Regarding the Russians....very true. A friend of mine that got into the AKM parts business was shown ONE salt mine storing captured WWII German weapons in about 2005 after the ban went away. The weapons had been inspected and packed away in preservative and were all in relative untouched conditions and serviceable. He saw THOUSANDS of K98Ks, Lugers, MG42s, MP40s, and STG44s in perfect operating condition. These were in Belarus and he wanted to import them, but the "fees" aka bribes that were asked for made it too expensive. He has kept tabs on them and last time I talked to him there were still safely stored.
In my campaign, there are several security divisions active in Siberia using Lendlease M4A3s. And a lot of East European militia uses K98Ks and MG42 as well as MP40s and even STG44s. Looks like Western European militias may need to carry a few as well.
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