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"This is the kind of crap the Koreans send. Only 1 shell out of 5 fires" - Russian soldiers show how they wash grease and rust off 82 mm mortar shells. (imgur.com)
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[–] Dkarma@lemmy.world 66 points 1 week ago (5 children)

The irony of Russians bitching about cosmoline is rich af

[–] 5715@feddit.org 4 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Why?

[–] Mammothmothman@lemmy.ca 31 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Russians covered all their wepons in it for storage.

[–] Manifish_Destiny@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago (2 children)

My mosin from the 1940s still reeks of it.

[–] Hugin@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

Cosmoline smells more like "gun" to me than gunpowder.

[–] M0oP0o@mander.xyz 6 points 1 week ago

Brake clean is handy for that. (if you don't like the smell)