Is Russia Using North Korean Type 73s?
Medium & GPMGs
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5m 11s
On 7 November, photographs began circulating on Russian telegram channels of North Korea's unusual Type 73 general purpose machine guns said to be in Russia. The appearance of the photographs led to suggestions the weapons are now in Russia service, in this video we investigate if this is the case.
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