Inconnu Posted:

Nice, upvoted. With the only correction being, if we’re talking official government military contracts rather than “illicit arms”, it’s not really flexible, the contracts are set for years and years.

I.e. Austrian Steyr AUG is adopted as standard service weapon in many countries, and the trade contracts are always long-term, meaning that the market in these countries is “lucrative” only for resellers and small dealers, while fat government deals are inaccessible for decades.

depends on the country, friend. many countries in NATO would sell weapons by the ton (not piece, read: TON) during the 90’s – early 2000’s because they were too expensive to store wherever the fighting was going on. many a fabrique nationale, or heckler & koch manufactured rifle would find themselves into the hands of whoever is paying enough, and these rifles dont biodegrade, they just move around. even thousands of US made rifles have been known to show up in latin america or the middle east on occasion, and not just in the hands of military/pmc/paramilitary/police