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Originally Posted by Raellus
I can see why the PRC would want to get some cash from captured rifles, but they could probably put them to use themselves. In the v1.0 timeline, most of the PLA would still be equipped with domestically produced 7.62mm x 39 AK-47 clones but at some point in there, IRL at least, they began transitioning to a smaller caliber rifle round (5.8mm IIRC). Perhaps the Chinese would have issued their captured stocks of 74s to reservists, militia, paramilitary forces, or even SOF.
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I am with Rae on this point. When a single potential militia man (out of a possible 200 million of them) is unarmed I don't see the rifles coming here to our civilian market.
My first thought on how a couple of ISO containers of such weapons and ammo could end up in the US, is that they were sent here for testing by the DoD. They would be interested in how durable the weapons are and if there are any manufacturing issues. Same goes with ammunition. Honestly depending on the size of the testing facility (which makes sense to be in the desert) you could have all sorts of Warsaw Pact equipment there.