We already know the Russian weapon systems like the AK and PKM run just fine in frozen conditions. But I wonder how well Stoner's AR systems will fare this winter in Ukraine?
The Ukrainians are upgrading their basic AK74s whenever they can. More and more often examples like this are being seen. This a member of the 227th Territorial Defense Battalion, specifically created to defend Kharkiv, undergoing training. His issued rifle has a full-length railed aluminum heat shield forearm, originally popular only on civilian-owned AKs, but the government has been putting them on more and more rifles. Same with optics. At the beginning of the war, few AK rifles in service had any. Now there quite a few outfitted with either red dots or magnified scopes. Jumping in and out of vehicles is easier with folding stocks, so many like the one here are being retrofitted to rifles that formerly had fixed stocks.
Thermal sight is a Ukrainian-made Archer TSA-7, mounted on Zbroyar-10 (AR10 copies).
More and more Remington ACRs are showing up in Ukraine. Apparently, as part of its recovery from the dead, the new reborn Remington cut a deal with Ukraine and has started supplying ACRs to some of the Territorial Defense Force units. This picture is from last week on the west bank of the Dnieper in Kherson. Likewise, Poland bought some of these from the old Remington back before Poland withdrew from Afghanistan and issued them to their recon/intel SF unit known as the SWW, back before Poland adopted and issued the GROT. Poland has already donated GROTs to Ukraine, and probably also their Remington ACRs now that the GROT has been adopted and issued across all Polish armed services.
American volunteer attached to the Marines, with his suppressed Malyuk. The guy behind him has a suppressed Z-10.
Another Marine, this time with another Beretta MG42/59
Russian sniper, suppressed Dragunov
Ukrainian sniper in Kherson, keeping watch across the Dnieper River with his M14.
