Speedo66
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Interesting article about Russia's tiny neighbor Estonia's thoughts on possible war against the bear. Fears that although they are NATO members, the US and others will back off if it's only them involved. They've seen the Ukraine invasion and how no help was given.
They are shown training for insurgency as they have no pretense of fighting Russia toe to toe. Here's the article: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/01/w...-region®ion=bottom-well&WT.nav=bottom-well
Turns out they use the previous generation Swedish AK-4, in NATO 7.62x51 (basically .308). Seeing that I knew nothing about Swedish rifles past their wonderful Mauser models, I decided to do a little research on modern Swedish weapons. Turns out their current rifle is the AK-5, made by FN in the current NATO caliber, 5.56x45 (basically .223). Although Sweden is not a member of NATO, they lean more to the west in political thought. Like every small country in the region, I'm sure they realize Russia could have their way with them any time it wanted to if no help was given.
Here's an interesting article on the development of the modern Swedish battle rifle: http://www.gotavapen.se/gota/ak/ak4_5/ak5_history.htm
They are shown training for insurgency as they have no pretense of fighting Russia toe to toe. Here's the article: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/01/w...-region®ion=bottom-well&WT.nav=bottom-well
Turns out they use the previous generation Swedish AK-4, in NATO 7.62x51 (basically .308). Seeing that I knew nothing about Swedish rifles past their wonderful Mauser models, I decided to do a little research on modern Swedish weapons. Turns out their current rifle is the AK-5, made by FN in the current NATO caliber, 5.56x45 (basically .223). Although Sweden is not a member of NATO, they lean more to the west in political thought. Like every small country in the region, I'm sure they realize Russia could have their way with them any time it wanted to if no help was given.
Here's an interesting article on the development of the modern Swedish battle rifle: http://www.gotavapen.se/gota/ak/ak4_5/ak5_history.htm