Guns of Ukraine war picture thread

[Suck My Glock]

KelTec donated a bunch of guns to Ukraine in 2022. Most of which were Sub2000 9mm folding carbines and some RDB bullpups. But since then, KelTec has remained a steadfast ally, cutting discount deals to supply all sorts of products. Most recently, they have sold several thousand KSG shotguns to Ukraine, including this one here in the back of a truck traversing through Russia's Belgorod region. Also notice the Belgian FN/FAL.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEcd75Y0Fy4&ab_channel=TheArmourer%27sBench

Italy has donated another batch of Beretta ARX160 rifles.

 

[Suck My Glock]

Rather uncommonly seen in this war, a Brugger & Thommet SPC9 SD, similar to that recently purchased by the U.S. Army, but instead with the Glock magazine lower conversion, in the occupied Belgorod pocket.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WGgBhJLnRY&ab_channel=TheArmourer'sBench

And it wasn't just guns we sent to the Russians during WW2;...we sent all kinds of war supplies, many of which got stored in Ukraine before the USSR busted up. (Remember the crates of Thompsons captured by Wagner in 2023 in that salt mine?) Here we see a surplus U.S. M1910 canteen and web belt being used in 2025 in Belgorod.

 

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Here's a squad deployed inside Russia, near Belgorod, with 4 different rifles;...G36, CZ Bren2, FN SCAR-L and an AR. Not that big a deal for 3 of them, since they use the same magazines;...but that G36,....

This squad, deployed on the Belarusian border near Ripky, all have been issued G36s.

2 years ago, Lebel of France sent about 500 of their VCD-15 rifles. I haven't seen them much in country since then. But here we see a squad near Lyman outfitted with new specimens of them. No word on how many have recently been delivered.

And another B&T SPC9 SD with Glock mag lower, on the range. A definite sign that the Swiss are slowly getting away from their famous neutrality.

 

[Suck My Glock]

Here's a GIF of a test firing of a captured Russian MP-443 "Grach" 9x19 pistol. The Grach has been the new main handgun for Russian armed forces for some time now, beginning in 2003. However, it is slowly being supplanted by the newer Lebedev pistol in 9x19, which has increased in production 5-fold since 2023, despite not receiving very good reviews from Spetznatz, who consider it sub-par and who tend to acquire and issue Glocks internally on the down low. Supposedly the Grach is a better pistol mechanically,...but much like the M9 in U.S. service in the desert, maintenance of the magazines are of critical importance, or this results. Many captured MP-443s were seen early in the war in the hands of Ukrainians being pressed into service. But since numerous Glocks, HKs and Berettas and other NATO handguns have shown up, most Grach pistols are now just war trophies or issued to rear echelon security guards and other such less critical roles.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O258C0smTls&ab_channel=Valgear

Here's another depot-level modified PKM to be a shorty assaulter "commando" version, with bobbed barrel and locally made collapsible stock, topped off with suppressor.

 

[Suck My Glock]

Most of the older Soviet WW2 weaponry in Ukraine was stolen away out of armories by the Russian-backed separatists in 2014 to arm their side. As a result, most such guns are encountered in Donetsk and Luhansk regions, including the partisan Ukrainian loyalists operating behind enemy lines doing sabotage and such. Here we see a Russian FSB officer posing with a confiscated PPS43 uncovered in an apartment of a suspected Ukrainian agent in Donetsk.

 

[Suck My Glock]

The problem with making a member of a squad a dedicated anti-drone shotgunner is that his primary weapon is short range, and if/when it comes time to engage the enemy infantry at distances beyond 25 meters, he is now relatively ineffective and one less gun to apply to the problem at hand. However,...what if you strap a grenade launcher to that shotgun and make him also a grenadier? This is what the Russians are increasingly doing. As well, Saiga has ramped up production of their 12ga. model for issue, and these are being seen very widely in the Russian line now. This soldier has named his Saiga "Anesthesia".

More HK MG5s seen with Marine river raiders in the Crimean delta.