Soldiers at the northern edge of the Kharkiv region in northeastern Ukraine are constantly on alert with Russian forces nearby. CNN's Ben Wedeman speaks to the men, who include a nuclear physicist who uses a gun and a veteran of the Soviet army who reminisces on the days when Russians, now the enemy, were his comrades-in-arms. #CNN #News
Ukraine soldiers are fighting Russia with decades old weapons and methods
The Carl Gustav is a very versatile weapon , capable of fullfilling a long string of tasks, ranging from utilitarian support like smoke or light, incindiary or HE impact grenades, Airburst grenades and ranged explosive charges.
1978.. It only means weve had a looooong time to develop new types of munition
Ya this is a really dumb video. Most of NATO still uses the Carl G. including even Canada. Other infantry arms are all still the same for pretty much every nation. Including even super budget USA.
Russians are using Tanks built in there’s and 60′ so the weapons are on par.
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The carl gustav recoiless rifle is no joke
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Carl G is a big gun that is rifled. Hence, “Carl G. Recoilless Rifle” all the energy comes out the back. It shoots a big bullet, it is not a rocket launcher. Rockets have their own propellent that burns in flight. The RPG-7 is a rocket launcher.
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They also said Ukraine was winning
Don’t worry, so are the Russians.
Also, an old Maxim machine gun (which is more than a century old by this point) is still a machine gun, it just fell out of use because its heavy weight did not fit our modern mobile doctrine.
Also guns are guns, if they kill, they are good enough, sadly.
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I wonder if we can slap it on a humvee or toyota.
Arguably, for sustained fire, a Maxim would be better than a modern air cooled machine gun.
bruh the russians aren’t the ones being supplied modern weapons by usa or nato that’s ukraine russia is using older weapons and still new ones aswell
It’s misleading to imply the Carl Gustav is outdated. This weapon is still being manufactured today and has undergone numerous improvements and upgrades. It’s light, relatively cheap, and very effective.
I also got mad about this. We use this even in the us.
@Ray Whitehead the reporter could have done a better job but it’s fair to point out and make the point of Ukraine needing more modern weapons.
Carl Gustav is still exported to many, many countries. sweden sent 15’000(!) of these withon a few days of the beginning of the invasion. It doesn’t penetrate heav armour on a mai battle tank (at least not a modern one), but it will take out light armoured infantry transport wehicles, and of course any support vehicles. The Ukranians appreciated them very much, and made very good use of them. In fact, the department of defence made an official and quite humorous ”thank you” video for the Carl Gustav, where our King makes fun of Putin. His name is also Carl Gustav…👍😄
@Anders Grassman Sweden did send at least 15000 AT4. Not any CG, but i think bullets for them.
Canada and a few more did send CG to UA,
Ukraine needs modern weaponry and artillery plus long range weapons and sophisticated air defence to try and level the playing field. If you don’t want your soldiers to fight at least give Ukraine a fighting chance. Lately there have been signs of a fightback by Russian citizens against their corrupt regime. Many in Belarus and Chechnya are also fighting to escape from under the yoke of Russian imperialism and terror. If Ukraine falls Europe will be affected and if Europe is affected then so is America and the UK and the Pacific. Nothing works in isolation any more. What affects one affects us all. It’s also a fight for values and what kind of world we accept. Often lines are blurred but this is not such a time. This time it is clear and we need to pay attention so that we don’t lose sight of what matters because of short sighted self interest.
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Dude, you just compare tasks. To control the green neighborhoods in Afghanistan, the US spent the same amount of money. Ukraine, for this money, is at war with the second army of the world. Costs must be adequate to the task. Only then will there be a result.
Just as long the guns are properly maintained and in working order and the ammunition for them are still available in large quantities, so what’s the problem?
Nothing wrong with the 84 mm G.
Some of those weapons may be old but if you got nothing else you can’t be picky as long as it’s still kills the enemy or blows up tanks and gets the job done good enough
Oh but none of y’all kept that kind of logic when Russia was using old weapons so don’t apply that logic now that Ukraine has to do it.
Even if it’s decades old, is still a killing machine..
potentially, but trying to take it toe to toe with modern and exponential numbers of enemy equipment in a conventional fashion? thats suicide…
@Operator 9 It would perform actually. It’s still used by most of NATO. Even still used by USA special forces. You know those specialist infantry guys who have access to literally the best equipment in the world by the truck loads.
“To be an enemy of the US is dangerous, but to be a friend is fatal” -Kissinger.
Even a rock can still kill someone. Obviously the grade of weaponry and armour are extremely important in both an attack and defence context, and you’d want to match both as close with your adversary as possible. But excellent intel, local knowledge, strategic planning and even a bit of luck can also help if you’re mismatched. The Russians have also in many cases been fighting with poor equipment, and as the invaders without local knowledge, they’re at a consistent disadvantage, which has drastically slowed their war since day one, leaving them mired in conflicts they’ve struggled to move on from, taking heavy losses despite often having better weaponry etc than the exhausted but determined Ukrainians.
As interesting as I find this reporting, I always ask myself if it’s really smart to film and publicly reveal defensive positions and important information like the presence of mines and available firepower for the defenders.
They are not reporting anything that’s not common knowledge. Almost 200,000 casualties with old weapons I would say is a good hunting trip.
@MrHock theater of war is a saying for a reason. Nothing like threats of mines and pill boxes to make the attackers think twice.
@Arturo Puebla The ones over there who are scared are not the one’s who they going to order to advance. I imagine they got machine guns pointing at their backs when they are ordered to cross the minefields.
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Congrats to those who really think Ukraine shows their real combat capabilities and arsenal on TV shortly before counteroffensive 🙂
“To be an enemy of the US is dangerous, but to be a friend is fatal” -Kissinger.
This position might not have the newest or the most advanced equipment. But the equipment they have is hardly junk. Ukraine is a small Nation that has been at war against a large Nation for a while now. It is unreasonable to expect the most modern of equipment to be deployed at every defensive position. And let’s not forget what this soldier said. The new stuff is for the counterattack.
Older weapons are not the problem, those are tried and tested. Depending, of course, what they are facing and having to use those weapons on. A bigger issue is are their tactics up to date. They have to keep the casualty rate as low as they can while inflicting as heavy casualties on the enemy as they can.
A carl gustav is not just some launcher, while it is not guided it is extremely accurate and effective. Especially if they have sights on them.
It gives a speed of attack that guided weapons cannot deliver and no backblast of traditional rocket launchers
“Decades old weapons”?
Bruh, the M16 and AK47 is an older design than most peoples granddad. The Abrams is 30 some years old. The M2 was being used by my granddad in WW2. These weapons are still used today (after upgrades), because they’re excellent.
Old weapons are no problem. Look at tanks like Leopard 2 or jets like F-16. It’s old, but the upgrades are important. The types of ammunition. Especially with the small weapons: You can uprgade scopes, aiming, you can use different ammunition, but you don’t have to change the weapon itself. Maintenance matters the most 🤷♂️
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