https://knockout.chat/thread/49398/46#post-1821471

    • FALGSConaut [comrade/them]
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      2 years ago

      As if the soviet union and later Russia haven't had factories churning out ak-47s and derivatives for 70+ years now

      • Weedian [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        Enemy at the gates was one of the most successful pieces of propaganda of this generation

        • panopticon [comrade/them]
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          2 years ago

          literally just taking rumors about the sorry state of the Russian army in 1917 and transposing them into 1942

          • WoofWoof91 [comrade/them]
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            2 years ago

            enemy at the gates is a fictionalized film about Vasily Zaitsev, a highly decorated soviet sniper
            in the film, he is forced to charge the nazis without a rifle

            • KobaCumTribute [she/her]
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              2 years ago

              I remember reading a comprehensive takedown of the movie once, and how the actual river crossing depicted in the infamous scene was done by a well-equipped and already-veteran unit that spent days prior training for it and then crossed uncontested in the middle of the night.

              • Weedian [he/him]
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                2 years ago

                It’s both, the game took inspiration from the movie

    • Collatz_problem [comrade/them]
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      2 years ago

      DPR/LPR did use Mosin rifles for rear area troops for a while, until Russia provided them with enough AKs.