The M16 rifle was initially adopted for use in jungle warfare operations in Vietnam. However, it wound up being such an unreliable weapon that American troops began purchasing, via the underground market, AK-47s used by the enemy.
US Troops in Vietnam Hated the M16 So Much They Picked Up the Enemy’s AK-47s
Ryan Routh was arrested today with an AK-47-style rifle several hundred yards from Donald Trump while the former president was golfing. According to the Washington Post, the “Trump golf course incident investigated as potential assassination attempt.”
Alleged would-be Trump assassin recruited for Ukraine’s International Legion
Previously:
Stolen Valor: The U.S. Volunteers in Ukraine Who Lie, Waste and Bicker
Drugs And Arms Smuggling In Europe: A Source Of Financing Ukraine War
Another EU problem is arms smuggling from the war zone. According to Atlantico, Europe has been flooded with weapons transported from Ukraine along with flows of refugees. The most indicative fact cited by French journalists is that since the beginning of the Ukraine war, the price of a Kalashnikov assault rifle on the Marseille black market has collapsed from 2,500 to 300 euros.
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