EvilMonkee

Yep bang on. Same thing happened in Iraq. All this expensive kit, ISIS turn up with a technical and an AK and they run for the hills. There are a LOT of parallels with what happened in Iraq with ISIS actually. If you look at the history of Counter Insurgency Warfare since the Second World War, the only ones we can consider to have won out of all of them is Malaya but that was different as it was two ethnic groups striving for independence from each other not us (Malays v Indonesia) Every other single COIN war we have fought we lost. Vietnam, the various proxy wars in Angola and Congo, Rhodesia, Northern Ireland (yes a loss as the IRA were not defeated and have not gone away), Afghanistan and Iraq. We cannot do COIN warfare as we lack the political will to see it through to the end as we are stopped by our western values from doing what is necessary.

You are over thinking it. Whilst its a distinct possibility and there probably are ex ANA in the Taliban, you have to remember this is a group that has been in existence since Soviets invaded, they have had plenty of time to get fighters trained in basic weapon safety. A dead Tally is no use to Allah afterall... We also need to consider that much like the Vietcong in Vietnam, that at least some of the people view them as the liberators from western interference and oppression. The fact that we see them as evil (which they obviously are) doesn't chime with how your average ill educated Afghan in Kandahar views them. The issue and the war is wider than the narrative presented by the western media and needs to be examined as a whole. Afghan has always been the death of empire from Alexander the Great, right through to the British in the 1880s to the Soviets and now the Allies. You need to think of Afghan not as a country but as a collection of tribes. They are not coherent. My prediction is splintering of the Taliban and a descent to civil war again much like the 1990s. Russia and China will also start to try to fill the power vacuum left by the west and will be the Talibans only source of reliable income and development.

Italy is different to friggin South Korea. Its just added hassle I suppose.

Doesn't invalidate my point. Still naive

Yep potential scam

Open doesn't equate to efficient. Plus the fees to ship to South Korea would be exorbitant. I think you are silly trying to buy in the UK when the main production area (China/Taiwan/Japan) is much closer to you. A UK seller will likely never ship to you, hence why you have been ripped off. I am not excusing the behaviour, just explaining it.

Well, we have helped you, the guys told you exactly what to do about your Paypal claim, you now need to wait. The moderators will deal with the culprit. To be honest I think you are being a bit naive if you think that in this age of COVID that someone is going to ship from UK to South Korea.

Umm my GHK would like a word.

Maybe so but not the £450 this guy is asking

Taiwangun till recent had it for £279, not withstanding shipping issues.

New candidate. Available for less than £300 new if you shop around. I dont care if it has got 5 mags or not.

All seems a bit over engineered. Just shove some bloody wood on it, unless Japans laws rule against it?

You mean the Occupied Six counties surely?

Does a real one not fit?

Urggh that Makarov is less than useless. Plastic valve collar deforms and then voila you have a leaky Co2 pistol. Just awful

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That would be a miracle considering its a GBBR....

Thats what I do, unfortunately it Taiwangun and Gunfire both ignored it.

Yes, problem is anything from Asia will get caught in the COVID/Brexit shit show as well and there is very little stock in the UK as it is. Hence second hand market is on the up

Nope, he was banned. I remember it clearly.

Yeh 2W is enough to reach the moon.....

Sincerely hope they sort it as I want both these.

Its not just Brexit related as most of the products were coming from outside the EU anyway, its mainly COVID. I spoke to the owner of 1 well known retailer who said that the costs of shipping have sky rocketed. A container which would have cost $3000 now costs $14000. Similarly, air freight prices have gone up. Add into that companies like Nuprol snaffling the distribution rights to lots of brands and then choking the supply on purpose and you have the shit show we have now.

I was wanting to go here, wont bother now