Guns of Ukraine war picture thread

[xerts1191]

https://www.firearmsnews.com/editorial/ukrainian-territorial-defense-turn-in-arms/460063
We need you to turn in your arms

 

[paulgt2164]

I laughed at all the idiots heralding the "new" 2A friendly Ukraine - while not realizing that they weren't just throwing guns into the streets - but anyone "issued" a firearm was legally required to give it back whenever the government said so, or be a criminal. This was common knowledge basically everywhere that publishes more than click-bait B.S. headlines that people can't seem to read past these days.

Thinking any country outside of the US is going to reverse decades/centuries of gun control go against the whole "Ruling elite" system they have installed for hundreds of years. Lol.

 

[Suck My Glock]

Yep, this is another test for the Ukrainians.

The only way to pass this test is to say "F@#k off!"

Ok, sure, they likely have a list of who was issued something, and SOMETHING has to be turned back in. But there's a LOT of scattered stuff just laying around. And if every single Ukrainian isn't stashing that schit under the barn somewhere, they're too stupid to be free.

When the Yugoslavian war kicked off in the 90's, old captured German WW2 weapons came out of the woodwork, literally. At least some Yugos had a sense of history and knew they would be needed again.

 

[Suck My Glock]

The Ukrainians are getting enough foreign volunteers now that they are able to constitute entire units of same nationality and language;...all the better that they can work cohesively. This is an entire group of Finns, who felt when Finland was threatened by Putin needed to join up now, rather than wait for Finland to join NATO. They have all been issued ARs, which is funny, since Finns are used to Valmets and would adapt to the AK well. The guy with the belt-fed appears to have an FN/MAG.

And here are a few of the ladies,...

 

[Suck My Glock]

More Savage rifles.

A couple of Azov Battalion guys on the border with the Donbas region, one of them with a Tavor copy.

 

[kenpoprofessor]

Put the ugly/fat girls out in the field and keep the hot ones home for breeding stock later.

Have a great, gun carryin', Kenpo day

Clyde

 

[Suck My Glock]

And here we have (I'll call her Val) with a VAL.

Just cause you're in a war zone doesn't mean you can't be stylish.

Why did they give the heavy bich to the little bich?

 

[Suck My Glock]

Georgian volunteers in sniper positions on a surveilled roadway.

Here is one of the Donetsk breakaway separatists fighting with the Russians in Mariupol, armed with an old PPSh41.

Here is a stash of stay-behind mayhem toys the Russians left in a cache in Sumy for local separatists to use for behind the lines trouble-making. Concealable grenades, pistols and ammo;...stuff one can hide on their person while walking about.

Here's a couple of Azov boys, one of whom has a Fort-301 (.308 Galil copy)

Here is a couple of Fort-401 (Israeli Negev belt-fed 5.56 copies) in the Azov arsenal.

 

[Mauserk98k]

They could send me that treasure chest of makarovs as ill dispose of them . This was has been very interesting indeed, not since ww2 has this type of stuff happened. Exciting times but i hope Russia is destroyed!

 

[Suck My Glock]

Ukraine apparently not only bought Savage Stealth BA rifles for sniper applications, but Savage MSR15 rifles were also sold commercially, as you see here. This one, next to a CZ Bren2, also has a Bushnell red dot.

This is Semyon Pegov, one of Putin's social media influencers and supposed "journalist". He goes by the handle "War Gonzo" on Twitter and elsewhere. If you want to get only the official Russian perspective of things, he's one of the key hacks you can follow if you are so inclined. Here he is with a PPSh41 in Donblast at local training range.

 

[Suck My Glock]

This is the first ASh 12.7 I've seen in the wild. It fires a .50 caliber subsonic straight-wall cartridge called the 12.7x55. Notice how large the suppressor is.

Ukrainian Police patrolling recently liberated Kharkiv with suppressed Tavors (Fort-224 licensed copy)

Here's a sign of U.S. weapons reaching Ukraine;...M2 .50 BMG systems are beginning to populate Ukrainian machines. Usually captured Russian vehicles that are repaired and turned against their former owners.
https://twitter.com/jmscaronte/status/1519601901238693889

More Belorussian volunteers, this group has a mix of FN SCAR-16Ls, AK74s and a Dragunov.

Here is a display of an assortment of ordnance, mines, rockets and various explosive nasties that currently litter the Ukrainian countryside and cityscapes. Informational displays like this are being put together is every still functioning school in order to educate kids to not touch these dangerous things and to identify them in case they encounter them while searching through rubble or playing in the woods. This will be a problem for years to come.

 

[Suck My Glock]

Here's another couple of CZ Bren2s and a Malyuk.

Another couple of AR10s and an Arctic Warfare on the training range.

Captured from the Russian VDV (Airborne) are a Dragunov and another rare A-545 with a suppressor.

Here's why future American defenders all need to know how to make drones.
https://twitter.com/Georgin17111550/status/1520081118636216323

https://twitter.com/stephen90414470/status/1520029318990249986

https://twitter.com/Stefano62887090/status/1520306909991129090

 

[Suck My Glock]

https://twitter.com/jmscaronte/status/1520693496478375937

Notice the Wolverines patch

Another FN Minimi

Yes, the latest SAPI plates will stop a 7.62x54R

 

[Suck My Glock]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Lhr32IlNY4&t

 

[Suck My Glock]

https://twitter.com/jmscaronte/status/1520871188515463169

Suppressors for the field are in high demand and every dude with a lathe and mill are cranking them out as fast as they can.
https://twitter.com/Teoyaomiquu/status/1520108586499780609

Here's another CZ UK59, but customized with some paint.

Another Malyuk. But interesting to note that the U.S.-provided NVGs are making it to the field finally.

 

[Suck My Glock]

https://twitter.com/BobInNZ1/status/1520680682128740352

This is a Ukrainian Snipex Alligator 14.5mm anti-materiel rifle

 

[Lobo2087]

Man that's a lot of shots without a move or at least backing out of window. Training maybe? Any background other than what it shows?

 

[Suck My Glock]

Man that's a lot of shots without a move or at least backing out of window. Training maybe? Any background other than what it shows?

The DPR guys are essentially a bunch of good ol' boys the Russians are happy to supply with obsolete weapons so they can harass the Ukrainians and just keep them occupied. They're not known for tactical skill.

 

[Lobo2087]

I certainly wouldn't want my pu pointed my direction from someone who knows what to do. Granted the ww2 scope is coarse by today's standards but it is definitely minute of man and 54r isn't a small hole...

 

[Suck My Glock]

Two French volunteers with their precision rifles and other gear.

An FN Minimi and a SIG Virtus