Comments by "Seven Proxies" (@sevenproxies4255) on "Smith & Wesson 76: American's Vietnam 9mm SMG" video.

  1.  WrathMachine : It depends on the war and the customer. Our military is oriented towards defense, because our military doctrine is not about prosecuting wars of conquest or interfering with the business of other countries. Regarding this SMG I think Sweden made the right call. The U.S had no business to enter Vietnam, and predictably it turned into a giant shitshow. So refraining from supplying the U.S with further arms was the only principled action to take. If the U.S adopts a more non-interventionist military doctrine, focused on defending it's own borders rather than toppling governments of other nations and smashing their infrastructure with the hopes of keeping the oil prices down, then Sweden would be more amicable towards trade in weapons. But ever since WWII, the U.S military has been used in a completely opposite manner. The U.S own borders is leaking like swiss cheese, since illegal immigrants just waltz in without any interference while the armed forces of the U.S is off on the other side of the world, killing people and destroying things which have no realistic chance of ever threatening anyone on the U.S home soil.
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  2. They didn't want them used in Vietnam, for obvious reasons.
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  3.  WrathMachine : The manufacturer might not care, if they're private. But the thing about Sweden is that you can't manufacture and sell weapons without government oversight. Basically the government tells you which customers are approved or not. There is no "free market" for firearms in scandinavia, only tightly regulated markets.
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  4. You could up the firing rate of the swedish k quite easily. Just remove the main spring and put a pingpong ball behind it. You'll shred through a full magazine in no time.
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