I just saw this and what the fuck'd so much I thought I'd post it.
[quote=The BBC]
[B]Russian finds Kalashnikovs in firewood crates[/B]
[B]A man who had bought crates off the back of a lorry in Russia for firewood found they contained 79 Kalashnikov rifles and parts, Russian media report.[/B]
The villager in Udmurtia reported the rifles to a local policeman, after which investigators examined the 64 crates.
It was established that the army-issue rifles had been delivered for scrap to the nearby Izhmash arms plant.
The driver had sold off the crates, thinking they were all empty.
However, seven of them were found to contain rifles, as well as 253 magazines and other parts, a police source told Interfax news agency.
[B]
'Unacceptable negligence' [/B]
Once delivered to Izhmash in the city of Izhevsk, the crates had been used for removing rubbish.
The driver, 39, had been working for a private firm, transporting the rubbish to a dump.
"Along the road, he decided to make a bit of extra money and sold [the crates], thinking they were empty," Interfax reports.
However, an investigation has begun into whether the rifles were "thrown out accidentally or there was an organised channel for selling them off illegally", Udmurtia prosecutors' assistant Olesya Fedchishina told Russian newspaper Rossiyskaya Gazeta.
"The crates in which the weapons were found were removed from a high-security installation so even the rifles could not have got there accidentally," she added.
"Negligence at such installations is unacceptable."
The Kalashnikov, instantly recognisable, renowned for its ruggedness and regarded by some as a design classic, is said to be the world's most heavily produced rifle.
It has been manufactured at Izhmash itself, which is currently working on a new model.
[/quote]
[url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-16543083[/url]
I wonder if it was a genuine mistake or weapons smuggling gone wrong.
Well. It's a common mistake really :v:
I thought it meant a Kalashnikov from 1979, not 79 rifles. Holy shit.
Some black market buyer is probably pretty pissed right about now.
I wonder which model.
[QUOTE=asteroidrules;34250938]I wonder which model.[/QUOTE]
Probably all of them :v:
this obviously isn't skyrim because he searched a crate and found something good
[QUOTE=asteroidrules;34250938]I wonder which model.[/QUOTE]
74M or 100 series most likely
they probably were in good condition if they suspected arms smuggling.
[editline]16th January 2012[/editline]
[QUOTE=Mr. Someguy;34250948]Probably all of them :v:[/QUOTE]
Izhmash has better things to do than make AKMs
Hahahaha. I could only imagine the look on the faces of the guys that made the fuck up.
They probably still work and everything.
And more than 200 mags holy shit
Strange it stops exactly at 79 hmmm?
It was a test, one he had failed.
[QUOTE=Shiftyze;34251130]Strange it stops exactly at 79 hmmm?
It was a test, one he had failed.[/QUOTE]
or maybe he kept one for himself
79 is prime, so yeah
Ak-47's for everyone
[QUOTE=trotskygrad;34250982]Izhmash has better things to do than make AKMs[/QUOTE]
I misunderstood the article, I was under the assumption they were older rifles being smuggled out.
[QUOTE=Mr. Someguy;34251420]I misunderstood the article, I was under the assumption they were older rifles being smuggled out.[/QUOTE]
Still, Izhmash probably hasn't made those since the 60s.
[QUOTE=PrusseluskenV2;34250725]This is an old Russian folklore character known as the Kalashnikov Fairy. He mysteriously gives you Kalashnikovs when you least expect it.
Gee, I wish I could be visited by him.[/QUOTE]
I honestly wouldn't be surprised if this was true
[QUOTE=doonbugie2;34251380]Ak-47's for everyone[/QUOTE]
"Wait a minute...."
Wait, how did they not feel all of the weight of the crates when moving them? or did they find them as soon as they started moving them?
[QUOTE=Rainhorror;34251924]Wait, how did they not feel all of the weight of the crates when moving them? or did they find them as soon as they started moving them?[/QUOTE]
This is what makes it very suspicious. A box of [B]anything[/B] is going to weigh a lot more than an empty box.
Some stalker will be real pissed after he finds out someone has been messing with his stash...
[QUOTE=Jsm;34252010]This is what makes it very suspicious. A box of [B]anything[/B] is going to weigh a lot more than an empty box.[/QUOTE]
Unless it is filled with loosly packed feathers.
[QUOTE=Jsm;34252010]This is what makes it very suspicious. A box of [B]anything[/B] is going to weigh a lot more than an empty box.[/QUOTE]
They used a forklift? I don't know what type of crate, maybe they had some giant drunk russian guy pick them up.
Those guns look so baeutiful in those boxes
[QUOTE=AJisAwesome15;34250970]this obviously isn't skyrim because he searched a crate and found something good[/QUOTE]
whatever bro, collecting silverware is the shit.
Reminds me of when I play on roleplaying servers and I scavenge crates and never find jackshit.
But then this one time, I found 12 RPGs filled with rockets, and I kept 2 of them and I had to give the rest to the admin who said It was mingegrabbing. Dumbass didn't know I kept the 2. :v:
(holee shit, I need to see a brain doctor, I don't know how to spell or put words in correctly anymore.)
[QUOTE=doonbugie2;34251380]Ak-47's for everyone[/QUOTE]
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZQdaEFa_60[/media]
:v:
Pretty hilarious that somebody could seriously mistake a box full of AK's for an empty box, which honestly makes it look like weapons smuggling.
[QUOTE=Jmir 54;34252345]Those guns look so baeutiful in those boxes[/QUOTE]
moar guns on racks
[img]http://rareaircraf1.greyfalcon.us/picturesq/ru3.jpg[/img]
[QUOTE=PrusseluskenV2;34252328]AKs usually come in crates like this:
[img]http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/2430/russianak2vf3.jpg[/img][/QUOTE]
I'll take 10.
[QUOTE=PrusseluskenV2;34252735]Have a crate of nuggets.
[img]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/22107915/Die%20waffen/nugget/1309561903597.jpg[/img]
Fancy a table?
[img]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/22107915/Die%20waffen/nugget/1311260202298.jpg[/img]
[editline]17th January 2012[/editline]
Fun fact: those are 88 PPSH sub-machine guns connected to a trigger mechanism that shoots them all at once.
...imagine being the guy changing the magazine and cocking every single one?[/QUOTE]
yeah I know, plane's called the Tu-2sh. I would pay to hear that thing fire. Fucking 79200 rpm... by comparison the M61 gatling cannon has only 6600 rpm
crazy shit.
[QUOTE=PrusseluskenV2;34250725]This is an old Russian folklore character known as the Kalashnikov Fairy. He mysteriously gives you Kalashnikovs when you least expect it.
Gee, I wish I could be visited by him.[/QUOTE]
Maybe if you drink all your milk and eat your veggies, you can grow up to be a an volatile rogue state, and the Kalashnikov Fairy will visit you too!
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