small scale production for special units as stopgap until money becomes available otherwise I would have just imported the guns instead; 2)around the world special units require smaller dimensions from their weapons without sacrificing effectiveness. Weirdly enough it means increased weight in shorter gun. So they are ready to sacrifice even weight for mobility in close quarters or when exiting a vehicle.
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@RavingRazik yeah, I agree, it's a tragedy that public ignored how ukranian towns and military positions were constantly shelled from occupied territory for 8 whole years and how russian mercs used civilians to hide behind while doing so. I still recall the interview of a local priest, who had seen how the so called separatist rolled up a heavy mortar into the backyard of his church to use it as de facto hostage to prevent counter battery fire. Each morning they rolled it in on already prepared position, started the shelling and then after some time they would pack up and roll it away because they were afraid to lose the mortar. Thankfully there is a lot of drone and thermal footage that helped to document said instances. Thanks for reminding people about that, good job you. But I actually was talking about the poor guy from occupied territory. I know the context in other language can be sometimes hard to understand, hope that helps. Have a nice day;)
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tbh most of them would stay in Ukraine as gun laws there would finally become at least like in nowadays Finland, but much more likely like in Finland in 1941;)
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If I recall it's 1 in 3, not in 4. And they also keep 12 gauge in the car.
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@ronalddunne3413 congrats on returning to Earth. You've missed a lot in last month:D
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Weird thing to say here, but, Brandon, you should look at videos of police(supposedly police as they have no markings) arresting people on red square. They aren't armed(at least you don't see it in the video and pepper spray doesn't count. Even if it's a fire extinguisher sized), but the kit they have is pretty good one. I'd say MUCH better then what even regulars and mercs they've sent into Ukraine got, not to mention the poor sods they've "mobilized" in occupied territory beforehand(that's also likely the guy with Mosin. They don't care what he's armed with since his job is basically a meatshield to bait out ambushes and he has no firearms training).
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