I remember reading that at least some NATO countries (I want to say Canada and Germany?) were basically using this as a chance to get rid of a bunch of shit from the 60s, which is hilarious. "Here have these guns, no I don't know if they work, that's not rust they just look like that".
Unfortunately those are the weapons that then get handed out to untrained civilians that will be the victim of any catastrophic failure. They save all the good shit for the Nazis.
I remember reading that at least some NATO countries (I want to say Canada and Germany?) were basically using this as a chance to get rid of a bunch of shit from the 60s, which is hilarious. "Here have these guns, no I don't know if they work, that's not rust they just look like that".
Unfortunately those are the weapons that then get handed out to untrained civilians that will be the victim of any catastrophic failure. They save all the good shit for the Nazis.
It's probably a good thing untrained people get the crappy weapons. Less likely to do something that'll get them killed.
I for one would prefer folks like Azov getting weapons that might blow up in their face.
Germany might have a warehouse or three full of old AKs from the GDR, which would probably be way more valuable sold as collector's peices