Malian soldiers armed with Century Arms RAS-47's
Posted by Brilliant_Ground1948@reddit | ForgottenWeapons | View on Reddit | 13 comments
I didn't know they were exported to foreign militaries.
DarthVaderhosen@reddit
Africa is quite literally brimming with stockpiles of Russian full auto AKs. It's literally the one platform of rifle you could bury it for 60 years in a humid swamp and dig it out and it'd run fine with minor cleaning and for some reason they decided to go for the semi-auto glorified IED?!?! I guess it's so they can guarantee their soldiers won't defect to the enemy when their own weapon kills them before the enemy can.
VermelhoRojo@reddit
WTF this is odd AF
Being in south Florida I’d not be surprised but a Malian with connections showed up in their Boca offices and brokered a deal. That said, it’s also odd since military grade AKs on the global market can be procured cheaper that a RAS or a C39.
Very, very odd indeed.
baneblade_boi@reddit
I bet this is one of those instances of someone either being bribed or...just casually finding a stockpile of RASs. Also, what if they repurposed them after capturing them from an enemy? When it comes to West Africa anything is possible, it is not unheard of countries buying weapons from arms traffickers
daehkciD-emoS@reddit
am i tripping or does the dude in the middle have 2 pistols in his holster
ardesofmiche@reddit
The left two rifles are milled so likely C39s or V2s
Same detriment though
CxsChaos@reddit
Proof that America won the cold war.
No-Pay-4350@reddit
That's just unfortunate. Imagine typical Century parts failure, trunnion breakage or bolt carrier failing, but in combat. Yeesh.
Occams_Razor42@reddit
Full auto?
762x38r@reddit
why
FormerPatrolJockey@reddit
Rocking Glocks on their hip.
Century didn’t make RAS-47’s with milled receivers though unless these were specifically made for export? What’s the source?
fromthewindyplace@reddit
The two on the left look like C39s. No better.
Terrestrial_Conquest@reddit
Out of all the AK's they choose a RAS?
RIP
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