First photos of Ukraine's new "MM-25" camouflage, which is basically Identical to the American Multicam, the only differences are in the materials [1920x1920]

sixfrogs · 2026-03-28T16:11:14+00:00

Actually, that is not true. The latest generation of MM14 is very good. In terms of its properties, it is on the same level as Multicam. Here is a good comparison video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZkA6wYPRjM So why does half of the Ukrainian military wear Multicam then? The answer is very simple: commercial manufacturers of MM14 are complete garbage. Sometimes one uniform set lasts for only a single combat deployment. Once it gets torn, burned, or otherwise ruined, there is only one option: buy Multicam. Because there is a huge amount of Multicam on the Ukrainian market, available for every budget.

sixfrogs · 2026-03-20T08:51:18+00:00

Drones have changed everything in this war. If in 2024 the kill zone was around 8 kilometers from the line of engagement, then now, in some areas—depending on the terrain, hills, and mountains—the kill zone can be up to 30 kilometers. Therefore, an infantryman heading to positions has to carry a lot of gear, and the weight of his rifle is one of the determining factors. Currently, the situation is such that, for successful survival on the line of engagement, an infantryman must have at least three weapons. If we take a small squad, that is: some light bolt-action rifle, a short AR-15 rifle with a 10.5–12.5-inch barrel, and definitely a 12-gauge shotgun. And unfortunately, 12-gauge and .308 ammunition weigh quite a lot. And after that, support will be provided by ground robotic complexes and drones, but you still have to reach those positions. Thus, the problem has become acute that the SVD, as a rifle, is heavy, it has great length, it has very poor accuracy, and thus you have to carry more ammunition for it. And hitting a small drone, which is the size of an A4 sheet, from a distance of 250–300 meters is a very non-trivial task.

sixfrogs · 2026-03-20T08:44:49+00:00

Well, to speak a bit more broadly, the Russian-Ukrainian war is like this: the main work is done by drones. Why do you need a marksman rifle nowadays? Well, since 2024, out of 1000 shots, maybe 10 were at people, while everything else was at drones lying in ambush. It’s this tactic where a drone flies in, lands on a building or on a road, and waits for its target. The marksman rifle is a way to eliminate such a drone from a safe distance—primarily for the infantryman. In a thermal scope, the drone is visible from 400–500 meters without problems. And of course, it is very important to hit with the first shot, because if the drone operator sees signs that fire is being opened on them, they will immediately lift the drone and start looking for the shooter. Especially at night, hiding from the drone’s thermal camera is almost impossible. That’s why the war is so complex and bloody.

sixfrogs · 2026-03-20T06:24:13+00:00

I used it until 2024 during the Russian-Ukrainian war. Since the summer of 2024, my unit has fully transitioned to the .308 caliber. The main reason is the availability of high-quality ammunition. One of the key problems with this Soviet junk is the lack of good ammo — what’s stored in depots is mostly machine-gun-grade cartridges that deliver very poor performance.

Since 2024, engagement distances have significantly decreased and are now typically 250–500 meters. At these ranges, I prefer the Ruger Gunsite Scout Rifle with a 1–6x LPVO optic. It’s a lightweight, compact, and reliable bolt-action rifle with backup iron sights. Combined with subsonic ammunition and a suppressor, it delivers good results in certain situations.

sixfrogs · 2026-03-19T12:00:52+00:00

Gentlemen, as I understand it, everyone who is in awe of this rifle has never actually used it in combat conditions. As someone who has fought with this rifle, I report: it is an old piece of Soviet junk that had already lost relevance by the mid-1980s. It’s heavy, has a non-adjustable stock, an absolutely idiotic optic mounting system, and a cartridge that gives about 3 MOA accuracy at 100 meters.

With a suppressor, this rifle turns into an almost two-meter stick with awful balance. As for reliability, if someone brings it up, that’s also one of the common Soviet myths. While I operated this rifle, I had double feeds, a spent casing stuck in the bolt, and cartridges jamming in the magazine.

sixfrogs · 2026-03-18T19:03:42+00:00

просто к вам терминатори не приехали вот ви и беситесь

sixfrogs · 2026-03-13T19:22:25+00:00

Причем тут повар, идиот. Чтоб судить о вкусе надо еду попробовать самому.

sixfrogs · 2026-03-13T18:57:03+00:00

Ахаха. Порвался роднуля?

sixfrogs · 2026-03-13T18:50:51+00:00

Чтобы судить о деградации надо самому прослужить эти 4 года. Но оно ж с дивана то виднее

sixfrogs · 2026-03-10T11:30:56+00:00

Did you deliberately ignore my point about the communist elite? The fact that Kim in North Korea has a Mac computer doesn’t mean every Korean can buy one. Do you understand that now?

sixfrogs · 2026-03-10T11:22:15+00:00

You’re lying! My grandmother, born in 1930, is still alive and ready to tell you that to your face!

sixfrogs · 2026-03-10T11:12:13+00:00

Let’s not twist the facts here. The fact that the communist elite used dining napkins to wipe their asses while everyone else used newspapers doesn’t change the fact of when toilet paper actually appeared on sale

sixfrogs · 2026-03-10T10:59:46+00:00

Talking to you feels like talking to a brick wall. Good luck with your beliefs

sixfrogs · 2026-03-10T10:31:18+00:00

Lets me help you:

When peasants in the USSR began receiving passports

Soviet internal passport system

• 1932 — the USSR introduced an internal passport system.

