Southern Ohio Gun 7.62x25 Ammo Sale

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Originally Posted by Gatorade

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How different is the ammo procurement for the US that we don't have crates of Cold Era .223 and .308? I guess we do see .45ACP and 30-06 but that is mostly WWII production, right?

The Russians are a strange group. When Germany invaded, they Soviet army was not really ready for that kind of war. Between 1941 and 1945, 1 in 8 Russians were killed. 85% - 90% of the males born in 1923 died between 1941 and 1943.

As a result, they have a very different view on surplus... Obsolete equipment was set aside for category C or D units. Categories A and B are main line and reserve units, C and D are essentially civilian groups as a last ditch defense - the stereotypical "Old men and Kids" units.

During my last trip to Russia in the early 2000s, they still had warehouses full of T-34 tanks - just in case they needed them again.

We tend to be quicker to sell stuff off as surplus, but we generally use a "first in-first out" process where the oldest stuff gets used first.

Plus we fire hundreds of thousands of rounds each year for training purposes. which consumes a lot of the old stuff.

That said, from time to time, they find a warehouse WWII - Vietnam era spam cans full of ammunition. 30-06 ammo was produced up to the late 60s - early 1970s. 45 ACP was produced until the late 80s - early 90s. The 1911 had been retired in 1986 - 1987, but there were still quite a few M3 submachine guns in service in the armored divisions.

[Gatorade]

Yeah I can see how close they were to speaking German, would make them not want to make the same mistake again. I also tend to think of WWII as being far back in history and the 1950's were just a few years after WWII ended. My mind also tends to think that the Soviets and the US relations were closer because of WWII than they actually were. Seemed like we went from being Allies to Cold War overnight but I guess we weren't Allies that were that close. Just Allies that had a common enemy.

Still, there is a lot of Com Bloc Surplus on this side of the pond!