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Date: November 07, 2024 11:31PM

Quasi that was originally a Russian cartoon about Australia. It dates to the 1800's. They did a big study of the western world a few years back and, whilst I don't read Russian, the Australian material is online (apparently in complete form) - and affects their firearms legislation: once you obtain a Hunting Licence (what they call it over there), you're pressured to buy the civilian edition of the AK16 (the replacement for the AK47). It has the same weight proportions as the armed forces one and a lot of interchangeable parts, whilst not being able to be made full automatic, even in a back yard workshop. They pressure you to buy one even if it's not suitable for what you intend to hunt. The material from that study is where I saw the cartoon.

That way they can form an army at rapid speed, as Australia did in the First World War, when every man and his dog owned an SMLE in .303 - the same rifle in the same calibre as the armed forces.