How the hell was the DPRK able to get all the different ammos necessary for the hugely diverse small arms inventory they used during the Korean War? I mean they had Sumois, PPSh-43s, K98s, Arisakas, MP-40s, and many others on the same battlefields.
>>29719232
In a word: China
Following the communist victory in 1949, and the founding of Chinese weapons factories, the Chinks threw some of the WWII surplus given to them by various parties and captured from the Japs after 1945 to their allies in Vietnam and NK.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANU5tqNrvE0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJoQOQHQ8oA
IS AMERICA EVEN TRYING!?
>>29719249
right, the guns are the easy part, im talking about keeping them supplied, like, i doubt they had trucks on trucks of 9mm or 7.92
>>29719254
/r original pic
>>29719261
Again, in a word: China
Literally SHITLOADS of captured German supplies the Soviets had they threw at the CCP. Guns, ammo, some trucks, including the motorcycles the copies of which are know the basis of the modern Chang Jiang motorcyle.
In addition, the existing Chinese weapons industry prior Commification was based off the German one. The Chinks had local copies of several German firearms during the interwar period.
>>29719261
Well, China was a huge ww2 ally. So we kept them supplied all the way to the end of their civil war. The soviets I imagine helped too, and I would assume the Chinese gave them some of their own dyes and casts.
But mostly it was the power of the fucktons of surplus. It's hard to explain just how much we made, but we STILL have ww2 surplus floating around, I think there's a huge cache at Diego Garcia. It's cheaper to just let it sit then actually de-mill everything.
>>29719254
I know all the best shops. This might be my favorite shop.
>>29719254
>Anastasia.
I boy. I can't even begin to imagine how much he was bullied as a child.
>>29721476
>tfw people in the Middle East are using STG-44s more than the Nazis were
At least they finally get to be used instead of sitting in a cave for decades.
>>29721595
how do they keep them fed? 7.92x33 can't be that common of a cartridge.
>>29721634
Mass stockpiles of it in the same caves they found their mass stockpiles of STG-44s.
>>29721634
Prvi Partizan in Serbia makes it
>>29721424
>>29721735
It's also very commonly produced by cottage industry gunsmiths in Pakistan.
They make the stuff from reformed 7.62NATO cases or old 8x57mm cases.
They also make AKs chambered in the caliber known as "44 Bore" rifles.
It used to be very popular in Pakistan since "military caliber" firearms were banned in Pakistan and 8x33mm wasn't recognized as a military caliber the pakkis would simply re-chamber their AKs in 8x33mm which meant they could fire both 8x33mm AND 7.62x39mm.
8x33mm has since been added to the list of military calibers making it illegal to own firearms chambered for it, but the Pakistani gunsmiths don't seem to care.
>>29719232
Because Dear Leader descended from the heavens and granted the Korean People's Army victory against the imperialist Japanese and Americans. There was no stalemate, the imperialists begged Dear Leader to show mercy and delay glorious unification. It's only a matter of time before Korea is united under Socialism and Juche! LONG LIVE ETERNAL PRESIDENT KIM IL SUNG!
>>29723406
Imperialist lies. The imperialist Americans and Japanese would be crushed under the might of the Korean People's Army!
>>29723452
>they could fire both 8x33mm AND 7.62x39mm
What the shit?
How would that even work?
>>29724737
Same case base and not too concerned about headspacing, I'd guess?
>>29724781
That sounds unreliable inaccurate and dangerous.
>>29719254
That second one was pushing it too far, you need a certain degree of suspension of disbelief tor these to have the proper humorist effect, an obvious fake is too weak.
>>29725121
Hopefully we all make it to Bird Tuesday.
I'm running out of snow and Korean cakes.
>>29724813
Perfect for the sandnigs then
>>29724813
>unreliable inaccurate and dangerous.
Well that is the Khyber Pass slogan after all..
>>29719232
They didn't. They tried I'm sure, but there's a reason most sensible armies try to stick with as few kinds of ammo as possible. They issued the troops what was available, if they ran out of ammo for a particular weapon the soldier would try to find a different one (strip the dead, etc...). They probably encouraged the troops to use captured UN weapons whenever possible.
