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In 1979, when the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan, soldiers faced rotten logistics and bad rations. To get food, they began trading ammunition with Afghan merchants—but it was risky, because the Mujahideen weren’t a formal army and could funnel the “trade” back into the fight. The Soviets had to keep the ammo from being obviously fake, so they tried a covert workaround: boil the bullets for 4 to 5 hours to destroy the primer, but not heat the cartridge enough to explode. The hope was simple—normal-looking ammunition that would misfire, jam, or cost the enemy a firefight. What other Cold War survival tactics should we cover next?
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