From the Mundane Luxury page.
Imagine believing soldiers would steal washing machines of all things lmao. Like just picture some guy lugging one around along with 30+ kg of gear or trying to stuff it into the crew compartment of a BTR-80 along with himself and his squadmates.
Russia Today is distributed by carrier pigeons in tapestry form, and the spent tapestries are woven into rugs that they then hang on the walls of their apartments