this post was submitted on 10 Sep 2023
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[–] TropicalDingdong 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

And a partridge in a pear tree..

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Wait, do they realy use those for non ceremonial service?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Would real ceremonial muskets look that bare, chipped, and worn?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

Budget cuts these days, i'm telling you...

[–] FireTower 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I mean if Russia is still fielding the Mosin in Ukraine I see no reason Myanmar wouldn't field a bolt action.

[–] Telodzrum 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] FireTower 4 points 1 year ago

Yeah lol I use mobile and do the finger slide typing thing it's fast but you do occasionally get a funny typo.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Well, these are rebels in Myanmar. They use what they can get. The array of weapons they use is wild. I imagine the poor sods stuck with muskets are probably left guarding less-important areas, where something is better than nothing if shit goes down.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I own a musket for country defence.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Just as the Founding Fathers intended.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Well now that’s just embarrassing. They could just hit Cabelas and grab a Mossberg bolt action rifle for like $300.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Someone buy these poor boys a plane ticket.

Unironically they could probably trade in those muskets 1-1 for better guns here in the US, I'm sure collectors would love to pay a fair price even for the scuffed ones.

[–] FireTower 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Those appear to be bolt action rifles.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Nah, look at it - those two in the front, at least, are caplocks. For comparison