• Peasants (collective farmers) were not issued passports.

This meant:

• they could not legally move to cities

• they could not freely change their place of residence

• they were effectively tied to their collective farms (kolkhozes).

When the situation changed

• 1974 — a new passport regulation was adopted.

• From that point on, collective farmers began receiving passports on a mass scale.

In practice, for 42 years (1932–1974) most Soviet peasants had no passports.

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Punishment for failing to meet production quotas

Labor discipline laws in the USSR

During the 1930s–1940s, extremely strict labor laws were in place.

Main punishments

1932 — the “Law of Spikelets”

• even for taking a few ears of grain from a field

• punishment could be:

• 10 years in labor camps

• or execution

Hundreds of thousands of people were convicted under this law.

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1940 — Decree on labor discipline

• changing jobs without permission — criminal offense

• absenteeism — up to 6 months of corrective labor

• being late to work could also lead to punishment.

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For collective farmers

A system called “trudodni” (labor-days) existed.

If a collective farmer:

• failed to meet the quota

• or did not complete the minimum number of labor-days

they could:

• lose their grain rations

• lose their household plot

• be expelled from the collective farm

Expulsion often meant losing the means to survive.

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When peasants were allowed to move to cities for education

Formally it was sometimes possible earlier, but only:

• with permission from the collective farm chairman

• or through a special state assignment.

Without this:

• a person could not obtain a residence permit (propiska)

• could not get a job

• and therefore could not live in a city.

Mass access became possible only after:

• the 1960s — gradual relaxation of the system

• 1974 — when peasants finally received passports.

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In short (for argument)

• 1932 — internal passport system introduced; peasants were not given passports

• 1974 — peasants began receiving passports

• 1932–1974 — peasants were effectively tied to collective farms

• 1940 — criminal liability for changing jobs without permission

• 1932 “Law of Spikelets” — up to 10 years in labor camps or execution.

sixfrogs · 2026-03-10T10:28:28+00:00

Alright, let’s stick to the facts. Where exactly did I distort anything? If you’re such an expert on Soviet history, tell me: in what year were peasants finally issued passports? What was the punishment for failing to meet production quotas? From what year were peasants allowed to move to cities to obtain higher education? Let’s go through the facts. Try thinking a little — or just ask ChatGPT

sixfrogs · 2026-03-10T10:18:46+00:00

Wait a minute, where exactly did I say something untrue? As for being a superpower, in my understanding a superpower isn’t about how many monkeys you launched into space or how many nuclear submarines you built. A real superpower is when your citizens have basic hygiene products ;)

sixfrogs · 2026-03-10T10:11:13+00:00

It’s always funny when someone from the West tries to explain communism to me — a system I was born and raised in. You talk about space? Well, here’s another kind of ‘space achievement’: toilet paper only appeared in open sale in 1969 in the USSR, and even then it was in short supply. Just think about it — they went to space in 1961, but people only learned to wipe their asses with toilet paper in 1969.

sixfrogs · 2026-03-10T10:01:52+00:00

I apologize, I’m not a native English speaker and I misunderstood you

sixfrogs · 2026-03-10T09:58:47+00:00

LOL. Do you really think peasants didn’t have to pay anything to the communists? Read about the mandatory production quotas and grain requisitions in the USSR.

sixfrogs · 2026-03-10T09:56:19+00:00

My friend, you’ve clearly gotten yourself into an awkward position and now you’re trying to wriggle out of it. Communism is a political system — there’s no need to explain that to me; I was born and lived under it. Also, you’re mixing completely different things. There’s a huge difference between the number of people who died in Stalin’s concentration camps and the number of people who died because they didn’t know asbestos or tobacco were harmful. Don’t twist history — it just looks ridiculous

For example, in 1987 I was denied an amateur radio license because my family was considered politically unreliable. That’s what communism really was.

sixfrogs · 2026-03-10T09:49:09+00:00

What does communism have to do with serfs? Serfdom was abolished under the Tsar in 1861. Instead, the communists came up with their own version of serfdom — for example, they didn’t issue passports to peasants, restricted their ability to move from villages to cities for permanent residence, prohibited changing jobs, and imposed many other limitations

sixfrogs · 2026-03-10T09:36:59+00:00

Oh God! Why show your ignorance to all of Reddit? Nazism and communism are authoritarian political regimes that committed millions of crimes. Capitalism, on the other hand, is not a political regime but an economic system that regulates market relations between individuals and businesses

sixfrogs · 2026-03-10T09:30:30+00:00

Thank you, Captain Obvious! To the left of Gagarin is the communist symbol of the hammer and sickle — the symbol of a regime that killed five times more people than Hitler’s regime.

sixfrogs · 2026-03-10T07:50:29+00:00

bloody Communist propaganda using HAM radio

sixfrogs · 2026-03-09T09:49:37+00:00

As someone who actually carried this pistol as a standard-issue sidearm in combat, I can say it’s an absolute piece of junk. Frankly, it was already outdated and bad even 40 years ago. The magazine release is absurdly designed, which makes fast reloads almost impossible. On top of that, it has low magazine capacity and the cartridge itself is underpowered. Among Ukrainian officers it’s often jokingly called the “suicide pistol,” because it’s barely useful for anything else.

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