{"id":78,"date":"2022-04-28T15:34:46","date_gmt":"2022-04-28T15:34:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/looserounds.com\/?page_id=78"},"modified":"2022-04-28T15:34:47","modified_gmt":"2022-04-28T15:34:47","slug":"soviet-use-of-m16-during-afghanistan-war","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/looserounds.com\/soviet-use-of-m16-during-afghanistan-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Soviet Use Of M16 During Afghanistan War"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20201124211723im_\/http:\/\/looserounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/FA3E5D57-D2AD-4B5E-A6B8-35BADF342D25.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17332\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the weekend one of the boys on the Colt AR15 Resource FB page shares some pictures of Soviet military personnel using M16 and M16A1s during the war in Afghanistan. Captions made best guesses on units. Mainly paratrooper and special forces troopers. The guns seen using M60 machine straps as slings oddly enough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20201124211723im_\/http:\/\/looserounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/689BBF61-340A-4CBC-B483-240901E21781.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17329\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20201124211723im_\/http:\/\/looserounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/160F6C8A-068F-4DB7-A379-E20250910019.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17330\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20201124211723im_\/http:\/\/looserounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/62DAD33E-E861-43A7-BFB1-BA7E95065708.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17331\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20201124211723im_\/http:\/\/looserounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/94209E43-13B5-4E39-B5CF-D0340CC66B4B.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17333\"\/><figcaption>that\u2019s right Kommrade, the M16 is better than the AK<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20201124211723im_\/http:\/\/looserounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/C7E632A0-0633-4507-8D40-31DEFE9CD890.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17334\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I don\u2019t really know any context about these. There could be many reasons for seeing Russians using them during the war. Interesting none the less.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the weekend one of the boys on the Colt AR15 Resource FB page shares some pictures of Soviet military personnel using M16 and M16A1s during the war in Afghanistan. Captions made best guesses on units. Mainly paratrooper and special forces troopers. The guns seen using M60 machine straps as slings oddly enough. I don\u2019t &#8230; <a title=\"Soviet Use Of M16 During Afghanistan War\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/looserounds.com\/soviet-use-of-m16-during-afghanistan-war\/\" aria-label=\"More on Soviet Use Of M16 During Afghanistan War\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/looserounds.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/78"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/looserounds.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/looserounds.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/looserounds.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/looserounds.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/looserounds.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/78\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":92,"href":"https:\/\/looserounds.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/78\/revisions\/92"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/looserounds.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}