Even if a country does not produce its own weapons, it is forced to acquire them. In any case, in one way or another, whole warehouses of war instruments accumulate in the state. However, time passes, and even the most advanced weapons become obsolete, after which they need to be replaced with new, more progressive ones. But what then happens to all that has served the country faithfully for many years? In fact, there are not many options.
The first version of what happens to the weapon in the future is simple - nothing. Weapons are removed from service, after which they are left to be kept in all the same warehouses, sending those samples that were in direct circulation for long-term conservation. This is done in case of war. The fact is that not a single sample of weapons becomes obsolete in one minute, and therefore it can be used in the darkest hour.
This approach is especially relevant in the event of a war, when a real shortage of equipment and weapons arises in the country. So, for example, the Mosin rifle was finally removed from service in Russia only in 1992. And the Berdan rifle, despite its obsolescence, was used by the Moscow militia in 1941-1942. Nevertheless, the gradual accumulation of modern types of weapons in warehouses makes the old ones to be abandoned completely.
In this case, the old arsenal of the state can simply be sold or donated to allied countries that do not have the extra money to buy something new and advanced. This practice was especially widely used in the 20th century, during the Cold War. A striking example is the Soviet Union, which gave out obsolete weapons to its allies in the 1950s and 1970s, literally in wagons.
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In addition, old military weapons can be sold, albeit partially, within the state itself. To do this, it is modernized so that it becomes hollow or hunting. However, this technique is exclusively secondary. Much more often, weapons are simply sent for recycling, being processed into raw materials for the production of new goods, including new weapons.
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