Wagner Finds Antique Weapons In Ukraine's Underground Weapons Cache
- Thread starter grelmar
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- Blaster land, Okanagan BC
Amazing!
Need to be careful, those Thompsons were in SOVIET ERA crates, not US factory crates. They could have been repacked, which isn't important.
They may have been stored in Ukraine, but it's well known that Russia as well as the rest of the Post break up satellite nations all had stockpiles of small arms dating back to pre 1900
To much ''fluff'' coming from all factors in this war to get overyly excited about anything.
They may have been stored in Ukraine, but it's well known that Russia as well as the rest of the Post break up satellite nations all had stockpiles of small arms dating back to pre 1900
To much ''fluff'' coming from all factors in this war to get overyly excited about anything.
When were the Nazis using Thompsons?
Those crates hinges and internals are all Soviet.
I've seen Thompson smg crates full of factory fresh guns and they weren't packed in that manner.
The Soviets got a lot of Thompsons during WWII, along with a lot of other lend lease stuff. Usually they were shipped with tanks and trucks.
The Soviets already had a supply chain problem, with varying ammunition types and if memory serves, they put the Thompsons into storage almost immediately.
I am not saying those Thompsons aren't lend lease or that they weren't found in Ukraine. Just that those are not US factory crates.
Multi thousands of small arms crated up were stored in the former Soviet Union area of Ukraine. My SVT 40 crate has UA markings and was obviously stored in Ukraine at some time. It wasn’t long ago that dealers had these crates full of rifles for sale and tossed the empty crates out afterwards. I picked up 2 crates free for the taking to make a rifle display.
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I read about a Soviet Sherman tanker, the first thing they did was to get rid of the Thompsons and install MP40s.
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https://iremember.ru/en/memoirs/tankers/dmitriy-loza/
The Ukraine supposedly have MP-44s too, we could get Colt Canada to do a swap, so we could pay for a SA20 and get a Thompson, to support Justin's spending.
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Anyone remember that game show from the 80's, where the contestants got to run through a grocery store with a shopping cart, and whatever they got across the finish line in under 5 minutes, they got to keep?
I'd need more than 5 minutes in that salt mine. But oh, what wonders I'd figure out how to get out if I had an hour or two.
I'd need more than 5 minutes in that salt mine. But oh, what wonders I'd figure out how to get out if I had an hour or two.
Remember that the communist states produced weapons for the sake of producing weapons, not for the market.
Crank them out, preserve them in cosmoline, throw them in a create and store them by the hundreds of thousands. There are hundreds of these types of storage depots throughout the old Soviet states especially the Ukraine. They'll also have captured German weapons as well.
How much fun would it be to spend a day or two in there opening creates!
Crank them out, preserve them in cosmoline, throw them in a create and store them by the hundreds of thousands. There are hundreds of these types of storage depots throughout the old Soviet states especially the Ukraine. They'll also have captured German weapons as well.
How much fun would it be to spend a day or two in there opening creates!
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- Inside Carneys Reich
Amazing, pristine condition, I wish!
Each Sherman tank had two model1928 or m1 thompson’s plus the truck probably had them also
So that was a few guns, which were never used, Russian’s used their own guns
A lot of 1921 and 1928 Thompson’s are on the bottom of the Atlantic in sunk ships
So that was a few guns, which were never used, Russian’s used their own guns
A lot of 1921 and 1928 Thompson’s are on the bottom of the Atlantic in sunk ships
Read Horilka's on hand experience post with those "crates" and the firearms in them.
He states they aren't NOS and mismatched refurbs.
