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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So much false info out there.

All Russian tanks are vulnerable to Molotov cocktails, if hit with enough of them.  This renders Ukrainian cities off limits to tanks.

What army units are trained and authorized to use Molotov cocktails?  NONE.  They are purely a partisan weapon.

But that tells you something:  EVERYONE left in Ukraine will fight.

Not only Ukrainians:  foreign anti-Russian fighters are pouring into Ukraine by the hour.  Experienced combat vets from all over.

So will they have weapons to fight with? No doubt.

Neutral Sweden, Finland, the Baltic states, Spain, and many other countries have supplied advanced, Western, weapons - including advanced Western anti-tank guided weapons like the Javalin system - which easily defeats any and all Russian armor.

There is an iron river flowing into Ukraine right now.

And what about the Ukrainians?

[b]For years, every adult could legally own a “Hunting rifle.”  In Ukraine, a hunting rifle is defined as an AK-47 assault rifle (a machinegun), a more advanced AK-74, or the domestically made M-16 copy.  Only, Ukrainians train with their weapons every weekend.  Hundreds of thousands of ordinary Ukrainians.[/b]

The fact that they have not left is ample evidence they will fight.  And fight to the last man, woman, and teenager.

Ukraine is a meat-grinder for the Russian conscript army.  It cannot be occupied. [/quote]

That’s just not true.

[b]Ukraine is 88th in world for private firearms ownership. There is essentially no gun culture in Ukraine. Citizens of Ukraine couldn’t own a rifle without a very lengthy and expensive permit process, and are restricted to semiautomatic rifles that can only accept special low-capacity magazines. 
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If the Ukrainians were armed as well as a typical county in most southern US states, the Russians would’ve been sniped and bushwhacked into retreating within the first 24 hours.

How does a rifle stop a tank?

It doesn’t.

The rifle is for when the guy driving the tank opens the hatch and crawls out to stretch his legs, take a leak, take a dump, refuel it, clean the prism blocks, whatever  - because you can’t stay in a tank forever. And when he does, the nearest guy with a rifle shoots him and his buddies. Then after they’ve been shot, you set the tank on fire so new guys can’t use it.

That’s how a rifle stops a tank. And why it’s so important to have a rifle in the hands of as many people as possible. And Ukraine didn’t have that. [/quote]

You are lying.  What you wrote in bold is not true.  But listen to PBS reporting if you do not believe me: (this is PRE INVASION reporting)

[youtube]https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XHsPp27dzA4[/youtube]

Those rifles - assault rifles - are NOT issued; they are individually owned.  That is why they are such a mix of AK47s, AR15s, and AK-74s.

You also lied about “special low capacity magazines.”  Also NOT TRUE.  Yes- there is a process to own a “hunting rifle” -  but it’s very brief and routine (like a background check here).  Plus you can own silencers like the woman shown in the video has.

And to allege Ukrainians have “essentially no gun culture,” - when they have clearly been training every weekend for years now, by the hundreds of thousands?

Your statements are simply not true.  PBS isn’t the only video out there; you can’t possibly be ignorant of them all.

Why are you so blatantly lying about this?

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Plus the Ukraine has 500,000 reservists and 200,000 regulars. That 700,000 trained and equipped. There are most likely 8-10 million volunteers who need to be outfitted and trained. 
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