{"id":47406,"date":"2022-05-16T21:46:52","date_gmt":"2022-05-16T19:46:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/?p=47406"},"modified":"2022-07-31T20:05:26","modified_gmt":"2022-07-31T18:05:26","slug":"the-obsolete-wwii-rifles-with-which-russia-is-arming-recruits-in-the-donbas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2022\/05\/16\/the-obsolete-wwii-rifles-with-which-russia-is-arming-recruits-in-the-donbas\/","title":{"rendered":"The obsolete WWII rifles with which Russia is arming recruits in the Donbass"},"content":{"rendered":"

During World War II, the USSR was known for using its troops as mere cannon fodder, sending them to the front even without weapons.<\/p>\n

The brutal explosion of a Russian T-72 tank: the big problem of the loaders again<\/a><\/rel>
\nThe 'egg cartons' of the Russian tanks: the poor protection of many T-72B3 and T-80<\/a><\/rel><\/p>\n

Certain things appear to have changed little in Russia since Soviet times, judging by the equipment worn by many of its professional soldiers. But the situation is even worse for the men who are being massively recruited by Russia in the occupied areas of the Ukrainian region of Donbass<\/a>, where armed separatist groups from the self-proclaimed \"republics\" of Luhansk and Donetsk have been operating since 2014. The Russians are forcibly recruiting men between the ages of 18 and 55, and equipping them with very poor equipment.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Last Friday, May 13, the pro-Russian Telegram channel ThisisfactZ published this video<\/a> in which we see men recruited by the Russians in the occupied areas of Donetsk Oblast:<\/strong><\/p>\n