AKS-74U or SMGs in Ukraine?

[Brownsalamander]

With all the footage of Ukranians clearing trenches, it seems this would be a good use for shotguns, submachine guns, and especially the AKS-74U krinkovs that were so prevalent in photo ops towards the beginning of the war. Has anyone heard of this practice occurring or have photos/videos showing this?

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[DirectDrive]

No.
The last vid I saw was a guy with a suppressed M4.
The Russians had a bad day.

 

[Certaindeaf]

Box fed shotguns are way too unreliable.

 

[Andy54Hawken]

I can't say anything about newsreels and such....since I don't watch 'em.

However something to consider with specialized firearms is that they are ...well... specialized.
And tend to do one thing very well...but limited in their effectiveness or usefulness outside of their intended role.

So since combat can be ever changing and fluid , so to speak , a firearm that does many things "good enough"..
Is often "better" than a firearm that does one thing excellently.
Andy

 

[ColeInOregon]

I don't specifically recall any smg's, but I did recently watch a video with an injured Ukrainian trying to find his AK47 shorty before being casevaced. Check out Civ Div and Nucking Futz Yuri for good videos. Seeing lots of bullpups, brens, and m4 of all configurations, but with all the drone warfare, I am honestly surprised we haven't seen any 10 or 12 gauge goose guns in the trenches.

 

[DirectDrive]

I don't specifically recall any smg's, but I did recently watch a video with an injured Ukrainian trying to find his AK47 shorty before being casevaced. Check out Civ Div and Nucking Futz Yuri for good videos. Seeing lots of bullpups, brens, and m4 of all configurations, but with all the drone warfare, I am honestly surprised we haven't seen any 10 or 12 gauge goose guns in the trenches.

I would think that the drones could easily stay out of shotgun range.
Those drones are deadly accurate with their grenade dropping.

 

[ColeInOregon]

I would think that the drones could easily stay out of shotgun range.
Those drones are deadly accurate with their grenade dropping.

Agreed but some seem to be getting pretty close, of course distances and video can be deceiving.

 

[JuglansRegia]

I see mosly variants of the Ak74 in use with trench clearing troops with PKM's mixed in and occasionally an M249 and some AR's. Seems most of the foreign volunteers have some sort of Nato issue weapon in 5.56 though.

 

[Brownsalamander]

Yeah that is a lot of what I have seen too.

Seems to be a good use for a krinkov, for trench clearing or defense.