still in service...

[froggy]

Pfff ............. Blu, you are such a capitalist philistine !!

[Blu]

Pfff ............. Blu, you are such a capitalist philistine !!

Yup I am, and pole vaulting is about all it's good for

[froggy]

Well ... Mister ....
Can I, at least, appeal to your sense of compassion in those times of taxing economical hardship ?

[Blu]

Well ... Mister ....
Can I, at least, appeal to your sense of compassion in those times of taxing economical hardship ?

Nope, make them get a job then buy a Lee Enfield.

[froggy]

Cant beat your logic really ...

[snayperskaya]

Well ... Mister ....
Can I, at least, appeal to your sense of compassion in those times of taxing economical hardship ?

Nope, make them get a job then buy a Lee Enfield.

Talking of Enfields......VDV trooper in Afghanistan holding a SMLE.

[Blu]

Well ... Mister ....
Can I, at least, appeal to your sense of compassion in those times of taxing economical hardship ?

Nope, make them get a job then buy a Lee Enfield.

Talking of Enfields......VDV trooper in Afghanistan holding a SMLE.

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Figured he need a decent rifle and picked up the SMLE.

[snayperskaya]

Figured he need a decent rifle and picked up the SMLE.

Maybe you're partly right Blu, Soviet soldiers in the 1980s found that their AKM and AK-74 rifles could not match the range of the World War II-era bolt-action Lee-Enfield and Mauser rifles used by Mujahedeen rebels.One of the reasons the Russians liked the Dragunov, it could counter the longer ranges the Mujahedeen snipers favoured.Coalition forces would face the same problem decades later.

Mosin PU, Second Chechen War alongside SVU.

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[snayperskaya]

Bren still in use with Taliban.......

[Rearlugs]

Bren still in use with Taliban.......

Its an ex-Indian Army Vickers Berthier. Looks very similar to a Bren.