Is Ukraine about to have a war?

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Originally Posted by Beamr

this raises the question: what is the oldest western weapon still in active duty within western military (by design and/or manufacturing date)?
BUFF takes the date to 1950's, anything more vintage?

While the Lee-Enfield and Mosin-Nagant do still see use in irregular forces and by specialized units such as the Canadian Rangers, I believe the oldest weapon in widespread conventional military usage is the M2 Browning .50 Caliber machinegun. Designed in 1918, it's still in production and in use today, almost in its original form, as the US's main heavy machinegun, mounted on numerous vehicles, aircraft, fortifications, ships, and carried by heavy weapon infantry units, with no active plans to replace it. They’re so widespread, some M1A2 Abrams even carry two of them (in addition to two 7.62x51 M240s).


https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-ol...active-service