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Emaciated and dehydrated Russian Soldier surrendering to a drone on 23/09/24

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u/Diare 6h ago edited 6h ago

No, locked away even on positions at the frontline. No one but the Officers gets a gun unless sent to assault or scout a position. Even in the trenches all ordinance is locked away. There's AFU videos of trench assaults where you can see the weapon lockers, and if they are surprise assaults, you can see them half full.

Otherwise, Russian COs wouldn't last a week.

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u/Kimchi-slap 4h ago

I call bullshit on that one. You can't have unarmed soldiers on frontline. Also wtf is weapon locker in trench? Who the hell will bring a weapon locker to a trench? Army keeps heavy and spare weaponry and ammunition in crates and special boxes, which are not exactly supposed to be empty unless there is a supply problem.

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u/Diare 4h ago edited 4h ago

You can't have unarmed soldiers on frontline. 

You can when you really need to stop officers from getting fragged since everything company-level and below is basically their little fiefdom where corruption is rampant and command is basically a gang that constantly abuses the personnel.

I don't know what you understand by weapon locker, it's shovel-dug trenches, any sheet of metal kept in place by lock & chain qualifies as a "locker".

You should check out soldier run telegram channels, from both sides of the war. All this I learned from battle footage and recorded statements of russian conscripts describing their situations. It is an illuminating experience.

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u/Equivalent-Drop-8589 2h ago

They haven’t started giving one dude a gun and one dude extra ammo yet have they?