Very nice. We were fed full of bullshit about the Soviet Infantryman back in the mid-1980s at my first duty station in Germany. I did get to fire the AK-47 and RPK at Graf during familiarization of Soviet Infantry weapons. We were taught how to load, aim, fire, and field strip these weapons. We shot the regular US Army qualification with pop up targets out to 300 meters with these weapons and I was surprised how accurate I was using them. Our instructors from the Military Intelligence Battalion told us that the sighting was the same as using a Winchester or Marlin 30-30 or any .22 caliber rifle sight. We were knocking targets down like crazy and fun with this training. The bullshit part was they said that the Soviet soldier was not motivated and not trained well. The US Army had plenty of unmotivated soldiers too in our Infantry units. Officers and NCOs did the same thing in both armies with enough ass kicking motivated poor soldiers to shoot well and train. The difference was the Soviet Army was a conscript army but they did turn out plenty of well trained soldiers to their standards. If war would have broken out in Europe during that time we wouldn't worry about how good the Soviet Army was because they would be out to kill you once they are out of their BMPs dismounted. I found out how good the AK-47 was in Panama 1989-90 and Iraq during 2006 through 2008 by different armies and guerillas in combat. The AK-47 is reliable, simple, and deadly in the hands of the user. Today I own 3 variants of this rifle and enjoy them at the range. It sucks to be at the receiving end during combat.

@Pathfinders_Ascend

3 жыл бұрын

And I'm sure the soviet infantryman you mentioned were also fed full of BS about the American imperialists too.

@ReckerFidelWOLF

3 жыл бұрын

@@Pathfinders_Ascend Truth hurts cope.

@Boriqua76

2 жыл бұрын

@@Pathfinders_Ascend american is an imperialist country that isn’t a lie but so was the cccp

@dkoz8321

2 жыл бұрын

I was commissioned in FY 1993, so while I missed the whole Cold War thing, I figure both of us were trained under same APFT tables and same Air-Land Battle doctrine FM 101-1/10 . I was 13A FIST (Mech). I guess you were 11 series. 11C Mech infantry, perhaps. Soviet Forces Germany had light load of conscripts, we were briefed. Infantrymen in Motor Rifle Regiments in East Germany were upper selects conscripts but mostly volunteers. NCO , praporshnicks (like an enlisted Warrant combo) , and officers were career soldiers. Those were Guards regiments , a higher tier formations of Soviet Army, selected from Moscow Western Military Region. They got more training rubles, and priority on equipment. They came in with more education, then average Soviet conscript from non-native Russian speaking parts of USSR. The peasant conscripts , many barely literate, were consigned to engineering construction battalions, or Far East Military District units near Chinese border. Select volunteers were assigned to VVDV(Airborne) divisions , after completing Soviet airborne schools. Soviet airborne were static line qualled, and many also had rigger quals, packing their own primary canopy. Reserve canopies were packed by spealized rigger personel. So if balloon had gone up in 1983-1988 , and you found yourself in Team Yankee situation, the average Soviet Mech infantryman you would have faced, was very much like yourself. High school grad, some 2 year college education, placed above average in Soviet version of ASVAB, good service record, no prior civilian felony record. I got some AK-74 trigger time , at Ft. Sill. But beyond 120 meters, you had to have some superior marksman skills. Which I lacked. M-16A2, I qualled with was way more accurate, but prone to jams if not cleaned . Where AK was superior , was field stripping. It broke down into six parts, and that was sufficient for self PMCS . It fired small 5.46 Soviet round , opposed to 7.62x39 AK47 ball.

@lance7556

2 жыл бұрын

It was likely a form of boosting our own troops morale by convincing you you're better than your counterpart. The American M16A1 and the Soviet rifle at the time, the AK-74 were both pretty much equals. In regards to the 74, it had almost zero recoil because of the dtk muzzle device. Thanks for sharing and thank you for your service!

I love this old Soviet Military and war time educational videos.

nice to see documentaries of countries other than U.S.

I don't see how it's indoctrination, it's just a technical explanation of how to use an AK-47

@PeriscopeFilm

6 жыл бұрын

Indoctrination is part of basic training.

@SovietUnion100

4 жыл бұрын

@@PeriscopeFilm Sounds like a bunch of anti Soviet indoctrination to me. Nice bullshit.

@user_____M

4 жыл бұрын

@Evil Communist the difference is that the US sometimes punishes them (like with those idiots in Iraq), Russia would deny everything and give them medals.

@MykolaSternenkoDroneBoyHoleMan

4 жыл бұрын

@@PeriscopeFilm indoctrination came before basic training. Basic training was basic training.

@politicalsheepdog

4 жыл бұрын

@Evil Communist No it doesn't.

As someone who can neither speak Russian or read cyrillic here are my takeaways from watching this video. AK47 is glorious rifle. When cleaning rifle take off your shirt. When shooting at enemy planes lead your shots. Make sure to shoot parachuting pilot. When at state sanctioned fair show drunk old man up by shooting better than him at shooting booth. Do not go into prone position while in open field you will disappear if you do not find cover. Firearm instructor has best looking number 5 and 4 he must have won many awards in school for handwriting. Let tank roll over you then throw grenade.

@thomasparisi5333

3 жыл бұрын

Sorry for the late like, but you made me laugh :)

Subtitles please! And I don't mean those crappy poorly translated ones youtube gives you.

this has aged well

1:29 damn, so much starvation that the guy tried to eat the mic.

@satyamchowdhury9743

Жыл бұрын

Wow very funny joke Hahahaha Two dollars have been deposited in your account

I could watch this 1000x over and over again and still not get bored. . . Is there something wrong with me?

@damiion666

Жыл бұрын

Yes

@user-re6tu2kh1r

Жыл бұрын

Да!

@fiendish67

8 ай бұрын

Do you want the truth or a lie? Acceptance is best.

They are using original AK-47, before AKM

Anyone know the date this was taken? Looks like mid/late 60’s

@lilqueso8190

9 ай бұрын

Looking at the waffle stamp ak mags and the fact it doesn't has a slanted muzzle break it should be sometimes in the 50s

Оружие любит ласку:чистку и смазку !)

Why are they shooting full auto?

@cuongtrancong5799

Жыл бұрын

they train for maximum firepower and suppression training

@satyamchowdhury9743

Жыл бұрын

That is selective fire

Countries that won war, used AK-47 rifle chambered in 7.62x39 ammo.

And the US is having a shit time developing assulting rifles😂

@redcat9436

Жыл бұрын

The US designed M16 is one of the greatest assault rifles ever made.

@CT-hr9nk

Жыл бұрын

Bait.