Someone else somewhere else here was talking about defective gear being sent from Canada there. That probably could use a deep dive. And would fit in with what you are saying.

I remember stories from the Vietnam era where we would leave deliberately overcharged bullets and mortar shells for the Viet Cong/NVA that would end up killing them or getting them killed. Bad bullets blow up the chamber rendering the gun useless. Bad mortars kill the entire crew. And it scares the shit out of all of them wondering if their gear is gonna kill them or not.

Would be very entertaining if we are doing that on some scale over there.