Ukraine also uses a machine gun which is over 100 years old but they have a reason for that - it has a water cooling so it can shoot for extended period of time.
There are some weapons that make sense and some that don’t. A sniper with a Mosin with a good scope, sure. For untrained infantry it’s as much a death sentence now as it was in Stalingrad
Ukraine also uses a machine gun which is over 100 years old but they have a reason for that - it has a water cooling so it can shoot for extended period of time.
https://www.economist.com/the-economist-explains/2022/05/11/why-ukraines-army-still-uses-a-100-year-old-machinegun
As for those guys - I guess time will tell if their weapons are as effective when they meet Ukrainians with their shiny new m4a1.