China buyers selling knockoffs of Russian military gear back to Russa
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Some of the cheaply produced kit has also been found on dead Ukrainian soldiers, one defense industry insider says.
  • PyroNeurosisEnglish
    9·
    4 days ago

    Russian gear is more expensive but better, and people will always choose quality."

    The existance of Wish and its ilk show this to be a lie.

    That said, I’m surprised that Russian-Chinese relations are such that they aren’t issuing Chinese-pattern kit to the troops. I guess that’d be too blatant a snub of embargos for the international community.

    • I Cast Fist@programming.dev
      8·
      4 days ago

      I remember a big list of “army facts”, I think of aussie origin. One of the items says:

      • Never forget that your equipment is supplied by the lowest bidder