• lil_tank@lemmygrad.ml
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    8 months ago

    It reads like Soviet-era gear has some magic properties, like some legendary sword in an RPG

    That’s badass but also very telling of how the media will spin everything to not admit thah NATO/Ukraine are just bad at this and get steamrolled by 40 years old tech

    • American weapons since the change of the American weapon mentality that emerged in the mid 20th century have been overengineered that always assume you’re in the ideal circumstance… weapons companies intentionally design their weapons and war machines to break down easily to make more money including making systems obtuse requiring a first party engineer to repair it (something impossible in an ACTUAL war). That’s why the Vietnamese would only ever pick up M16s if they ran out of AK47s.

      The American weapons of war are great initially but are unreliable in the long term.

    • SexMachineStalin [comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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      8 months ago

      “Forged in the anvils of Stalingrad by the man himself, it glows red when counter-revolutionaries are present and can vanquish an M1 Abrams or HIMARS with just a single swipe, sending them into the eternal gulag”