Guns of Ukraine war picture thread

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And yes,...Ukraine did indeed have a (small) hand in the collapse of Syria. Chechens who have sided with Ukraine against Russia were perfect Muslim emissaries to deploy to Syria to try to hurt Russian equipment, soldiers and interests there. Rumor has it that the rapid evolution of drone use and manufacture leading up to the big push was in large part a direct result of the Chechens working for Ukraine. Here is one of them being interviewed recently. And yes,...it does snow in Syria, especially in the mountainous region bordering Lebanon.

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Ukrainian member of the GUR (sort of like the DIA in the U.S.) with an M4 rifle equipped with a rare 12 gauge M26-MASS underbarrel shotgun. This shotgun comes with either 3- or 6-round magazines. It also can be used as a separate weapon.


It's been a year since I spotted 2 Robinson XCR-Ls in a Ukrainian unit, but this time I've seen my first .308 XCR-M in theater.


And of course, there are still plenty of Swedish K Carl Gustav M-45s equipping vehicle crewmen all over the place.

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Shotgun-armed drone shooting down other drones.

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Just a reminder of how muddy it is during mud season in the region. Keeping your weapon sealed from mud is a very real concern.




This is Maximilian Andronnikov, 50 yrs old, the leader of the Freedom Of Russia Legion, and his FN2000 bullpup. Simply known as Legion, these are Russians fighting for Ukraine. They specialize in infiltrating behind the front lines phuking chit up. They have settled on the FN2000 as their preferred weapon because it allows for concealment much more easily than an AK or other rifle when trying to blend in amongst the locals.


Here's another Russian with his issued Vepr-12 shotgun, tasked with anti-drone defense.

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Interesting new PKM variant? Or just a new barrel? I don't claim to be an expert on PKMs, but I don't recall ever seeing one with either a finned barrel or a muzzle brake. The muzzle brake could easily be a locally produced accessory added by the operator,...but barrels are another matter. Ukraine might be cranking out some somewhere. They used to manufacture their own PKM copy before the war. Or (more likely) the barrel and/or the entire set up is from another former COMBLOC country like Poland or Romania or Bulgaria. But I've scoured through hundreds of photos of PKMs from all over the place, and none of them look like this one. Maybe this is just an experimental trials model that never went into wide adoption, and now a donor country is gifting it? Who knows?


Here's a couple of Russian Spetznatz operatives somewhere in Donetsk. The green weapon is a SIG 540, made under license by Manhurin in France during the late 70s. France briefly issued this rifle before adopting the FAMAS to replace it. While France has donated lots of weapons, we have yet to see any SIG 540s in Ukrainian hands. So was this previously donated to Ukraine and liberated by this Russian? Or maybe it is a rare semi-auto civilian rifle taken off of some Ukrainian militiaman? Russian special forces also have stockpiles of foreign weapons for special purposes and deniability. Maybe this has been in their own inventory for decades? Who knows? It is impossible to tell. The pistol he is holding an MP433 Gratch 9mm. And other fellow has a 9x39 AS-VAL.


A spanking brand new Beretta ARX160 in service with the KORD (which is a national police special response unit).

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Shotgun Sasha, shooter of speeding slavic sky spy sookuhs!


Bored Boris and his Benelli await with baited breath to blast buzzing Bolshevik bombing birds, blyat!


Two Accuracy International rifles; an AXMC in .338Lapua and an old school Arctic Warfare in 7.62NATO with a Rattler thermal optic.


A civilian semi-auto Radical Arms AR15 pressed into service, with matching tactical crutches.

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Nyet, Sasha. We have minigun at home.


Another chopped and bobbed shorty PKM.

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The Russian version of CornerShot, with a periscope system adapted to an AK-74M.




Russian recon detachment with a North Korean Type 73 GPMG in an improvised sidecar motorcycle mount. So very German.

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UKROP Z-10 being employed in the field.


As the skills of how to bring down small FPV drones with #4 shot become more recognized, more and more soldiers are being issued shotguns to watch for everyone's local skyline.

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Desert Tech bullpup sniper rifles are still all over the place in Ukrainian service. This one seen most recently on the Kursk front.


Some units are still fielding FNC rifles.


If you look closely, in this image from Ukrainian special forces Kraken regiment, you'll spy a B&T APC9kPro with a suppressor, very similar to those adopted by U.S. Army, Air Force and Border Patrol. Next to it is an LMT 40mm launcher.

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Helmets save lives. American volunteer got smacked in the dome by the rudder fin of an RPG as it flew just over his head.



The Ukrainian-made, Snipex Alligator 14.5x114 long-range, large-caliber, anti-materiel rifle — seen here with a silencer. According to Ukraine’s military, can penetrate a 10 mm armor plate from a single shot 1.5 km away.


Ukraine SF with polish RGP-40

Yes,...helmets matter.

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Helmets save lives. American volunteer got smacked in the dome by the rudder fin of an RPG as it flew just over his head.

Yes,...helmets matter.

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Helmets save lives. American volunteer got smacked in the dome by the rudder fin of an RPG as it flew just over his head.

Yes,...helmets matter.

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Helmets save lives. American volunteer got smacked in the dome by the rudder fin of an RPG as it flew just over his head.

Yes,...helmets matter.

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Ukrainian weapons company FORT, who made the licensed copies of Tavors and Galils, and makes domestic designed pistols, also produces their own 9x19 closed-bolt submachinegun design, the FORT 230. Introduced for the first time in early 2021, it didn't get much lead time for production before the war started 8 months later, so that's why you don't see many.




More Polish GROT rifles.

Wheat farming fashion in Ukraine. Rifles for russkies and shotguns for dive-bombing drones.




Photo from late September, near Lyman. Notice the fellow kneeling and the dude on the right;...both armed with HK417 DMR variants.