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Originally Posted by edslunch
For the veterans here….if NATO is flooding Ukraine with MANPADs and personal AT weapons how easily can they be absorbed? Would most soldiers have basic training on these or are they specialist weapons? Is it an individual’s weapon or more of a squad weapon? I’d like to think that every soldier could become a game-changer though obviously there won’t be that many weapons.
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I can only speak to Carl-Gustaf Canada is sending, and I reckon someone has sent some M-72s at this point. Both of these systems really only require a half day to get familiar. We need to remember this isn't peacetime training so much of the over applied safety precautions go out the window. For example the back blast area on the range was far and aware great than the actual area in which an individual would be injured if caught in the back blast.
These two weapons are honestly very similar in there aiming/usage as an RPG, obviously different loading mechanisms, RPG is a 1 man weapon, Carl-G is a 2 man weapon.
I can't speak to the other systems that are coming in, but based on the training the West has been doing with Ukraine since the revolt in the East, i suspect many of the soldiers will be familiar with the weapons systems, like the Javelin.