News reports say the AFP had just sent several military experts to Russia to inspect those war materiel that the former superpower want to sell to us. Since 1905, our soldiers have been using American war materiel which have different specs than those arms from Eastern Europe, like those of Russia. Compare the AK-47 with the M-16, and immediately just by looking at them, you'll have some inkling why several close AFP friends are skeptical of accepting these Russia-made army materials.
If we change our small arms, are we saying that we also intend to change our howitzers, our tanks, our APC/s etal? Or are we just interested in small arms?
What we need from Russia are their debugging devices and their sophisticated computer surveillance equipment which they used in influencing the US elections. We need them so that we can influence our own, hehehehe!
Anyway, frankly, Russian small arms or those from East Europe are really the best of the best. I, for one, am very partial with Czech arms or CZ's, not to mention the HK's, the AK's, and several others. Even America's special forces use these automatic pistols. I had a Smith and Wesson 9mm before but I am not impressed. The only impressive American-made pistol which I still rely on is the 45-caliber 1911's.
I think our government should re-think this though. Transitioning at this time is not recommendable. We will only confuse our own soldiers. Besides, we haven't used these arms in actual combat. Everyone knows that when one is used in a definite system, one must stick to it.
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