Ukraine soldiers are fighting Russia with decades old weapons and methods

Soldiers at the northern edge of the Kharkiv region in northeastern Ukraine are constantly on alert with Russian forces nearby. CNN's Ben Wedeman speaks to the men, who include a nuclear physicist who uses a gun and a veteran of the Soviet army who reminisces on the days when Russians, now the enemy, were his comrades-in-arms. #CNN #News

[realitystrikes]

anyone going to tell CNN that the M16 was made in the 1960s?
Or that the F-16 has been flying from the 1970s.
Or that the M1A1 Abrams is from the 80s.
Or a shit ton of ships in the Navy are fifty years old?

[dutchroll]

It's misleading to imply the Carl Gustav is outdated. This weapon is still being manufactured today and has undergone numerous improvements and upgrades. It's light, relatively cheap, and very effective.

[maxdavis]

At least they are fighting with weapons...Russians are fighting with shovels

[Chyke]

What happened to the billions of dollars in weapons sent to them?

[truthbud]

The sheer amount of approving and cheering comments by ordinary Russians under videos about the atrocities committed against civilians in Ukraine were no less shocking to Ukrainians than the war itself.
We somehow got used to the war, but the realization of who we have been living next to all this time without even knowing it is still terrifying.
These creatures call themselves our brothers.
Imagine what they would do to you, who they call their enemies, if you let them.
Not supplying weapons to Ukraine in order to achieve an early peace would be like allowing a violator to violate his victim in order to end the violence as soon as possible.

[Unknown-btrd]

Even if it's decades old, is still a killing machine..

[optimvsprinceps]

Well you said the Ruskies are fighting with shovels lol don't tell you meant the Ukrainians were all along 😂

[leonnunhofer]

Old weapons are no problem. Look at tanks like Leopard 2 or jets like F-16. It's old, but the upgrades are important. The types of ammunition. Especially with the small weapons: You can uprgade scopes, aiming, you can use different ammunition, but you don't have to change the weapon itself. Maintenance matters the most 🤷‍♂️

[Entropy]

The carl gustav recoiless rifle is no joke

[martinwinther]

The Carl Gustav is a very versatile weapon, capable of fullfilling a long string of tasks, ranging from utilitarian support like smoke or light, incindiary or HE impact grenades, Airburst grenades and ranged explosive charges.
1978.. It only means weve had a time to develop new types of munition

[frogggy_]

Lmfao what??? It's the Ukraine who is equipped with elite US weapons. Russia is the one using old stuff

[AnilKumar-hyhu]

Interestingly, Talibani was fighting with centuries old weapons against the invaders of the US and allies in Afghanistan. Quite Surprisingly, they still defeated and kicked out the US and allied forces from Afghanistan in such a way that they had to run away quickly, leaving behind their weapons, armed vehicles, and helicopter.

[VBH]

You use what you have, even if you have to use a rock to smash a head in.

[gcyu]

Congrats to those who really think Ukraine shows their real combat capabilities and arsenal on TV shortly before counteroffensive :-)

[caelanshpak]

Some of those weapons may be old but if you got nothing else you can't be picky as long as it's still kills the enemy or blows up tanks and gets the job done good enough

[vishalkumbhar]

But Russians are fighting with shovels😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢

[sandyarmstrong]

THANK YOU JAKE: ITS IMPORTANT TO RECEIVE UPDATES FROM UKRAINE ❤🇺🇦 ❤

[nton]

this is a stupid point Most US millitary equipment was manufuctured several decades ago like the abrams tank, m4 rifle, f16 fighter jets, m2 bradley, m113 apc, humvee, mk19 grenade launchers, at4 and tow missiles. You can argue they keep them upgraded but so do the Russians. And last I checked ww1 bullets are just as deadly as modern ones

[Katoshi_Takagumi]

Older weapons are not the problem, those are tried and tested. Depending, of course, what they are facing and having to use those weapons on. A bigger issue is are their tactics up to date. They have to keep the casualty rate as low as they can while inflicting as heavy casualties on the enemy as they can.

[jeffreyz]

What happened to the Billion of $$$$ we have sent them then?