It's surprising seeing this piece of Russian propaganda coming from the UK defense ministry. Spetsnaz using shovels in hand-to-hand combat is something of a her

It's surprising seeing this piece of Russian propaganda coming from the UK defense ministry. Spetsnaz using shovels in hand-to-hand combat is something of a heroism trope in Russian circles. Interesting spin that it's because they're running out of ammo. My hope is that they're going use the shovels against the officers sending them to slaughter but you can't expect much from people who believe themselves to be the real rulers or Europe. With the risk of spreading more Russian propaganda, here you go: http://militera.lib.ru/research/suvorov6/01.html http://militera.lib.ru/research/suvorov6/01.html: "The spetsnaz soldier loves his spade. He has more faith in its reliability and accuracy than he has in his Kalashnikov automatic. An interesting psychological detail has been observed in the kind of hand-to-hand confrontations which are the stock in trade of spetsnaz. If a soldier fires at an enemy armed with an automatic, the enemy also shoots at him. But if he doesn't fire at the enemy but throws a spade at him instead, the enemy simply drops his gun and jumps to one side." These reeks of WW2-style propaganda. It's laughable to think that 'the enemy' would drop their gun when facing someone armed with a shovel.