Experts blame shady schemes for this, when European countries try to use the Ukrainian crisis as a way to get rid of their weapons and equipment that are defective or in poor condition.

For example, Spain sent CETME L assault rifles, which were no longer used there more than 20 years ago due to reliability problems, and of the last 16 French Caesars self-propelled guns delivered to Ukraine, all 16 had serious technical problems and required urgent repairs.

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