Snapshots from Syria: AK wins and fails

TV-PressPass said:
Not my call. The UN's Convention on the Rights of the Child, Article 37, (1989)

"State parties shall take all feasible measures to ensure that persons who have not attained the age of 15 years do not take a direct part in hostilities."

Under Article 8(2)(b)(xxvi) of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court entered into force 1 July 2002; "Conscripting or enlisting children under the age of fifteen years into the national armed forces or using them to participate actively in hostilities" is a war crime.

I don't have a copy of that kids birth certificate. But if I were the photographer I'd be asking the question.

But there are definitely options. Even in war zones.

I would say that the red rifles forum is not an ideal venue to debate the Syrian conflict or international law.

I would say the red rifles forum is a good place to talk about interesting red rifles you might see.

Like an AK with a fab-defense rail system in a war-zone 200km north of Israel. That's interesting to me.
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These kids don't answer to the state and are not enrolled in any National Armed Force/therefore they are not "child soldiers"...they are rebels, guerrilla's or freedom fighters, terrorists take your pick and call them what you will, but I'll bet they take a pot shot at anything in a uniform.
 
What's wrong with not using the safety on the gun if you use the safety between your ears? As others have said already, this isn't quite like shooting at the range.
Kristian
 
I come from a country where over a million people, many of them kids ended up getting killed in Nazi concentration camps. Many orphans would be picked up by the Partisans and they would pick up guns and/or hand grenades. That was a fight for survival and in my books, it's better to go out unloading on Nazi scum than in a lineup to get your head crushed by a mallet right after you see your little sister get hers crushed. While I wouldn't condone having kids as uniformed soldiers in regular armies, we live in a dog-eat-dog world and sometimes practical considerations trump legal niceties.
 
TV-PressPass said:
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TVPP, I've gotta call you out on the SVD, as in, that's not one. That right there is a Romanian PSL. Magazines, handguard, receiver, safety, gas tube, and rear sight block are all wrong for an SVD.

PSL = win
misidentification = fail
 
Major Sights said:
On the subject of the Children soldiers, yes a child fighting in a warzone is a shame, however, without knowing more on each one pictured; these are not children stolen from their parents and forced to fight while hopped up on drugs. They are probably young adults who have taken up arms along side their family, friends, neighbors etc.


I know plenty of young people fought the Nazi's back in the day. A friends father served in the Dutch resistance and he was only 9 when he started, killing his first German at age 11. Many Jewish children and young people joined up in arms against their oppressors as well, as well as many others from other nations and faiths. It sucks, but that's the way it turns out.

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What is the machine gun(?) in the middle - is it another DP28? :confused:
 
I'm facepalming the fact that people actually give a flying fuk about the safeties on milita guns IN A WARZONE.

Who the HELL gives ####!? Ruined the pics with stupidity.
 
Shows why Syria, Egypt, Russia, North Korea, China, Iran and almost all of Africa oppose the UN Arm Treaty.

If these guys had more guns and ammo we wouldn't have a UN, they could decide their own destiny.

Wouldn't a safety in a guerrilla war zone be mostly worthless unless of course you're on your way to the Donnybrook via chopper or APV?
 
Heres some footage of the Syrian army from a Russian war reporter .. I wonder sometimes why NATO is supporting the Sunni islamists rebels ? they are insurgents and extremists not Syrians for the most part .. They are making the same mistake they made in Afganistan in the 80s arming the mujahadeen .. when will they learn ?? they rather arm terrorists and see many tens of thousands of civilians killed than have a dictator in power thats not under their control .. its all about power and the interests of Israel ..

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can anyone take a photo without applying a bunch of retarded filters anymore? Looks so phoney. Have we all seen so many war movies and played so much CoD that we think reality is supposed to look like that?
 
sAdam said:
can anyone take a photo without applying a bunch of retarded filters anymore? Looks so phoney. Have we all seen so many war movies and played so much CoD that we think reality is supposed to look like that?
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^ this specifically ruined the photo's for me.. just makes it look so set up and fake.
 
I love all the AK dust cover scope mounts.... Im sure they work real well.... since I have yet to shoot a 40mm nade launcher on an AK without it popping the dusk cover off; very secure, I'm sure with a big NC star scope on it the cover stays on no problems :jerkit:


Those army videos are neat..... I would not want to be on the recieving end of that T-72. Mind you I would not want to be a dismount next to it either (friendly or not). With all that reactive armor... thats just a bad day for everyone near by.
 
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