POTD: FN Minimi & FORT-600 In Ukraine
FN Minimis and a bunch of other firearms in Ukraine in TFB’s Photo Of The Day.
Here’s the caption to get a better understanding of what’s going on. The text was machine-translated from Ukrainian:
“More than 1.3 billion hryvnias for weapons for the Defense Forces! And for marines in particular!From 2023 until now, the Come Back Alive Fund has handed over 4,500 units of individual and collective infantry weapons to the Ukrainian army and Marines, thanks to thousands of caring Ukrainians. They have received:— 15 units of 120-mm mortars— 18 82-mm caliber mortars— 16 UAG-40 automatic grenade launchers— 120 PKM and FN Minimi machine guns— 9 large-caliber DShKM machine guns— 30 RPG-7— 63 manual single-charge grenade launchers Fort 600AThank you to the “Come Back Alive” team and everyone who supports the fund with donations!You can learn more about how the indifference of Ukrainians is arming the army at the link: https://savelife.in.ua/zbroya-perednyoho-krayu/”
According to “Come Back Alive”, they were the first charitable organization in Ukraine to receive permission to import military and dual-use goods.
This is the FORT-600 Grenade Launcher, made in Ukraine and based on the B&T GL-06.
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Images and captions from: 36 окрема бригада морської піхоти імені контрадмірала Михайла Білинського